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I also took my recently painted Hornet with decals out for a ride at Barcelona Jets 2021! :D
These were not my coolest flights but I performed a couple of pretty mind-boggling post-stall maneuvers worthy of mention (again, without TV assistance)...
It was extremely windy and on the second flight I miscalculated on landing and had a hard touchdown but there wasn't much damage fortunately.
This livery represents an old spanish NTM (Nato Tiger Meet) scheme that celebrated 25 years of 'Ala 15' squadron history (which essentially converts my F/A-18C into an EF-18A or C15).
I spent quite some time going through the process of learning how to use an airbrush, then on to the actual painting... but I am pretty satisfied with how she came out in the end, more so for this being my first airbrush work! (Well, technically I used brush painting and permanent markers in addition to airbrush, keep tuned because I will release a video on the entire process on my second channel (www.youtube.com/RC4ever). Most of the decals were provided by Callie Graphics (https://callie-graphics.com)
I fell in love with this particular scheme years ago as I saw this particular livery perform several times in different local airshows, so I thought it was only logic to paint my Freewing F-18 sporting the same looks. Sadly, I am told that the original no longer exists as it was repainted back in military grey. What a pity... :'(
Flights 117th and 118th on 'Lucía'.
Pilot: Airguardian
Ground video: Luis Ibáñez
Airfield: RACBSA
Jet: Freewing F/A-18C Hornet (PNP version, with modifications).
LED afterburner: 'The Lightburner'
Vinyl decals: Callie Graphics
Paint job: RC4ever
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SPECIFICATIONS (Regarding my particular setup):
Model Scale: 1/11.5
Wingspan: 1034 mm
Length: 1500 mm
Empty Weight: 2800g (w/o batteries)
Main battery pack weight (Panther 6S 5000mAh '75C'): 870g
Rx battery pack weight (Rhino 2S 610mAh): 40g
Take-off weight: 3710g
Current CG (Center of Gravity): 112 mm from the wing's leading edge at the root
Power System: Stock 6S 3672-1900Kv Brushless Inrunner Motor
Electronic Speed Control: Stock Freewing 130A, EC5 Connector
EDF: Stock 90mm diameter with 9-blade rotor
Servos and retracts (All stock):
- 7x 9g digital, metal gear
- 2x 17g digital, metal gear
- Electronic retractable main landing gear and steerable nose gear with all metal shock absorbing struts
Batteries:
- Main pack: 6S 22.2V LiPo [Turnigy Panther 5Ah '75C' (870g) / Turnigy Nanotech 4Ah '70C' (660g)]
- Receiver pack: 2S 7.4V 610mAh LiPo (Rhino)
Radio gear: FrSky X8R with one SBUS decoder
Gyro: EagleTree Guardian 2D/3D
UBEC: Turnigy (Hobbywing) 8-15A
Here's an initial 'more balanced', less nose-heavy setup that I consider better than the factory recommended one (Not my final setup though):
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=44618369&postcount=3961
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