F-14 Tomcat EDF

It has been quite a while since my last post..recovering from surgery and some minor health related problem. Although not yet fully recover..the spirit of RC still strong.

Just received a bargain from mudah. Bought this F-14 Tomcat EDF. My third EDF to date and this one sure one hell of assembly. With swept wing mechanism and a lot of part to mod to make it airworthy. Thinking of glassing this body to make it a little stronger.

Let the spirit of topgun run in your vein..but this is going to be a very looooooong project..I'm not going to hurry on this..

alas my F-15 is also coming..





A few notable links that talk about F-14 assembly and modification

http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbyking/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8597&PN=1&SID=fedf6z8f9bb44fzb38c2cbfz9a8bc22d

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1068584

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1151024

I'm thinking to put the following setup

Motor: Turnigy 2615 EDF Outrunner 4800kv for 55/64mm it has 690g of thrust x 2 = 1380g which is 1:1 power to weight ratio (assuming AUW 1.35kg)

ESC: Hobbyking SS Series 50-60A ESC Should be more than enough