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YF-23 Black Widow Twin 40mm

By far the YF-23 has been one of the most tricky designs to get flying without the help of a gyro. I’ve made around 4-5 fully new airframes to get this to fly right. Of course the coolest looking 5th gen fighter is the impossible to tame beast. I finally figured this bird out. Keeping the airframe totally scale will absolutely require a gyro to fly.

YF-23 Black Widow Twin 40mm

By far the YF-23 has been one of the most tricky designs to get flying without the help of a gyro. I’ve made around 4-5 fully new airframes to get this to fly right. Of course the coolest looking 5th gen fighter is the impossible to tame beast. I finally figured this bird out. Keeping the airframe totally scale will absolutely require a gyro to fly.

Simple 50mm EDF thrust standFree

I’ve always been searching for a simple easy thrust stand and I’ve never found one. Especially for 50 mm fans that typically don’t have any mounting tabs. This Russ stand is fully printable in PLA. It comes with three different sized rings. The large ring fits Motors like Power fun and QX. The small Fitz fans like X fly and FMS.

Simple 50mm EDF thrust standFree

I’ve always been searching for a simple easy thrust stand and I’ve never found one. Especially for 50 mm fans that typically don’t have any mounting tabs. This Russ stand is fully printable in PLA. It comes with three different sized rings. The large ring fits Motors like Power fun and QX. The small Fitz fans like X fly and FMS.

Hot Shot 90mm and 50mm

Possibly the best beginner EDF platform for both the 50mm and 90mm. They are extremely easy to fly in general. The 50mm hand launches like a dream and the 90mm with printable landing gear takes off like a STOL jet. I’d like to thank Paul Bingham for reminding me about this classic airframe that has been used by a few manufacturers a while back to make fiberglass turbine jets.

Platinum Series Saab Viggen 90 and 64mm

Since this was going to be my 100th design it had it be special. I pulled out all the stops to make my dream RC fighter and this is definitely it. My original 64mm viggen over two years ago put me on the map because jet was such a nice flying RC jet. Viggens have been known to be pretty much the best Rc jets you can get. My two favorite size RC Jets are 64 and 90mm so this was what imsettled on.

Grumman X-29 50mm

This project has spanned over two years. The design changed dramatically over five times since. I’ve tried different airfoils, canard integration with the main wing, servo placement, fan placement, incidence and more. I’m finally happy with the flight characteristics. The X-29 does not require a gyro and flies stable and is a blast!

Gripen 64mm (Platinum Series)

My original Gripen 64 had the “Magic” sauce. Everyone went nuts over it. My new version uses the same basic ingredients with all the scale details and panel lines my old one was missing. Building this bird and handling it is worth all the time printing. Then you fly it and it’s on rails. You can fly this Gripen on 4s or 6s. 4s feel lighter and more floaty.