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Old 06-03-2014, 12:14 PM
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Smile Century Jet f-22 Build And Test Flight

hello I started building this century jet F-22 back in the winter almost have finished this is not a ARF but it's not that hard to build going to put a Jet Central Rino in it for power I flew on with a super eagle that flew nice but lost it in a crash when a servo wire got pinched that caused a rudder to go full left just after take off it was slow enough was not total lost. [IMG]http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2000856
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More pics please How scale is it compared to the yellow? Didn't they come from the same plug?

Hope you have it ready for Kentucky! we can do some formation flying!!
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test fitting the gear and drilling the mouthing holes
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aluminum spare added to wood upright for verticals to help against flutter
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I believe the same person made both plugs there are some differencesI moved the stab servos to the rear of the fuselage
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the nosegear was updated to direct servo steering no cables
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Should be ready for Ky Jets yes I would like to do some formation flying with some other f-22.F-22's rock I hope my pictures udloaded right if not I'll try later when I get home this weekend Keith
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test fitting wings before installing in fuselage

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Had little trouble using this smart phone downloading pics
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Keith-
You are really are making me want one of these and I can't afford it right now!!! Does this plane have vectored thrust?
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Nice work Kieth. I remember your previous model.
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Bruce at century jet has mods for thrust vectoring I may try it after I get some flights on it
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Thanks I think I'm going to install lights on this jet
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nosegear mounted on gear plate ready for install
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nosegear installed gear doors ready for cylinder
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Show us some of those tail slides with the smoke rollin over the nose ,,that was cool !
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yeah and it was really cool when I got it into a flat spin made me a lil bit nervous but it came out alright


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