November 2011 features a picture taken during one of our trips to Nusa Jaya Malaysia. Mr. Heng’s, amazing Twin turbine powered SU-27 shortly before the maiden flight.
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Now available: The new JetTeng (JTM) ViperJet in one of 5 interesting colors:
Full size Information: The Viper Jet is a jet aircraft designed and produced by Viper Aircraft Corporation in kit form for homebuilding. It is a conventional, low-wing monoplane with swept wings and tail and two seats in tandem under a bubble canopy. The jet intakes are located at the sides of the fuselage and the tricycle undercarriage is retractable. Construction throughout is of composite materials.
Product Information: The JTM ViperJet in the colors of the High Performance Aircraft Training school (HPAT) is a high performance EDF Jet in full composite design for 90mm Fan units such as the Schuebeler DS-51 or WeMoTec Midi Fan Pro. A turbine conversion to JetCat P-20, Lambert T25 or Wren 44 (see video below) can be done easily. Please check with us on suitable turbines, pipes and accessories. The model features a full composite fuselage and wing with retract hard points pre-installed in the nose and retract hatches pre-cut in the wing. The model comes completely pre-painted with all decals applied and protected by a clear coat. Further is the cockpit glued and all hatches are assembled and locks are installed in place. This model is truly ARF with all the major work done for you. Retracts and suitable scale oleo struts are available as option.
Pack contents: Fully painted and finished glass fiber fuselage, fully assembled vertical fin and pre-installed ducting, clear canopy with pre-installed lock, one-piece fully painted and finished glass fiber wing with aileron, flap and retract hatches, exhaust ducting sheet, small parts, hardware pack, gear door covers.
Internal solenoids, only one fuel connection to the engine
New “Bus-system” fuel pump. Eliminates necessity to adjust pump startup voltage!
Single wiring connection from ECU to engine
New miniature/lightweight ECU V10.0
Battery: 2-cell LiPo or optional 3-cell LiFePo (e.g. A123)
This new design of the P100-RX incorporates an optimized compressor/diffusor system, resulting in higher engine performance and reliability.
The engine follows throttle commands almost without delay.
Size Comparison – P80SE / P100-RX / P-60
New ECU V10.0 The completely redesigned V10.0 ECU is three times smaller than the V6.0 ECU, yet has all its proven capabilities and more at a weight of only 26g ! The new ECU comprises a high speed digital power bus for control and power supply of all engine peripherals (e.g. engine, fuel pump, solenoids, smoke pump, lighting systems, etc. ) with a minimum of wiring connections. An on board precision pressure and ambient temperature sensor allows for optimum engine control, independent to environmental conditions.
The model is equipped with a Spektrum 2.4Ghz receiver, Hitec Servos (combination of standard and high voltage digital servos), a Airpower EV-5U Retract/Door/Brake valve/sequencer.
Standard JL Gripen retracts are installed and the gear doors are driven by Airpower 1” stroke cylinders (thanks for the guys at rcuniverse for the details on the gear door installation).
A short video of the Gripen from our Feb 2011 Nusa Jaya Trip
First of all a big thanks for the pictures you send to us during February. We are in the process of incorporating them into the wallpaper release schedule to be featured here in the coming months.
After a very short February we are pleased to present the March edition of the RC-Warbirds Desktop Calendar.
Next in line in the row of our monthly wallpapers is this picture of a F-4 Phantom Turbine Jet shortly after touchdown during the 2010 Warbird and Jet meeting at the MFC Dachau in the south of Germany. Make sure to check out the video of the event on our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/RCWarbirds1
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To mount the Dubro 600ml (20oz) tank as close to the CG as possible, I have installed a wooden frame over the retract bay. The top surface of the wood is coated with a thin layer of silicone. Once dry the “anti slip” effect of the silicone allows me to install the tank with 2 velco straps. This makes removal easy.
The turbine bay and servos are protected by a layer of TamJets Heat Shield Blanket and fire retardant foam tape. The TamJets Hopper Tank is installed beside the main fuel tank near the steering servo.
The retracts are operated by one of our AirPower EV-2 electronic retract valves. The brakes are driven by a AirPower EV-1 brake valve. As the gear doors stay open once the gear is out, I decided to use a single action EV-1 valve for the doors as well. The door open airline is connected to the retract down airline. This will open the doors as the same time the gear is deployed. The door close airline is then connected to the EV-1 valve which is driven by a separate delay mixed channel on my JR Transmitter. Once the gear is retracted, the door close valve is activated automatically after a 2 second delay (servo speed setting) and closes the doors.
The Turbine pump and ECU, fuel valve and kero start valve are all located in front of the cockpit area to make it easier to set the correct CG later (I calculated with a pipe weight of 80grams).
The last item still missing (it slowly travels to Singapore by German Post) is the Grumania P-20 Pipe for the F-16. Double wall, titanium pipe with only 76grams.. very sexy..
The pipes are custom made and available from Grumania and of course via our webshop
