F-22 Raptor Single 70mm EDF.

[AIRFORGE]

Until then…here are a few pics to tide you over….

Nice! That's Jesse O in the middle, yeah? Which FF was this?

 

[noahangel11]

Nice! That's Jesse O in the middle, yeah? Which FF was this?

Yes that’s Jesse.

I think this was FF 2023,
Might have been 2022

 

[noahangel11]

Back at it tonight making flat patterns to cut out for Version 2.

 

[noahangel11]

I will space the parts and lay them out better on the sheets once I have all flat patterns created.

 

[Mr Man]

I will space the parts and lay them out better on the sheets once I have all flat patterns created.

Back at it tonight making flat patterns to cut out for Version 2.

Sweet!

 

[noahangel11]

With the simplification of the plans and less parts needed for the twin EDF version, I have the plans down to 6 sheets of foam board and 1 sheet of poster board!
When I add the wings it will add 2 sheets for a total of 8

 

[Houndpup Rc]

With the simplification of the plans and less parts needed for the twin EDF version, I have the plans down to 6 sheets of foam board and 1 sheet of poster board!
When I add the wings it will add 2 sheets for a total of 8

Nice!

 

[Mr Man]

With the simplification of the plans and less parts needed for the twin EDF version, I have the plans down to 6 sheets of foam board and 1 sheet of poster board!
When I add the wings it will add 2 sheets for a total of 8

Awesome! Can’t wait to see the results!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Awesome! Can’t wait to see the results!

Yeah! I might have to build it someday!

 

[noahangel11]

F-22 twin EDF update

 

[Mr Man]

Nice! It has got to be handy to have a Laser cutter.

 

[noahangel11]

It spoils me.

Nice! It has got to be handy to have a Laser cutter.

I used to print plans at the UPS store in full sheets, hand cut everything out after tracing it all onto foam board. Tedious and took forever! And the results were not as good, hard to cut straight accurate lines even with a ruler.

 

[Captain J]

so….i got w

A stack of parts fresh off the laser for the weekend build. Tail fin in hand for scale reference. View attachment 249082 View attachment 249083 View attachment 249084 View attachment 249085 View attachment 249086

man…i absolutely love building planes…i just got extremely anxious looking at that pile of foam pieces 😂

i literally would not be able to stop till it was done 😂

how many pieces? how many boards?
if you said that already sorry for missing it….i am like glued to the pics 🤙🏻

 

[Mr Man]

See Post #206

 

[Houndpup Rc]

F-22 twin EDF update

how much did that laser cutter cost?

 

[noahangel11]

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how much did that laser cutter cost?

The laser unit was $2,600 when I bought it. I also bought a water chiller and an upgraded exhaust fan. All in I spent around $3,500. This was many years ago, not sure what current pricing is.
I wish I had bought the slightly larger unit, as my bed size looses a slight amount of cutting area on the border of a 20x30 DTFB sheet.

 

[noahangel11]

Start the build with the battery tray. I added marks of the tray to indicate the front of the model and that the part is an A fold. Take the dull back of a razor blade and run it down the fold lines, being careful not to cut through the part on the back side. Then bend the part and remove the strip of foam board that allows the A fold to happen. Use the bench to glue and make the A folds.

 

[noahangel11]

Next construct former F5, which has 2 parts. Stack glue them together with the smaller former sheet in the front towards the nose of the plane. Use the bench to glue the tail end of the battery tray into former F5, making sure that the tray is perpendicular to F5 and the bench. Then apply a bead of glue around the former where it meets the battery tray.

 

[noahangel11]

Build former F4 up. The front of former F4 consists of 4 parts. The top middle part has 2 holes that do Not pass through the paper on the other side. Remove the foam only from the holes, leaving the paper on the back side. Glue in 2 8mm neodymium magnets, one at a time so they don’t come out and stick to each other. Then flip the part with the magnets over and glue it with the paper side up so the magnets are concealed, onto the larger F4 former part. Glue on all remaining parts as shown in photos.

 

[noahangel11]

Slide former F4 onto the battery tray as shown, up to the 2 marks on the inside of the tray that mark the front and back adhesives of where the former should fit. The magnet side of the former faces the front of the plane, towards the arrow on the battery tray. Use a small square to precisely fit the former and make sure on all sides that it is perpendicular to the battery tray. This is important for the skins to fit the formers later, so get it right and then run beads of glue where the former meets the tray. I press the walls of the battery tray out against the opening in the former to ensure a tight fit and no gap from the battery tray not being perfectly square.