Official Freewing 90mm F-4 Phantom II Thread

[apmech1]

Beautiful birds! I had the VHS "Threshold - The Blue Angels Experience" Someone liberated it from me. 2 yes ago I paid more than I did the first time to get it on DVD. Its about a season with the Blues when they used the F-4j. I bet I watched that tape once a week growing up. Cmdr Harley Hall was Boss. Leslie Nielson narrated it.

[EA-6B Geek]

QUOTE=apmech1;n194396]Beautiful birds! I had the VHS "Threshold - The Blue Angels Experience" Someone liberated it from me. 2 yes ago I paid more than I did the first time to get it on DVD. Its about a season with the Blues when they used the F-4j. I bet I watched that tape once a week growing up. Cmdr Harley Hall was Boss. Leslie Nielson narrated it. [/QUOTE]

Leslie Nielson?! Surely you can't be serious.LOL

[Bobaroo]

Leslie Nielson?! Surely you can't be serious.LOL

Nice Beaver !!

[TonyF3A]

Don't call me Shirley! Love it!
Got to maiden it yesterday after work and just got a 2nd flight in on my afternoon break.... Here are some pictures by Matt Ruddick, AMA Multirotor Editor who came out to check out the flight...

[apmech1]

QUOTE=apmech1;n194396]Beautiful birds! I had the VHS "Threshold - The Blue Angels Experience" Someone liberated it from me. 2 yes ago I paid more than I did the first time to get it on DVD. Its about a season with the Blues when they used the F-4j. I bet I watched that tape once a week growing up. Cmdr Harley Hall was Boss. Leslie Nielson narrated it.

Leslie Nielson?! Surely you can't be serious.LOL[/QUOTE]

One in the same. I am serious, and don't call me shirley!

https://youtu.be/ch_U62fJjV8

[EA-6B Geek]

Leslie Nielson?! Surely you can't be serious.LOL

One in the same. I am serious, and don't call me shirley!

https://youtu.be/ch_U62fJjV8[/QUOTE]

LOLLOLLOLLOL how bout a vector Victor? Huh? We're hijacking the thread. Better knock it off.

[Grossman56]

Looks great Tony, brings back memories of seeing the real thing at the airshows! I'd forgotten about the yellow missiles, looks so much like the real thing, congrats on the maiden as well!!

Grossman56

[Elbee]

Got to maiden it yesterday after work and just got a 2nd flight in on my afternoon break.... Here are some pictures by Matt Ruddick, AMA Multirotor Editor who came out to check out the flight...

TonyF3A, Beautiful work and paint on your Angels' F-4. Best, LB

ps: "You've got clearance, Clarence."

[Nottoday]

Hi, my Phantom is ready for take off. The Setup is Freewing 12blade Inrunner with YEP 150A Esc but with extern Freewing 8A BEC. Akku is a SLS 7000mAh 25C+.

Best Regards
Markus

[Elbee]

Hi, my Phantom is ready for take off. Best Regards, Markus

NT, Welcome to Hobby Squawk. Your Phantom is Phabulous, Phor Sure.:bluecool Bravo Zulu, I am diggin' the Marines livery. Best, LB

[Hardway]

Howdy NotT. Welcome to Hobby Squawk! Great job! :Cool::Cool: Jerry

[Bobaroo]

..... NozzleMod

[PhantomNut]

Hi, my Phantom is ready for take off. The Setup is Freewing 12blade Inrunner with YEP 150A Esc but with extern Freewing 8A BEC. Akku is a SLS 7000mAh 25C+.

Best Regards
Markus

Beautiful model!

[Nottoday]

Thank you:f4phantom:)

[The RC Geek]

Don't call me Shirley! Love it!
Got to maiden it yesterday after work and just got a 2nd flight in on my afternoon break.... Here are some pictures by Matt Ruddick, AMA Multirotor Editor who came out to check out the flight...

I love the blue angels man, looks great!

[The RC Geek]

I gotta say, I've really been enjoying flying my FW F-4. Such a solid flyer! Here's video of my refinished F-4 from a little bit ago. I'll be putting an 8s JF setup into it here soon.

[fhhuber]

Upgrading all of my pushrods to 4-40 with Traxas (RC Car steering) ball links on both ends.

No slop and very smooth.

[GliderGuy]

After reading the precautions about the elevator pushrod being weak and possibly bent with an elevator striking something during ground handling, I beefed up the pushrod with carbon strips. Many months and hours of successful flying followed the maiden flight. I was surprised when I experienced total elevator failure last weekend. The post crash analysis found a failed ball link. Therefore, changing to a more robust type of elevator linkage may prevent a loss of your F-4. See photo.

[themudduck]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]temp_40046_1558404029397_76[/ATTACH] After reading the precautions about the elevator pushrod being weak and possibly bent with an elevator striking something during ground handling, I beefed up the pushrod with carbon strips. Many months and hours of successful flying followed the maiden flight. I was surprised when I experienced total elevator failure last weekend. The post crash analysis found a failed ball link. Therefore, changing to a more robust type of elevator linkage may prevent a loss of your F-4. See photo.

Its true that this subject has been covered here previously - although its certainly not the easiest thing to find in the forum with more that 3600 posts! I posted back in June 2018 after the original plastic keeper on the elevator pushrod simply bent off during normal flight loads, and my Phantom went in due to having no elevator control. (here's the post-accident picture I posted last year)

After that, I installed a beefier pushrod and HD metal ball-linkages. (I kept the original servo, which seems fine, but I also added some glue to the mount.). Several others here have done this mod as well, with various degrees of fortitude. It seems important on this plane.... the elevator has some significant forces working on it.

[e4dragongunner]

My Set Up !