Well due to a crash and age there is no MegaJet or XF-18 anymore. Will need to replace the main picture after sufficient mourning.
The F-22 has given me lots of enjoyment but stress on the wings and verticles was beginning to show so I decided to scrap it for the motor and electronics allowing for a new build. This jet was extremely easy to fly and gave me many hours of enjoyment. It flew just a easily inverted as it did right side up. In the end you can only expect so much from 5 foot jets made of 40" x 30" foamboard. While not the fastest of jets (40-50 mph) it's high thrust to weight ratio made for great 3D flying.
The XF-18 unfortunately met it's demise early. Just after launching it torque rolled causing some wing damage so I decided to scrap it for the parts also. Making repairs on this 5 foot foamboard jet would be risky at best since I was using a highspeed motor setup on it. It was easily hitting 70 to 80 mph and was placing too much stress on the foamboard elevons. In fact I have already crashed to smaller F-18s due to the elevons being ripped off during highspeed dives. Elevons need to be built out of basewood if using highspeed motor arrangements on this ParkJet design.
Just added a new jet to the hangar. It is a very highly modified RCFoamFighters Frill Dragon. It hardly resembles the original Dragon but wing dimensions come from their design so I have to give them credit for the build. Using the basic dimensions allows for a known CG. Recently orange and black seemed to be the new 2011 color but truth be known I was just out of blue tape and started using up the orange tape. More tape will be arriving soon and so will the patriotic color scheme.
