90mm EDF 1.5m F18 Hornet

Wingspan 1010mm

Fuselage length 1500mm

Flying weight 1700g

90mm EDF 1600kv Align 500L brushless

Static thrust 1750g (outside fuselage test)

Current 52A @ 6s, Power ~1000W

Thrust to power ratio : 1.8g/W

Drop tank and missles not added, to test how strong the landing gears first. The rear landing gears are safe. The front socket needs some modification to increase the contact area.

The spring loaded retracts work perfect and landing is so soft and scale like. First flight is not smooth as I forgot to check the CG before putting a lighter 2800mAh lipo (from my trex 500). Landing in high nose position and the front gear socket pulled off in piece (despite I sanded it thoroughly, prove to be the small contact area). Should be easy to modify by screw on a longer piece of balsa.



Next workshop mission:

1) strengthen the wing root

2) stronger landing gear servo. Towerpro 9G won't do the job well.

3) Epoxy the fuselage to give a glossy look! As dirt build up easily.

4) Lots of magnet to hold the missiles, drop tank ...