Description

The F/A-18 is a mid-mounted pusher model intended to be flown with tailerons only, but it can easily be equipped with ailerons and rudders. Build it from the plans attached below, or buy it as a kit, with or without motor and ESC, from 6mmFlyRC. You can also buy it from Grayson Hobby with a power combo set (motor, ESC and propeller).

The dimensions of the slots and tabs are made for 6 mm depron.

Data

Wing span

73.5 cm (28.9 inches), 71.9 cm without wingtips (28.3 inches)

Length

102.5 cm (40.4 inches)

CoG location

14.6 cm (5.75 inches) forward of the vertical stabilizers

Propeller slot

Fits propellers with a maximum diameter of 6 inches

Build Instructions

Follow the instructions provided by 6mmFlyRC for the F-22 Raptor.

Forum Discussion

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=808219

CAD Images

Build Pictures

Model Pictures

Model Videos

• Windy outdoor flying
• Indoor flying
• Pat crashes his beautiful F/A-18
• Pat flies again after repairing his model

Plans

• Full PDF
• Tiled A4 PDF
• Tiled letter PDF
• Google Sketchup 3D model
• Google Sketchup print layout
• AutoCAD DXF print layout

License

All my plans are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.

You are free:

• to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
• to Remix — to adapt the work

Under the following conditions:

• Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
• Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
• Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

In plain English this means that

• you are free to download my plans and build airplane models from them
• if you make any changes to the plans and want to publish or share your version you have to
  • attribute me as the original designer with a link to this web site
  • release your version under the same or similar license to this one
• you may not use my plans for commercial purposes