Welcome To The Delta Speed Page
These hot delta wing speed ships are some of the fastest sport airplanes out there.
The Diamond Dust and Whiplash are most popular, with a few others out there.
Powered with anything from a SJ-46 to a roaring FIRE-60LX,
these things REALLY can move!

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Last Updated December 20, 2005

Gene Greatti Abington, PA BSE FIRE-60L powered Whiplash "The 60L turning a 10X8 at 16,000 static rpm generates tremendous thrust, a lot more than I expected .... I know what 200 mph looks like and I know what 150 mph looks like. I would say I was hitting at least 175+ today. "

Vo Decker Wellsville, NY BSE FIRE-50X Powered Whiplash Outstanding Can-Am finsh on this one. "Nothing like a BSE FIRE 50 running and APC 8.8x8.5 pylon prop :) !! Fastest plane in the club so far!! ... ...That BSE FIRE 50 rocks! I look forward to getting another Jett engine soon!

Builder: Dave Renninger Pilot: Erik Rudjord Reading, PA TWIN Sport-Jett 50 powered "Chill Factor" This plane is a scratch-built jewel !! It flew well, but not as fast as expected. Read the build and flying thread on RCUniverse.com CLICK HERE

Mike Connor Tulsa, OK. SJ-50 Powered Diamond Dusts Mike enjoys the DD quite a bit. After the demise of the first one (top) he quickly replaced it with a new Dust. These two are setup with side exhaust SJ-50 engines. Uses a standard APC 9x8 prop - performance is great ! Be sure to visitt his web site. Includes some nice flight videos Click Here

Bob Eckel Milford Michigan SJ-50 and FIRE-50 powered Whiplash "My two ACM Whiplash Xs both have Dub Jetts for well past 155 MPH fun!!!" Also shown here is Bob's newest Whiplash with a fantastic Spiderman paint job. Plane was shown at the Toledo Show 2005

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Roland Soucie Cambria, CA Jett FIRE-50LX powered ACM Whiplash Flames and Flags paint job is awesome !! Be sure to click on the photo to see the feature page !!

Carl Engel Clear Lake, WI SJ-46 powered Diamond Dust "I flew the Diamond Dust for the first time today, and wow! I'd never seen a Jett at home, only read about them online, and I sure am impressed! I used a 10x6 for initial flights to keep speed to limited to blisteringlyfast instead of insanely fast. I think this Diamond Dust is going to have even more punch than my 1st one that had a MVVS GRRT 40 FAI engine on it." Read all of Carl's comments here

Matt Fulks Tinker AFB, OK Jett FIRE-50 Powered Diamond Dust Matt is thrilled with the performance of his beautiful FIRE-50 powered Diamond Dust. "The Jett engine makes this plane a blast to fly. The performance is incredible." Of note... the plane is 4 years old now Click here to read all of Matt's comments and view photos of his steerable take-off dolly

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Mel Yanda Enterprise, AL FIRE-60LX powered Diamond Dust "I am using a stock APC 8.8x9 propeller and the engine turns in excess of 19,500 rpm static .... I don’t have any idea what the top speed of the airplane is but it seems like it would go out of sight in 2 or 3 seconds if you didn’t make a turn."

Craig Koerner Crest Hill, IL Jett FIRE 50 powered Whiplash Similar to Craig's Diamond Dust shown above, this speedster features a fabulous checks and flames finish. "Here is a picture of my Jett FIRE .50 powered Whiplash. I broke the motor in the other day. I couldn't believe the power it put out."

Dave Norman Andover, MN SJ-50 Powered Whiplash Dave is a top notch pylon pilot, and known for his green and while color schemes. His Whiplash carried the Norman colors as well.

Dave Mc Cormick Guam BSE FIRE .46 powered Diamond Dust Dave's DD is powered by our very first production BSE Signature Series F.I.R.E engine "Fastest plane in Guam!!!! Clocked at 206mph by police radar gun!! Thanks Dub!!!"

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Builder: Dave Renninger Reading, PA Pilot: Erik Rudjord Fogelsville, PA FIRE-50 powered Custom Dust "Don't know for sure but everyone agrees the plane is doing 200 mph and it flys rock solid" Features a fully sheeting wing and an outstanding Monokote flag finish !! Click the photo for more details and images Also see the RCUniverse thread on this project

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Steve Hall VMAC Luton, UK SJ-50 powered Laser Arrow "In Caddington Luton UK where i fly its been up a few times now and all i can say is "What an animal" "If ya own a "Jett" then hang on to ya hat."

Sean McHale Dublin, PA BSE FIRE-50 powered Whiplash The beautiful Superman finsh is in honor of Sean's father. Real nice job Sean! "Just wanted to send you a quick note to say I ran my Jett FIRE 50 and it runs great!! I had a couple flights this weekend with it on my Whiplash and it really rips!! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

Philippe Bourgeois Kampenhout, Belgium BSE FIRE-50X powered Whiplash Visible paint is necessary with these speeds. Green on top, pink on the bottom. "We made some precise speed measurement of this whiplash(extreme version) with the jett 50 turning a 8.75*9 prop. We made them with two diferent method, a hig quality speed gun and an acoustic method (dopler shift analysis who also showed me the inflight rpm of the jett 50) . The top speed I reached was 197 MPH ground speed during a zero wind day"

Steven Falor Cubbington Warwickshire UK SJ-46 powered Diamond Dust The blue flames make it look fast just sitting there on the bench! Note the fuel tank cover and clean servo installation. Thanks for the photos Steven !

James Gibson San Diego, CA SJ-50 powered ACM Whiplash "The Jett was a "start & go" setup and was maintenance free" Flys with an APC 9x8 prop Features HS-645 servos

Syd Clement Bridgeton, NJ Jett FIRE--50X powered Whiplash "My Whiplash made it to 205 MPH today. These were down wind with the radar gun in a stand and switched to transmitt locked on, and top screen max speed recording. The specs are as follows: FUEL, Magnum YS NZ/DZ-20/20. Plug, YS 4 stroke. Prop, APC 9-8 Wind, 10 gusting to 20 MPH. Time, 2 PM EST 11-24-02. Humidity, 50%, Bar pressure 30.08, Temp. 52 degrees. On ground RPM, 17,900. Radar gun, STALKER Split Screen. See the RCUniverse thread CLICK HERE

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Gene Greatti Abington, PA Jett FIRE-50 powered Diamond Dust Gene has fitted his beautiful Diamond Dust with a longer tuned pipe and a higher pitched prop. This combination turns lower RPM and provides quieter operation while keeping excellent performance. "It's fun to see all the shaking heads and hear all the hootin' and hollerin' after I land, especially after asking who wants to fly it next. Guys always volunteer their buddies who promptly throw up their hands and answer something like 'fly it, hell I'm still lookin' for it!'."

Rick Broussard Broussard, LA FIRE-50X powered ACM Whiplash "...we have done over 200 MPH unofficially with the Jett 50 BSE on almost every flight" Hard to beat that I guess !! ACM does not produce the Whiplash at this time. However, here is the company website CLICK HERE

Below are a few photos which folks sent to me, but for which I am missing the builder's name or contact info
If one of these is yours, please contact us and we will ensure your photos are correctly identified.

Neil from ? ? ? JETT FIRE-95 Powered BTE Delta Vortex Dub received this photo a few years ago. The plane is FIRE-95 powered, and is customized to include retractable landing gear. It appears there is additional detailed information on this project at the Bruce Tharpe Engineering and the DeltaVortex web sites www.BTEModels.com www.DeltaVortex.com