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F-16 Aircraft Restoration in a beautiful USAF Thunderbirds edition. Today I will repair and restore this legendary Fighting Falcon and hopefully make it fly again.
ABOUT THIS F16 FIGHTING FALCON
I got this broken Radio-Controlled Aircraft from a subscriber of my channel. It’s not very old, but obviously its hardly damaged with broken wing, body, rudder and thrown away, it looks very bad. The subscriber left a note for me in the package. “Hey Mr. Awesome Restoration here is a little challenge for you. You might not be able to restore this!” That’s why I just have to repair it and make it fly again. 😉
The F 16 is a legendary aircraft used by the US Air Force and many other countries all over the world and it is a relatively low-cost high performance weapon system compared to the F35. Over 1600 F16 has been build since 1976 originally build by General Dynamics for the United States Airforce (USAF) which was later sold to Lockheed Corporation, which now is a part of Lockheed Martin.
The USAF Thunderbirds has been using the F-16 Fighting Falcon to perform aerial demonstrations and they also fly two F-16D twin-seat trainers. The F-16 has been the demonstration aircraft for the Thunderbirds since the 1983 season. I really like the way they fly and the look of their aircrafts, that is why I salute them and the aircraft in this video by decorating this restoration in USAF Thunderbirds colors.
ABOUT THE RESTORATION
I started the restoration by carefully removing all the mud from the body of the aircraft so I could disable all the electrical parts like circuit board, battery, wiring and the 3 tiny electrical motors.
When the plane was stripped from all parts I gave the body a nice wash. Then I cleaned all the electronics and motors using WD40 and a toothbrush. I had to knock on the motor a few times to make it run.
I created a new rudder for the F-16 and glued it onto the body of the aircraft. I also repaired the wing by gluing it back in place the same applies to the cockpit. This radio-controlled Aircraft is made of Styrofoam, so I had to use Styrofoam friendly glue repairing and gluing all the parts.
I grinded the whole aircraft very gently and coated it in Styrofoam friendly water based clear coating. After that I gave the whole body a glossy white spray paint.
I ordered some new rudder rods, a battery, a radio transmitter and 3 propellers and some Kevlar re enforcements to support the body of the F-16.
I mounted all the electronics and the 3 tiny motors and all the rudder rods. After that I made a bottom to cover it all and to protect the parts if crash landing.
Finally I decorated this F-16 Fighting Falcon in the proud colors of the USAF Thunderbirds. So I had to print and mount a lot of tiny waterslide decals and do some custom paint.
It was very challenging to repair this aircraft and make the Styrofoam with paint and decorations look good, but I think it came out very nicely.
Unfortunately I lost the Aircraft shortly after it was launched. The plane just went straight up in the air and away. I wonder how far it went.
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Best wishes and stay safe ❤ Martin