Todds Models

My falcon weighs in at 12.5 pounds, opted for fixed gear instead of retracts to keep the weight down. Running a Wren 70 with 15.5 pounds of thrust, vertical is nice , top speed dunno [sm=confused.gif] but it is able to fly at smaller fields.

Todd

sweetpea01

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Anyone have links to the better canopy and the fuel tank. I'd like to finish the build on mine this winter with these things

Todds Models

I don't have a canopy but I can cut a set of formers on my laser that will take a 1.5 liter Fiji water bottle. Just knock out a few of the old ones and put the new ones in. Have to figure what the cost will be........

Todd

sweetpea01

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Let me know via PM.....I already took the old formers out a long time ago. I'm most likely going to fiberglass the wings also as my winter project.

Todds Models

sweetpea01, think I met to you at JOW. I was the one with the Falcon. I had the motor set at 145,000 rpm then. Now flying at the 160,00 rpm.

sweetpea01

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Yep, we met. Saw yours fly very well.

I need a couple things to get mine going. I plan to totally redo mine to a military type scheme just because. It will get my Rabbit unless I find a good used superbee that I can actually afford.

Todds Models

Military colors would be cool. But do not forget to put the M after the V. VMFA

Boomerang1

Like this?

I had to repair my smaller Bobcat which involved recovering the wings & filling in the holes in the tailplane.

I recovered the wings in Sig Koverall, the booms/tail in brown paper applied with PVA. This provided a good
base for car primer & enamel paint. I covered the underside of the tailplane in aluminium tape. - John.

Woketman

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That is GORGEOUS!!! Wow, I love it!!!!

Boomerang1

Thanks Woketman, it was fun to do in a different colour scheme.

This take off pic is probably a bit clearer. - John.

Launch Pad McQuack

Sweetpea if you read back threw the threads Noray has an aftermarket canopy which is far better that the thin cheap stock one. And if you read back you can also get fiberglass conformal tanks for the Falcon. The main tank is 85oz and if you want he make 2 small wing tanks. I have the new canopy and the 85oz main fiberglass tank and love them both. I have the 2 smaller wing tanks but have no put them in since I don't need the extra flight time. May put them in over the winter as oil for smoke.

sweetpea01

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The thread was tooo long for me to read back but I got the hook up for the canopy...Thanks

I am thinking about the wing tanks for smoke or maybe a centerline instead.


I like that German scheme. I hadn't thought too much yet on the exact one, but I was thinking of playing with flite metal or alum paint for it.

new2jets

HI got an intresting test flight to do tomorrow on a friends falcon 120 with two 7lb thrust edf units on it ,Thats 14lb wren 54 power ? . rcu name for andy is snipershot if you want to ask about it, Ill let you know how it goes hopefully a video too. Heres some pic s

sweetpea01

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Please let us know how that goes......looks interesting to say the least

Knife Liddle

Cool, another twin edf Falcon 120. Here are a couple of pics of mine and a youtube link to some video

See next post

Knife Liddle

Cool, another twin edf Falcon 120. Here are a couple of pics of mine and a youtube link to some video
This one has twin HET 9305 fans, each putting out about 9lbs of thrust at about 3.5kw. Top speed aprox 180mph.
My landings are better now.

Good luck with your flight.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p28NrrNzSUo[/youtube]

BaldEagel

Interesting test bed for a good size A10 Have you seen the CGRC Jets one its much smaller than a Milbo and is designed for EDF or Turbine.

Mike

Eric S

So here it is - the first and a bit of the second flight of Andy's Falcon powered by twin lander 90mm fan units running on 2 5000mah 6 s packs.
First flight went perfect - 2nd was a little more exciting when Nigel tested exactly how long the battery lasts . the answer is somewhere between four and half and five minutes....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-aep0OUGU

new2jets

cheer`s eric
Well the edf fly`s and we had a great falcon day with the turbines aswell .

snipershot

FALCON 120, twin lander 90 edf, maiden flight was very impressive,those motors sound really nice. Big thanks to Garry up in Newcastle at BRC HOBBIES for supplying the motors, running gear and battery setup (thanks pet).
The running gear for anyone interested is, Two seperate motor setups, each 90mm lander has a 100amp pentium-100-hv motor speed controller and a 5000 6s battery pack.
The speed controllers are y leaded into the rx, the rx has two 6volt nim batteries running through an SM services backer monitor.
The retract system is Air power airup,air down with home made trailing link legs.
Thanks to nigel hill for test flying and keeping cooool on the second flight when we had a power cut after 4 minutes.
More development to come with a few tweaks to the motor programming set up.
Must take a battery management course to avoid all the lights going out again.
cheers, SNIPERSHOT

snipershot

Recharged and put motor timing to high on Lander units, test ran and wow, must be 50 percent more power. Will make the next flight even more interesting cheers. snipershot

gruntled

Just 50% more amps/watts or 50% more RPM as well? Make sure you are getting something in return for the increased consumption.

snipershot

Wilco socomon will post results

derrickxp8103

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I still have tanks if anyone wants them. They are posted in the clasified section under jets.

These 4 are going out in the mail today.

The owners are happy with them.

derrickxp8103

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Heres my super highly modified Falcon 120se. Its awsome !!! Ultra strong airframe !!! All composite airframe. Automotive paints.

I have 5 flights with a P-120. Super fast !!

125oz total fuel with wing tanks.

!!!!! WAIT TILL YOU SEE MY NEXT PROJECT !!!!!