Skygate Red Arrows Hawk 
26 images in this album
Gallery: Al's Hobbies Gallery navigate UP

All new for 2007 The BAe Hawk is the much talked about model from German company Skygate. This particular model was built to order for Al by Skygate and took a full year to be delivered. All collected this model at the Jet Power show in Germany in September 2006. One weel later the model was test flown at Long Marston airfield here in the UK. Al’s Hawk is powered by the latest Graupner G Booster 160+ Turbine, and with 37 lbs of thrust it has a very scale like performance. Equipped with a 10-20R Weatronic twin receiver the model is flown using Al’s tried and tested Graupner MX22 . The large size and light weight of this model endow it with an amazingly low wing loading. This enables the model to float at unbelievably slow speeds. At the time of writing Al is in fact working on making this model heavier, in order to cope better with the sometimes windy conditions here in the Uk. Expect to see this model on the Uk show circuit in 2007.

12 Months in the making. Al finally got the chance to see his new Hawk at Jet power 2006.
12 Months in the making. Al finally got the chance to see his new Hawk at Jet power 2006.

Ali is taken through the assembly and operation process of the model by the Skygate team!
Ali is taken through the assembly and operation process of the model by the Skygate team!

Last words before the Hawk is shipped back to the UK!
Last words before the Hawk is shipped back to the UK!

Some seriously meaty looking main legs and wheel. The engineering that goes into this is like the rest of the kit... Stunning
Some seriously meaty looking main legs and wheel. The engineering that goes into this is like the rest of the kit... Stunning

Sitting on the concrete waiting for its first flight at Long Marston airfield. Late September.
Sitting on the concrete waiting for its first flight at Long Marston airfield. Late September.

A rearward shot of the model showing the scale flap mechanism and overall high standard of finish to the model! Just visible here are the airflow deflectors on the top of the wing and the scale rippling in the fuselage section above the intakes.
A rearward shot of the model showing the scale flap mechanism and overall high standard of finish to the model! Just visible here are the airflow deflectors on the top of the wing and the scale rippling in the fuselage section above the intakes.

Full flap applied! Notice the secondary flap section. A scale feature that is fitted as standard and what possibly explains the totally hands off flight of this model with flap deployed.
Full flap applied! Notice the secondary flap section. A scale feature that is fitted as standard and what possibly explains the totally hands off flight of this model with flap deployed.

A shot of the scale nose leg and the operating nose light. Working lights, a host of scale antennas are all supplied by Skygate for this model.
A shot of the scale nose leg and the operating nose light. Working lights, a host of scale antennas are all supplied by Skygate for this model.

Taxing out for its test flight. Only 1 week after it was picked up at Jetpower in Germany.
Taxing out for its test flight. Only 1 week after it was picked up at Jetpower in Germany.

Ali impressed with the hawk after a very successful flight!!
Ali impressed with the hawk after a very successful flight!!

Ali after flight number 3. Looking pleased with a great days testing.
Ali after flight number 3. Looking pleased with a great days testing.

This is the cockpit as it is supplied by Skygate. Totally pre made and painted.
This is the cockpit as it is supplied by Skygate. Totally pre made and painted.

Scale pilot also supplied as an option.
Scale pilot also supplied as an option.

Volkan Dil and Shaun Newby key members in the Hawk ground crew posing with the Hawk on one of its first public outings.
Volkan Dil and Shaun Newby key members in the Hawk ground crew posing with the Hawk on one of its first public outings.

Al's Hobbies Jet Team with the Hawk after numerous flights at RAF Coningsby!
Al's Hobbies Jet Team with the Hawk after numerous flights at RAF Coningsby!

Ali making final pre flight checks before taxiing out onto the runway!
Ali making final pre flight checks before taxiing out onto the runway!

First flight of the day at a murkey Raf Coningsby, just st the point of rotation.
First flight of the day at a murkey Raf Coningsby, just st the point of rotation.

Taking off.
Taking off.

Low pass with flaps down. This model slows down to walking pace! All that witness this model flying slow are blown away with how it just seems to hang in the air.
Low pass with flaps down. This model slows down to walking pace! All that witness this model flying slow are blown away with how it just seems to hang in the air.

Low and fast with the nose light on.
Low and fast with the nose light on.

I'm sure its up there somewhere!
I'm sure its up there somewhere!

Low and Fast.
Low and Fast.

One last pass before the gear comes down and time to land.
One last pass before the gear comes down and time to land.

Perfect landing nose high and square on the mains. The Hawk has impeccable slow speed characteristics that make it a dream to land.
Perfect landing nose high and square on the mains. The Hawk has impeccable slow speed characteristics that make it a dream to land.

As the light goes the Hawk taxi's back one last time.
As the light goes the Hawk taxi's back one last time.

Time to cool down and pack it away. Al looks understandably happy with his new Hawk.
Time to cool down and pack it away. Al looks understandably happy with his new Hawk.

Gallery: Al's Hobbies Gallery navigate UP
Powered by Gallery v1 RSS