Summary

Lets have some fun! Flying your own built RC plane is always adventurous, educational and fun 🙂

F117 RC Pusher Jet:

What you need:

6mm Depron Foam

6x6mm Balsa Stick

CA Glue

Epoxy Glue

Acrylic Paint

2×9 gr Servos

Emax RS2205 2300KV motor and 5X4.5 BN Prop

40-50 Amp ESC

Your Tx/Rx Radio Set with minimum 3 Channel and Mixing.

1.5-2mm steel wire for control rods.

How To Build:

Download the pdf tiled plans, print them on A4 paper (page setup is set on actual size).

Glue the tiles together and cut out the parts templates.

Stick the templates on the foam board with a temporary glue or sellotape.

Cut out the parts.Important Note!!: follow the color codes of the lines for cutting as bellow:4.1. Sold black lines: full cut4.2. Blue lines: half cut (3mm deep)4.4. Red lines: these are bevel cutting edge, cut the with angel approaching to the adjacent line (black or blue).

Back the cut foam parts with packing tape on the places you need to bend them to make angle.

Dry-fit the parts and when all is good, glue them.

3D Print the plastic parts, try them on the body of the plane but don't glue them before you paint your plane.

Glue the balsa sticks all around the edges of the body.

Sand the edges and bevel them.

Paint the plane body with acrylic (water base) paint.

Glue the servo tray and the plastic tail part in their places.

Glue the other plastic parts and trims in their places.

Fix the servos and control rods as shown in photos.

Fix the motor, if your motor is longer than Emax RS2205, dont use the spacers or make your own spacer to get the right adjustment.

Fix the ESC and RX and do the wiring.

The CG is around 20mm towards the nose from the mid of the wing leading edge.