Official Freewing 64mm F-105D Thunderchief

[dkalwishky]

Will do!

[Tripod]

Hey "Warbird Lover" , let me know how the stabilization works (if it works).

[dkalwishky]

I’’ve got that receiver in mine, hopefully I’’ll be able to maiden it tonight.

[Tripod]

I noticed they offered the Admiral RX600 SP 6 channel receiver with stability plus Gyro as a receiver for the F-105 "Thud". Does any one know if the self leveling will work on "Thud"? If so, then how do you set it up ? I just received my F-105 today! It is going to be my Fathers day present.

[radfordc]

Has anyone changed the Freewing F-105 Thud to a separate elevator and airelon servos and also added a rudder servo?

I was talking to a guy who flew F-100's in Viet Nam. He said that the rudder pedals were just a place to rest your feet. The first time he tried flying a small civilian airplane he almost ran off the runway because he had never had to use the rudder before.

[Boots Whirlygig]

I was going to go with just taileron control. The flight reports indicating the model was very roll sensitive, as you have all control surfaces involved in roll, but then cancelling pitch. I instead added aileron servos in the wings and replaced one of the existing servos with a reverse servo and Y-connector for elevator control. Just personal preference for me, I’m sure it flies fine with the stock setup.

[fhhuber]

A taileron control system will not really seem that much different vs elevator and ailerons, if its set up right.

The deflection angles needed vary based on moveable surface area compared to fixed area and distance of the control surface vs axis of rotation through the CG and a few other factors.

Flying at speed reasonably above stall you won't notice much if any difference in how your inputs affect the airplane. Near stall you may find some taileron setups lack enough control surface area for what you want to do. (just as if you had small control surfaces on a trainer and wanted to try 3D maneuvers)

[Tripod]

I've never flown using taileron before.Is it much different than using ailerons, elevator and rudder? Instead of "Taileron" maybe it should be called "Elerons" or "Elevalerons". Just saying.

[radfordc]

Just hardly isn't much use for a rudder on a jet this size unless you add steerable landing gear, too.

I have the Crusader and use taileron only and it flys just right.

[Tripod]

Has anyone changed the Freewing F-105 Thud to a separate elevator and airelon servos and also added a rudder servo?

[nfield750]

Its a nice looking model and is quite stable. However the bench tested thrust stated in the manual as 750g is much reduced when installed in the airframe and drops to something like 300g!
I suspected the cheater holes, which look far too small. Once opened out to twice their original size, I get about 500g thrust on a decent 35C Overlander 1300. It also helps to keep the weight down
with a smaller battery, so that thrust to weight is nearly 1:1. Flight time is about 3.5mins.

[OV10]

I feeble launched today, and swished/bent the nose cone. I've managed to pull it back into general shape but now it's a got a few divots/dimples. Is there a filler I can use? Or I was thinking to put a light wrap of fiberglass around the whole thing. Thoughts?

Use Beacon Foam Finish. ;)

[Aviron]

I feeble launched today, and swished/bent the nose cone. I've managed to pull it back into general shape but now it's a got a few divots/dimples. Is there a filler I can use? Or I was thinking to put a light wrap of fiberglass around the whole thing. Thoughts?

[JohnVH]

GB's Freewing F105 from Motion RC, Radar runs!

[Evoman]

Happy with my successful Rog 12 blade 4's Maiden!

I loved the sound of the upgraded 12 blade setup. That and the added landing gear gave me new hope for these 64mm jets.
If MRC ever did a 64mm of a AJS-37 Viggen or something else that would interest me I would buy one with out hesitation.

[Tony617]

Mine is too pretty to consider repainting it. Maybe after a crash lol

Maybe a Vietnam era camo paint scheme if you decide to repaint it.

Tony

[GBLynden]

I love this jet!

[GBLynden]

Mine is too pretty to consider repainting it. Maybe after a crash lol

[Alpha]

Thanks for posting your reviews and sharing your videos, guys! Much appreciated!

Is anyone going to repaint theirs in SEA camo?

[GBLynden]

We finally got some good flying weather after months of rain and wind. Here is the first video of two from today to share with everyone! It was so nice to spend the day with my friends at two different locations on a in sunny day in Western Washington.