$1,000.00 Bounty to make new stabs for my FEJ planes (F-18 & Bae hawk)
10-30-2013, 08:10 PM
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$1,000.00 to make new stabs for my FEJ planes (F-18 & Bae hawk)
To Jet gurus and pro builders, I'm offering a $1,000.00 bounty to anyone that can make some new stabs for 2 of my FEJ planes:
1, 1.45 Hawk
2, 1/6th F-18 Super hornet
I have there factory paint/hardners, so they'll need to be painted to match.
Fly Eagle is working on a fix for the hawk buy many question the integrity of the fix and there is simply too much money on the line to take chance. I"m sure there are many other people who are "stuck" with FEJ stuff, yes we know you guys told us so...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9itmqfh84E
Anyone willing to make new stabs for me, will probably have a lot of new customers with the molds they make, more for the hawk, but I'm sure plenty of people have the F-18 too so you could make the money back by helping all the other guys with the FEJ stuff.
I can send you both pairs of stabs for the F-18 and the single stab for the hawk. For the F-18, I don't think you can change the MAC due to the pin drive mech. Please PM me or reply to this thread.
TIA
1, 1.45 Hawk
2, 1/6th F-18 Super hornet
I have there factory paint/hardners, so they'll need to be painted to match.
Fly Eagle is working on a fix for the hawk buy many question the integrity of the fix and there is simply too much money on the line to take chance. I"m sure there are many other people who are "stuck" with FEJ stuff, yes we know you guys told us so...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9itmqfh84E
Anyone willing to make new stabs for me, will probably have a lot of new customers with the molds they make, more for the hawk, but I'm sure plenty of people have the F-18 too so you could make the money back by helping all the other guys with the FEJ stuff.
I can send you both pairs of stabs for the F-18 and the single stab for the hawk. For the F-18, I don't think you can change the MAC due to the pin drive mech. Please PM me or reply to this thread.
TIA
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10-30-2013, 08:37 PM
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Hi Disco.
The cost of a mould is over what you are offering. However foam cut balsa sheeted and glassed structures would do the trick easily.
1/7th YA F-18s have been flying with this setup for a long time.
Changing the pivot point would not be a big problem on the 18. Your Stabs would just sit an inch or so further aft, which would probably not be noticeable ( the FEJ 18s are largely out of scale anyway ) and would improve the overall pitch stability.
The cost of a mould is over what you are offering. However foam cut balsa sheeted and glassed structures would do the trick easily.
1/7th YA F-18s have been flying with this setup for a long time.
Changing the pivot point would not be a big problem on the 18. Your Stabs would just sit an inch or so further aft, which would probably not be noticeable ( the FEJ 18s are largely out of scale anyway ) and would improve the overall pitch stability.
10-30-2013, 10:01 PM
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$1,000.00 for the whole thing, this would be something that you could then make updated stabs for other FEJ customers, the claim to have made 200 hawks, so 200 potential customers that need new elevators, I don't know how many 1/6 F-18's there are. I'll ask around for some other owners to see if they could pitch in.
Would rather have this fiberglassed and avoid balsa lamined, the hawk is pushing 49 lbs fully fueled and the F-18 is 73lbs fueled (with 2 tanks)
Thanks
Would rather have this fiberglassed and avoid balsa lamined, the hawk is pushing 49 lbs fully fueled and the F-18 is 73lbs fueled (with 2 tanks)
Thanks
10-30-2013, 10:09 PM
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1 thing about the F-18 and the Pivot/Mac:
http://flyeaglejet.com/en/F181.6%20I...20Manuals.html
the v3 version (latest) uses a direct drive PIN method where the rod is inside a teflon bushing and the servo moves the elevator. Each stab has a horizontal slot for the elevator for the pin. So if the location of the pin needs to happen then the horizontal slot needs to move over accordingly.
http://flyeaglejet.com/en/F181.6%20I...20Manuals.html
the v3 version (latest) uses a direct drive PIN method where the rod is inside a teflon bushing and the servo moves the elevator. Each stab has a horizontal slot for the elevator for the pin. So if the location of the pin needs to happen then the horizontal slot needs to move over accordingly.
10-30-2013, 11:06 PM
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This is a easy fix to do, only thing is, is this "Bounty" going to be like the one another guy put up to fix the comp arf A4 Skyhawk steering and then never showed up again on that thread...
10-31-2013, 06:40 AM
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I can do them, id just need a few 3+ People per model to do them. Internals will be glass/carbon layups with an airex core and balsa/ finnish aircraft ply internal structure material.
Painted and ready for install is one option, primed and ready for paint is another.
Painted and ready for install is one option, primed and ready for paint is another.
10-31-2013, 01:13 PM
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$1,000.00 for the whole thing, this would be something that you could then make updated stabs for other FEJ customers, the claim to have made 200 hawks, so 200 potential customers that need new elevators, I don't know how many 1/6 F-18's there are. I'll ask around for some other owners to see if they could pitch in.
Would rather have this fiberglassed and avoid balsa lamined, the hawk is pushing 49 lbs fully fueled and the F-18 is 73lbs fueled (with 2 tanks)
Thanks
Would rather have this fiberglassed and avoid balsa lamined, the hawk is pushing 49 lbs fully fueled and the F-18 is 73lbs fueled (with 2 tanks)
Thanks
10-31-2013, 05:39 PM
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My point exactly, we know that the current production stabs won't stand up to any flutter but has anyone determined the cause of the flutter to begin with? Stabs no matter how poorly built don't just peel off the airplane like that without a massive destructive force. Flight loads alone do not cause that sort of failure.
