My Foamboard Creations...

SportyModder

Active member
I will be posting here As I Build Fly and Crash.
My first creation, as requested by my buddy Trent....

A profile F16 with a tractor motor, and bank and yank design....

Power system is a Quad 2106 2150 kv motor, on 800 mah 3s, a unknown esc, 3x 9 gram servos, and a spectrum 4ch rx and 8 ch Tx.

Based on a tiny Die cast F16 model

20" wingspan, and 30"length.

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And a second....

This will be mine, and the first will be Trent's.

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Test flying the plane I found I had a fairly extreme tail heavy condition!

I didn't panic as she went nose high into a vertical condition, and managed to nose her back over with the elevator and land her in the tall grass. Only breaking a Prop.

She has enough thrust to hover, and pull out using a 5x4.5x3 quad prop.

I moved the CG forward an inch and test flew. Much better but I ended up losing her and she spiraled to her death breaking the nose off at the cockpit bubble.

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Repaired and ready for another test flight!

You can see how far forward I moved the battery based on the velcro on the fuse.

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Vimana89

Legendary member
Your profile F-16 is really nice. I like how clean and simple it is. The tractor may change the traditional jet look a bit, but for a profile plane already doesn't look super scale to begin with so I think it looks cool, and probably makes CG easier and gets rid of the need to cut out any of the wing for a slot. Flies great too!
 

SportyModder

Active member
Agreed. Battery is dead over the C.G. She fly's with as large as a 1300mah 3s, and gets 5 min with a 800mah 3s. Def fly's better on the 800 IMO.

W did find its limits though and the 1300 is the absolute max. She snapped out of the bottom of a loop without the wingtip's.

She weighs in @9.3 oz with a 800(2.3oz) and a bit heavier with the larger pack. (3.6oz)

A 1.3oz difference makes a hug difference when you are talking 20" wingspan.