Lear-Jet 23 a twin 50mm EDF

by wouters004

https://youtu.be/YsM2hPJ9oRI https://youtu.be/Epqn_GDczPE Once I saw a Lear-Jet 23 approaching for landing at Brussels Airport and I thought "that looks good in flight" and almost immediately it was on my bucket list. As is often the case, a few years pass but then it finally happened. My Lear-Jet would be one to enjoy, I didn't have high demands on scale details, as long as the proportions were right, and it was unmistakably a Lear-Jet it was OK for me. The size? Somewhere between 1000mm and 1200mm, power setup 50mm EDF on 3s to 4s. Landing gear and flaps are not in the specifications. The scale was set at 1/10 which comes to a wingspan of about 1100mm. Given that the Lear-Jet has quite short wings, the fuselage has become quite voluminous and there is plenty of space inside. When I started the design, I had two XFLY 40mm EDFs lying around, I bought these after I was surprised by the power delivered by those little fans when I saw an XFLY Eagle-Twin flying. So, I would try these in the Lear-Jet. Soon the first Lear-Jet was printed and ready for the maiden, I usually do the first take-off with a bungee and there is nothing exciting to tell about this maiden flight besides the fact that the Lear-Jet looks so cool in flight . The Lear-Jet flew as expected, the little 40mm fans do their job on 4s quite well, although you have to build up some speed for a loop, there is no lack of power. I even did a few belly-sliding starts with the 40mm EDF, for this I needed wet grass so that sliding would be easier. After a few afternoons flying with the Lear-Jet the desire for more power came. New nacelles were quickly designed to fit a 50mm XFLY. Although the 40mm's were sufficient to fly, the 50mm EDF's are pure fun. I mounted the 4s version and with this the Lear-Jet has a little more than 1/1 thrust/weight ratio. With this, starting from the belly is no problem, because there is some rudder mixed on the EDF's you can even taxi on the belly without any problems. With the availab