This is my second plane arisen from jetset44 plans and again it’s flying like a miracle. Deviating from his plan I mostly used 3mm instead of 6mm Depron to decrease weight. Uncoloured she weighs 300g (10.6 oz) giving me a 2:1 thrust/weight ratio.

Link to the building thread: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=308830

And here the link to my Saab JAS 39 Gripen maiden video.

High Quality 107MB (recommended)

Medium Q 50MB (for slow connections)

Low Q 17MB (for very, very slow connections)
I recommend downloading the high quality file. Much detail gets lost compressing the 5min video to 50MB (medium). The 17MB file really is only for the people using a modem.


Available in the gallery is also the maiden of my F18 Pocket Jet
F-18 maiden unpainted: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=524324
F-18 maiden painted: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=528374

Update



She finally made her color maiden. Extra weight caused the thrust/weight ratio to drop under 2:1. So I took a new motor and switched to an APC prop. New weight is 350g (12.35oz) thrust is almost 700g (24.7oz) at 12A.

Link to the building thread: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=308830

Saab JAS 39 Gripen color-maiden video.

Video available as high quality 75MB: <click here> and low quality video (click below)

Happy flying
Nirvin