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6" F-18 hornet
Hi,
A year ago I was experimenting with a 6" F-18 Hornet, but I abandoned that project because I had some range problems with my IR setup. Now that I've been enhancing my IR setup, I took up that project again and made a new 6" F18 Hornet with some lessons learned from my previous experiments. Here are some specs:
I tested it at dusk - because there was almost no wind - and it seems to fly. I can steer left and right and it keeps aloft at a bit more then 1/2 throttle. I have to steer it very gently though, as it can easily get into a spiral. However, I have the impression that it is rather stable in flight. Real tests will be conducted once the indoor season starts again in October ;-) For trimming I put both motors at the same distance from the fuse. Both motors induce a drift to the right. So I let the prop at the right point down and the prop at the left point up. This will cause a upward thrust vector at the right side and a vertical downward thrust at the left side. This seems to be sufficient to compensate for the motor torque... Some pictures below. regards, Johan ImagesView all Images in thread
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Why did you choose the 18 ohm motors? Do they provide more thrust than the 10 ohm motors?
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Good, that is what I was hoping when I ordered them the other night.
BTW, I ordered some upgraded tail props for the ITC Micro Mosquito, they look very much like the PiccooZ props, but you can actually buy them as a part (not cheap though). Once they get in and I have a chance to try them, a review will show up in here https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=728851 or in a separate thread. |
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Dude, nice work! Try this one in that scale.
F-4, 10 in long, 7 in wing span. AUW 14.6 g. Differental thrust. |
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