ORIGINAL: warbirdfanatic
Cheers for the responses guys, looks like they're too small for me then! a 15lbs will be wayyy too much plus once you've added the weight of the engine, fuel etc they'll fly a bit awkwardly! any clue as to other designs? I really want to do an F35 but the plans I've found are foamies and they just don't support the strengths that I require etc! I emailed Oakdale about their plan but I've had no response after 8 days :-(
If you have a 15lb thrust engine on hand you need to look for 120-127mm sized EDFs. But then you are looking at a standard turbine size where there are alot of choices. The pros of chooseing an EDF airframe is that it's usually much lighter, the con is that they always add oversized inlets to get enough air for the often weak EDF setups...
