Thunderbirds Over Baylands

by **RocketRob** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:36 am

jepe F-16

Still in prototype white in secret skunkworx testing facility somewhere near Nellis....note scale guard dog...grrrr

by **Don Cohn** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:57 am

That's gonna be noice!

:wink:

by **RedFive** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:00 am

Nice......the EDF projects keep rolling out, Rob.

I saw one of these fly a couple years ago, I think you're gonna like this one.

by **RocketRob** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:44 am

Thanks Guys.

My wife is not so happy about my models getting ;larger....comments like "too big" and "they aren't cute anymore" and "you can only have as many as you can fit in the downstairs flat".

If they get any larger,hey may have to move to Half Moon Bay and share the Hangar :wink:

But since that road washed out, I have to drive to Tracy to get to half Moon Bay

Photo of the innards.....jeppe spyder fan, 2w motor, phoenix 80, 5s2p 1760's and 2200's

by **Davem452** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:22 pm

Rob,
Are you going to fly for days on a single charge? A 5s2p 2200 Lipo feeding a 2w motor gives about 39 hours of flight. Oh, I get it. Is it a 2kW motor? What is the projected weight? Where will you fly it?
I would love to see it fly.
Dave Morris

by **RocketRob** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:49 am

Good one Dave!

2w motor is the designation for 2wind - the hot one :twisted:

Jepe makes his own motors in the Netherlands and they have no external cases but are using the carbon motor shroud of the fan for the external case. :idea:

Very nice pieces...should be aproaching 900 watts, so yes a 4-5 minute flight will be plenty.......

sorry the photos from the web as my motor is deep within the bowels of the duct......

by **RocketRob** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:53 am

a profile view......

The esc is crammed in the efflux cone and the fat 13ga. wires are soldered to flat copper plate to exit the cone/duct to provide minimum frontal area in the duct.

You can sortof see it in the installed photo,

by **RocketRob** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:01 am

While she is certainly capable of flight right now after dialing in throws on the evo.

I have a custom paint mask and decal set in transit from germany and will paint her up nice and pretty before commiting aviation.

I'll post maiden info on this thread, but won't be to soon, I'm a slow painter!

http://tailormadedecals.com/xtc/index.php

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