The idea behind this project is simple to state and hard to pull off: take a real turbine jet, strap FPV gear to it, and chase a new speed record from the pilot seat. OMEGOOLIEBIRD spent three years getting there, and the result speaks for itself. The record attempts in this hobby stretch back six years, and earlier electric planes had pushed the mark from 194 mph up to 265 mph. This run landed at 502 kmh, which works out to 312 mph, and it did so on the jet's very first flight.
The airframe is a Vasa Fusion with a sleek delta-wing shape, finished bright green and yellow with black and white stripes underneath. Power comes from a Lambert Kolibri T50 engine. There is no flight controller on board at all, which is a bold call at that pace. The pilot flies with a handheld transmitter and goggles, with a Telefly MFD OSD on screen and an EZ UHF radio link, plus a rugged ground station case holding monitors and batteries for the live feed.
Getting airborne is half the show. A large hexacopter with six carbon fiber arms carries the plane under its frame, lifts it over a grassy field, and releases it. The turbine lights, the drone lands, and the speed run begins. Afterward the plane glides down to a belly landing in the grass.
The open question is fuel. The engine cut out on the maiden flight from suspected starvation after air pressure flattened a fuel pipe. The main tank was nearly empty at landing while the secondary tank was still full. The maker says the fuel issue will be sorted and a future attempt should aim near 550 kmh.
Project by OMEGOOLIEBIRD. Watch it on their YouTube channel: