DIY Ultra Micro F-15 (FREE PLANS)
By Joe Carpino
After several attempts at finding a good base to make a micro prop slot jet that I can fly in my front yard I may have found the one! The F-15 is the perfect platform for the job. First i went to my laptop and printed some F15 3 view drawings to the size I wanted. At first I was a bit skeptical on if it had enough wing area to actually fly but I printed them anyway, I then sat down at my desk and began getting to work.
Description
A super small, easy to build and cheap micro jet you can fly in your yard! Runs off of your basic elevon control consisting of 2 1.7g servos, a 8.5x20mm brushed coreless motor spinning a micro quadcopter prop and a cheap 4 channel DSM2/DSMX receiver and ESC combo board. Completely constructed of foam dinner plates and classic foamboard with the paper peeled off to keep the weight down. Added strength from 1mm carbon fiber rods and a little bit of 1/16 balsa. Takes a little bit of up trim and tracks like an arrow once its all dialed in. Can fly at a high alpha super slow or kick it to full throttle and hit 40MPH! Pulls rolls with ease and does kickover loops like a dream. The F-15 running full throttle on a 200mah 1s LiPo gets about 5 minutes flight time.
This jet builds just like any other standard prop slot jet from Flite Test such as the FT-22. It is basically a modified profile jet with reinforced side supports and bottoms which act as extra lifting surfaces.
Specifications:
Wingspan: 7 1/2 inches (190mm)
Length: 11 inches (275mm)
Building Materials:
- Foam board (paper peeled off)
- 10.25 inch Styrofoam eating plates
- 1/16 balsa reinforcement
- 1mm carbon fiber (for pushrods and reinforcement)
- Foam safe CA glue (can use hot glue but CA is lighter and stronger)
- Sharp razor blades/Exacto blades
- Ruler/Straightedge
- FREE PLANS (bottom of article)
- Markers, stickers or vinyl to make your jet stand out
Electronics:
- Motor/Prop - 8.5x20mm coreless motor
- Reciever/ESC board - Low Voltage 2.4Ghz 4ch DSM2/DSMX
- Servos (2x) - HK-5320S 1.7g Micro servo
- Battery - Nano-Tech 200maAh 1s LiPo
Flight and Build Difficulty:
Beginner to Intermediate Build and Flight. Flies the same as any other elevon jet, gets knocked around by the wind a bit more but once dialed out is easy to fly. Super resilient to most hard impacts Builds just like any other FT jet using most of the same techniques.
(To print plans... save image and then print.)
I would love to see your versions of the micro F-15! Post on Instagram with the hashtag #microf15 or send me a pic on Instagram. @joecarpinorc
@joey_carp_28
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https://www.fatimatravels.com/domestic-flights/karachi-to-quetta
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There's just one thing...
I can't get the proportions of plans to fit together from the jpg images. Could you please make a pdf or something, please.
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/U4zfx8mv9miFRgzL9
I've used graupner 3mm vector board and emax es9251 with a micro frsky rx and micro esc.
I had to make an all-moving tailplane to get better control.
With a 200mah 1s Lipo it flies great. With a 300mah lipo its dragging its tail quite a lot.
Esc:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000147099377.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dPGlAWi
Receiver:
https://www.banggood.com/2_4G-8CH-D8-Mini-FrSky-Compatibel-Receiver-With-PWM-PPM-SBUS-Output-p-1140478.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN
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Could you send a pic of how you made the full motion elevons?
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I plan on using cheap transmitter initially.
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