SB-X stealth bomber pilots flight manual scans

Not sure if this precedes or follows the stealth fighter. Kinda depends if you take the model or the "original" as reference

Thanks for sharing this outer space conflict series variant, @cmulder. I thought I had seen it before, but couldn't place it. It is interesting how Cox toward its latter days before the Estes buy out attempted to garner further sales by rebranding the model as the XB-S Stealth. At first I thought it was an Estes product, until I saw the Santa Ana, CA address on it and the 1987 copyright date in your instructions photo. I'm guessing that the SB-X must have come out shortly after the 1991 Gulf War, when the F-117 Nightingale stealth was used extensively in Iraq.

Nonetheless, I like the styling of the model. Given the info thus far, the top, bottom, side and rear views, one could easily clone this model in balsa, foamboard or a combination of the two, yet have a realistic C/L model to play with. Upsize it and go with a larger engine or even make an R/C version of it.

Possibilities are endless for an unusual but eye catching model that is lesser seen these days.

Let me see what I can do.


I have a few of these big manuals that I need to take somewhere like the UPS Store that has a large format scanner. I could flatten them out under a piece of plate glass and try to take a picture of them through that. I did that with some pullout schematics out of some service manuals before.

Recreating this in balsa should not be to complicated but there are a few details to keep in mind.
The cg is quite forewards and there are weights in those "nose cones" ahead of the canards.
There is "reflex" at the rear like common on flying wings and some delta models.
Besides that some 3mm balsa sheet and lightweight tubes is most what you need.

Managed to get a Starfighter but one of the stabilator fins is missing.
I’m considering making a resin replacement from the opposite “wing/stabilator”, but before doing so, is there anyone out there who might have a spare?
Outside chance I know, but if you don’t ask…..
Wynne

Thank's to share owner flight manual .

I have one brand new black Stealth

GallopingGhostler wrote:Interesting model, looks like the last of the Estes series Cox RTF's. Would be easy to clone in balsa, found one on E-Bay, photos give enough info that it could be cloned in balsa / foam:
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It's interesting to note, that auction is still live after more than two years. Not a surprise as it's way over priced. There is another NIB for $140 with no takers.

I tend to look for the bargains, not always but usually. Seller had this crashed example BIN for $85. I offered $65 which he took within seconds.

More my style. Nasty, broken and needs work. I have been living under a rock with these Star Wars models, even the Cox offerings. Never heard of them until here a few weeks ago.

"Stabilator" canard/elevator like cmulder needs attention.

A thing of beauty!






This edition is more colorful and attractive.

rsv1cox,

Congratulations  

It really is a unique looking plane that actually will fly (somewhat).

I modified mine by installing a 5 x 4 x 3 polycarbonate drone racing prop.  Nipped off the piece wing behind the cylinder head. Swapped out the stock vertical stabilizers with mockups made from the sides of a dollar store plastic rectangular black waste paper bucket using the curved sides to steer the plane outward and epoxied them in place.  Used Perfect metal control horns and epoxy to hold the rear landing gears in place.  Reinforced the underside of the front landing gear mount with JB Weld.  Switched to 25 foot of 10 pound test spider wire instead of the stock COX line.  I also epoxied in a .015 music wire stooge connector.   The result is a 4 second roaster that has 2 settings up and crash land

Thanks for the tips. Once it gets here I will see what it needs and play around with it a bit. This SW's Cox model hasn't got much exposure.

Bob