Yes, this is my first blog entry.

I find myself here on this site because I was initially mesmerized by one of SNice's sleek Air Hogs Titan Chuck Glider Sport Jet conversion videos I found on youtube. I flew these type chuck gliders all the time when I was a kid in the '60's and '70's. They weren't as detailed as the AHT's but I probably had a dozen of them over time back then.
Some of that experience, as well as living under the flight pattern of the local county airport, impacted me enough to eventually get my private pilot certificate.

Well, under the guise of buying three AHT's for my nephews, I bought myself one, too, and have been staring at that guy along with SNice's build photos, trying to figure out how fast and clean I can put this together.

I really like what Snice did with changing the slow flying stock AHT. Half of the impact of the concept of using a $10 chuck glider was the incredible performance I saw on SNice's youtube video of the maiden flight. Really slices the air. Just go to your local park, jump out of your car, and flip the plane up for the prop to dig in and bore a whole in the sky.

The other half of the impact was the cool Thunderbirds paint scheme he used. I used to go to air shows in the 80's to see the real-life Thunderbirds perform at air shows. Seriously, I would have been lazy and totally happy if it were my plane and it flew that great - unfinished. But SNice has that style gene. He went the extra distance, obviously. He...Continue Reading