F/A-18F Super Hornet 1000mm RC Plane

Yet another Fighter jet, this time is F/A-18F the 2 seated Super Hornet, the wingspan is about 1 meter plus, with the flying weight about 1700 gram. It’s still using the same EDF as my previous jet, which is 70mm 12 blades FMS EDF. I use 6S battery by connecting two 3S 2200mAh Lipo batteries in series. Because F-18 has dual exhaust I have to make a bifurcated duct made form art card, the power is not too different from if without using split duct exhaust. I was planning to copy the CG from the FMS Super Hornet but when I examine it the FMS Super Hornet was not made in scale with the real plane, the shape of the wing is different from the real plane, maybe they use F-18 legacy hornet as a base and just modify the LERX and the air intake. So I have to calculate it manually.

Specs :
1. Wingspan 1020m / 40 inch
2. Flying weight : 1700 grams/ 60 oz
3. Wing loading : 45.2 gram/dm2 – 14.8 oz/sq.ft.
4. Wing cube loading : 7.4
5. Wing Area : 37.58 dm2 / 582 sq.in.
6. CG : 5 cm / 2 inch from Wing Break

Electronics for test (pusher prop)
– DXW 3536 1200kv
– Prop 10×6 (2 blades)
– 50A ESC
– Battery Lipo 4S 2200mah
– 4 x 9 gram servos (micro servo)

Electronics for test (EDF)
– FMS 70mm 12 blades 6S EDF
– 80A Predator ESC
– Battery Lipo 3S 2200mah x2 (series connection)
– 4 x 9 gram servos (micro servo)

Transmitter
– Jumper T16 + BetaFPV Express LRS TX module
– 10 ch BetaFPV Express LRS RX

Materials :
1. 5mm Foamboard/ Depron/ Polyfoam
2. 10mm Carbon Tube/ Bamboo/ Wood Dowel 1 meter
3. 0.3mm Mica Plastic
4. hot glue, UHU glue, CA glue, PVA glue
5. Packing tapes