NIJETS - FlyFly Hobbies Mig 29 Review by John Pearson

FlyFly Hobbies Mig 29 Review by John Pearson

Fly Fly Hobbies Mig 29

The Mikoyan MiG-29 is a late 20th century jet fighter aircraft designed for the air superiority role in the Soviet Union.

Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service with the Soviet Air Force in early eighties, and remains in use by the Russian Air Force as well as in many other countries.

NATO's reporting name for the MiG-29 is "Fulcrum", which was unofficially used by Soviet pilots in service.

The Mig 29 has been a popular subject for many modellers, however most of the plans and kits available within the market place, have either been small electric ducted fan and pusher prop models or the very large and very expensive twin turbine examples such as Saba's Mig 29 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFypnPK1dPU).
Kit manufacturers Fly Fly Hobbies, have broken the mould with their latest ARTF offering, a new twin EDF Mig 29 based around their 92mm fan powered range of classic jet aircraft (F22, F86 Sabre, BAE Hawk).
I checked the web for a u.k. dealer and found Foamy jets (www.foamyjets.co.uk) that supplied this kit, therefore a quick call to Grant, Foamy jet’s owner, and five days later, a large box arrived at the front door all the way from China.

On opening the box I found that all the parts where individually wrapped in sealed plastic bags, a sheet of decals and a building manual, therefore a quick check of the parts list, and we where ready to start.

parts check & 5min dry build

First stage of the build was to assemble the two fan units, a simple job, however a few points for reference, make sure that the fan blade nut is tight, one of the fan blade’s came off while testing, also check that the fan blades have equal clearance around the sides of the fan shroud, these fans spin at very high speeds, therefore if the fan is running off centre or not balanced, it could explode (trust me I know, my workshop wall still has fragments of fan blades embedded in it).

Installing servo leads & 1800kv 5mm shaft motor

First mount the two servos into the provided slot ( 19g metal geared servos used) then run the servo wire along a channel carved into the foam.

92mm fan units with one of the two speed controllers in position

Next add the two fan units by mounting them onto the wooden blocks at the rear of the fuselage, I reinforced these blocks with a few strips of glass cloth and epoxy for extra strength. Next install your extension cables for the servos and speed controllers, I used 14 AWG wire for the battery cables and two 1m heavy JR extension leads for the servos

Further information on the Mig will be coming soon!

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