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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.

T-720

Another pusher prop from me! I’d say this actually flies better than a Long EZ. More stable and more elevator authority. This is a Russian experimental attack aircraft. One of my facbook group members posted a cool photo and I thought “soooo cool” I need to try this. The build is easy and fun to put together.

Pod Racer

Based on a single photo of this crazy concept I decided to give it a try. I loved the idea of a pod racer style layout with twin tail booms. Designing prop planes is a little out of my comfort zone but it was fun and proved to be a very fun little plane to print, assemble and fly. The plane doesn’t have any bad characteristics at all.

The Crow 50mm

I kept seeing the printed seagull on YouTube and I wanted to do my own take on a bird EDF. I’ve always liked crows so I knew that would be the bird to go after. It took 3 full redesigns to get it right. I’ve used some really cool techniques that I have not seen used before to make the crow user friendly. I also wanted the crow to be beginner friendly.

MQ9 Reaper

The Reaper has always been on my list to design, it was actually the tomahawk that put me in the head space to build it. I was thinking about a prop tomahawk and it gave me the idea to make a prop Reaper It was a really fun project to design, one of my favorite parts of designing planes is making the munitions that come with it. By far the most fun.