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Electric Stunt => Gettin all AMP'ed up! => Topic started by: steve pagano on June 06, 2007, 01:55:16 PM

Title: Would it work ??
Post by: steve pagano on June 06, 2007, 01:55:16 PM

Would it be possible to build an electric ducted fan jet ? like a f-86 or an ME 262  and compete in stunt with it? Nothing big maybe 50 inch wingspan tops.

Title: Re: Would it work ??
Post by: phil c on June 06, 2007, 06:09:51 PM

An A-10 might work.  Stunting needs to move lots of air to compensate for drag when you make the turns.  It would need relatively large diameter fans.  Using a small, high speed jet is similar to using a F2D 15 at 30,000 rpm on a Nobler.  It will fly, but the small diameter prop doesn't fly the plane very well.  Level flight and big loops would be OK, but and hard turns would slow it down a lot.

Title: Re: Would it work ??
Post by: Alan Hahn on June 08, 2007, 07:23:09 AM

I fly a small RC EDF (Fantom). I agree with Phil that it is made more for speed than slow flying. I guess if you built very light, it might work as is. However I think a larger fan moving more air slower might work better at our airspeeds. I am not sure if such things exist or whether you would have to make your own fan blades (large diameter, low pitch) to do it. Sounds interesting.

Title: Re: Would it work ??
Post by: steve pagano on June 08, 2007, 10:14:53 AM

My original idea was something along the line of a scaled down L.A. heat  maybe 30 in. wingspan

Title: Re: Would it work ??
Post by: Alan Hahn on June 08, 2007, 11:01:15 AM

Well we have had a B17 go to the Worlds, why not a B52?  y1

Title: Re: Would it work ??
Post by: Mike Palko on June 08, 2007, 04:57:05 PM

I like the idea and several people have mentioned trying it in the past however, like Phil said, it wouldn't work very well. I for one would love to see someone try and I would really like to see the whip-up in some of the recent NATs Air!!!!  ;D I say go for it.

Mike