Back to the Hawk - Nice Jet! The size at a 160n turbine is great too.

Just ordered a T1 Hawk (short nose) from Dirk a couple weeks ago in the T-45 Tigers scheme. Am looking for any assembly, pre-flight checkout, or flight recommendations. I have a T1 sport jet with a K160G2 so am familiar with that jet and T1's quality. Looking at using Savox SA-1230 servos for flaps and SA-1256 servos for all other surfaces, as they have worked well for me on the T1 sport jet. Looking at K140 turbine (the airfield I fly at is 5300 ft), but probably won't buy until next spring. Since I have not seen any posts of CG and control throws, is there a brief manual with the Hawk with recommendations? Surprised there has not been any activity on this thread for over a year!

Fins,

If you go to the T-One website (not the Pacific Jets website. The actual T-One website) you can download their "build manual". Not much included, but it does give you the recommended CG and I think recommended throws. I set mine at that CG and it is dead on.

The K140 is fine for power. I wouldn't go any smaller and actually would go with a 160 if I was building again just for the reserve power.

If you have any specific questions when you start the build, PM me and I would be happy to give you my two cents worth.

You will love the plane. It looks great and flies great.

Jim

I would go with the 160 especially if you fly off grass here are a few videos of the long nose and short nose that we have been flying CG per manual then adjust to your liking all of us have the CG moved back a little from factory

Thanks for the tip on the T-One manual. Found it on the T-One site! And thanks for the videos. Looks like a great flyer. I'll be back when I get the Hawk delivered, probably January.

Hey guys does it fly any differently with the missiles on the wings or is it still a great flyer with the drag on the wings

Shrek,

I fly mine with the rockets and drop tanks on. No noticeable difference in flying characteristics.

Adding the drop tanks did change my CG slightly. I had to add a couple oz of lead towards the front of the plane to keep the CG the same.

Make sure you mount the tanks firmly to the wings. If you had one come loose in flight, game over.

Alfa
thanks for the info. Will do

I’m surprised there is not a bigger following to this jet.

I do have a question regarding retracts. On the T-one site it says air retracts included. On pacific rc jets it says electric retracts included. Which is it for the hawk 100? Thanks

steven

I have air retracts/brakes on mine. But it is also a few years old. They must have come out with electric retracts for the latest version. Hopefully they kept the same struts and overall gear structure. They are well made, strong and look great.

Thanks Alfa, will be ordering mine hopefully soon

Would be nice if these factories would open up and begin to produce. All I hear is about shutdowns in China. Shipping is starting to come down as well. Maybe in 6 months all will be fine?

You are right!, I hope so.

I have a friend that has a T-One Models 1/4.75 Hawk T1 ,and has the pneumatic retracts but needs the rest of the parts of the pneumatic system can someone tell what else is needed?

Thx!!

Hi All, thought I would bump this thread and keep it alive.

Does anybody fly their T-One Hawks anymore? I am assembling mine now.

Had a question on flaps. The manual says 20mm & 40mm. That doesnt seem like a whole lot... at 40mm for landing I think the flaps are maybe 35% down. Is this right? Can anybody who has experience with this model please chime in on max flap settings for nice low and slow flight and landings?

Thanks a million!
Shaz

Still flying mine. Probably my favorite jet. I don't remember my exact flap settings, but seems like I have the landing flaps set for more extension than 40mm. With gear and landing flaps down, it gets real draggy so stay in the throttle.

As to low and slow, remember it is a Hawk and will snap with the wrong combination of speed and elevator. I enjoy the low passes. But mine are all at a safe speed.

You will enjoy this plane.

Hey Alfa really appreciate it, and will keep your pointers in mind. If you ever get an eyeball on those flaps would really love to know what your setting is at but no rush and no big deal if you don’t get around to it. Take care for now friend and thanks agai!

I see they are on sale! $500 off, sounds great. I was thinking about getting one before Christmas. I think I might be pulling the trigger!

I will try and put mine together one day this next week and give you my takeoff and landing flaps setting.

There are some good flying videos earlier in this thread (including one of my Hawk).

This plane really flies like a sport plane. I do try and land at a slightly higher speed than probably necessary. I did get slow on approach one time and barely saved it with a quick throttle response and keeping my dang hand off the elevator.

Jim

Is yours the E type retract system?

My gear and brakes are air. I bought my Hawk way before they had the e-gear available.

My flap settings are:
Takeoff 20mm down.
Landing 55mm down.

Measurements taken with plane on its gear, level on the ground. The measurements are the vertical distance change (90 degrees to the ground). In other words, straight up and down, not the distance from the aileron edge, etc.

Would be nice to someone chime in with a dry weight. How big is the tank? Room for a smoke system.

Dry weight is not an issue. I believe mine had a 160, which pushed it very well. Plenty of room for smoke.

Dry weight is important. In Canada, the basic cert is limited to 25kg, so above that I would need to do another bunch of tests and costs.
Dan

Ok. It’s nowhere near 25kg.