32" ME-163B Komet Profile Model Kit (Combat Version)

We offer three different versions of the ME163 Komet - this is the "Combat" model,  a more robust version of our "Regular" 32" Komet.

The "combat" version costs more because the kit includes several added parts for strength and durability - twin Carbon-Fiber tube spars, a double-fuselage, and a 1/16" plywood landing skid in addition to the regular foam parts.  The foam fuselage side panels are "etched" with panel line detail!

This model is intended for more experienced pilots and requires above-average building skills - the foam wing is folded over into a high-strength KFm-5A undercambered airfoil with the 2 carbon-fiber spars.  The plywood skid acts as a high-strength "keel" and is sandwiched between the two fuselage sides.  The elevons are activated by two 9gm servos and metal pushrods (not included but available separately). With the available 1700kv "Blue Monster" brushless motor the model will fly up to 85 mph. Not kidding!

The kit includes the foam parts, plywood skid, and carbon fiber spars needed to build this model, along a few other parts and a fully detailed construction manual.  Unlike our other planes, we recommend using metal micro-pushrods instead of using the usual Rabid models Pull-Pull system. We do offer a pushrod set HERE. A working rudder is optional for really wild aerobatics.

WHAT WILL YOU NEED - The kit builds the airframe - the "Combat Komet" is not assembled or painted so the customer needs to supply glue, paint, and other hobby tools, along with 2 or 3 servos, a brushless motor and ESC, and R/C electronics in order to complete it. This model is designed for a 3S Lipo battery using a single 1250 kV "Blue Wonder" brushless motor and 2-bladed 8x6 propeller, or you can hop up the performance with a 1700kV "Blue monster" 24gm brushless motor with a 2-bladed 6" APC propeller. Note: the two motors are the same price - the ESC, motor, and prop are not included with the kit but are available separately.

Here is a video of the prototype flying indoors at low power. It is very stable and easy to fly, but flying indoors is like putting a shark in a goldfish bowl - which is exactly what we intended!

Here is another video flying indoors at the 2008 KIEF.

The story behind this model is that Marc became weary of suffering mid-air collisions during indoor flying. So far the prototype "combat" version has destroyed 6 other planes and counting (but not on purpose!), and now everyone else simply stops flying when its in the air (if they know what's good for them). The picture below pic was taken in 2009 after I unfortunately (and unintentionally) blew apart my friend Paul Worley's Laser (EZ-Build RC) in a midair collision.  The Komet wasn't scratched.

Note: the tailwheel that was installed on the prototype is not included with the kit. If you do plan on using this plane in actual RC combat events, we recommend that you install some additional nose reinforcement to protect the battery and side edges, and a short CF rod on the LE of the vertical fin.