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Forum: RC Jets

12-24-2012, 06:36 PM

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Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

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Posted By rbxbear44

RE: Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

FB,
What an honor...thank you! This home and family deeply loves our warriors.

Rex

Forum: RC Jets

12-24-2012, 10:31 AM

Replies: 26

Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

Views: 2,580

Posted By rbxbear44

RE: Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

Dub,
Glad to help. The 1/7th is a great airframe too. I have built two of those...really great flyer. I had the Gen 1's so in the lighter materials...these will rock!

Merry Christmas to you...

Forum: RC Jets

12-24-2012, 06:05 AM

Replies: 26

Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

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Posted By rbxbear44

RE: Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

Here are some Flap setup pics:

Forum: RC Jets

12-24-2012, 05:58 AM

Replies: 26

Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

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Posted By rbxbear44

RE: Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

I have had both the Gen 1 and the newer Honeycomb....BIIIIIG difference...almost 20 lbs! The wings are still heavy with the Flap system they use...which is good since it is a very large flying...

Forum: RC Jets

12-23-2012, 07:24 PM

Replies: 26

Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

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Posted By rbxbear44

RE: Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

FB,
You will need to really beef up the Ordnance rails for those stores. They put a ton of stress on the wing structure too. I dumped a whole right wing of missiles, rails and some chunks of wing...

Forum: RC Jets

12-23-2012, 09:55 AM

Replies: 26

Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

Views: 2,580

Posted By rbxbear44

RE: Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

Nose Weight:
With 9 batteries to run the flight system and then all the bling...I had a bunch of ballast forward, stuffing batteries in the Strake interior shells that run along the sides of the...

Forum: RC Jets

12-23-2012, 09:34 AM

Replies: 26

Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

Views: 2,580

Posted By rbxbear44

RE: Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

NP.

Let me know if and when you need pics of any of the build. The Factory CG was 15-20mm tail heavy of where it should be...with 240oz. of the fuel cells forward (2 of the 4) of CG...the more...

Forum: RC Jets

12-23-2012, 05:35 AM

Replies: 26

Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

Views: 2,580

Posted By rbxbear44

RE: Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

FB,
With the 160s, after takeoff...it was half throttle the whole time! But they sure did come in handy for landing! The F-18, with it's "flying fuse", you need to find the sweet spot for AOA and...

Forum: RC Jets

12-22-2012, 08:20 PM

Replies: 26

Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

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Posted By rbxbear44

RE: Any builds on the FEJ 1/6 F-18 twin?

FB,
I finished one right before KY Jets in July. Lot's of changes since those older threads were done. Will be glad to share any data and thoughts with you.

In the newer material FEJ is...

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