RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!
Hi Guys
Time for an update from my little aircraft factory. Two new planes, one tetsed and a proven though sensitive flyer and one just built and so far untested. The "F15" uses the guts from my first AA bipe. It was initially built to try the Jetscream fans but there was not enough power for more than a slow descent. So back to the drawing board, out came the exacto and AA guts were stripped (RIP #1) and added to the "jet". After some elevator trimming it flies well but slowly around the hanger where we do our indoor flying. It is made of 1 mm depron so is very light and susceptible to any air movement such as a heating duct.
The ME262 was inspired by Tim. In a Pmail we were talking about the Jetscream and scratch builts for it's fans. He mentioned that IF he were to try one it would be a ME. Hmmm thinks I, the mattell? AA clone/competitors included a sorta ME262... Using that for a size guide, a 3 view and a photocopier led to an evenings fun cutting out and assembling my 262. The wing chord was extended 1 cm to give a larger area. It weighs 28.6 grams including paint. The ducts are paper and may well be abandoned after a test flight. We'll see on thursday.
Anyway, here are a couple of pics