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Now I will build this giant Cessna Citation CJ1 RC plane. I will use 6mm foam board or Depron foam for the material and will test it with pusher prop configuration and also ducted fan (EDF) for more scale look, and also will try 3d printed retract landing gear for the first time.
Read more: Giant Cessna Citation CJ1 2200mm - 86" RC Model Plane
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In this video we're going to build from scratch and fly a legendary jet fighter, the F-8 Crusader I will also test it using pusher prop and EDF for the propulsion system
we'll see which one is better. I'll be relying on trusty 5mm Depron foam as the main material. Don't worry, I've prepared downloadable PDF plans on my website in both A4 and A0 sizes for your convenience. And the best part? This amazing F-8 Crusader will be brought to life by the talented Roy using my plans!
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This time I'm back to basic by using all foam board material with some plywood parts. This De Havilland Tigermoth biplane RC plane is designed to have the same scale as PT-17 Stearman. While Stearman wingspan is 1300mm this Tigermoth wingspan is 1200mm. Smaller but still can do short take off. Using 3536 1200kv brushless motor, 40A Esc and 3S 2200mah can give this plane more than 5 minutes of flight time. The flying weight is about 1145 gram, with that made this model has 4 on wing cube loading and that's almost like a glider. Because it's the same scale as Stearman you can use Stearman's papermodel pilot figure.
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This DIY Beaver model RC plane was built solely as a test bed for a brushless motor, esc and prop that sponsored by T-motor. This model is also an experiment to build an RC plane using 2 different materials together, which are 3D printed parts and depron foam or foam board. I am still learning to make 3D model parts for RC model plane and the result is far from what I aimed to be. It's just basically 3D printing parts without any optimization for flying model. I finally found out that Blender is not a good choice to make 3D model for 3D printed flying model, so the result is jaggy and not smooth enough and also not optimized. And with so many parts to be printed and each with unique setup, make it more complicated, no wonder they sell the 3D printed kits so expensive, because there are so much work to do to prepare it. Nevertheless the result is stunning, despite not so good quality build but the end product is so beautiful in the air and on land.
Read more: DHC-2 Beaver RC Plane with 3D Printed Parts and Foamboard plans
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Yet another Fighter jet, this time is F/A-18F the 2 seated Super Hornet, the wingspan is about 1 meter plus, with the flying weight about 1700 gram. It's still using the same EDF as my previous jet, which is 70mm 12 blades FMS EDF. I use 6S battery by connecting two 3S 2200mAh Lipo batteries in series. Because F-18 has dual exhaust I have to make a bifurcated duct made form art card, the power is not too different from if without using split duct exhaust. I was planning to copy the CG from the FMS Super Hornet but when I examine it the FMS Super Hornet was not made in scale with the real plane, the shape of the wing is different from the real plane, maybe they use F-18 legacy hornet as a base and just modify the LERX and the air intake. So I have to calculate it manually.