FTFC19 ADF-01 Falken designed by Fluburtur

[Mr. Gandalf]

Im almost done with the second nacelle so it is time for some beauty pics
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I need to redo the thrust vectoring mounts slightly, install all the control surfaces and it will be basically done.

The more I think of it, the more im afraid to fly it because this plane is a lot of time and money and it will be quite a crazy ride if you consider the weight and maneuverability it will have, im afraid inav will have a hard time with it before I tune it (if it can survive long enough to tune)

But well, I need to finish it for the maker faire and then I will try to fly it.
I have 20 days left

Great work!

 

[rockyboy]

She looks great! And I completely understand the nervousness of flying her - if you can find a "soft" spot for some glide testing (it will probably need a hard throw to show gliding behavior) that might help out. Luckily it is the season for tall grass fields in the Northern hemisphere

 

[Wildthing]

That looks awesome, I too would be afraid to fly it after all those hours you have put into it.

 

[Fluburtur]

Hard throw for sure, I Havent weighted the plane in a while but it is pretty heavy and the balance is really far back (havent even installed the motors yet) so with all the required nose weight it will certainly be heavy, I do have plenty of soft spots here at least.
Good thing is, it will probably be powerful enough to throw easily.

At least I have plenty of time to think about that, I wont risk flying it before the maker faire anyways.

 

[Fluburtur]

I did a pretty big step and glued the first nacelle on the wings

I also made the routings for the wiring, nacelle is glued with epoxy but I ran out so I need to get more.

 

[Fluburtur]

I realize I didnt post a pic showing the true scale of that plane in a while so there it is.

I also glued the second nacelle and the root of the nose, each day it comes closer to completion.

 

[Wildthing]

That is massive

 

[Fluburtur]

I have been thinking about the balancing, currently the plane balances just behind the "elbows" of the wings and my guess is that is should balance more or less at the wingtips, anyone can advise me on that?

 

[Mr. Gandalf]

I have been thinking about the balancing, currently the plane balances just behind the "elbows" of the wings and my guess is that is should balance more or less at the wingtips, anyone can advise me on that?

My falken actually balances right where your hands are, and it glides really well.

 

[Fluburtur]

Well thats on the line between the two wingtips so thanks for confirming.

 

[Fluburtur]

Great news, I just put on the first coat of paint on the Falken!

 

[Mr. Gandalf]

That's looking great!!

 

[Fluburtur]

It is finally ready for static display (not flight yet)


Im happy, it is ready for the maker faire so I can focus on other stuff now.
I will think about making it fly when that is done, in a few weeks

 

[Wildthing]

That looks really cool.

Can't wait to see you hand launch that beast

 

[Fluburtur]

Luckily I wont be the one launching it as I will be busy piloting it, someone else will have the privilege

 

[Mr. Gandalf]

What @Wildthing said!

Beautiful work!

 

[Fluburtur]

Episode 4 of the build is finally out, been some time.

 

[Fluburtur]

The project is not dead, I re-designed the canards to be more similar to the ones of the Falken in ace combat 7 and im currently printing new ones.
I also need to re-design the thrust vector system and motor mounts.

 

[Fluburtur]

New falken canard!

Im kinda concerned because the hinge point is way in front of where it should be to be relatively ballanced so it will need some beefy servo to move it around.

 

[Fluburtur]

I installed the new canards in with temporary servos for testing, I will have to get really beefy ones later.

I wont use all of the range either, maybe 10° on each side at most