My first fuel jet :-)

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Too bad Rudi. That's half the fun and it's illegal here as well.
Would be nice to have FPV and rockets. Would beat flying around in circles and doing a few ACROs except one would probably forget the time while having all that fun and run out of fuel.

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W3FJW Ron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Platinum (US) USERID: 63218 Forum Admin Joined: 19/Feb/2009 Location: Tacoma WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 9067	Quote Reply Posted: 20/Sep/2009 at 7:32am
	Too bad Rudi. That's half the fun and it's illegal here as well. Would be nice to have FPV and rockets. Would beat flying around in circles and doing a few ACROs except one would probably forget the time while having all that fun and run out of fuel.
	*Best Regards* I can only remember half of what I say.... I used to walk on water 'til I found out it was more fun sitting in the boat drinking beer Ron

luckyko222 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (AU) USERID: 108130 HobbyKing Constituent Joined: 08/Apr/2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 106	Quote Reply Posted: 26/Sep/2009 at 10:21am
	You could cover up the holes of the retracts and change the position of the�antenna�to get a more scale look.

u4eake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (BE) USERID: 10128 HobbyKing Mod HobbyKing Moderator Joined: 24/Feb/2009 Location: Diest (Belgium) Online Status: Offline Posts: 281	Quote Reply Posted: 01/Oct/2009 at 5:40am
	Unfortunately last sunday was one of those black sundays at my club with 5 planes crashed. Mine was one of them. I had changed over to DTE light oil and had emptied the fuel tanks for that. Apparentely I didn't get all the air out of the fuel system and about half flight my turbine quit with a trail of white smoke. Ecu said fuelfail. I was fairly high when it happenend and I tried to glide it in, but coudn't make a decent approach from where the plane was without passing over the parkinglot or the public. So I made a difficult approach, which went ok until I pulled the landinggear down. I must have pulled the stick a little while flipping the LG switch and the jet went into high alpha for a moment and then dropped a wing and nosed in from about 3m high. Damage looks bad but only the nose is damaged. Should be repairable. Extra weight of the repair is not so bad since there was 450g lead in the nose. Gonna put all pieces together with CA and then put a 80g fiberglass cloth inside to strengthen it again. Sanding, spacling, sanding and painting and hopefully it'll be as good as new ! It looks pretty bad, but only the nose is damaged, everything else is ok. If you put the pieces of the nose together again it looks very repairable.

W3FJW Ron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Platinum (US) USERID: 63218 Forum Admin Joined: 19/Feb/2009 Location: Tacoma WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 9067	Quote Reply Posted: 01/Oct/2009 at 9:28am
	OUCH Rudi.. I feel the pain..
	*Best Regards* I can only remember half of what I say.... I used to walk on water 'til I found out it was more fun sitting in the boat drinking beer Ron

luckyko222 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (AU) USERID: 108130 HobbyKing Constituent Joined: 08/Apr/2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 106	Quote Reply Posted: 01/Oct/2009 at 6:54pm


wolw Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List N/A (N/A) USERID: 0 Forum Admin Admin Joined: 18/Feb/2009 Location: Sweden Online Status: Offline Posts: 1165	Quote Reply Posted: 01/Oct/2009 at 10:16pm
	Sorry if it's any consolation, it was an "honest" crash, no inverted ailerons or such.
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u4eake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (BE) USERID: 10128 HobbyKing Mod HobbyKing Moderator Joined: 24/Feb/2009 Location: Diest (Belgium) Online Status: Offline Posts: 281	Quote Reply Posted: 07/Oct/2009 at 7:20pm
	Well, that's true, although it was still a bit stupid cause 1) I should have checked the fuelsystem better for air 2) I should have been able to land it after the flame out, which I almost succeeded in doing. But I'm still learning, that's why I bought this used trainer, and repairs are advancing. Puzzled all pieces back together with CA and now I'm putting in glasfiber/epoxy to strengthen it. First 2 cloths were done yesterday, which were the hardest cause they go all the way in the nose and against the top of the nose, behind the canopy opening. Starting to look like a T22 again :-) Still some sanding, spackling and painting to do : An air bubble in the line between hoppertank and fuelpump. Most likely a few of those caused the flame-out Edited by u4eake - 07/Oct/2009 at 7:21pm

u4eake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (BE) USERID: 10128 HobbyKing Mod HobbyKing Moderator Joined: 24/Feb/2009 Location: Diest (Belgium) Online Status: Offline Posts: 281	Quote Reply Posted: 11/Oct/2009 at 4:39am
	Since I'm gonna have to sand, spackle and paint her again, I'm already thinking about paintscheme's. What y'all think about this one : Or any other suggestions ? I'll probably have to finally get me one of those hobbyking paintbrush sets to get the job done though :-)

CorollaGT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Gold (MY) USERID: 103538 Bargain Addict! Joined: 28/Feb/2009 Location: Borneo Online Status: Offline Posts: 86	Quote Reply Posted: 11/Oct/2009 at 3:41pm
	Sorry about the crash, hope the repair will be successful, cheers :)
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garymarchlewicz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (US) USERID: 124730 Bargain Addict! Joined: 19/Feb/2009 Location: Rockford, IL US Online Status: Offline Posts: 99	Quote Reply Posted: 13/Oct/2009 at 2:56am
	Sorry bout the crash. We all do it. As long as the Turbine is still good, whew! How much is just a new air frame? Are they sold as ARF? I don't have a jet. Check those servos. I'm sure you thought of that already, but I used to skip that step... when I was less experienced. Oh yeah, I dream of an RC F-14 Tomcat also. (I used to back seat one as a Naval Flight Officer in the US Navy). What a blast! Anybody have any good recommendations for a good "Beginner" EDF Jet to prep for the "Big Time" like this one? Something that's durable and easy to fix maybe. I think it's my next step. I have been flying my 100+ Mph Stryker for a while now. On another note, maybe we can add "Turnigy Turbines for under $199 dollars" under the "Things I Wish HK Would Sell" thread. Wouldn't that be cool! Edited by garymarchlewicz - 13/Oct/2009 at 3:02am
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