G'day Julius, another amazingly great build there but I was just wondering about the edf setup because from what I understand they require a pretty much open flow or intake to be effective in pushing the air out and be able to draw in significant quantities of air so I was thinking whether or not the formers were creating a turbulent restricted inflow another way of thinking of it is using a helicopter as an example in the hover they require more power to stay at a selected altitude because the rotor blades are battling their own turbulence and dirty (aerodynamically speaking) air but when they transition into forward flight they encounter what's called translational lift it occurs anywhere between say 15-30 knots and the rotor system becomes a lot more efficient that's why they can be seen kind of jumping into a climb after starting to accelerate because the rotors are working in cleaner undisturbed air, I know this because I'm a pilot of full size aeroplanes as well as rc aircraft although my initial flight training was on helicopters, so after that long winded shpiel if you are going to fit another edf have a look at its intake flow and enlarge and smooth it out as much as possible if possible otherwise it looked it flew quite well on the prop . I'm also doing my first build of one of your plans the piper Cherokee I've just gotten up to the plans part and about to cut parts. I'm endorsed on the full size version of this aircraft and I'm building mine as one that I flew quite a bit during my training...cheers mate
Well, done - not giving up is a part of the hobby! To increase EDF thrust, the air intakes might have to be slightly bigger. If you install a bigger fan, it will need to suck more air to produce more thrust! The way you cover the plane and paint it is showing that a great result can be acheived with easily availible tools. Very well done! Now I'm looking forward to part two of the Queen of the Sky - the 747!
A real beauty Julius. Please persevere with the EDF plan , it'll be great to see!! I feel sorry that you don't have a better flying field, anyone would have problems taking off from that. I will build this one for sure. Delta's are really forgiving flyer's.
Btw, your build is the same size as the flyfly mirage 2k size. You will need to use 90mm 6s or 70mm 6s without landing gear. You can't use 4s edf 70mm with the specs/weight there. For 70mm 4s edf, the thrust is usually 1.2kg max consuming 60 amps max. Your jet build weight should not exceed 1kg if you want to use 70mm 4s edf.
Julius, congrats with your new beautiful plane! I also built a mirage like 8 years ago, the same size but with 90mm and 6s 70c. I haven't flew it because I thought it was too heavy (2.5 kg) and left it just as a stand model. Now I am a mentor in aviaschool (we teach pilots) and it will be my pleasure if you found interesting to make one of our planes. I can send you plans and photos and whatever else you will need ) Keep making your cool videos, they are really great!
Man, I love your models and how well they fly! You really pick out some great planes to build. I especially love the T-2 Buckeye. My old squadron, VF-43, was due to get some just as I was transferring to go back to sea.
Awesome Julius! A great project as always! Would you consider using an electric turbine on a Jet model made with foam like this Mirage? BTW, I am building the DC-3 model you created. I am making some changes to it. As soon as I finish it I will upload a video and mark you to see! My next plane will be the Stearman! Thank you for sharing so much great content on R/C!!!
Acompanho e adoro os seus projetos, e principalmente seu jeito criativo de construir em formas alternativas. Isso é ser aeromodelista raiz que cria meios e inova em seus projetos 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Com certeza você merece uma pista mais "digna" para testar todas as criações 👍🏻 Meus parabéns 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hello Julius! This is an awesome model! Great job! One model that I would like to build with your method is the Mirage F1-E. Do you know a site where to download the pattern for the foam for a F1-E? Thanks, Keep doing your amazing videos. :)
I think it will fly also on 4S with no problem. You may have problem with low C in 2200mAh Acu. I have few jets with around 1.5kg of weight and they fly on 4S FMS 12blade 2850KV with no problem. Or maybe you need some fake intakes near the EDF for better air flow.
hey julius,i finally got yout goshawk plane built and put it in a video of mine and mentioned your channel in the video,i also started building your t2 buckeye in the same video but i haven't got around to flying the goshawk yet as i need to extend the battery cable.i also put a link to your channel in my video.this here is another cool jet you have designed
Ohh Julius!, the Mirage are allways a challenge!, i have some issues with my M5 Finger too. I can see you get little bit tired of the project. I can´t see how you could do it better. Just the EDF is not enough. Thanks for all the tips you share!
Just found your channel mate, fantastic build on this Mirage. I'm just about to start a Mirage IV this is good motivation!!!! Your skills are very creative.
simply beautiful, magnificent, as always you are an aeronautical master. From Bogotá Colombia you are appreciated, I follow you and I admire your projects, a hug.
My Starmax F14 twin 70mm EDF 5 blade had the same problem as the mirage until I cut cheater holes underneath to Allow Greater Airflow bro..its better but needs 50 amp esc x 2 n running it on a 3 cell 3000 mah again x 2..its a 2.7kg plane..currently on top of the wardrobe in my bedroom..
The edf is powerfull the proplem is the kalbes to the edf Form the esc has to be a Schott as psible the Kabel to the batery can be as long as jou want jou hast have to short the cabel from the esc i had the same ischu but after that my airplane flew prety god.
The EDF unit on a 5s LiPo is probably fine but some cheater holes under the fuselage, just ahead of the fan, will allow the fan to breathe, so will produce a lot more thrust. Some very nice flying and accurate landings in a tiny field. Very impressed.
Great result! Just build a 1000m dust free concrete runway. If you use a slow-fly prop you will have even better starting speed. I tested also starting my funjet with elastic bands. The least trouble you will have with the motor in the nose and handlaunching it without any landing gear.
You must add an functional and efficient air intake to the fuselage. Without this the EDF doesn't opperate corretly and doesn' have power enough to push te plane to the necessary speed
Nice job as usual........Congratulations from the heart But let me ask about your previous project ( ATR-72-600) What is the total length of the body from the front of the nose to the end of the FUSE The final weight for my model is 2 kg Wingspan is 180 cm The length of the fuse is 175 cm Two engines IMAX 1400K in the model 2212 Fan 8 x 6 Are all of the above appropriate or not ?? Especially the length of the fuse Thank you and please reply
Veramente bravo a costruire, tuttavia duro a capire che serviva una pista in asfalto. Piuttosto che togliere la ventola io avrei tolto i carrelli. Lancio a mano e via
