RCU Forums - View Single Post - yellow f14 (help and technical advice needed
Old 08-09-2011, 01:15 PM
  #10  
jorge*jet
My Feedback: (6)
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Miami, FL
Posts: 166
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default RE: yellow f14 (help and technical advice needed

Last year I finished my Yellow F-14 turbine conversion powered by a couple of Jet Central Falcon's, some 22lbs per engine. David Shulman flew the two test flights with wing sweep and all. Plane was very stable, no flying issues except for the lack of space for fuel. We used all of the room in front of the swing wing mechanism for fuel tanks. He landed at the 4 minute mark and we found one ounce left in each tank. I can't recall the size of the tanks, my plane is in Miami and we are up in New Jersey, but they were custom made by Gary Mueller at Jet-tech. You could add external tanks like the real one and/or use more efficient engines. I have not decided the next step, could be smaller engines or electric conversion. But it does fly very well and fast!
Hope this helps.
Jorge