Originally Posted by
Viper1GJ
Hi Aussie1,
Thanks for the video link. I have seen several of his videos. His flies very well and I hope mine will too. I saw his video of the first turbine start on a stand and he stated in comments that it only had 650ml or 22oz of fuel. This makes most of his flights I've seen on video about 3 to 3.5 minutes. I was hoping to get 6-8 min. The CAD computer estimated volume for both of Keith's tanks is about1.18L or 40oz. This has been giving me 7-8 min on other jets with the X-45. We will see.
I've done the plywood box in the nose cone on some of my previous conversions and it will probably happen here too. I'll support the battery box from the fuse since I had trouble keeping some of the nose cones on during landings with the weight of the battery inside. I added some more magnets and they stayed on ok.
I like the idea of the AB lights. I have them in the MiG-29 and they look cool in flight. I'll take a look a the Castle lights.
Thanks for the ideas,
Gary
I have two sets of the Castle lights now, the second set in the Blackhorse Euro, very happy with them, for the price. With the F22 nose cone, I epoxied some 6mm carbon tube into the fuselage, and then some 4mm carbon rod into the nose cone. This then slides into the tube, giving excellent support for the batteries, plus I left the magnets in place. It would be interesting to see how Frodo did his installation, especially the tank, because one litre is the minimum size tank for the X45, in my opinion. Your solution is equivalent to a full size new tank install, from a engineering point of view!!.