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FMS 1100mm Hawker Typhoon review by JLC-Aviation

Publié le : 2024-12-11 15:03:28
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FMS 1100mm Hawker Typhoon review by JLC-Aviation

Hawker Typhoon 1100 mm review

by JLC-Aviation.fr

https://www.jlc-aviation.fr/aéromodélisme/essais/fms-hawker-typhoon-1100mm/

Jean-Louis Coussot, former editor-in-chief of model aircraft magazines such as Looping and FLY International, has just published a new FMS aircraft review on his website. This time it is the Hawker Typhoon 1100 mm that he studies down to the smallest detail. If it is not a novelty, as he states, this aircraft is one of the great standards of the brand and it continues its career without aging.

Throughout the article the author describes the contents of the kit with dozens of photos, then its assembly.
But the most important part is probably the chapter on adjustments, where he insists on the need to pay attention to the centre of gravity, and where he points out an error in the instructions and the fact that we have a perfectly valid correction on our product page.

The flight test is treated as it was when he was writing his paper magazine, with each phase of the flight being dissected.

He certainly likes the Typhoon FMS once he gets used to it!

Some extracts from the text:

"This kit has been around for many years, as evidenced by certain marks on the box and in the design. However, it remains a product of remarkable quality and has aged very well! FMS have also 'updated' it, for example by incorporating a more modern brushless controller with the optional 'reverse' function.

"After unpacking and examining the elements, this Typhoon is well built, well designed and equipped with good quality equipment ( motor, electronics, landing gear )".

"The most important adjustment is the C.G. balance.
As I said at the beginning, the C.G. shown in the instructions is an unfortunate copy-paste, probably from the instructions for a Typhoon 800mm which is no longer in production.
Fortunately, the distributor states this on its product sheet and indicates that the Typhoon should be balanced at 70mm from the leading edge to the root.
This seemed to me to be the correct value.
...
I finally flew it with 80 grams of ballast and C.G. at 70 mm. As it turned out, Beez2B was right!

"In the end, I arrive at a weight in flight of 1345 grams (for the 1300 grams indicated in the instructions, it is very correct). The wing loading is 68.3 g/dm2, nothing to worry about!

"A warbird that deserves to be better known
You understand, I am a real fan and I can only recommend it. Less known than the Spitfire, Mustang, Corsair and other big stars of the warbird world, it brings a bit of originality to the field and flies just as well!

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