MINI MF-Fighters

by MESA RC | January 22, 2015 | (11) Posted in Projects

 

To the FliteTest Community;

Prior to break Ashton came up with an idea of piggy backing on what FliteTest did to their planes in making them mini, the problem, why can't we make our jets mini?  So we hashed out a couple prototypes at varius sizes and came to the conclusion that 75 percent was going to be our magic number when scaling our planes down. Ashton of course choose his MF-15 Eagle, and I went ahead and took Jake's design of the MF-35 Lightning.  We know there is a lot hype right now in making our aircrafts mini, and after making our we can see the truth to the hype.  For some reason it just felt right, felt safe, felt light, and it was a ton of fun.  The builds were a lot easier to manage, and the time to take to build the craft was quick, real quick, to the point of building it and flying it the same day during school hours. We wanted to at least try out the theory and let our FliteTest viewers know that they now have another alternative in using their old 250 quad and FT Mighty Mini electronics in a different a fun way.

The same electronics used for the mini quads and FT-minis can be used with our MF-Mini Fighters.

Ashton and I converted the plans over for you guys to download, print, build, and have fun, so enjoy the plans listed in the links below:

MF-15 Eagle Tiled: http://media.wix.com/ugd/fe25e6_d40dec4422574342b4e17c08a0f66f46.pdf

MF-15 Eagle Full Size: http://media.wix.com/ugd/fe25e6_6b3fa773cb284989857752d9e5615b84.pdf

MF-35 Lightning Tiled: http://media.wix.com/ugd/fe25e6_12759217e38447bdbe1d79e4448e7790.pdf

MF-35 Lightning Full Size: http://media.wix.com/ugd/fe25e6_2f4af7f5bdd748f2aede5444e2102b23.pdf

We are not making these build kit ready, we didn't want to push it either, however, our entrepreneural piece of the class would certaintly welcome the kits if there is a demand for it, so leave a comment if you think we should.

As always, thank you so much for supporting our program in reading our FT articles and watching our videos,

The MESArcFF Team

 

Ashton talks about his Mini process to the buids. Once he found the percentage, I followed suit with the MF-35 Lightning.

 

Crazy small and easy out of the hand.

 

So small!

 

 

Having fun flying with the builds.

 

Last words, awesome, if you want kits available just let us know.

COMMENTS

LordVader on January 23, 2015
Really cool. Great for those who don't have a large field to fly. Really have to commend you guys on all your efforts to promote and further this great hobby and keep it alive. Thank you.
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menachg on January 26, 2015
that looks grate! it would be grate if you would shrink the f-18 too.
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T-Richard on January 23, 2015
very cool. May make a Kfm-2 version with a 5x4 on 4cell.... Take care of the underpowered issue!
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OpenAir on August 24, 2017
I know I'm late to the party, but, I did want to take a second and say Thank You for the time, effort, R&D and the PLANS! I have added these to my "bucket list" of "I'm bored and want to build something days." Thanks again!
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MINI MF-Fighters