Designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and Northrop, the F/A-18 has served the U.S. Navy Blue Angels since 1986 — longer than any other aircraft flown by the famous flight demonstration team. F/A-18s flown by the Blue Angels are nearly the same as those used by the Navy and Marine Corps as both fighters and attack platforms. The weapons are removed, a smoke-oil tank is installed, and the control stick spring system is adjusted to offer more precise control. The E-flite® F-18 Blue Angels 80mm EDF provides an exceptional flying experience highlighted by an abundance of Extra Scale details and functional features including LED lights, full-flying stabs, operational flaps and more, while also being factory-finished to pay tribute to the iconic demo team.
E-flite® F-18 Blue Angels 80mm EDF BNF Basic/ARF Plus Jet (2 min 27 sec) |
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Same F-18
I purchased the original eflight F-18 and could never get it off the ground. The negatlve angle of attack along with not enough power attributed to an expensive static model. I even put bigger wheels on the nose strut. I ended up selling it. I purchased the
FW F-18 ARF+ and I have no problem taking off on our field. FW 9 blade 1920 KV. |
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I think this is gonna be a cool plane. Always a Blue Angel fan. I have my share of 64mm Blue angel EDFs. A bit small and very difficult to hand launch. The Freewing 90mm is a little too costly and oversized for my environment. This E-Flite 80mm seems like a great compromise for me.
But i got to raise the Benjamin's for it. |
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I love the look of these planes but sincerely no matter how well manicured our club keeps the runaway, these jets all struggle.
I have the L39 from Motion, it needs the entire runway, its needs a dangerous amount of flaps so your balancing take off speed with stall characteristics of taking off too soon. The other night at out club a buddy had an eflight scale jet, same issues, barely lifted off the grass and we have a very long runway |
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Not all of them struggle, just the ones that are overweight and underpowered.
Even with the excellent static and good dynamic thrust of the FMS fan, shoving an 80mm into something that weighs up to 3400 grams....it's just too much weight for the fan size without going to high voltage. Add to that some draggy ordinance and a CG that's too far forward and yes, it'll struggle. It's sort of comical that HH recommends (up to) and 8000 mah battery in this thing in the manual. Even on pavement something this size would struggle a bit with what could be an ~1100 gram battery. 3400 grams AUW is too heavy to do more than fly racetrack patterns in the sky. |
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Exactly, hard to figure all hoopla as if it's something new.....(marketing), we send you test plane and you must fly it!
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Last edited by quickstop; Sep 23, 2020 at 10:06 AM.
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