Now for something completely different

[RCjetdude]

The indoor circuit is where it is at for us right now due to the weather and because of my love of EDF's I wanted a jet to fly indoors. I looked around on YouTube and found some video of scratch built Eurofighters made from Depron.

I had a bear of a time finding any significant information about them. What motor(s), ESC's, batteries, props, etc. Could not find any plans either. So, I decided to just make it up as I went. Started with a drawing of a Eurofighter I found on line that included cross sections of the fuselage. I enlarged it with a projector to roughly the size I wanted. Ended up being 46" long with a 34" WS.



Once I got my templates made I picked up some Dollar Tree Foam board and Gorilla Glue. I decided to make it a twin with 1507 4100kV motors spinning Racekraft 3076 3-blade props. It will have elevons and thrust vectoring like the one in the video. So far I am working on the starboard half of the fuse and started sheeting it this evening. Until a new Freewing offering comes out that I must have, this is what I am working on.













I figure the first side will be the hardest but form a pattern to duplicate the other. Never worked much with Depron before so this is all new to me. Once covered I will sand it smooth and fill any major defects with lightweight spackle. More to come.

[rifleman_btx]

Nice, in an even different direction, after my n9mb project, I might resurrect my old idea of bringing the old sea dart to life. Complete with the skis and everything. I figure the twin 80mm fans of the A10 should have the power to make it happen. Waterproof servos and 6s power should be a true challenge, anyways, saw this and thought I would add my outside the box idea as well. That said, I like this one, looks great!

[RCjetdude]

Nice, in an even different direction, after my n9mb project, I might resurrect my old idea of bringing the old sea dart to life. Complete with the skis and everything. I figure the twin 80mm fans of the A10 should have the power to make it happen. Waterproof servos and 6s power should be a true challenge, anyways, saw this and thought I would add my outside the box idea as well. That said, I like this one, looks great!

Now that would be epic. I'd say it would be a challenge for sure but what an unusual subject.

[rifleman_btx]

Here was my very first successful scratch build...

[RCjetdude]

Nice. Were there no F-16's available then or did you just really want to make your own?

[Aros]

Very cool!

[xviper]

My foray into scratch built took a bit of a comic book turn ............................................

[RCjetdude]

Ha! That's cool!

[rifleman_btx]

Nice. Were there no F-16's available then or did you just really want to make your own?

yeah they were few and far between. Plus I had an 55mm edf unit just screaming for a new home.

[RCjetdude]

Couldn't spend much time on it tonight but the nose is sheeted.

[Prowler901]

Nice stuff guys. :Cool: Building with foam board is something I've been wanting to do.

[RCjetdude]

I can see why there are not really any plans available for something like this but it is fairly easy to work with. I am totally amazed by the jetliners that RAMY RC creates out of it. The things are practically works of art.

[rifleman_btx]

Yeah they are, I've been impressed with his stuff for a while as well

[OV10]

Steve......I just noticed the updated avatar. Is that a prelude to something in the works;)?

[RCjetdude]

Steve......I just noticed the updated avatar. Is that a prelude to something in the works;)?

Yes CB, I am trying to do more with name recognition as I look to support the hobby. I want to do more with my Youtube channel/videos. More flight videos, build videos and who knows, maybe even some product reviews. Time to get more serious. :Silly:

[OV10]

Right on bro......... that's why I named my airfield right from the gitgo of my announcing the acquisition in prep for some of the same reasons you mentioned.

[Porkster]

The indoor circuit is where it is at for us right now due to the weather and because of my love of EDF's I wanted a jet to fly indoors. I looked around on YouTube and found some video of scratch built Eurofighters made from Depron.

I had a bear of a time finding any significant information about them. What motor(s), ESC's, batteries, props, etc. Could not find any plans either. So, I decided to just make it up as I went. Started with a drawing of a Eurofighter I found on line that included cross sections of the fuselage. I enlarged it with a projector to roughly the size I wanted. Ended up being 46" long with a 34" WS.



Once I got my templates made I picked up some Dollar Tree Foam board and Gorilla Glue. I decided to make it a twin with 1507 4100kV motors spinning Racekraft 3076 3-blade props. It will have elevons and thrust vectoring like the one in the video. So far I am working on the starboard half of the fuse and started sheeting it this evening. Until a new Freewing offering comes out that I must have, this is what I am working on.













I figure the first side will be the hardest but form a pattern to duplicate the other. Never worked much with Depron before so this is all new to me. Once covered I will sand it smooth and fill any major defects with lightweight spackle. More to come.

By complete coincidence I was also watching that video yesterday!!
I would like to try one of these as well. Nice work so far!

[RCjetdude]

Thanks. Dude, you should. Quite the learning curve and I don't know how well it will work but I am more than willing to help you in any way.

[EA-6B Geek]

Wow Steve. Watched that video. Almost seems to defy the laws of physics at times! Amazing. Looking forward to your progress reports.
Scott

[RCjetdude]

Just keep building... just keep building.... what do we do? We build. A little more progress. Gave the nose a quick sanding and added a bit of the bottom. A little progress is better than none.