A7 Corsair Scratch built park jet ducted fan UPDATE

[lauriejo]

Hello.

would you let me know please about the motor? How much Kv is the consumption. thanks.

[MikeysRC]

@lauriejo Go to my website and down the plans for free all the info for what motro / ESD to get should be on there. But I use a 64mm fan with a 4300KV motor in this video.

[lauriejo]

@MikeysRC Ｔｈａｎｋｓ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｉｎｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ！　：Ｄ

[3801Catcher]

I am building one now, and chose to make my A-7 look realistic. It is going to have a round fueslage

[YoNevNo]

You said you'll make some free pdf for us. Where is it?

[MikeysRC]

@YoNevNo This video was made over a year ago. The plans were free orignaly. They only cost $1.50 though so is still almost free =). Click on the link under the video to get the plans.

[Kpilot786457]

it may be that theres not enough vertical stabilizer. may add more may help. because you scaled it down, it may not b enough vertical.

[alex3373]

FANTASTIC!!! I just happened to stumble upon this and let me tell you I did not know you could build stuff like this by using cheap materials. Mickey you are tha man!! Thanks for uploading this. Ill be building one in the near future, something to do with my son :)

[Kpilot786457]

i noticed that its actually like 32.5 inches from VERY front to VERY back. what do i do?

[3801Catcher]

Your loops are similar to thrust vectoring loops....

[snakev10v5]

wheres that to?

[snakev10v5]

yo dude can you please tell me some of ther electronic parts you used to control this plane? I am making my own see

[MikeysRC]

@snakev10v5 Click on the "more info" drop down button in the upper right of the info box. It's lists the specs of the parts used.

[martyisnuts]

Thanks for all the good info your providing. Keep up the good work.

[cienporcientozuleta]

hola hablo en español puede habalr en español

[MikeysRC]

@cienporcientozuleta ????

[cienporcientozuleta]

hola hemrnao como esta quisiera hacer el f-16 pero en su pagina no esta el plano para hacerlosi puede haga el video para hacer uno hey usted si save hacer aviones muy buenos jjeje espero sus repuestas ingles

[MikeysRC]

@cienporcientozuleta No habla sorry

[ishdj]

@MikeysRC hi is saying,,,, he wants to build an f-16,,, and if you can make one  for him... ,,,

[satvikjadhav4]

how long could it fly?

[MikeysRC]

@satvikjadhav4 About 8 minuets

[F35JSF1]

that last crash was a pilot error an old fashion stall

[56tony1]

Interesting choice of model... I worked on the engines of the real ones in A7C's & E's...( TF-30, TF-41's ).. The flight trajectory of this plane is one of the worst imaginable... Glide pattern of a large rock if power goes away..... Yours is doing quite well, though. Just curious, with all the models out there, why did you pick this one ?

[MikeysRC]

@56tony1 WOW COOL.  Sounds like you had an exciting career working on aircraft like this! Good question as to why I picked it. Well, I hadn't seen any one else make a scratch model of this plane. I also like making planes with flying tails....or at least really like how they preform, and I also wanted to fly this RC plane around a real retired A7 that's mounted on a pedestal on the old Alameda NAVY base.

[aaron12pardo]

can i have one please i never had a plane that baetifull how do you make them

[arildo94]

haha! she flies soo greate mikey! this is one of the best planes you have made if you ask me! greate job! :P

[MikeysRC]

@arildo94 THAKS =) Plans are almost done.

[frietpan111]

looks good maybe i will build this one

[eitanoiman]

Your designs are realy professional.

This time it seems like the CG is too far to the back. Can you add nose wight and try this maneuver again ?

[MikeysRC]

I'm building a whole nother plane and will moving the motor and battery to new locations.

[cobra18t]

Yah that last flight looked exactly like some of mine when I got the CG too far back. The plane seems to "forget" which direction is forward and there is no stopping its trip to the ground!

[frogs84ss]

hey will nice job i think scaling down was the right move, i also agree with the comments on the use of kf2. my only other sugestion is i looks like adding a bit more wing area might help stabilize the plane. as well as a larger vertical stabilizer. that should put that thing on rails with 3 or 4 cells. nice plane love the looks.man it was moving with that 4 cell it really woke up that 64mm edf.

[MikeysRC]

Cool, thanks for the suggestions. =)

[NoobyRC]

You guys may like that dollar tree foam board and thats ok!, but i have been there and done that, it may be lighter and cheaper (both reasons why I liked it at first too) but after a hard landing or 2 or just regular flying the foam board really begins to wear out fast!

I went back to good quality foam board and it may be heavier but it can handle my noobyness flying! I crash ALOT! LOL

I liked the original plan to0, it looked like it flew nice, sure you wrecked it but dont we all?

[korwadana]

i reallly liked the original plan (Jet trainer) just for those who want to move from slow to jet flyers.

[MikeysRC]

Cool, yeah......I agree. The jet should still have those capabilities. But I was hoping that with the simple change of a 4 cell battery it would make it faster. So I'm trying to design in the ability for different battery sizes.

[wildhover]

i just love dollar tree foam board!!! my park jets have been dopplered at 70+ MPH and have had no problems with the paper covered foam board. i sort of agree with nishbrown's comment. your modification of a KFm2 may have been too radical, possibly resulting in your weird tipstalls. I have only used 3 of the 8 KF airfoil variatiions, but the 2 is my favorite because it usually works best with reducing the plane's stalling characteristics rather than enhancing it. i love the look of the plane!

[poerik]

coool almost hit your own car nice..

grtzz

[Skydive4ever]

Cool stuff man :-)

[hankdrnr]

Cool airplane. I really like how it does those loops!

[NoobyRC]

The kfm2 airfoil needs to be straight across, and its is more for stability and to help counter act stalling. The aerobatics you were trying were actually being counteracted by the foil and that probably why wouldn't respond right when you tried that maneuver You noticed the back flips worked better without it.

I love the plane and plan to bu9ld one during the summer.

[MikeysRC]

I think the major reason for the funky flying was the gust wind and motor mounted too bar back. The back flipping ability seemed to be the same with all the airfoils.....it is so good at those because the whole tail moves and it's right in the prop / ducted fan thrust wash.

[NoobyRC]

Be careful with that dollar tree foam board see my video about the HardFoamboardLesson.wmv

That foam board ripped apart on me during take off, yea its lighter but instead of card board holding the foam board in place they use paper.

[MikeysRC]

It all depends on how you build your motor mount. So far I have not had any problems. Just make sure your glue wraps around your motor mounts on prop planes. =)

[rcramosrc]

great job documenting your progress on the A-7. can't wait to see the next version. I'll definatly hv to check out the dollar tree foam board. I didn't know there were differences in other brands. good luck with the upgrades!

[nishbrown]

Sweet design!

The air-foil step is too far forward. That did raise your stall speed. The KFm is approx. half of the wing chord, a little forward of that has worked well for me.

[dietcoke1996]

Good job, Will. It got funky near the end though. Can't wait for the A2!!!!

[jauchiu]

Wow thats one nice flying plane.Good job Will.

[amxen1]

was looking really good till the end Will. Gonna be flying my new build this weekend. hope my son dont crash it llol

[livvidd]

nice flying skills