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    Posted: 24/Feb/2009 at 9:44pm
Here's my Lubach F-16.  It's a handmade model, fully made from epoxy-fibreglass by Peter Lubach (The Netherlands).  It is painted to resemble the 50th anniversary scheme of the 349th squadron of the Belgian Airforce. (http://www.baha.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/Markings/f16_demos/f16a_fa25_50years_349squadron.htm  )
 
In the video I fly half throttle at most and usually 1/3rd throttle.  Full throttle this little guy outruns a het-rc sniper (4S 2W-20) and a F5D limited pylonracer.   The sniper was downed btw (due to radio failure, but spectators came looking if I still had both missiles after landing LOL )
 
 
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Het-rc 7203 fan + Het-rc 2W-25 motor (threw its magnets and is now broken)
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6S (2x3S) Zippy-ec 2500Mah lipo's 20-30C
 
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Feel free to also post your F-16 and setup (video is much appreciated too) in this topic !!


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Impressive speed and a very beautiful model Clap

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Absolutly Beautiful!!!!!  Thumbs Up
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Nice f-16 and photos.  Is the Lubach as light as the old Jepe composite?
 
 If I ever get a video I'll post my f-16 #2.  It's much prettier then my first one Big smile
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The old Jepe F-16 was for a 90mm fan, the Lubach is smaller and for 70mm fan. Weight of the empty plane is about 400g.
I think the speed of the Lubach will be close to the Jepe.
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very impressive!  It would be interesting to get a doppler reading on it.
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A beautiful plane, but where did yo get that HET fan from. I am interested in a 3 blade setup for my HET- F20 tiger shark.
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Posts: 281 		  Quote u4eake Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05/Mar/2009 at 12:48am
I got the 7203 fan second hand (but new in the bag). I can't find it anywhere for sale anymore. I guess HET-RC stopped producing it. It's all 6904 fan now.

The magnets in the 2W-25 motor came loose btw. After about 20 flights. So now it's back to the good old 6904 fan with 2W20 motor. A bit slower, but longer flighttimes and hopefully a longer life.

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After a bad bungee launch with crosswind the nose got broken, but I fixed it again.
The 2W-25 motor also threw it's magnets, so now the F-16 is powered by a 2W-20 on 4S 3700 Rhino lipo. Slightly less speed, but longer flighttimes.






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Wow that F-16 looks so good! Nice job fixing the nose, you can't even tell that it's been broken

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