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*CHECK MOST RECENT POST FOR UPDATES* "The Northrop Tacit Blue was a technology demonstrator aircraft created to demonstrate that a low-observable stealth surveillance aircraft with a low-probability-of-intercept radar (LPIR) and other sensors could operate close to the forward line of battle...

For Father's Day 2020, my son wanted to make a plane and he picked out the Concorde from one of his jet books. So we looked up a picture, printed it out and cut it out of foamboard. It ended up working so well that I thought maybe others might want to have some fun with it! So here ya go! I...

FT Viggen (Saab JA 37 Viggen) Design By: David Windestål Plans By: Dan Sponholz Description: The Flite Test Viggen is a rule breaker. It's a jet that can slow down to a crawl and not stall. Yet it can be fast and track like an arrow. It has a precise and locked in feel. These characteristics...

Friends in our club field has been nudging me toward flying EDF jets. I gave in. With the faster speeds, latency becomes an issue- 0.4 seconds can be the difference Between hitting the ground on landing or not. So I had to upgrade from RE to new DJI FPV system. So I put it on an old jet and...

Hi all, Here's my most recent quarantine build while I'm back home with nothing else to do: A full VTOL capable foamy F-35 Specs: Wingspan: 36" Length: 44" Weight: ~900 grams? (haven't weighed since I painted it) Flight controller: teensy 4.0 and mpu6050, custom software Motors: lumenier...

This was my "quarantine build" in early 2020, and I'm so happy with how it came out! It's big, about 7ft long and 4ft span, but it actually is a fairly simple build. The fuselage is simplified, square cross section, but its presence in the air is undiminished! Details in the build thread...

Wingspan: 41" Length: 59" Power: Twin 70mm EDF (up to 74mm), 4S-6S Control: All-moving Stabilators or Elevons, and (optional) ailerons More details in build thread: https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/xf-18-super-hornet-twin-70mm-edf-jet-build-pics-plans.62771/

This was my "quarantine build" in early 2020, and I'm so happy with how it came out! It's big, about 7ft long and 4ft span, but it actually is a fairly simple build. The fuselage is simplified, square cross section, but its presence in the air is undiminished. :D Instead of sitting on the...

FINALLY! I know many have been asking for these plans for a while, and now I've finally got the plans finished (enough) and enough build pics that I think it's time to release them to the wild. First, here are the jet's specs: Wingspan: 41" Length: 59" Power: Twin 70mm EDF (up to 74mm)...

Hey there everyone! I finally got a FT Forums account and I thought I'd start it off with some pictures of the Afterburner I'm currently working on. It features some quite substantial improvements over David's design and is almost flight ready.

Nose and canopy needs some work

Progress update on the cad-model

Preview of the cad-model

I'm not new to scratch building, and I've had in interest in edfs ever since I saw a model jet. I've also had an interest in the Robotech planes after watching the many series. So I decided to build one, and I chose the VF-4,one of the most feasible looking planes from the show...

Here is my next project: the Messerschmitt P.1092! This WWII fantasy aircraft was designed during the war as some sort of single engine Me 262. There are five different designs of this plane, I am going to make a combination of number 2 and 5. I really like the engine placement, it looks unique...

So my first introduction to RC airplanes many, many years ago was the so called "Thunderjet" by Silverlit. (Those not familiar, most silverlit airplanes are two channel, twin engined, thurst vectoring toys with brushed motors) It provided me many hours of fun, and to my surprise, it even flew...

Very few fighter jets have managed to create the nearly cult following of the F-104 Starfighter. This manned missile was notoriously hard to fly and control. As such, creating an RC DTFB version was incredibly hard. And truly, I don't quite yet have a 100% working version. I've built 3 variants...