F-18C BLUE ANGELS by Jet Legend

[Samurai Jack]

SW this is my favorite tread. Love it so much .. Thank for sharing and your time..
Wishes one day i'm going to build like in your tread.....(must buy lotery ticket every week laa like this)
Keep posting and take your time...

cheers

Sj

[S.W.]

Thank you all!

The inside of the fuselage was then coated with a heat-resistant paint, from the engine all the way down to the tail section. The servo wires were then covered with plastic spiral wraps.

Installation of 2 pcs JR DS8711 torque elevator servos at the tail, i got really sore arms and fingers doing this...aiyooo...

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Bi-furcated (double-walled) stainless steel exhaust pipe was next to be installed. The mouth of the pipe have to be aligned with the tail of the turbine, if not hot flash spots will be created on one side of the pipe which is not good.

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Next are the installation of the compressed air tanks, 1 tank for operating the retracts, another one for operating the gear door, and another for operating the brakes on the two main landing gear wheels. All tanks were held down with birch plywood anchors epoxied down. Stainless steel springs wraps around all the tanks and double-side so it won't move at all. First pic shows the blue bulk-head FESTO fitting for fuel tank venting as well as connection to a taxi tank externally. From this stage onwards, the space to work on the jet gets tighter...

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The rear six door cylinders are then hooked up with 1/8" tubings routed to the front temporarily...

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Installation of main landing gears...

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Installation of tail brake...the tail brake cylinder was a little tricky to install because of the tail pipe getting in the way...

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The heavily padded main fuel tank goes in first before the front fuselage section is attached...

Last pic...the two black pneumatic lines going down to the wheels are to activate the brakes, O-rings that expands when air rushes into the O-ring wheel well. Have to apply a small amount of molybdenum grease on the o-rings, why, if not the jet will come to an abrupt stop violently haha, the grease slows down the braking force progressively, just like the way we brake on our cars. But after taxiiing the jet for two tanks of fuel, we have to re-grease it again...

[S.W.]

Before attaching the nose section, i have to sort out the different types of tubings and wirings and mark it, if not i will be lost! LOL!

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Next comes the installation of the turbine and two side fuel tanks. A birch plywood base was created infront of the turbine to house the main fuel pump, fuel solenoid valves. The space for my fat fingers to work in was getting worse! LOL!