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This tiny Jet is amazing, EPO foam combined with its featherweight stats means it will be very forgiving of the odd less than 100% landing. The 35mm Fan Unit & ESC are pre-installed as are the linked elevator/aileron servo's, the model comes in 2 pieces so all you have to do when it arrives is attach the vertical stabilizer, hook up the RC equipment to a Reciever that uses Micro Molex 3 Pin conectors, such as the HobbyKing OrangeRX 4 Channel Micro reciever and you are ready to go...... where were we? Ah yes, performing those famous Thunderbirds aerobatics in the local park, basketball court, in fact pretty well anywhere, these models are an absolute hoot when flown with friends, in fact get enough of you together and see if you can pull off some of those breathtaking close formation routine's the Thunderbirds are famous for!
The box the model arrives in is really handy for not only transporting the model to prevent hanger rash but the spare pockets in the packing foam are ideal for carrying spare Lipolys and you will have so much fun with this, I would carry a few! This jet is so cute, even your Wife will like it!
Specs: Wing Span: 378mm Length: 456mm Flying Weight: 98g Wing Area: 3.23dm2 Wing Loading: 30.3g/dm2 EDF: 35mm with 9000kv Brushless Outrunner Motor ESC: 6A w/BEC Servo: 2 x 2g
Includes: Optional Missiles 3 Blade Fan Rotor Instruction Book
Requires: Your Own 4 Channel TX/RX (compatible RX with 1.25mm Molex 3 Pin Connectors) 7.4v 450mAh 2s Lipoly Battery
It will be difficult to keep the price down on this as you need a receiver with Molex type plugs.There is the FrSky 5ch Micro which will need the FrSky module and something like the Turnigy 9x Tx without module.
Cheapest I can find is; Turnigy Tx,No Module Part#9114000005 $49.99. FrSky 2.4 Module Combo with 8ch Rx.Part#JR-COMBO $38.33. FrSky VD5M Rx Part#236000002 $9.72. You will end up with a spare 8ch receiver but this would be useful for something later on.
Yes it will, any Receiver transmitter combo would work as long as it is small enough to fit. THis doesn't come with a receiver so you will need to supply your own.
Hi all, would like to try one of these but my 9x Turnigy rec. not compatible with servo connections and can't use recommended rec. cause DSM2. Is there a rec. I could use? Cheers
There are no 9x micro Rx's that I am aware of. I would just buy the normal Rx and solder the cable directly to the pins. That'll save weight and space.
This is another Skyangel jet like the F86 & Mig. They all have differant flying charcteristics. Yes on 2S you could fly it in a large gym. Any place you could fly the F86 you can fly this.
No don't thInk so, plus plane is small I don't think you need landing gear it just add more weight. And yeah I think you can use the LP5 e Flite with the orange rx for this jet. As you can't fly it very far because of it's size.
Its a long EPO intake. The 35mm EDF needs all the fresh air it can get. These were tested with smaller more scale-like intakes and for sake of performance the larger intake design was chosen.
With adequate power a 100% FSA intake works fine even on 30mm and smaller jets...
We are grateful though that you are selling these! Thanks!
Was that testing on 2S or 3S?
I agree MT... too big!
It would be easy enough to close down the duct a bit by slicing wedges out and regluing... I reckon it would look much better, even if you have to add some small cheater holes like the Phase3 F16's, gives you somewhere to hold them for launching..
I will definitely do the mod and run it on 3 cell, this one will be a nice jet though I'm sure...
Wow, what an ugly b***h. Maybe cut the ducting apart from the upperfuselage (that's anything above the bottom of the wing) and remove 5-10mm and glue it back.
I expected this one to be more scale. Damn.
Harold, Air in = air out. And that is limited by your fan. Air speed at the exhaust can be increased slightly with a narrower exhaust. An oversized (>100% FSA) intake only creates drag. Static thrust might be slightly higher, but static thrust means nothing when your jet is in the air.
Addendum: Achieved a total weight incl. Turnigy 2s 500 mAh of 115 g.
Full throttle gives 70g thrust (=61pcnt) @ 5 A with 2s Lipo (ESC is 6 A max.). This is absolutely sufficient for hand launch. I successfully flew this setup.
Tried 3s Lipo (only on ground, not in the air): Full throttle = 130 g thrust (=113pcnt) @ 8.5 A => too much for stock ESC.
Safe landings, Bernd
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I just got one and have two flights on it. It flys amazing! I am using the 2s 460 mah turnigy nano tech. It seems to fly the best with the battery 1cm back from the very front. In order for this battery to fit I had to melt some foam, there are 4 little peices of foam that are suppost to support the battery. In order for the battery to fit you must get rid of all 4. OR what I did is I heated up a butter knife and just melted off the bottem parts so that the battery slides under them. The battery stays nice and tight in there and it is easy to take in and out. I must note that the screws on the control rods need to have loctite on them. On my first flight I lost the elevator and needless to say I nosedived into the ground at 50 feet high. But I just tightend that control rod, and now it flies amazing! It flies OK in 10 MPH winds. I will recamend this plane to experianced RC pilots, its a little to unstable for beginners, it likes to roll over in the air. I will have a flight video up shortly.
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Fast! This plane seems to fly best at 3/4 throttle. Not for beginner, anymore then a light wind the jet will be thrown around in the air. Nose cone is fragile.
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One of my favorites. Little mods here. Other than running 3s with 10amp esc and 3 blade rotors. Ended up replacing nose with plastic nose cone from a rocket. Fitting for this plane. NOT a beginners plane. Check out vidoes under "danieljduff1978" on youtube. You can see the plastic nose cone at work. You'll see what I mean.
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This plane is ready to fly in 5 minutes. It is small, fast and agile, so I wouldn't recommend it for beginners.
To start, you need to launch it quite hard.
When it's up in the air and no wind, it flies like it's on rails. It also looks very good when u make low passes.
Landing is easy, it glides very well without motor.
This little jet flies ok with the stock Setup, but if u really want to have fun with it, buy an additional ESC (I use a 12A) and use 3S batteries
Use the 3 blade fan rotor when using 3S.
Remember to take a break between the flights, so your ESC can cool down. I didn't and had a motor cut-off but I could safely land it because it glides so well.
I prefer to fly it a little bit more nose heavy than to have the CG at 55mm like mentioned in the manual.
I had one crash, because the left servo blocked and it went down in a spiral, nose first in the ground. Built in a new servo and needed some glue for the nose, flies well again.
Buy it and have fun with it!
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