Foamboard F-22 EDF

[Jo's squadron]

Love it!

NICE!!!

Thanks!

 

[Jo's squadron]

@dehager did you ever finish yours?

 

[Jo's squadron]

I flew my F-22 again today and man that thing flies good! It is was worth cutting out all the pieces😅

 

[Houndpup Rc]

I flew my F-22 again today and man that thing flies good! It is was worth cutting out all the pieces😅

Cool! I am guessing it flies better than with a 64mm EDF😆

 

[Jo's squadron]

Cool! I am guessing it flies better than with a 64mm EDF😆

Yes it does 🤣

 

[CrshNBrn]

Just finished building this last night with some spackling for my mistakes- here's a few additional photos for folks skimming this thread for help. Grifflyer did a lot of smart things with the design, including the skins. He used different tabs on his formers to help folks figure out where the skins go. I put in the recommended 50mm edf and 1300 4S battery, but needed to add a little weight (maybe 1/4 oz) to the tail to get it to balance. Its a nice looking plane- I can't wait to chuck it in the air and see what happens.

 

[Jo's squadron]

Just finished building this last night with some spackling for my mistakes- here's a few additional photos for folks skimming this thread for help. Grifflyer did a lot of smart things with the design, including the skins. He used different tabs on his formers to help folks figure out where the skins go. I put in the recommended 50mm edf and 1300 4S battery, but needed to add a little weight (maybe 1/4 oz) to the tail to get it to balance. Its a nice looking plane- I can't wait to chuck it in the air and see what happens.

It looks great! Can't wait to see the paint scheme!

 

[Jo's squadron]

Just finished building this last night with some spackling for my mistakes- here's a few additional photos for folks skimming this thread for help. Grifflyer did a lot of smart things with the design, including the skins. He used different tabs on his formers to help folks figure out where the skins go. I put in the recommended 50mm edf and 1300 4S battery, but needed to add a little weight (maybe 1/4 oz) to the tail to get it to balance. Its a nice looking plane- I can't wait to chuck it in the air and see what happens.

This thing flies so good BTW!

 

[CrshNBrn]

All done! Here's the glamour shots before she gets all beat up.

 

[Mr Man]

All done! Here's the glamour shots before she gets all beat up.

Fantastic paint job and build as always. Looks fantastic!

 

[Mr NCT]

All done! Here's the glamour shots before she gets all beat up.

Pretty, but don't fly on an overcast day... or at dusk... or dawn... Nope, nope, only fly on a bright sunny midday with a spotter!!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

All done! Here's the glamour shots before she gets all beat up.

Fantastic paint job and build as always. Looks fantastic!

Agreed!🤯😁

 

[Jo's squadron]

All done! Here's the glamour shots before she gets all beat up.

IT LOOKS SO GOOD!

 

[CrshNBrn]

Unfortunately, not enough umph to fly. A hard throw on full throttle didn't accomplish much. My guess is that I made the edf ducts too small- for the last attempt I cut a huge cheater hole in the bottom of the plane, but it still didn't generate enough speed to fly.

 

[Mr NCT]

Unfortunately, not enough umph to fly. A hard throw on full throttle didn't accomplish much. My guess is that I made the edf ducts too small- for the last attempt I cut a huge cheater hole in the bottom of the plane, but it still didn't generate enough speed to fly.

Ratz! Beautiful plane and it looked very controllable. Bigger edf?

 

[CrshNBrn]

Ratz! Beautiful plane and it looked very controllable. Bigger edf?

That's the next step. I've got a spare 64mm I'll throw in there. I think I'm getting some leakage in the ducts, too.

 

[CrshNBrn]

After seeing the possible weight gain with using a 64mm edf, I instead chose to reuse the spec 50mm edf and redo the thrust tube. Folding the complicated split tube was the most challenging part of the build. With a new thrust tube, this time the F-22 DID have enough thrust to take flight. I just did some nice lazy circuits up high, but the plane seemed very docile and mellow. I'll try to get video next time I fly it.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

After seeing the possible weight gain with using a 64mm edf, I instead chose to reuse the spec 50mm edf and redo the thrust tube. Folding the complicated split tube was the most challenging part of the build. With a new thrust tube, this time the F-22 DID have enough thrust to take flight. I just did some nice lazy circuits up high, but the plane seemed very docile and mellow. I'll try to get video next time I fly it.

Whoops, I could have let you know! I use a 64mm EDF in mine and it never flew.....