Hey everyone Mark wanted a sneak peek at what I have been working on for RcPowers.com and I am getting close to the end of testing so I figured why not. Dave at RcPowers has taught me a few things about building planes. First the plane must be easy to build, second it must fly awesome, and finally it must look cool. Well I think I hit the nail on the head with this one! Let me know what you all think, the plans will hopefully be up for sale around January. The plans.zip file will have the G-code also for us Phlaty guys!




This video is just a sneak peek

 

Looks very nice. Definitely one I'll add to my collection

 

Mark: The two pieces of foam (when the edges are sanded round) help create the “engine humps”. When I finish version V2.5 I’ll take some pics of the depron model. Up until now I have been testing with the cheap ReadyiBoard stuff and it doesn’t sand very well.

rayclark: Thanks for the kind words, The next part of my testing is to dump crazy power into it and see if it will hold up (the fun part of testing) .

 

Very nice Jason! I don't know where you find the time to design all these cool models. I've got a Grayson combo without a home at the moment.... You can never have TOO much power in a jet can you?

Si.

 

Crash: It has been awhile in the making huh? Yea the parkjet 2206-06 V2 combo will jam this baby around. I am going to push it and put the MegaJet combo in it and see what happens lol.

Firetrappe: Thanks for the kind words. I have insomnia so I design them at night. The hard part is finding time to test fly them during the day.

 

Ok Jason....as soon as the G-Code is ready I'm getting one!

 

Thanks guys! I am getting close to the finished product. I started off with the two pilot version and only taileron control, now it is the Super Hornet version with ailerons and elevator control. Once the model is done the hard part begins writing out the instructions and getting it on the web. I bet it will be early 2009 when this baby is up.

7up: something about it is sexy it must be the canopy hump

 

Just a quick update:

The production version airframe was built today. It went together perfectly and it looks wicked! Now on to the fun part, flight testing!!! I was going to put the super park jet motor on it but since most people have the original I am going to test with that.

Let me know what you think! Attached files

 

Blue Angels paint for this bird. I want to do the Jolly Roger but I would have a hard time seeing it!

 

Hey thanks Mark! I am going to scale them in SU and output a PDF, That way they will print out the correct size. I was going to paint all that on there but this way is too easy!

 

Jason, you might want to check here for some other nice F18 decal sets : http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=89637

They might come in useful for other projects too.

Si.

 

Yo Firetrappe! That is a great find, lots of decal sets!!!! Thanks man :mrgreen:

 

Very very nice. Can't wait till I can buy the plans for this one. Any idea when they'll be available?

Ray

 

rayclark: The plans / G-code will hopefully be up for sale around January. Thanks for the kind words!

 

Well I laid down the paint. My airbrush was giving me heck! Test flight was this am and it went great until my motor fell off in flight and wedged my elevator and she stuck in the wet ground a good 4-5" No damage other that the motor mount lol got it on video will post Sunday or Monday

Attached files

 

Looks fantastic. Really looking forward to building this one when the plans are ready..

 

Ok here is the video from Saturday's test flights, listen real close and you can hear it stick in the ground!!!

 

Any update when the plans will be available?

Thanks