89mm Duct Fan Plane Project Part 3

[Kpilot786457]

95% Expo, 50% travel and you'll be good XD

[RcTranMD]

looks like a JAS-39 Gripen

[Boot2yourHead]

GREAT JOB. keep the videos coming and i'll keep watching love what you guys do.

[redrumm101]

great lookin plane frank. I agree with SomeUselessGeek on the canards. If you make them full floating with a gyro that thing will fly like a dream. Not saying it doesnt fly like a dream now. It will always feel slightly pitchy with stationary canards at higher speeds. Its like putting little parachutes on the front. Good luck with the rest of the build cant wait to see it finished.

[TheRcAirlineraddict]

add some full floating gyro controlled canards

[bozorob1961]

looks like it's going to fly right onto the edge

[Aircraftfreak155]

nice it looks like shes going to be a fun plane to fly.

[RCJETJUNKIE]

good job Frank !!!! That plane was moving pretty quick at one point I think it’s going to be fast after you get it all trimmed up you’ll be able to have a full speed run

[bowser197]

Good job Frank... Love the craftsmanship...!

[SomeUselessGeek]

Okay.

You're not done yet. Leave the elevons just as they are. Move the nose wheel servo and its bulkhead farther forward if at all possible. If you can give that huge battery some more forward room you won't need any balancing weight. Relocate the nose wheel if you must.

The real trick is with the canards. Cut them loose and make them full floating, then hook 'em up to an inexpensive rate gyro. This is how real fighter aircraft operate, so it's good enough for us, too. PM me to discuss it.

[SomeUselessGeek]

Forgot to mention, you also want to smooth the inlets, carving the foam on the inside to blend to the outside surface. That way the air gets compressed as it comes in the inlet. You aren't burning fuel, but the fan will have denser air to work with, and that'll make the plane go faster.

[War3Hog1011]

Nice job dude.

[planesRus]

Do you have plans for this?

[sshoover10]

Frank,

Good job on the plane man, I have been waiting for that thing for a long time. That plane is huge, nice work though on the blue foam.

Jake

MESA rcFF Team

[MinfangDuan]

probly fly better without canards

[Skydive4ever]

Awesome, that thing is huge, looks awesome, congrats on the maiden :-)

[waterchildtera]

taper the back ailerons wide inset thinner on the outer edge !

set up canards with flaps ?

great job !

your a good stick ace

[phoebehndz]

Nice work Frank!

[WarbirdFan66]

very nice plane, awesome work Frank

[FlyHighRC386]

Hey Frank, I must say that this is in my view your best build yet, love the mirge/eurofighter/F-102 style to it. Great job man.

[creviseboy]

you should put a kf airfoil on the wing and canard

and check if the canard is level it looks weird in the video

and you could probably use the canopy it self as nose weight

:)

[DomoWeb]

VERY NICE FRANK !

[52mrdan]

Super Great job Frank ,I love to watch and fallow your guys build videos.

Keep up the good work ,thanks again DAN

[zombienumber13]

very cool looking plane

[vmat377]

I say do away with the canards. Other than that - looks great Frank!

Tell Paul to hurry up with the Supernova Extreme!

[wildhover]

I would probably just trim the canards 50% and see how it flies then (just because I like the look of canards). I like its floatyness too. congrats on a great maiden Frank. please don't make us wait another year to see the paint job with the canopy!

[Cjudd001]

Nice landing Frank.

[0MoTheG]

certainly tail-heavy even on the second flight => slows it down => makes it climb less. Don't cut the control-surfaces. Paul might be right about the canards, if you can test it without them.

well done, I like how floaty it is.

[nishbrown]

Finally!!

LOL!

Nice test flight.

[lewandlo]

Cool build Way To Go. Flies like a Russian flying tank,scud, thingy heheheh Way to handle it in the air .You did good. Thanks for sharing.;

[mxf7010g8k]

you are an absolute pro. this is the cleanest built rc foamie ive seen in a long while

[RyanBlockb5]

Fantastic your projects never fail to impress

[theoriginalwordup]

Very nice.

[Allwaystaynfly]

Great job!! it kind of looks like an F5 with canards instead of elevators.

[lin350gg]

russian drone lol