Official Freewing 64mm F-105D Thunderchief

[dahawk]

Yeah my bad. I meant 650 watts. Ha

That seemed low to me. Was thinking it would be more like 1000. Check again with a charged batt tomorrow.

[OV10]

650 amps???? Guessing you meant 65 or 50 and was just giving you a poke ;)

[dahawk]

Why ?

[OV10]

Anybody know how many watts we can expect from the stock 3S 5b setup? I'm going to be loading in a 12B w/ 4S . Ran a couple up on my handy dandy Wattmeter today and with a not so fully charged 4S and saw 650 amps. Opines?

:Scared:Better get a new meter Hawk

[dahawk]

Anybody know how many watts we can expect from the stock 3S 5b setup? I'm going to be loading in a 12B w/ 4S . Ran a couple up on my handy dandy Wattmeter today and with a not so fully charged 4S and saw 650 watts. Opines?

[Valkpilot]

I say MORE 64MM EDFS!!!!! Not everybody has the re$ource$ or flying areas to support anything bigger than an 70mm.

[Valkpilot]

Now if we can get Freewing to build an XB-70 that would be awesome!!

Considering that Nice Sky no longer produces them, It would be great. A 70mm would be nice, but I'd GLADLY accept a 64mm w/fixed gear option. Or you could go a little further and make it's escort, the F-108:

[xplaneguy]

Seemed like their rotation and angle of climbout in every film is very steep. Nothing like we see nowadays. You’d think they’d keep the climbout very shallow especially when it was still in development stage.

Most of the steep climbout footage was during flight test here at Edwards AFB. We did the steep climbouts during the initial phases of the F-22 and F-35 as well. If you have a problem in a new jet, you want that margin of safety to punch out and clear the flaming impact wreckage.

[Patrnflyr]

Seemed like their rotation and angle of climbout in every film is very steep. Nothing like we see nowadays. You’d think they’d keep the climbout very shallow especially when it was still in development stage.

[Boots Whirlygig]

Discovery Channel Wings was my favorite "must-see" series every week in the late 80's & early 90's, especially the early episodes with the Australian narrator.....good stuff! Here's the classic episode on the F-105 Thunderchief. I love the music! :)

That’s a great video. What a badass jet, and what badass pilots, the test pilots and the ones who took them to war. Rolling thunder. I admit there is a lot I didnt know about the Thud. I know it had an internal bomb bay, didn’t know they used it for fuel. I new it had a badass 20mm, but surprised they saved the brass. I wonder why no mention of its brief stint as the TBirds mount? Can’t wait till
mine arrives!

[Bearcat]

Now if we can get Freewing to build an XB-70 that would be awesome!!

[xplaneguy]

My favorite Wings music was in this episode on the XB-70, starting at 18:20. It added an such an incredible atmosphere and mood to the piece. Years later, I walked inside the former North American Aviation hangar at Plant 42 at Palmdale, CA, where Air Vehicle 2 was built. As I walked around that hollowed facility, the Wings music was in my head....it was eerie!

As a sided note, I first watched this episode in 1989 while stationed at Homestead AFB, FL, I was a 19 year old Airman. If someone back then told me that Col. Joe Cotton would be a dear friend and that I would sit in the cockpit of the XB-70 with him for one hour someday, I would have NEVER believed them. Dreams absolutely come true....never say never!

[Tony617]

Discovery Channel Wings was my favorite "must-see" series every week in the late 80's & early 90's, especially the early episodes with the Australian narrator.....good stuff! Here's the classic episode on the F-105 Thunderchief. I love the music! :)

I like the music too. I watched most of the episodes of Wings and I liked the F105, F4 Phantom II, and the F104 Starfigher. WWII were the F6F Hellcat, P51 Mustang, P47 Thunderbolt, the F4U Corsair, and the B26 Marauder.

[xplaneguy]

Discovery Channel Wings was my favorite "must-see" series every week in the late 80's & early 90's, especially the early episodes with the Australian narrator.....good stuff! Here's the classic episode on the F-105 Thunderchief. I love the music! :)

[xplaneguy]

Pilot Ryan's F-105 Build Vid:

[xplaneguy]

F-105 in the Mojave Desert.

[xplaneguy]

Capt Mike & Ryan - As always, AWESOME flight review, energy, and enthusiasm! Thanks for your salute to Mike Machat...very special for all of us to honor him and all who served with the Thud!

[Alpha]

"Quid pro quo, Clarice, quid pro quo" <-- That's my new favorite quote of the week.

Even I can't believe how quickly this Thud is selling. Thanks to everyone! I sense the Jet = Shoes equation isn't unique to CFIT Rob.

[radfordc]

I was stationed in Oklahoma City back in the 70's and use to hang out with a bunch of AF reserve Thud pilots. They were all airline pilots who would come in for the weekend to fly a few missions and raise heck at the O Club. One guy took off and just as he got airborne the AB exploded and the whole back end of his plane was engulfed in flames. He managed to get it around for a safe landing and from that moment on his callsign was "Torch".

[xplaneguy]

Was hanging around one of my ole stomping grounds this weekend...Kessler AFB, Biloxi, MS, and ran across this:

Sean

Nice Sean! Here's shots taken at Nellis AFB three weeks ago, around 6:30am.