The F-27, nicknamed "Stryker" is the fictitious aircraft capable of space travel at faster than light speeds, featured in the Diane Romanelli short story "Instead." The F-27 bears a strong resemblance to a 1950's early jet fighter, the F7U Cutlass, but is much bigger.
The F-27 landed on a dying planet as part of its scientific mission to explore other civilizations. Its crew perished when they left the safety of the aircraft and were eaten by wild animals.
The F-27 is discovered by one of the planet's natives while he is far away from his village, searching for food. While exploring the aircraft he accidentally actuates the controls and it transports him to a beautiful uninhabited planet where the climate is ideal and food and water are plentiful.
The hero gets back into the F-27 and again activates the controls whereby it flies him back to his home planet. There he tells his people of the discovery. They board the Stryker and head back for the newly discovered planet.
On the way to the planet, they encounter an alien space ship that attacks the Stryker.
The hero at the controls of the F-27 pushes buttons in the cockpit until the Stryker fires lasers and torpedoes, disabling the alien craft enabling the Stryker to escape.
The F-27 finally makes it to the new planet where they all live happily ever after.
You should be able to find the rc F-27 you are looking for. We have found them powered by pusher props and EDF's,
and in a number of sizes and configurations.
In the picture right above is the rc F-27 Stryker for sale by NitroPlanes. This is just one of several rc F-27 models on sale at NitroPlanes as kits, ARF and RTF in different sizes and color schemes. Wingspan is 25", length is 24" and construction is from EPP
foam. It comes with a 380 motor, speed controller, flight battery, charger, and V-tail mixer.
Pictured first below is a rc F-27 from Art Tech. The electric ducted fan comes ready to fly. Its wingspan is 32" and length is 24 1/2".
Included is a B2025-15L motor with 64 mm fan unit, controller, radio, batteries, and charger. All up weight is about 18 1/2 oz.
Pictured next is the rc F-27 model B from Park Zone. It comes in almost ready to fly PNP and RTF versions in a grey color scheme.
Wingspan is 37" and length is 27", with an all up weight of about 1 1/2 lbs. Included with the PNP version is a brushless motor spinning a 6 x 4
propeller, plus a ESC unit. The RTF version includes all the above plus batteries, radio, receiver, and chargers.
The last two pictures on the page are of the latest Parkzone rc F-27 model C. It also comes in PNP and RTF versions. The only difference we
could see between the "B" and "C" versions is the brighter color scheme of the latest versions. If you know of any other differences, we would
appreciate hearing about them from you.
Jay Telesa showed our club a video of his scratch built rc F-27 with a 36" wingspan.
Not to be outdone Oscar Stryesky brought his rc F-27 video. He recently found it for
sale at NitroPlanes and is thrilled with its performance. Both Jay's and Oscar's rc F-27 aircraft were impressive.
Don Walker had lots of questions about the rc F-27 because he was considering getting one as well. Seems the
videos convinced him.
Jim, Don's brother just started flying slope soarers. He wondered if the rc F-27 would make a good first powered rc airplane.
Charlie Dale told us that he recently purchased the NitroPlanes rc F-27 and it should be flying soon.
Ron Mealing brought in pictures of his rc F-27 that was (you guessed it) for sale at NitroPlanes.
It appears
that the rc F-27 is one of the most popular model radio control
airplanes of our club. With that in mind we will be
holding a rc F-27 fun fly soon. Of course, after flying your F-27, all other rc airplanes are welcome too.
Dongguan Kang Mingjian Co., Ltd., China, has a rc F-27 for sale. It has a 30" wingspan.
Gongda Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd., China, has a rc F-27. Its wingspan is 28" with power from a Speed 400 size motor.
Hejian Jinlun Sales Co., Ltd., Hong Kong has a rc F-27. Its wingspan is 36" with power from a pair of brushless motors.
Henan Zhongmei Co., Ltd., China has rc F-27 with a wingspan of 26". Power is from a Speed 380 size motor.
Jinan Sinotech Model Co., Ltd., China has a rc F-27. It uses outruner motor power and has a 32" wingspan.
F-27 Stryker
