Remote Controlled; Scale Jets

That is a jaw dropping performance. I know that RC models can do things a real plane could never do and with a big enough engine, one would get a barn door flying but this little jet has definitely a thrust weight ratio of much better than one.

I have seen RC acro models hanging vertically on its piston engine driven prop (which counts for its stable state of flight) but the thrust on this jet is acting on the lower end of the plane. I could not see any steerable nozzles or additional duct nozzles. How do they stabilize and even steer this little Rafale during its vertical hover mode? The RC operator is really showing some great skills.

Ron, I am impressed, our Air Forces should have planes like this !!!!

Ok, I got it. There are little steerable flaps inside the rigid nozzle(s) and within the hot gas stream. Just like the carbon steering flaps inside the German WW II V2 rocket engine. Nice trick and it seems to work. They must be made of real heat resistend materials. Even those little model turbines have a EGT of 600 to 700 degrees centigrate. Again pretty good thrust to weight ratio.

Here is one with Fenestron and Turbine !



Carl, are those big RC Helos stabilized by gyros? In reality they are not that stable and not so easy to fly.

Wow, what a perfect scale model of the USAF version of the F-104. Our German Air Force / Navy F-104 G had a slightly different tail section because of the different afterburner. Amazing they fly this model with such a thin airfoil and without slats and during the first landing in this video even without flaps. The final approach airspeed of the original F-104 during a no flap approach (which was a serious emergency because of the BLC being deactivated with slats and flaps up) would have been around 230 Kts., with a touch down speed definately above the tire limit speed. Any maneuvering below 450 KTS would have required maneuvering slats/flaps. One can really see how much the tip tanks participate on the aircrafts lift and reduce the induced drag of this low aspect ratio wing. My all time favorite bird. Great model and perfectly flown. I admire those highly skilled RC pilots.

Ron, keep those great videos comming. I love them!!!