hi guys i just bought the SkyFun Jet as a part of my extended aerial photography idea


with some more stuff

been a lot busy hence got this as a birthdaygift which  is on 6th of august so dont have too much work to do for this plane

this plane has a clear canopy so i can take good shots

and its stock speed is 120kmph

subbu

let me know about what you guys think of it

alright guys i ordered this plane yesterday and guess what hobbycity have it shipped today hope to be playing with it by coming friday



subbu

alright guys a little late but i got it today that is two days before my birthday and man the planes B-E-A-utiful (just watched Bruce almighty)

alright guys i have a ton of pics and video's of unboxing so here it goes and this time it will be followed by a Review too


The box









the box opened up









removing the top plastic covering









first look at the plane inside the box









the main fuselage









the power system with 1800Kv brushless motor and 25amp ESC





complete wing assembly














the vertical stabilizer assembly








white servo wire slot covering tape





the stuff that i had ordered with the plane - a 1500mAh 3s lipo, a Turnigy 9gm servo and a free transmitter neckstrap that hobbycity sent me











the accessories with the plane - A spare propeller, Some Epoxy, servos covers, and finally an unexpected rc flight simulator








the plane in all its might - just dry fitted  











back to our aerial photography part - II SPEED










so that was just the unboxing and i took 47 pics my god

let me know what you guys think of it and yeah its just super fun have such a plane in your hangar

the plane has not been built and i am going to use some mods as per reviews

first my own good quality epoxy

second some extra carbon fiber strips on the underbelly

and finally the canopy latch,the biggest of all the problems as it has been noted to come off in flight

good night


subbu

Congrats Subbu! Man you really leave people like me drooling!! 
Nice un boxing pics too. Post the build steps as well

One small suggestion. Dont put the cam inside the canopy. The internal reflection would make the pics ugly (and very confusing). See  if you can cut a duplicate canopy with Coke/Pepsi bottle and cut a slit to pop the cam out.

All the best.

The plane is looking super awesome.....! 

thanks you guys

ujjwaana bhaiya i thought about that for a moment and got a few ideas

first is to cut a slot in the existing canopy just in front of the camera lens

embed it in the foam in the front

thanks


subbu

subbu! congratulations on your purchase!
dude! what happened to that poor huge F18 ?

hi actually that was ashish bhaiya's f-18 which he had crashed and i being a ducted fan addict asked him if he could give me the plane so currently i am rebuilding the nose section that got the maximum damage and converting it to a 70mm ducted fan plane
just because i love f-18s and blue angels


subbu

you lucky dawg..I wanted to buy this beauty but it got sold off in some hours..maybe next time..tell me hw much did you pay for the customs ? If possible give me a ring subbu..tk care dude..

just came back from school

atul bhaiya you have no idea i booked it in just 2 hours after the stock had come

i paid 500rs at the customs and they were just too helpful actually the person knew my schools P.T. teacher so an added bonus

atul bhaiya can you please send me a pm of your no. as i lost it while changing to the new mobile

subbu

So does this mean they are allowing any kind of RC planes now ? or you knw someone personally ? tats nothing so I believe this must have costed you about 4k..tats cheap..

Nice plane

Wish you had broken up the pictures into multiple posts so that they would span multiple pages, it would take a long time to load for many people who are not on the best of internet connections.  Also, when the pictures are too similar, post only the better ones (for the same reason... page load times).

What is the feedback on the flying characteristics on this plane ?  Other the fact that it is a pusher, was there any particular reason this one was chosen over others ?

I was in touch with Subu and we both felt this to be worth going for. I had flown the Multiplex Fun Jet a few days earlier and was very, very surprised at it's wide flight envelope and no vices. An absolute blast and recommended for anybody who has , at least, graduated to low wing trainers. Hope this is somewhat close to it!

So you do low pass "zoom-by"s all day ?   If it can't torque roll it must not be good

Planning to test fly Santhosh's FunJet before deciding to get one.

Quote from: anwar on August 05, 2010, 05:13:07 PM
Nice plane

Wish you had broken up the pictures into multiple posts so that they would span multiple pages, it would take a long time to load for many people who are not on the best of internet connections.  Also, when the pictures are too similar, post only the better ones (for the same reason... page load times).

What is the feedback on the flying characteristics on this plane ?  Other the fact that it is a pusher, was there any particular reason this one was chosen over others ?

thanks anwar bhaiya

will do that for sure i did not want to strain our server so i uploaded them in photobucket but forgot that they might still take time to load

as of now the plane is completely assembled and i have planned for a maiden on sunday

so then i will have my flight report here by then

as far as the pusher is concerned i had the funjet and this in mind as these days my interest in speed was growing mostly due to my addiction to ducted fans

and this being a clone of the stryker also a fast delta plane but cheaper and with the same strength and of course with all the electronics was the only choice since i have also limited my time to building my Boeing 747(repair) and the A380 (coming soon parts cut)

with a stock speed of 100 kmph and a motor upgrade speed of 200+ kmph this was a perfect choice

also sushil uncle had flown this type of a plane before so he came in with some valuable inputs too


subbu

hi guys just flew it today and i am just so amazed the way it flew i had three videos but due to sandeep uncles request i have uploaded one short video here




alright guys i have good long 5 min videos but for now let me finish the build part of the the plane and then i will put in all the fun with the rolls and and other stuff i did with the plane


so here goes guys

i wont be labelling the pics as i think they might be self explanatory

but if you still have any doubt fire away

and i am uploading only 6 pics per post

complete wing assembly

the vertical stab









subbu

for those of you who started reading from here please go back 2 posts to the post which begins with a video as the pictorial starts from there




the finished plane with the extra cf strip on the back







subbu

Subbu, there are 10 posts in each page, so with 6 pics per post there will be 60 images on this one page.  At the rate you are inserting pictures, this page may not load a long time for some people.

I would suggest that you post only pictures are the distinctly different from each other, or ones that illustrate a particular detail (only once even at that).

i felt that too so reduced it to 3 but i am unable to edit my post with many pictures so that i could remove the relevant ones

sorry for the amount of pictures i was just a bit too excited now back to control  (after the first three flights today )



subbu

finally got the video uploaded





subbu