Mitsubishi F-2A Viper G2R
"The Evolution of the F-16, Perfectly Transformed into A Score-n-Fold Parkjet"

Forewords

The Mitsubishi F-2 is a multirole fighter derived from the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, and manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, with a 60/40 split in manufacturing between Japan and the United States. Production started in 1996 and the first aircraft entered service in 2000. The first 76 aircraft entered service by 2008, with a total of 98 airframes produced. The first active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar on a combat aircraft was the J/APG-1 introduced on the Mitsubishi F-2 in 1995. The F-2 is nicknamed "Viper Zero", a reference to the F-16's semi-official nickname of "Viper" and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

​The Design Phase

Few years back, we came up with the first mid mounted F-16C score-n-fold parkjet and it was a blast for many flyers. One of our friend converted the design into an EDF parkjet and flew beautifully.  After many designs since the F-16C G1 was released, we revisited it, wanting to have the rear mounted version, but it needed to have better looking, and inherited some more details.

We knew that it will be a level or two, more complicated, than the initial mid mounted release so we did some pre-variants of the upcoming new design. After looking at some pictures, and also playing Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, we decided to go with the F-2, an advance and evolution of the F-16 design, by Mitsubishi. The 3d depron design, done in Rhinoceros, was as following.

​The Prototypes

As always, 3 of us built the prototype at each of our house, in 3 different countries. Jeff built one from his home country Canada, Jim in United States and Bimo in Indonesia.

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The Flights

Jeff and Jim made the first maiden flight. They also had many joyful flights after. Here are the flights of Jeff's still in white, and the one after painted.

​Highlights

We could say that we managed to survive the most challenging design phase for us to come up with this parkjet design. :

1. True scale lines down just like PI's designs and it gets even smoother on new releases
   
2. True airfoil wings.
3. Anhidral option for the horizontal stabilizers.
4. Incredibly fast and stable with broad flight envelope.

Notes on Setup

Below are the recommendation setup for this parkjet to get the most joy and fun, in flying it.

1. Turnigy 2826 2200KV as standard motor that will not break the budget and is still being able to fly fast. If you want to fly faster, a DYS BE2208-7 2600KV or Sunnysky X2208-7 2600KV II motor will give the most punch out of the power setup and still give exceptional flight time.
2. ESC: 40A Brushless ESC for casual flying. If you love WOTS, then go for 50A ESC.  This ensures the ESC will stay cool.
3. 1,800mah 3S 30C or 35C battery. The weight of this battery match the stock CG. It will give around 10 mins flight time as well on mix punches of throttle.

"Practically the Best F-16/F-2 score-n-fold representation of the Fighting Falcon/Viper Multirole Fighter."

Additional Information

Each release of the Parkflyers International PDF Parkjet plan package contains:

1. Parkjet PDF plan in A0 untiled (best to use; printed on large format printer or from printshop) and Letter tiled plan (using normal home/office printer) paper sizes. So sorry, no more A4 tiled plan. Builders can obtain information on how to convert the A0 plan to A4, here.
2.  Construction Guide PDF file​
3. Decals to print on A4 paper or similar size

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