Parkflyers International Sukhoi SU-30 SM G3R Walkaround and Maiden Flight: Our Best Parkjet To Date

Описание: Parkflyers International Sukhoi SU-30 SM G3R Walkaround and Maiden Flight

Lead Designer: Bimo Adi Prakoso
RC Co-Designers: Ian Bott, Jeff Reimer
Contributors: James Soyak, Peter Holmgren

Music: Stratosphere | http://www.adamvitovsky.com

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Before last year's end holidays, we started to think to have a huge deal of experiment, in order to push our boundaries to the next level, and conquer that challenges that exist in our previous parkjet designs. We knew it wouldn't be easy. However, if we didn't even try it, we would never know if we could design it or not. So, the initiative began with a parkjet that was quite legendary and well known in score-n-fold design as "the parkjet that hovers" from RC Powers (www.rcpowers.co), the SU-30. Dave Powers had designed a solid score-n-fold parkjet that was not just easy to fly, but having tremendously awesome flight envelope at slow flying. We love the Sukhoi jets. Then we decided to go with the SU-30SM variant, which really is having no major difference in physical appearance with other SU-30 variants. As always, we started with the RC 3d model of the depron built.

When designing the Su-30SM, we were aiming for it to have pusher motor, just as we have with F/A-18 G1R. This decision was made to have and maintain all necessary details on the design such as curvy surfaces, airfoil, fuselage and nacelles. Chute container boom would be represented by the motor. So, we put attention to many details unlike we did before.

After some iterations in some panels, we finally finished the beta plan for it in about 2 weeks since we started it. Still we had some doubts that some surfaces might break when bent. However, the 1st prototype built showed satisfactory result that none of the panels was broken when bent. This was surely the most complicated design we've ever come across with. We're very happy to learn new things during the design process. There's no fear should we couldn't achieve what we planned as we knew that we would still learn something out of it.

We could say that, this Sukhoi SU-30SM G3R, is our top of the line parkjet, that is easily claiming its throne, among all our other parkjets. The performance, flight envelope and of course the look, are things that you wouldn't miss in this SU-30SM.

Final words, it's a global team efforts between designers and contributors from Indonesia, Canada, UK and US. We all share the same passion and excitements together, and we'd like to share it with you.

Enjoy the video!

Please visit http://www.parkflyersinternational.com for more information.