The Falcon 120 kit can be purchased from many online vendors for around $200 delivered which is remarkable for as big as it is. I purchased mine from General Hobby and it had some damage upon receipt. The owner of General Hobby told me he was sending a new fuselage no less than 5 times over the course of 6 months. I finally gave up asking and just repaired the damn thing. She's ready to fly now.
Parts List
$200 Kit
$179 Castle Creations Phoenix 110 ESC
$152.75 Retracts & Struts
$180 3 new JR Z650M high torque servos
$60 6 used standard servos (Flaps, rudders, retract switch
$150 Dynamax Aluminum Shroud and Carbon tail cone (Textured carbon outside, smooth inside)
$175 Scorpion 4035
$100 used dynamax fan
$50 EJF.com motor to fan adapter
$100 Wiring, connectors, misc hardware.
I have roughly $1500 in this bird after you factor in battery packs and a receiver.
Construction Tips
-Reinforce the nacelle mounting area internally or externally. It's too weak stock. Many people building these have put carbon fiber rods or "L" channel on the bottom exterior.
-Lower the landing gear. This thing was designed as a pusher prop plane. You don't need two feet of ground clearance.
- Read the threads on RCGROUPS for more info, many people recommend reinforcing the wings and tail in various ways to cope with the flight loads.
There are lots of these conversions around flying on all kinds of EDF power at up to 20 pounds flying weight.
Flight Report.
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