I've always wanted a Vulcan bomber as it's one of the coolest aircraft to ever fly- there was one brief moment of hope when Freewing announced their "Vulcan" but that quickly became (bitter) disappointment when it turned out to be a 70mm sport jet. After looking around for a while I settled on this one : https://jetworks.online/product-category/vulcan/
I bought the plans and inquired on our RC Canada site where to get 6mm Depron- turned out a flying friend I haven't talked to in a while had a CNC cut kit ready to go that he sold me as he wasn't planning to build his 'till next winter. Happy coincidence indeed! Cutting out the parts using paper templates would have been a huge and tedious task.
The designer specified 70mm fans on 4S (from 6 years ago) but I chose 64mm 6S units from Arrows RC. These EDF's come installed in The Arrows Mig 29 and newer F-15 and people seem happy with the performance, sound and reliability so I ordered them from RC Castle, along with Hobbywing 40 Amp ESC's and a JP Hobbies BEC. I finished installing them yesterday and took her outside for a run up in the partially completed airframe and was happy with the numbers- 78 Amps, 1800 Watts and about 2700 grams thrust. I don't know what the final weight will be (currently it's 1720 grams with a 5000 6S battery installed) but there should be lots of power and an easy 5min. of flight time.
Still lots to do so I don't know if this Vulcan will take to the air this year but if the wind keeps blowing when I'm able to go flying it may be sooner than later.... Pictured is the paint scheme I'll use.
Tom
I bought the plans and inquired on our RC Canada site where to get 6mm Depron- turned out a flying friend I haven't talked to in a while had a CNC cut kit ready to go that he sold me as he wasn't planning to build his 'till next winter. Happy coincidence indeed! Cutting out the parts using paper templates would have been a huge and tedious task.
The designer specified 70mm fans on 4S (from 6 years ago) but I chose 64mm 6S units from Arrows RC. These EDF's come installed in The Arrows Mig 29 and newer F-15 and people seem happy with the performance, sound and reliability so I ordered them from RC Castle, along with Hobbywing 40 Amp ESC's and a JP Hobbies BEC. I finished installing them yesterday and took her outside for a run up in the partially completed airframe and was happy with the numbers- 78 Amps, 1800 Watts and about 2700 grams thrust. I don't know what the final weight will be (currently it's 1720 grams with a 5000 6S battery installed) but there should be lots of power and an easy 5min. of flight time.
Still lots to do so I don't know if this Vulcan will take to the air this year but if the wind keeps blowing when I'm able to go flying it may be sooner than later.... Pictured is the paint scheme I'll use.
Tom
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