Argandona

Good show! How did the exhaust area work out? According to my CAD work, at 24" span, the perfect-scale exhaust is only 1.4"^2, which is less than 95% of the FSA?

~Luke

I haven't quite figured that one out yet, the earlier proto flew without its TVC vanes. Sadly, I will have to modify them a little

I was reading about custom CD-ROM motors at rcgroups, do you have any experience with that?

Here's another wiew of my WIP, the canopy is just taped in place. I plan on making a vacuum formed one, along with a decent interior.

Wow, that looks incredible! What sort of propulsion are you using/planning? I flew a profile -19 for a while, but your version completely blows mine out of the water! (Here it is, all the same: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.ph...mp;postcount=14 )

~Luke

Thank you for the compliments Luke. The 2nd proto used twin EDF-40's, but it was somewhat underpowered due to my crappy motors. Now I'm looking into alternatives, maybe even make my own propulsion system with the help of my brother.

It's going to take a while to make a "scale" YF-19 fly as good as my foamie F-16. Instability and drag are my worst enemies right now. One thing is for sure, I refuse to change the proportions to improve performance.

Wow, I haven't even finished this project yet..!

I've been looking into a bigger, more scale (fully detailed cockpit, etc.) version of the SV, or perhaps a YF-21... But not for a while.

~Luke

A YF-21 would be awesome!

Here's a little something to let you know that you're not the only one making macross birds fly. I'm making a YF-19 24'':

Chuck glider --- check

Prototype 1 ---- flies after resolving CG issue.

Prototype 2 ---- Flies nicely, crashes horribly (pilot error).

Prototype 3 ---- Still in the hangar, annoying sanding stage.