The 250mph Swist F5D
04-23-2012, 10:21 PM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
ORIGINAL: Henke Torphammar
As Martin develops the engines continuous I think we will se that in the future. In house multi op CNC and laser welding keeps the engines very well up to date 
Maybe I will try an Opus with two engines as it's got alot of space in the fuselage for dual electronics setups
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Henke
Nice video. Good to see people enjoying low cost turbine flying in modest size planes.
Your Swist is nicely dialled in, though it looks like you could do with a bit more power!
John
Henke
Nice video. Good to see people enjoying low cost turbine flying in modest size planes.
Your Swist is nicely dialled in, though it looks like you could do with a bit more power!
John
Maybe I will try an Opus with two engines as it's got alot of space in the fuselage for dual electronics setups
04-23-2012, 10:57 PM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
ORIGINAL: TimWatson
Make sure you use some strong double sided tape to hold the turbine on if you are trying an opus [img][/img]
ORIGINAL: Henke Torphammar
As Martin develops the engines continuous I think we will se that in the future. In house multi op CNC and laser welding keeps the engines very well up to date Maybe I will try an Opus with two engines as it's got alot of space in the fuselage for dual electronics setups
ORIGINAL: Jgwright
Henke
Nice video. Good to see people enjoying low cost turbine flying in modest size planes.
Your Swist is nicely dialled in, though it looks like you could do with a bit more power!
John
Henke
Nice video. Good to see people enjoying low cost turbine flying in modest size planes.
Your Swist is nicely dialled in, though it looks like you could do with a bit more power!
John
Maybe I will try an Opus with two engines as it's got alot of space in the fuselage for dual electronics setups
Yeah, I heard velcro is't up to the job
04-24-2012, 12:03 PM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
ORIGINAL: kirkj
i have one of these kits, but it will be a standard prop.
do you also tape the back of the wing to the fuse? with the wing bolts so far forward the rear seems un-supported (?)
i have one of these kits, but it will be a standard prop.
do you also tape the back of the wing to the fuse? with the wing bolts so far forward the rear seems un-supported (?)
04-24-2012, 09:11 PM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
Upgrading the fuelpump at Martin Lamberts workshop the day before the meeting. It's really a tight fit and very hard to avoid kinking the fuel lines
I think we will se amazing things in the future
Testing the new pump at the airfield, the ECU needs to adapt to the new pump and first time throtteling up I got a flame out which made my friend jump like 2ft in to the air haha.
I think we will se amazing things in the future
Testing the new pump at the airfield, the ECU needs to adapt to the new pump and first time throtteling up I got a flame out which made my friend jump like 2ft in to the air haha.
04-28-2012, 11:41 AM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
A little bit of every thing.. there might just be some F3D video and there might just be a little clip of the swist... who knows 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZ63OI7844[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZ63OI7844[/youtube]
04-29-2012, 08:49 AM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
ORIGINAL: Duncan
Never mind the video, I want to know more about the micro turbine wheel!!
Never mind the video, I want to know more about the micro turbine wheel!!
Yeah that's a cool wheel. Martin was talking about 500000rpm and 0.5lb thrust. The future rocks
Indoor jets anyone??
04-29-2012, 03:09 PM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
ORIGINAL: Henke Torphammar
A little bit of every thing.. there might just be some F3D video and there might just be a little clip of the swist... who knows
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZ63OI7844[/youtube]
A little bit of every thing.. there might just be some F3D video and there might just be a little clip of the swist... who knows
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZ63OI7844[/youtube]
04-30-2012, 07:49 AM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
ORIGINAL: sieze2
Its on at 4m34s. Does it usually only fly 3 minutes ?
ORIGINAL: Henke Torphammar
A little bit of every thing.. there might just be some F3D video and there might just be a little clip of the swist... who knows
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZ63OI7844[/youtube]
A little bit of every thing.. there might just be some F3D video and there might just be a little clip of the swist... who knows
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZ63OI7844[/youtube]
05-04-2012, 01:29 PM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
A fiew passes, still not pushing it that much. Will be fun to test it with tighter turns and more full power time
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKItU1Nam6k[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKItU1Nam6k[/youtube]
05-05-2012, 09:55 AM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
Ok guys... I'm just back from an Airshow in Sweden. Fun talking to Svetlana Kapanina and seeing her, Jurgis Kairys and the mighty Saab Draken's amazing display flights...
Inspired by GregG's request... also Swedes are a bit curious I thought I might give the pitot another shot... and I got it to fit!
Well of to the field and starting the Swist up, I launched it and began flying my full throttle routine. Flying at this speeds the sound does strange things, lingeing up with the field the turbine died.... atleast I thought so, 2 seconds later the roar struck me and the Swist passed faster then ever!!! Incredible seeing and hearing a model plane doing the same sound phenomena as the real Draken does flying at higher speeds! Wow.
After landing a read out my How fast device and I was right... the Swist is faster then the Baiojet...
Inspired by GregG's request... also Swedes are a bit curious I thought I might give the pitot another shot... and I got it to fit!
Well of to the field and starting the Swist up, I launched it and began flying my full throttle routine. Flying at this speeds the sound does strange things, lingeing up with the field the turbine died.... atleast I thought so, 2 seconds later the roar struck me and the Swist passed faster then ever!!! Incredible seeing and hearing a model plane doing the same sound phenomena as the real Draken does flying at higher speeds! Wow.
After landing a read out my How fast device and I was right... the Swist is faster then the Baiojet...
05-06-2012, 09:13 PM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
ORIGINAL: Stobe777
...with half throttle?
Getting really interested. Would You sell the stuff like the fuel tank and the links etc...
TP.
...with half throttle?
Getting really interested. Would You sell the stuff like the fuel tank and the links etc...
TP.
No problem, I can sell you a turbine convertion kit if you like.
05-18-2012, 09:42 AM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
Another day with a total of 6 flights. I adjusted the Tx to a little bit more expo and now I can fly comfortable at highrates even at higher speeds. Practicing both 4 and 8 point rolls togeather with some low inverted passes. Ofcause not at full speed, but still probably 150mph-ish.
It's strange that my cellphone thinks the plane is yellow, the color is really orange dayglow. I'll dig out my Canon EOS and see what is thinks later
It's strange that my cellphone thinks the plane is yellow, the color is really orange dayglow. I'll dig out my Canon EOS and see what is thinks later
05-29-2012, 09:04 AM
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Now even I'm impressed... in flight photos!! A very nice guy I chatted with at the meeting also snapped some pictures... which actually turned out good! thanks alot!
http://hangflygning.se/?p=14450
http://hangflygning.se/?p=14450
09-01-2012, 08:17 AM
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A little video of the Swist. I'm not used to landing on asphalt, so in preparation for jetpower I did some training runs at a local airfield. Low cealing this morning so no vertical manovers this time. The sharp turns are performed at half throttle which equals 1kg of thrust
I've also changed from Jet-A to diesel fuel which works perfect with the Kolibri engine.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIecZGRjHfI[/youtube]
I've also changed from Jet-A to diesel fuel which works perfect with the Kolibri engine.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIecZGRjHfI[/youtube]
09-22-2012, 07:03 AM
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RE: The 250mph Swist F5D
Yellow is the new white Back from racing at Jetpower, all went well and the speaker said this was the fastest plane this year too. As always flying before a crowd I do not push the limits and you can hear I throttle back alot too, still pretty fast
I also figured landing long would give a good display of the model while walking back close to the net, however my last landing was about 50meters longer then I expected.
My caller did a bit of a video of the flight. Priority was on keeping me updated not videoing so a bit out of focus.
The airplane is out for sale, €3500 100% RTF
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCiCgX31aMk[/youtube]
Back from racing at Jetpower, all went well and the speaker said this was the fastest plane this year too. As always flying before a crowd I do not push the limits and you can hear I throttle back alot too, still pretty fast I also figured landing long would give a good display of the model while walking back close to the net, however my last landing was about 50meters longer then I expected.
My caller did a bit of a video of the flight. Priority was on keeping me updated not videoing so a bit out of focus.
The airplane is out for sale, €3500 100% RTF
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCiCgX31aMk[/youtube]
