Splinter189
Master member
Weight. The F18 has a 7 min flight time. The F4 just under 6. The F14 has over 5 min of flight time.
Gear can be added but it will severly cut into flight times.
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Gear can be added but it will severly cut into flight times.
Burnhard
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That makes of course sense. The typical tricycle gear adds at least 200g of weight. Still have your F16 and ME262 waiting to be build. The F14 is a must have.
Hi John,
The F-14 is the genesis of transforming giant robot-planes from several anime series, i.e. Macross (transforming veritech fighter) and the original Jetfire from Transformers. I grew up watching "Top Gun" and the F-14 was the reason I got into model aviation. If you haven't already guessed the F-14 is my all-time favorite plane. It will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you so much for creating this Master Series plane it is in my opinion your greatest achievement and the very pinnacle of your foam board designs and craftsmanship. I am so excited to to make this plane and get it up in the air and make it part of my hanger. I'm shaking with excitement and can barely type because of my hands trembling. Hopefully it will come out soon, I keep checking the Flite Test store daily to see if it's been released...I feel like a kid and it's Christmas!
Thanks again for all your hard work!
Blessings,
Vic
Splinter189
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Yankee2003
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What else is there to say but…….WOW!
Crash Test RC
Member
It is amazing what you can make from foamboard. great job!
Hi John,
Your swing wing design-mechanism looks elegantly simple, effective and rigid. The servos used look to be 2 x 25KG-ish high torque servos. Did you reverse on of them and put them on a y-harness so you can use a single channel? Looks like you used laser cut plywood for the swing wing mech, how did you settle on this design was it to keep costs down? I am in constant awe at what you've been able to do with foam board. My wife has to constantly remind me to close my mouth because my jaw keeps dropping when I see your new models. So much engineering, thought and love went into this and I salute you sir.
Blessings,
Vic
Your swing wing design-mechanism looks elegantly simple, effective and rigid. The servos used look to be 2 x 25KG-ish high torque servos. Did you reverse on of them and put them on a y-harness so you can use a single channel? Looks like you used laser cut plywood for the swing wing mech, how did you settle on this design was it to keep costs down? I am in constant awe at what you've been able to do with foam board. My wife has to constantly remind me to close my mouth because my jaw keeps dropping when I see your new models. So much engineering, thought and love went into this and I salute you sir.
Blessings,
Vic
Splinter189
Master member
Thank you so much fir the kind words
I actually need to run these as separate channels. They have to be fine tuned to close properly. Im so excited about this model getting released. We jsut started the build video, it wont be long.
Qwenther
Member
I can say I'm looking forward to this build of one of my favorite birds. I tried building a tomcat a while back, but it was way to complicated. This one looks very promising and absolutely beautiful. Brilliant job! Your swing mechanism gave me a few ideas for one of my projects too.Thank you so much fir the kind words
I actually need to run these as separate channels. They have to be fine tuned to close properly. Im so excited about this model getting released. We jsut started the build video, it wont be long.
Bo123
Elite member
@Splinter189 What price are we looking at for the F-14?
Splinter189
Master member
It will be $199.xx
It is by far the biggest plane ever released as a kit. 16 sheets of foam plus three sheets of wood and two large decal sheets.😳😳😳
Mr NCT
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Wow, that's big! We'll need a loading dock & forklift to receive it. Here comes mine now -
Burnhard
Well-known member
Will there be an electronics pack for this one?
Bo123
Elite member
Eh if its that big then shipping to australia Is gonna be ridiculous…..
Bo123
Elite member
The build kit isnt out yet. And I doubt that the plans will be released.
Splinter189
Master member
Yes, there will likely be a bundle offered that includes electronics.
Splinter189
Master member
This will be available as a kit from Flite Test Oct /Nov
Will the F-14 be using a twin 70mm EDF setup like the other jets (i.e. F-18, F-4) or twin 80mm EDF? The reason being is I have been holding off on building the F-18 because I only have one pair of 70mm EDFs and their accompanying ESCs...and if the F-14 uses 70mm EDFs (which is what I suspect) I'll have to purchase another 70mm power system
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