kevinthoele

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don’t know about weight but my 2 phantoms are at 340 cg

luv2flyrc

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same here, cg @340mm. Weight just a hair under 39lbs dry

YellowAircraft

Thanks!

Very interested in weights as I want to see if mine is fat or not.

yeahbaby

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42.14lbs with an AMT Olympus HP. CG in pix attached.

YellowAircraft

Thanks, guys!

YellowAircraft

Hi,

Any of you opt for concealed/internal linkages on the wings?

Kevin_W

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YellowAircraft

Wow!

Nice weight! Mine came in at 36.8 lb, but I'm looking at yours trying to figure out where you shaved that much off! Do you have the full cockpit? I've got a few doo-dads here and there (like an extra servo for the tail-hook), but nothing that adds up to 4 pounds!

YellowAircraft

Still gotta finish rigging this Jeti 2.4/900 thing up. The hook servo is under that tray.

Just need to tidy these leads up with zip-ties and velcro.

Kevin_W

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Yup, I was surprised that mine was that light too. I do have the full cockpit installed, but I don’t have pilot figures in it, so that might be some of the weight savings. I also did not do any flite metal around the exhaust.
I do use Futaba S-bus, and I made my own harnesses, so there was some weight savings from that. It also balanced perfectly at 333mm without any need for lead in the nose.

YellowAircraft

Hi,

Have you guys had trouble with the struts leaking fluid?

yeahbaby

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None for me

YellowAircraft

Hey, Buck

Yeah, all three of these are leaky. Nose is worst. Other than tightening the screw, is there a trick?

YellowAircraft

Hi

So I'm building this bird for a customer and when i pulled the madking tape from the inner gear doors, the red wasn't as clean as I would have liked. I felt like a frustrated failure and was about to sand, re-tape and re-spray.... until I got a close look at ALL the doors on all the Navy birds with white inner doors with red borders. Jeez, looked like my 8-year-old daughter got drunk and did them with bucket and a fistful of straw!

yeahbaby

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sorry amigo, I suppose you could take apart and install new orings.

yeahbaby

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I wouldn’t sweat it. Remember those things were painted by 19 year olds on the night shift. Overworked and under appreciated etc.

RCFlyerDan

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Hey Guys!

Marvin was able to produce the video of my F-4. We were flying at Area 51, a privately owned field NE of Orlando. The video with just tanks is my 6th flight. Still trimming Flt Modes. The 7th Flight with full armament is my 7th flight.

YellowAircraft

Great flight!

yeahbaby

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also be sure to heat shield every airline beneath the engine and anywhere near the tail pipe.

F16Jeff

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Hi all, I have been following this thread for a bit. Currently building my second 1/9.5 extreme F4e. I want to purchase a larger one.
What is your thoughts of twin turbine vs single on this jet?
Do folks notice the scale discrepancies of the intakes vs cockpit location? Was it corrected with vs 2?
I have a FB 1/7 F15e twin to build after my F4e is completed.
Thank you in advance for your feedback.
Jeff

YellowAircraft

Buck,

I've got thick black gaffer's tape (the kind they use in theatre) holding the air lines down, then I've got the bottom half of the bypass clamshell trimmed down to go from the cool part of the engine to the inside front of the bell-mouth. The hot part of the bypass bottom has aluminum tape on it. Sound good or?

yeahbaby

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Yeah that’ll work amigo. Also, be sure to use a leaf blower post flight to reduce the radiant heat in the engine bay and aft towards the exhaust nozzles.

YellowAircraft

Thanks, Buck!

I'll have John (I built it for him) keep an eye on that, but the few times I've run it up the engine, the fuse seemed pretty cool afterward. Ambient, actually, except for right before the front of the tail-cones. Right there, it's just warm, but comfy to the touch. Right aft of the bell mouth, you can hold your hand an inch away from the pipe and not feel a thing. I know heat can 'soak' so I checked it about 30 seconds after shut-down, and it's a hair warm under the back half of the hatch (I guess from the engine exhaust cone), but otherwise still nice and cool. I guess I got lucky with my install!

F16Jeff

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A big Thank You to Anton and John at Skymaster Jets for answering my questions about this jet. I will be joining this group with a 1/7.75 scale F4e Phantom in the Thunderbird scheme in 14 weeks or so I ordered the Airex version and will setup as a twin. It will be cool to see this one sitting next to my 1/9.5 scale F4e Phantom also done in Thunderbird scheme. Next I will begin selling some of my other stuff that I am not using or flying to make room for this one.

Now back to working on my smaller F4e.

SkyKnight

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Setting up as a twin? What engines do you plan to use?