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Red Arrows Jet Crashes !

  • 25-06-2005 09:24AM
    #1
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Well it finally happened.
    I buried my BAe Hawk.


Comments

  • #2
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    This is what it used to look like ....


  • #3
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Somehow the aileron controls got reversed....I tried to turn right, and it went hard left and went in at about 80mph. :eek:

    So now I'm looking for a new home for the "innards". They are all still perfectly OK of course. Time for something new :)
    Maybe an F-16 ..... mmmm Tornado ....
    Any other suggestions ?


  • #4
    techguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,238 ✭✭✭techguy


    That was elec ducted fan powered, Right?

    Sorry to see that plane go down it looks great..
    Can you get a harrier cause they would be cool but also very compicated to setup..

    Hakko


  • #5
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    hakko1872003 wrote:
    That was elec ducted fan powered, Right?Hakko
    "was" ... is the right word :)
    hakko1872003 wrote:
    a harrier cause they would be cool but also very compicated to setup..Hakko
    I like the Harrier, VTOL is not feasible in that size, but the plane itself is super cool .... especially the anhedral wings (upside down Vee shape)

    Any other suggestions?


  • #6
    syl77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭syl77


    Ultrafly's F 16 Jet I reackon.
    Me, got my first electic 2 weeks ago, F 27 styker, feel its a little under powered and flight times a little short. Thinking about upgrading to lipo.


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  • #7
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Aaah .... a leccie flier ..... welcome to models forum :)

    I'm almost convinced on an F-16. But the Ultrafly one has one of those funny spinning thingies on the back ...... ;)
    This is the Wemotec F-16 which is more designed for what I have. (I have a brushless Kontronik and 10 GP2200s or 3S Kok3200s from the ex-BAe Hawk now. ) http://www.halair.com/video/wemotecf16.wmv

    Smartfish is also tempting me, I don't know what power suits it yet, however the cost - ouch! http://www2.smartfish.ch/SmartFish/images/SmartFish_Design_10.wmv The guy who made my brushless motor flew one at Aspach, Germany last year. I only saw the still pics then but the video is better.

    And just in time to make picking te new model even more difficult, a Voodoo came into my hands today. It's not a jet either! But incredible shape. Here it is ... it looks like greased lightning even while stopped!


  • #8
    techguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,238 ✭✭✭techguy


    :eek: wow! That smartfish is a real looker,i'd say it will cost a small fortune.
    The voodoo is nice also,who makes that?


  • #9
    NitroCruiser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭NitroCruiser


    Cool,

    The Fish is pretty futuristic design alright. Cool.

    But I have to say the F-16 has always been one of my favourites.
    Where do you fly Coolwings. If it is somewhere near dublin I would like to go see you putting your next model through its paces be it fish, F-16 or the voodoo.

    All cool


  • #10
    syl77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭syl77


    Originally Posted by coolwings
    Aaah .... a leccie flier .....

    More of an I.C Flyer, just got F 27 to see what electrics were like.

    The Smartfish is nice, I see it can reach speeds of 200km, ull need a good colour scheme to see it at that speed.


  • #11
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Hi everyone,
    I reckon that deciding on a "next" model really has to be one of the most enjoyable modelling experiences. Thanx for the suggestions.

    I decided it will be the Voodoo this time.
    Small, easily portable, should be blistering fast too :D
    I chose white colour scheme, with metallic orange tips, and metallic orange stripes underside of wings for hi-vis - which I think I'll need.
    Hakko, It's (EUR 159 ex Germany, + EUR38 freight, total EUR197) seems steep for such a small model, but you gotta see the Voodoo up close, it's a minature replica of an Ariane Mk 11 which would go for E1100 or more.
    Interesting point ... we got allocated two in the shop, & the "staff" have bought both of them ! But more will follow, they're being moulded this week.

    Syl77
    U almost had me going for the F-16 (which I think is one of the sexiest aero designs ever), but I won't do it with this motor. (I reckon I will get a bigger one later on, to provide a 3rd use for my A-10 Tankbuster battery pack and the new Aero-Naut 120mm carbon fan )

    I decided the Smartfish was out of my league for now. I spend too much of my income on models already, and doing it would stop me finishing something special that have been collecting components for during last 6 months.

    NC
    I fly around (does that make me an aeromodelling slut? :p )
    Mostly on the slopes of Dublin mountains, a lot at Dublin Kestrel MFC off the Blessington Road at Brittas, and a couple of times a year at Phoenix & Curragh, & small lightweight leccies in Tymon Park.
    Most of the places we fly are free/easily accessible, so if U want to hookup...sure. Drop a PM.


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