RCPowers F-18 V2 Intro!

[Ranagade100]

RCFoam.com best place ever

[Ghostrider03Z]

dave, or someone. is this plane pretty easy to fly with just elevons. i can fly a 4 channel plane good but i want someones opinion on this plane.

[Ghostrider03Z]

hey dave, somewhere i heard/read that you can get foam at home depot or someplace. im wondering what it is called.

[karlj48]

@Ghostrider03Z I got mine at Loews, couldn't find it anywhere else. It will be in the insulation aisle, it is a 1/4 inch, blue foam. It was the only 1/4 inch foam they sold at the store, should be easy to find. About 30 bucks for a 24 pack of 2'x4' sheets(approx dimensions), using it for my first plane

[yandesouza78]

hey dave i just finish up th f-18 i'm using all the electronics that you mention on the video but for some reason the ESC gets really hot ,my question is that do i need to buy a BEC or upgrade ESC, i have park jet v2 with 30 Amp ESC and 1600 lipo batt

[wheelin20]

if i buy the advanced kit does it come with all the electronics or does it just tell about it

[HeadShot360IN]

What paint do you use for these planes?

[taby448]

thumbs up 4 no reason

[Matijahs]

haha :D i watched that video, just beacouse i read nitro, not intro xD

[odiewan67]

I got about 70% of the way through a build and decided to put twin 56mm ducted fans in this. Two 30A ESCs, 2x 3790KV motors, one 4s 2200mAh Lipo. Should be done by this weekend.

[tstirling13]

love the fact you made it the blue angels f-18!

[Redblood797]

I would like to watch the videos of you guys flying and testing not these types that just summarize...

[FalingHamProductions]

117 Video xD (for those this doesnt make sense to. One of the original build planes they made was the F117)

[oatcakepastymatt]

They are called strakes. On the full size aircraft they trip vortices at high angles of attack which roll over the main wing. These cores of low pressure increase the pressure differential over the wing between the upper and lower surfaces, hence resulting in an increase in lift - important when you are pulling high alpha to prevent stall/increase performance. Dubious as to how beneficial they are to a small scale aircraft such as this which has a much higher thrust/weight ratio anyway.

[creviseboy]

how about FPV in the future?

[RCSuperPowers]

@RCschuback Yes, using the Super Soinc V2 on these now. They are getting MEGA JET upgrades soon.

[philkidd]

Nice Dave!

[justfly60482]

cant wait too see more. Great Job!

[Jonern4]

Would be sooo awesome to make the eurofighter with parachute air brakes:)

[pagani8]

@RCschuback I think there using the super megajet

[gowill2]

dave, i pretty much suck at building my own planes but its what i enjoy the most for rc... half the fun is building. i dont get this score notch fold stuff lol. i know i just sound retarded. but i score, i notch and it just snaps instead of folds.

dont taz me bro but i think i need help.

[RcFlyingFil]

Nice to see-hear you guys again. Like always one to have in my collection - greetings

[flyingchimp99]

.haey ho

[SEThatered]

Hmm interesting: eurofighter is build to be unstable, and onboard computer corrects it all the time.

So it is inherently unstable form to begin with...

[RoelandDNL]

Very scale looking plane right there! :) Q for you: what are the percentages you use on the KF foil? As in: 40% of the wing widht... And how high?

Orrrr... Do you just WING it? :)

[startazz]

Glad your getting back to once a week schedule now Dave and say his to Val and Scott ;-) thumbs up.

[gizmoguyar]

Seeing the prop run without hitting the ground makes me realize this isn't the case on most planes. How often do you have props break? is it ever a problem when you slide in on landing?

[safurniss]

Great Dave, looking forward to building this one .... Keep the videos coming

[mhmyup1]

HEY RCPOWERS! Can you please experiment with multiple EDFs lined up with each other. I was thinking you could use the first EDF to accelerate air into the second so that you get better acceleration. (Could be used to increase throttle response for VTOL.:))

[Pirate88179]

Great video Dave, I hope you and Val are doing well. You guys deserve it.

Bill

[Sancho0330]

whats up with the giant inductor?

[xGarettx]

great vid! looking forward to that euro fighter!! an interesting thing about the eurofighter is that it is build to be aerodynamically unstable.. so you can get quick and radical responses whenever you're trying maneuvers, pretty weid uh? so it has over 60 computers that make sure the plane flies smoothly and prevent it from crashing everytime you're doing a trick or maneuver

[bloodshot16]

@xGarettx And if 1 computer breaks the whole plane crashes ;)

[redrumm101]

Very nice Guys. I was waiting for you guys to get these going. I know you liked the one from nitroplanes so i knew it would only be a matter of time. keep it up thanks/

[theoriginalwordup]

I love it!

Keep up the good work.

[JettaManDan09]

nice..i know my 50mm EDF F-18 flys awesome...so this has to as well...

[gstrysky]

I flew it with the MJv3 and my plane comes in at almost 30 oz painted. You can definitely fly it, but the SMJv2 really transforms it!

[keith42085]

that thing is sweet....it may be my next project. i do have one question though, would an mjv3 have enough power for it. i didnt really get a good look at the motor setup you have in the vid

[peckster1994]

Nice, I like the electronics hatch location.

[meetsouder]

whats so special about "high-alpha"?

[er2015af]

@meetsouder you can fly it super slow with a lot of control. And it just looks cool to see a pane flying in a hover-state.

[anipz90]

X-Men jet ? :P

[gstrysky]

Dave, I can definitely attest to the high alpha capabilities! I was actually tired after I flew because you can just go through battery after battery of high alpha with this. Rudder control is amazing when in high alpha.  I haven't even touched the surface of it in that respect. Build was pretty straight forward. Not as forgiving as the F22, but that's because it reacts immediately to input and does not have thrust vectoring. This is my new favorite!

[traxxasrockhead]

hey Dave i'm just curious, what else are you doing beside YouTube videos??

[taranjeetchawla]

what does 70 mm means ?

[mocabeenow]

now you need to make 4 more (and people that can fly 'em) and do your own Blue Angel formation!!!

[Allwaystaynfly]

Very cool great work!

[SecondCocacola]

whats that hege box thing in the back

[SecondCocacola]

nice plane guys!

[Mrmodeltrainz]

looks great, thumbs up!

[Fastliner8]

thumbs up for dave's hair when he holds both planes xD

[RCSonicjet]

Yep, not strakes, Leading edge extensions.

[yorrickwi]

are there sun collectros for planes so you dont have to recharge on a sunny day would be a fun experiment

[Martin100k]

Verrry Nice plane! Did you ever try to "KF" the LEX's (strakes as you call them) since that would make the plane look even better (it makes the ugly KFstep of the wingplane invisible, since the LEXs and the wings are then the same thickness. And you can round off the leading edges of the LEXs like the real thing. (curved on top, and sharpedged on the bottom) (and it might even help aerodynamically too)

Nice vid as always, glad that you are still producing great RC stuff!!!

Best regards,

Martin

[hlbatesjr]

Another great plane. Awesome job to you all.

[FlyHighRC386]

To be honest Dave, out of all the cool things it has the best thing is the fact you can run the motor on the ground without having your prop chopping up the ground :), awesome video. Im a Brit and want the eurofighter haha, good going guys

[RCSuperPowers]

@FlyHighRC386 Ha! And that was just by accent/chance. The belly design just happened to work that way. I didn't even know it could do that until I went to edit the video and saw that shot!

[claydough210]

@RCSuperPowers i started watching your videos when you did more flying and awesome videos like with the helicopter music video do more like that it would be cool

[y512516]

can't wait to have a credit card

[alphabetsoupsandwich]

Not strafes or strakes, they're known as leading edge extensions.

[RCSuperPowers]

@alphabetsoupsandwich I put "extensions" in my hair.

[jameslikeinnit]

@RCSuperPowers

I put strafes and strakes in my hair.

[jameslikeinnit]

@RCSuperPowers

I put strafes and strakes in my hair.

[elmardus]

@RCSuperPowers Leading edge extensions is not right. I think they are called slats...

[upinyawife]

@RCSuperPowers I do have to say you have good hair,,,,,, poor lil Indian girl !!!!

[rcpilot14]

@alphabetsoupsandwich Why the hell are you saying that. obviously you know nothing about aircraft. I have more than 100 times more experience than you. You are just a fucking moron and asshole. They are called strakes, so shut up you son of a bitch.

[Odin19630]

@rcpilot14 Not that it really matters but I have worked on the CF18 for 20 years, you guys are talking about what is known as the LEX (Leading Edge Extension) there is also a small vertical piece that sits atop it known as the LEX Fence. Granted it may have another name but in the CFTO maintenance manuals this is what it is called.

[RCllamadude]

@rcpilot14 don't be a butt hole. they are informally called strakes, but in all official terms and documents, they are called leading edge extensions, or LEX.

PS. People who think they know everything annoy those of us who actually do.

[powwow151]

@alphabetsoupsandwich they're also known as strakes

[anshumangirdhar]

Oh yeah.