Jet RC show

[whels]

kool planes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCBJgOohQcQ&feature=related

[Bosco123]

Yea, All of those guys are playing with at least 5Gs, and those A10s over 10. Gotta have a lot of money to play with that.

The Mako's,BTW, are a group down in Miami that a couple of us here in the Cape are close with. That American colored F-100 was one of the pilots with the Mako's and I have reall got to know him well, and he is probably the best Jet pilot I have seen.

Cool stuff.

[flight17]

i want to make a 1/12 scale 737. but i really want to make a 1/12-1/20 scale jet model of every airplane boeing has made plus every variant... need to start playing the loto more...

[CAP1]

Yea, All of those guys are playing with at least 5Gs, and those A10s over 10. Gotta have a lot of money to play with that.

The Mako's,BTW, are a group down in Miami that a couple of us here in the Cape are close with. That American colored F-100 was one of the pilots with the Mako's and I have reall got to know him well, and he is probably the best Jet pilot I have seen.

Cool stuff.

dude....you need to do those guys a favor........go teach em to land....and teach em what the rudder is for.


beautiful aircraft, but very poorly flown i think.

[Bosco123]

Airplanes like that Have no lift, and when your flying in the third person like we are, it makes it really tricky to get the spool time just right so that you can get a good landing. I honestly think that the best way to lnd those is really, REALLY fast, although I have never flown one. I mean, I even do that now with the props, come in with a lot of speed to keep the airplane from stalling.

It's kind of new, it really got popular in the past couple of years and people are still learing a lot of things. If you want to see a good flight, find the 3 Komets in Europe fling around on Youtube with turbines. Ever seen a full power touch and go with no wheels? Yea.

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[CAP1]

Airplanes like that Have no lift, and when your flying in the third person like we are, it makes it really tricky to get the spool time just right so that you can get a good landing. I honestly think that the best way to lnd those is really, REALLY fast, although I have never flown one. I mean, I even do that now with the props, come in with a lot of speed to keep the airplane from stalling.

It's kind of new, it really got popular in the past couple of years and people are still learing a lot of things. If you want to see a good flight, find the 3 Komets in Europe fling around on Youtube with turbines. Ever seen a full power touch and go with no wheels? Yea.

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i keep my pony, and my hangar 9 t34 fast on final......i chop throttle to idle as i cross the fence. my sport planes, i fly final much slower.

 the couple jet pilots we have, pretty much seem to grease em on......it's like you said.......gotta keep em fast. chop throttle, and flare.........

 

[Sol75]

I fly a turbine F/A-18, and an F-86, and yes, exactly that, keep it fast, and be prepared to exaggerate your flare over the norm... it takes a bit to get used to but with practice you can grease em in.

Although with the F/A-18 it has scale oleo struts on it, so i tend to make a scale like landing with it, allowing it to settle rather hard onto the mains as per a carrier style landing.

Sol

[MiloMorai]

Sol, how does the fuel get to the engine? Piston engines have a pressure feed, due jets have one also?

[mensa180]

Sol-  We need pictures!

[Flipperk]

I had a few gasoline powered props, one was a cessna 172R, man I LOVED that plane.

Freakin Hurricane IKE had to wash it away 

[Sol75]

Well, Don't have pics of the F-86, but here are a couple of the 25+ planes, and 5 helis I have hehe


My F4U-1A (the one in the 2nd row)


46% Hangar 9 Ultimate Biplane with a DA-180 for power (yellow and white one)


My 1/5th scale pony during our annual R/C airshow, during the WWII Tribute/reenactment


And the Yellow aircraft F/A-18 modified for twin Jetcat P-80 turbines, rather than the standard single 120... low pass at about 180mph

[Sol75]

Sol, how does the fuel get to the engine? Piston engines have a pressure feed, due jets have one also?

Jets have a complete electronic engine control unit, with fuel pumps and everything... there is a LOT more involved in flying a turbine than a gasser or glow bird, which is why I don't fly mine a ton... for every flight you spend 20-40 minutes preparing a turbine for the flight, whereas with gasser/glow you spend approx 5.

Don't get me wrong, I love my jets, but if I just want a relaxing day @ the field, I take one of my giant scale aerobats, a warbird, and a heli to the field.

(although the helis are very maintenance intensive as well)

Sol

[eagl]

Is it just me, or is that hornet fuselage deforming badly?  There is a dent just below the aft part of the canopy and the lower fuselage lines look bent nose-down starting just behind the aft part of the canopy...

[Sol75]

it does look that way in the photo eagl, although I don't believe it is... the fuse is fiberglass and carbon fiber... should not be deforming at all... I have never seen any damage in that area, I looked ery closely at it after seeing this photo, does not appear to be any problems.  So far, I have not found someone who can gt another photo that clear of it in flight during a high speed pass to check to see if it is just a shadow or somethign in THAT photo.  But, As I said, I inspected it, and found no signs of any problems in that area of the fuse.

[Bosco123]

Yea, I fly everything with power all the way until I'm on the ground, it pretty much has become my elevator and the way I fly. You'll catch me a couple of times saying, "As long as I have aeilorons and Throttle I can fly it." Takes a lot of patience and time to learn how to fly like that. Most people like to get to the runway and cut the throttle, but that really dosn't result in a very smooth landing, because of the stall.

Like I said, Jets you have to be like 3 steps ahead of it, were as in gas powerd you only need to be 1 step to be decent, (although I think 3 ahead, myself) which again takes a lot of time and practice to get any good with a jet.
Sol, even though it takes a lot to set them up and get ready for them, I think you also worry about the money, that had to have costed you at least 8Gs, and that may be a gross under value then what you have put into it. I think the minimum of a decent jet motor is what, 3 or 4Gs. lol

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