Originally Posted by
JetsRC
Hi RCFlyerdan, can you let me know if this was an F-18? I just did the maiden of mine and after 6 flights, it is flying very nicely but I would like to know if there might be a problem.
Here is a video o my F-18F... Engines mid mounted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo2hId9ULkk
Beautiful flight! I am extremely impressed with the gentle stall and stall turn. I was never brave enough to do that with my JL F18C.
Out of respect to Kris and his forum, I don't want to side track it with the other jet. It was NOT an F-18F.
The jet's stab broke in half from leading edge to trailing edge, top and bottom skins and delaminated in flight. The owner pilot was lucky to have not lost the whole jet and safely landed it. It was on the third flight, and it was an earlier kit that has since come out with a Version 2 or 3 to solve the engineering issues. But, again, R&D was done in the field by owners. The owner is having issues getting parts for it. Anymore on that jet, the owner will need to start a forum.