Hi there,
i wonder how much the maintance of a rc jet propulsed by turbine cost, 20kg of thrust for example?

greets,
Pablo

Pablo, it depends on how often you crash....

Jack

Ha ha ha ha...Come on Jack...... Be serious......
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A few hundred bucks at recommended service intervals, generally every 25 hours of run-time. More if you mistreat the turbine.

the maintance time you mention is for the turbine isn't it? and what about servos and valves how often it should be replaced or checked? to avoid failures in fligth as Jack said. some of you have a plan maintance for a toy of $15-20000?
greets,
Pablo

Just inspect and repair as necessary. There is no data available on the durability on any hobby related component so maintenance planning is not possible.

So far (fortunately) for me the biggest expense after initial purchase is fuel.. ($8 a flight)

US $ 1,58 a flight (2 liters buned each flight with a Jet Cat P-80 5 minutes flight duration).

Maybe you need to replace tires, check for loosen screws, check for air leaks, etc. But the major cost is sending the turbine to the factory each 25 hours of use and the fuel you use.

But as Enrique and Jack said, if there are no crashes, scratches, broken gear during landing, etc., maintenance costs are negilctible.

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Guillermo, the turbine oil is included in this cost?

Nope. Sorry. It is another USD $ 1,58

Total per flight: USD $ 3,16
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Even so is cheap. Everytime I buy the fuel cans I think I rather start flying gliders and spend the money dinning a churrasco.. That could be a wiser maintenance plan.

I pay maintenance fees gladly as then it means I found 25 hours of flying time from nowhere... So far the equipment has more hours to deliver than I have to receive.
TP.

Yeap.....

One gallon of Jet A1 at the airport is USD $ 3.oo. Of course if you include the car expenses for traveling to the airport to pick it up, it cost USD $ 3.oo more per 5 galons can plus the shipping cost for 4 oil cans USD $ 5.00, total cost would be up to USD $ 4,72


P.S.: If I would have read this post before lunch, probably I would have beat my computer screen.... This churrasco seems to be very delightful.........

You forgot to include the tip for the jetA1 fuel truck operator..

OK,, OK,,,USD $ 5,22......We are closer......
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There are hidden maintenance costs to dining regularly at a Churrasco too
Like replacing all my pants with a bigger size!!

Maybe this counts as upgrading costs ?

It aslo pretty much depend on what kind of plane you fly.
For example, a Fly Eagle Jets model will cost you some money in landing gear components/pistons change at a regular interval. Also the time spent to keep the thing in flying state is money...

Anyway the maintenance on our models is "on condition".
You'll get to identify the weak components and inspect them at the proper interval...

Hello:

I think if you spend the money in a good Landing gear, servos, valves, turbine... you will need less maintance...

... And if not hit the jet each landing.

Saludos desde EspaƱa.



Carlos.
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