Ace (oz1344)

 

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I love the KK Ace. This one is slightly modified [more pics 003-005], I added a few diagonals and a folding prop but it's still a KK Ace and it definitely requires a d/t. It's my 3rd one as 'Hung' (the God of Thermals) seems to like this design! This one has a 'Button' d/t btw and flies sweetly. Easily good for over a minute in calm weather.
DannyMZ - 07/03/2018
Yesterday I bought this little construction kit, a replica of the KeilKraft ACE, a rubber band model [more pics 006]. My grandson of 8 years likes these small planes. I usually build all my airplanes without Construction Kit as to build from a kit is not so cheap. But I found the construction box so beautiful that I bought one anyway - and my grandson will be very happy.
JulienVermeire - 04/04/2019
Here's the KeilKraft ACE [more pics 007]. I built this rubber band model airplane with electric motor. It's a pleasure to build this KeilKraf models. I'll send later pictures of the finished ACE.
JulienVermeire - 22/04/2019
Here's the KeilKraft ACE [more pics 008]. Equipped with small electric motor, flight ready only 160 grams. The smallest RC plane I ever built, with a total area of 10 dm 2. Thank you OUTER ZONE for this beautiful site. I can't stop building these small aircraft. With little wind, you can fly them anywhere without people to bother. They make no noise, and are not dangerous. Our ancestors had to fly these airplanes without RC. By modern technology, you can become. Yesterday I flew it for the first time - it is wonderful in the air.
JulienVermeire_Belgium - 24/04/2019
See attached Picture [011]. More info about my Ace on my homepage http://www.tomasdunker.se/modell/mflyg/micro/micro.htm#ace
TomasD - 25/08/2020
Salut Julien, your photo no. 008 cropped up in the random gallery strip today and there it was your signature! The beautiful embroidered tablecloth with the lace surround, the tulips, the cacti, and even the owl and yellow ducks in the background. All lovely!
Oh, the model is pretty too, I hope it still flies :)
Miguel - 04/08/2022
The KK Ace was the first balsa model I ever made. It flew like a brick. Test glides seemed okay, and when wound up it powered away quite spectacularly, to then nose into the ground once the power slackened off. My Dad knew exactly how to trim a model, but even he failed to get anything worthwhile out of it. It was horribly heavy, especially after many repairs, but most of the weight was the nasty KK hairy balsa, the solid rubber wheels, and a massive plastic propellor. All of this made for too much momentum when it continually barrelled into the ground, and it ended up in smithereens. Except for the tail, that is, which I use for a paper weight.
They were not a good starting point, those KK kits, despite the rosy glow of nostalgia. And they were not good value for money, considering what there was in the box.. I moved on to an Achilles soon after my Ace, but never finished it. It was the shocking awful balsa which did it for me on this one, which split and frayed, too weak where it needed to be strong, and vice-versa — warped wings and a banana fuselage.
Simon Hickmott - 04/01/2025
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