Omg fej disease is contagious!
10-07-2013, 04:41 PM
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OMG FEJ Disease is CONTAGIOUS!
Tongue thoroughly in cheek!
Fast Forward to 2:40! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RJkJVnlDBI Don't get too close!
Apparently the Vampire is only a carrier of the disease, as it appeared to fly quite well!
David S
Fast Forward to 2:40! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RJkJVnlDBI Don't get too close!
Apparently the Vampire is only a carrier of the disease, as it appeared to fly quite well!
David S
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10-07-2013, 05:30 PM
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Looks like a F-120/Tornado or a Bobcat. At 2:49 you can see the nose gear and the main on the remaining wing down and locked. Looks like an evasive manuver to pitch down and give the vamp some space but then it pitches up and comes apart. I wonder if the gear extended and cause it to pitch down the the pilots reaction to recover it caused the left wing to fold?
10-07-2013, 05:35 PM
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I'll disagree with that, balsa and film covering have worked for years on jets like the original kangaroo's, the hotspot, the original bobcats, the balsa bandits, etc. It's not like the .5oz fiberglass cloth that otherwise would be used to finish a balsa jet add's any strength. It comes down to the structure, if you're relying on finishing cloth and resin OR plastic film to hold the model together it wasn't built well in the first place.
10-07-2013, 06:08 PM
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10-08-2013, 02:35 AM
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I'll disagree with that, balsa and film covering have worked for years on jets like the original kangaroo's, the hotspot, the original bobcats, the balsa bandits, etc. It's not like the .5oz fiberglass cloth that otherwise would be used to finish a balsa jet add's any strength. It comes down to the structure, if you're relying on finishing cloth and resin OR plastic film to hold the model together it wasn't built well in the first place.
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10-08-2013, 05:45 AM
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10-08-2013, 06:08 AM
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The falcon 120 it's a nitro pusher jet not a turbine power jet and must be reinforced with carbon fiber spars and a lot more ,the jet price it's $170 not thousands like the fej jets ,I think the fej jet is the only one with power force shield the first china shield for the 6 generation jets now testing in jet models.
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10-08-2013, 06:27 AM
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Did anyone notice that the gear deployed just after the wing was ripped off. Must have been spring down gear and lost air when one of the mains departed. Kind of humorous.
10-08-2013, 07:00 AM
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Cody, you never yanked that hard on yours. At least I've never seen you do it when we fly together. Those F120's do have limits as they were never designed to fly with turbines in the first place.
10-08-2013, 11:37 AM
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The gear clearly deployed AFTER the airframe came apart.
Balsa and film coverings have been used for years before the checkbook modelers discovered things like carbon fiber, Kevlar, and fiberglass.
If the above statement offends you, you may be a checkbook modeler. I hear they are like rednecks with money...
The ONLY thing that matters in model aviation is the build, as all the FEJ threads should make crystal clear to the casual reader.