jimngu

Hi All ! I don see any manual comes with plane [X(] I wonder why you guy's out there got manual ???????????? I get the manual from web site , and print them out from the web[]
and the manual is not really friendly [&o]

SPERX

No, there is no printed manual delivered with the model. All I have is the downloaded manual from the FEJ website - you are right it is not very helpful. I have also downloaded the SM F15C manual to get some more generalised advice - for example SM's manual has a useful schematic diagram for the fuel system.

The manual mentioned above between Peter/Stefan is a draft manual which Stefan is producing in German and English languages.

This build thread has some useful ideas which people can think about and copy if they wish. I also have the review of the FEJ F15 which was published in a magazine last year.

I think we all have pretty much the same problem as you.

jimngu

AGREE , I got the SM manual too , thats much better
And I have e-mail them regarding the manual , they never do anything about it , so ..... [X(]
Anyway these thread is a good manual LOL everybody here are willing helping each other , I like it very much

Peter Brinkmann

Hi there ...

before i go to the maiden ... there are some things to do ...

two things are ready now ... first a device to fill up the airpressure and 2nd my own wingbags ...

Eagle Driver

Gents,

I`m still working on the manuals. Starting with the manual for AT3.
Manuals for all other FEJ Models will follow ....
In Fact that many steps are the same on all FEJ Models i will offer
you the first sides of the AT3 manual. I hope this helps a little bit
for the first time.

NOTE: It is not finished but as you can see .... it is a lot of work to do it this style

[link=http://www.powerfoxradio.de/assets/images/AT3Manual.pdf]FEJ AT3 Manual [/link]

jimngu

Hi Steven ! Very Impressive is it you put the manual and letter all by yourself [X(] good job [8D] keep working with it , hope to see your f15 manual came out soon

Eagle Driver

Yep it`s my work .... and Sperx (Simon) edit my english .... many thx for that again Simon

jimngu

Hi Pete ! Glad to hear that keep working [8D] keep working

SPERX

You are very welcome. Please let me know if you need the same done with the next, but especially the F15 manual

Selleri

Finally a colour scheme I can relate to... hasn't been the same since they were disbanded... looking good Simon!

I'll be waiting for pictures from the airfield [8D]

jimngu

Hi All ! Now I having a big problem with the wing now [] cos I didn't notice that the aileron hinge place got so many difference between left and right pls see the picture , and now want to put it back but don know how to do it , the piece that I cut too many already
And also found that inside the wing also break all around too

jimngu

Hope anyone can help me get through with it [] TQ

Jim

erbroens

My Suggestion: put the trailing edge back in place with some tape and use slow curing epoxy to glue it thru the servo openings. before doing this you should add some wood blocks for the hinges (robart type) and finally add liberal amounts of epoxy mixed with microbaloons at every fillet and even at the leading edge of the wing.

Some balsa bracing with the wood grain perpendicular at those broken ribs will solve the problem.. you´ll end with a much stronger wing without a significant weight increase.

Enrique

jimngu

Hi ! Sorry for asking , what is microbaloons ?????
Tq
Jim

Peter Brinkmann

Hi ...

have a short look at this ..

http://shop.ezentrum.de/2978609/aI1u...hr&artid=71385

With greeting from Cologne

Peter Brinkmann

topgun25000

hi,

Look at the pictures for electronique installation.The balance point is to 180 mm.Have you already seen a flight of F15 advanced version with balance point at 180 mm?
Daniel

sskianpour

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Hey Guys,

So here is my issue. F-15 ready to go and I was testing how well the tanks held air when my Tam failsafe kicked in and retracts popped down. After much diligence and pinching lines with hemostats I have realized that the problem is that my left and right main gear aren't holding air well and have leaks in the cylinders. Problem is I can't seem to unscrew the cylinder heads and get in there to check out the "O"-rings. The cyclinders seem permanently welded shut!!! [X(]

Has anybody comes across this issue. Simply pumping oil into the cyclinder to seat the rings better seems to be a quick fix type solution and I am not even sure it would work.

I have read on this thread that some people e-mailed James and he sent them new stuff. My concerns:

1. What is James' e-mail?

2. Did anybody just switch out the cyclinders with another brand name (Robart? BVM?) and if you did, which brand and what model number exactly (maybe I will just pay the cash, get the quality cylinder & not be stressing about my gear popping down every other flight)

Thanks fellas,
Shaz
303-482-5004

rhklenke

My Feedback: (24)

Shaz,

After a year my FEJ F-15 main gear cylinders still leaked. I just fixed them using the method described by Dom (Maj. Woody) in his Fei Bao F-4 build thread (i.e., taking out the O rings and wrapping teflon tape around the seats and replacing the O rings with lots of thick grease). This method worked GREAT. Of course, it requires that you be able to take the cylinders apart. I would check with James and see if the cylinders were in fact, made so that they won't open (probably with glue/red locktite if they were). If they were, then I'd ask James to send a set that can be opened and fix them myself in the way that I described. Just injecting thin oil into them did NOT work for me over the long run.

Bob

Picture from last weekend, before the fix...

sskianpour

My Feedback: (2)

Bob,

Thanks for the quick response...but how do I get a hold of James? E-mail? Phone number anybody?
Thanks again..
Shaz

rhklenke

My Feedback: (24)

James is the US contact for Fly Eagle. From the website:

Office USA
EAGLE JET LLC , MARYLAND USA
TEL : (301)755-8690
FAX 301 )933-4013

E-mail : [email protected]
[email protected]

I'm assuming that he'll answer that phone of those email addresses.

Bob

Eagle Driver

go with this [email protected]

starman62

Eagle Driver where can we see the completed manual for the at3? Thanks Bucky[8D]

Phantoman

My Feedback: (1)

Eagle driver,

It has been awhile, I was just wondering how the manual for the AT3 was going and if you started on the F-15 manual as yet?

Thanks,
Phantoman

sskianpour

My Feedback: (2)

Thanks Eagle Driver & Bob,

I spoke to James, he said he would send me 2 new cylinders. I asked kind of boldly whether there's a good chance they would leak too, he assured me that issue was fixed. We will see.

On another QC note, anybody WITH THE ORIGINAL (IN PRODUCTION A YEAR AGO) , NOT NEW ADVANCED MODEL F-15's had any structural integrity issues regarding cracks in wings? wings splitting in 2 in flight? Bulkheads or formers falling out? Or in general having concerns over structural integrity and airworthiness of their aircraft?

Without dropping names, a gentleman who USED to be a rep and is still a dealer in other brand name jets told me to plan on making my tiger meet 11 month old model (with 8 flights total!) a display-only model out of structural concerns while the original owner whom I bought the plane from who built the plane and I trust very much told me he never doubted the airworthiness and is not sure how much weight to give the first person. Not trying to compare their remarks, just want to know if anybody has seen any evidence to support either side STRUCTURALLY speaking?

TIA
Shaz

drdoom

My Feedback: (9)

On the old cylinders with White PLASTIC PISTONS,, have an injection molding flange , at least mine have. one of then leaked.
I fixed BOTH, by removing the piston from the cylinder. chucking it up in my lathe, spinning it and running a micro file in the groove removing that flashing.
you can do this several ways including spinning them in a drill and using 1500 grit sandpaper rolled up.
You don't want to make the groove deeper, you just want to smooth the flashing. If you don't remove it it doesn't matter what you put in the groove. it will blow out.
mine were double o ring. They have held air sense September. just touch the seat of the groove.
I know all of the reasons we shouldn't have to do this , but this is nothing New , This is R/C, Those of us in this for the last 45 years, have had to fix dam near everything we have had. especially all of those years ago.. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for... well maybe. On the other hand some of this stuff has been taken to a new level.