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Five easy piece f-14 tomcat
With the weather outside delivering one windy rainy day after another, here is my latest build Project, the F-14 Tomcat in the MACH configuration designed in my "Five Easy Piece" methodology.
The Five Easy Piece MACH TomCat is 42" long with a 30" KFm2 wingspan the same size as my RCP Mig-29. The Five Easy Piece protocol makes for a pretty light weight plane. To reduce the prop-wash drag I created a leading edge hinge out of a 3mm carbon rod and plastic soda straws for the tailerons which like the F-18 Hornet are set below the main wing. I'm using a two servo set-up three channel for the tailerons. I'm going to use a Grayson Hobby Micro-jet v3 2200kv motor on the maiden (same motor as my RCP Mig-29). Then I will upgrade to the SMJv2 with a 7x5 prop to see if I can pick-up some speed. Had to do a quick indoor glide test before the BABE came home but didn't get a video. It glides just like the MACH TALON. |
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Cut her out yesterday and tossed her into the wind this morning when the rain cleared.
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I wasn't planning on Building one but I could depict the wing at both extremes on the plans so you could do either. Also I could do a short video on how to assemble the Tailerons on the carbon rod. This technique would come in handy on the F-15 ,F-18, and a few other fighter jets where the elevators are below the level of the main wing. |
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Oh those?
'They're what I fly when I don't care what I fly'. Here is the link to my Five Easy Piece F-14 MACH TOMCAT PDF Pattern. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?abn3ja7avpx3689 It plots out on 30"x40" paper to a 42" long bird with a 30" wing span. |
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Most of the time I don't paint my planes till the second or even third build. It takes the testors craft paint very well. The foam LOWES has around here is light green or gray and more flexible than the Blue-Core. It will work if you use a bit more carbon reinforcement. I make my pattern templates from foam core. |
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So if any one can do it and forward it to me I'd post it for everyone. |
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Cheers, Bill Segraves P.S. I downloaded your PDF, shortening the file name to "f14tomcat.pdf". In the GUI, I entered "f14tomcat.pdf" as Input, "f14tomcat" as Output, and checked the box that turns off the grids. The program works fine with your PDF, producing a 4 x 4 array of 16 tiles. |
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Once again many thanks to Bill for his "scale and tile" software.
Here is the link to my F-14 MACH TOMCAT which Bill has graciously rendered in his "scale and tile" software. http://www.mediafire.com/?la8o943bz01bs9o |
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Thanks again for the help. Bob |
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I wanna see pictures and videos when you do. if you have any questions about the taileron connections just give a shout. tell me if you think I need to do a build video. Bob |
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