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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/12/2007 4:13:42 AM   
funflyerf4


 

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Status: offline 		Boy I'am glad I found this thread, I have mine balanced at 7" and it took about 10oz in the tale even with 5 cell and reciever in the rear now I'am thinking about moving it to 6" for the first flight tommorrow.


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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/12/2007 10:18:41 PM   
funflyerf4


 

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Status: offline 		Well to day was the day.I had it balanced at 7"" back,I decieded to take some wait out,quit a bit too 7oz I still have 3oz in the back. The plane is balanced at 5 3/4 in. back from the leading edge the flew pretty good at that point.It was frigin hot to day.I had two good flights to day.I might add 1or two oz back in to help flair on landings.It did not want to flaire to day,but the landings were good as is.I fly off real soft sood grass it took off in about 100+ feet.The roll rate on high rates is fasttt.I like it.All in all so far great flying plane.

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/12/2007 10:42:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		Our plane flares like there's no tommorow - flys slow and high alpha really well, probably due to the slightly rearward CG compared to yours.

I agree - roll rate is very high.

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/13/2007 12:53:38 AM   
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Status: online 		Congrats on the Maiden Wish I could have seen it.
Hopefully next time

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, AN... - 8/17/2007 6:45:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Guy's
Have you ever checked with Merle Hyde, he makes well over 600 dofferent mounts and has now come out with a new mount, take's all of the vibration out of your jet or whatever your going to fly, i have them on all of my airplanes and now would not mount an engine without the hyde mount, makes all the difference in the world. If you like i could check on it if your interested.

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, AND... - 8/19/2007 2:59:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		JUST an FYI for all new to Cermark arf Jet's Take the time to take all the screws out of the landing gear and Loctite them all. It will save you lots of agravation in the future. I had 1 Main gear fall right out of my F-16 came in on two legs no damage but surprize. Landing gear mount in the plane Empty. OOPs.Cermark was kind enough to sell me new landing gear.

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/19/2007 9:32:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		LUDS96 - is that the old F-16 modified with new gear ? all the new F-16s i saw dont have a bottom hatch like yours does.

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/20/2007 3:10:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well I have several more flights with the 18 cg is now at 6" back. I'm going to move it back another 1/2",the plane requires down elevator while inverted now.The same happened to me with the landing gear.Put the wheels down for a landing and bombs away,there goes one main strut and wheel.I put the gear back up and landed a nice belly landing.


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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/21/2007 2:38:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		What servos are good for this plane? Mini size, or standard?

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/21/2007 9:22:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		All standard size with 2 minis in the rudders.

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/23/2007 2:54:25 AM   
LUDS96



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Status: offline 		I think it has been upgraded. This is an early version with the air retract upgrade. Plane lands fine on two as long as one is the nose gear. Just hard to take back off ;<{) I had to buy a complete new set. Plus a bottle of loctite. Take ALL THE SCREWS OUT AND LOCTITE THEM ALL Then no more problems.

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/25/2007 4:22:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		i had the same thing happen to me ,, the retract pivot with the wheel and wire was still attached . all of it fell out during flight,, i managed to do a perfect belly flopp,, no harm done,,, found the retract section and JB welded it so it wouldn't slide out ,,, it's all good now

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/25/2007 5:12:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		Just curious.....anyone been on a radar gun yet?....any idea what speed you're getting out of this plane?
Any flight videos yet?

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/26/2007 1:34:01 PM   
dotdigital


 

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Status: offline 		Has anyone noticed that on the leading edge of the F18's wing and the formed fuselage 'leading edge' there is a full 1/2" difference? Where are you guys taking your 'leading edge' measurements from for the CG??? Off the wing itself or from the fuse edge? See pix to view the issue.... comments welcomed...

I lost my first F18 to being too tail heavy... on the new bird I need to be certain ( plus I am going to maiden nose heavy to play it safe anyway!)

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/29/2007 12:32:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ordered my F-18 Monday online. I called Cermark today and asked them when it would ship. I was told they are out of retracts, and it will be 30 days at least before they get them.
Ordered a .90LX too,...looks like I'll be getting the engine before I get the plane.

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RE: CERMARK F-18 HORNET, BUILT IT BETTER, STRONGER, A... - 8/29/2007 12:05:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		I called Cermark they said they would send out a new retract and wire strut and wheel.They did the right thing.I have left the cg at 6" .I lost my throtle linkage last night in flight landed dead stick again one of the only times my JETT 90 quit when out if fuel.The plan glided in fairly nice.Man does this plane in the blue angel colors looks