@2:10 & @2:38 you are pointing to the wrong spot. Those are not Flaperons. Those are just plan flaps nearest to the body. The F-4E NEVER had flaperons it had a unique aileron/spoiler system. Meng has both seperate flaps and ailerons while Academy has fixed Flaps and Seperate Ailerons. The reason both kits have seperate ailerons is because on the real aircraft they droop when the airplane is at rest from lack of hydraulic pressure, and its easy to display the model at rest if the ailerons are seperate so they can be modeled in drooped position. On all Navy and F-4C/D the ailerons could droop in flight on landing and in that case they acted like flaperons but were not actually flaperons as such. In the flight manual its called "Aileron droop" But the F-4E (one of the subjects of this video) never had inflight drooping ailerons.
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Good video. Bought a Meng Phantom F 4 E today. I look forward to see how it is. The music in the video takes me. Thank you.
Thanks! Good luck with your build!
Great video thanks!
@2:10 & @2:38 you are pointing to the wrong spot. Those are not Flaperons. Those are just plan flaps nearest to the body. The F-4E NEVER had flaperons it had a unique aileron/spoiler system. Meng has both seperate flaps and ailerons while Academy has fixed Flaps and Seperate Ailerons. The reason both kits have seperate ailerons is because on the real aircraft they droop when the airplane is at rest from lack of hydraulic pressure, and its easy to display the model at rest if the ailerons are seperate so they can be modeled in drooped position. On all Navy and F-4C/D the ailerons could droop in flight on landing and in that case they acted like flaperons but were not actually flaperons as such. In the flight manual its called "Aileron droop" But the F-4E (one of the subjects of this video) never had inflight drooping ailerons.
Thanks for comprehensive correction!
@@TV-ez4md None-the-less.. this is an excellent video you made, otherwise. Good comparison.
@@ILSRWY4 Thanks! Feedback is very wellcome, you can also make some suggestions. Now I just try to make a comoarison I would like to see.