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Yeah, Steve. I originally bought an ARF+ and was waiting to see what the Major concensus was on the 6s vs 8s debacle. With the additional paint, cockpit and of course, the "chute mod", I took a friend of mine's offer of a FW 8S system, that he was no longer using. It was his Jet that I got to fly, on 8S, that made my mind up....!:);):f4phantom
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After George hit the power lines with the 8S he told me to put the power system in mine so mine is now on 8S as well. I still have not had the chance to fly it yet but based on what I saw of George's I'll fated flight it looked like it should fly great! I wish I we're going to JetJam... I would love to be able to give you a run for your money! LOL
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Jim,
I am going to Jet Jam and can’t wait to that beauty . Bravo Zulu!
Currently flying: Twin 80mm A-10, 80mm F5, 80mm A6, 70mm Yak-130, 70mm F-16v2,90mm Stinger 90, 70mmRC Lander F9F, Flightline F7F TigerCat, Phoenix 46 size Tucano, Flyzone L-39
Out of Service: 80mm Mig-21,64mm F-35, 64mm F/A-18
I Want: 80mm A-4, twin 80mm F4J Phantom
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Dixpkg2000, your bunny looks incredible, really nice job there. Two thumbs up!
I've been working on mine for weeks, its a big job to repaint it. Sanding and priming, followed by white gloss on the control surfaces, then masking for the finish coat and the black areas which were applied with a brush. Plus I stuck on the 3D-printed nozzles which are very cool.
I finally finished and did my maiden flight this morning. The Navy colors represent Robert "Hoot" Gibson's plane. Callie Graphics provided the excellent vinyl decals.
I haven't mounted the tanks yet because I'm still painting them! And I left the nose cone black - some Navy planes were like that so its a little bit of artistic license!
Short video here, of my very first landing today.
I really enjoyed the way it flies, its a very easy-to-fly jet IMO. Very smooth and confidence-building.
Like others, I found that it needed a bit more up elevator trim with full flaps than what was recommended in the manual.
Marc flies FW & FL: AL37, MiG-29, T45,F4, A4, A10, F104 70 and 90, P38, Dauntless SBD, Corsair, B17, B24, B26 & P61, Lipp.P19, ME262, Komets, Vampire, SeaVixen, FMS Tigercat, FOX Glider & Radian XL.
Rabid Models foamies, including my 8' B17 & 9' B36... and my Mud Ducks! www.rabidmodels.com
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Originally posted by themudduck View PostDixpkg2000, your bunny looks incredible, really nice job there. Two thumbs up!
I've been working on mine for weeks, its a big job to repaint it. Sanding and priming, followed by white gloss on the control surfaces, then masking for the finish coat and the black areas which were applied with a brush. Plus I stuck on the 3D-printed nozzles which are very cool.
I finally finished and did my maiden flight this morning. The Navy colors represent Robert "Hoot" Gibson's plane. Callie Graphics provided the excellent vinyl decals.
I haven't mounted the tanks yet because I'm still painting them! And I left the nose cone black - some Navy planes were like that so its a little bit of artistic license!
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Originally posted by themudduck View PostDixpkg2000, your bunny looks incredible, really nice job there. Two thumbs up!
I've been working on mine for weeks, its a big job to repaint it. Sanding and priming, followed by white gloss on the control surfaces, then masking for the finish coat and the black areas which were applied with a brush. Plus I stuck on the 3D-printed nozzles which are very cool.
I finally finished and did my maiden flight this morning. The Navy colors represent Robert "Hoot" Gibson's plane. Callie Graphics provided the excellent vinyl decals.
I haven't mounted the tanks yet because I'm still painting them! And I left the nose cone black - some Navy planes were like that so its a little bit of artistic license!
Short video here, of my very first landing today.
I really enjoyed the way it flies, its a very easy-to-fly jet IMO. Very smooth and confidence-building.
Like others, I found that it needed a bit more up elevator trim with full flaps than what was recommended in the manual.
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Originally posted by themudduck View PostDixpkg2000, your bunny looks incredible, really nice job there. Two thumbs up!
I've been working on mine for weeks, its a big job to repaint it. Sanding and priming, followed by white gloss on the control surfaces, then masking for the finish coat and the black areas which were applied with a brush. Plus I stuck on the 3D-printed nozzles which are very cool.
I finally finished and did my maiden flight this morning. The Navy colors represent Robert "Hoot" Gibson's plane. Callie Graphics provided the excellent vinyl decals.
I haven't mounted the tanks yet because I'm still painting them! And I left the nose cone black - some Navy planes were like that so its a little bit of artistic license!
Short video here, of my very first landing today.
I really enjoyed the way it flies, its a very easy-to-fly jet IMO. Very smooth and confidence-building.
Like others, I found that it needed a bit more up elevator trim with full flaps than what was recommended in the manual.
After all the work evolved just to prime it and sand it I don't think I would ever consider repainting a brand new airplane unless it came in the ready to paint base grey version like the Hawk. And I am still not done painting the first base coat of white.
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Love the repaints from everyone I've seen in this thread! Great work!!
Just my two pennies but I was pleasantly surprised with the power of my 6S. I thought it might not be powerful enough and I almost bought the 8S at first but I am happy to say that I personally love the power of my 6S. With my Roaring Top 70C 5500s, this bird screams through the air! I suppose I could get a few more MPH's with the 8S, and she would way a pound or so more to not be quite as floaty but I am seriously more than pleased with my 6S than I expected to be.My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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I did get the chance to complete the (re)maiden flight of my 8S F-4 this morning, almost uneventfully. Grass was thick and heavy with water (overnight rain/dew), so she took a long roll out to rotate. She flew great didn't need to trim it out to fly it, although I think on the next flight I'll have to add a click or two of aileron trim. All was going well, set up for a landing, but was going too fast on final, so I aborted, powered up and went around for a 2nd try. Got her lined up perfect on final and ran out of battery short of the landing strip threshold. When I saw I wasn't going to make it, I retracted the gear to prevent damage. She came down flat and level into the tall grass. Only real damage was a broken drop tank pylon. I need to get bigger batteries. 2 x 4S 4400's won't cut it. Timer was set at 3 minutes.
I will say this, the throws setup in the manual seemed perfect to me. Hats off to the folks that put in the work and effort to determine what they should be.
My original maiden attempt didn't go well last weekend. I took off and she immediately pitched nose high. It seemed like she was tail heavy, even though I was sure I nailed the 190mm balance point. Due to the AOA, she began to stall, dropped a wing, and began to spiral in from about 40-50 feet. I was able to level her out and pancake down to the ground. Only real damage was breaking both of the carbon wing spars and the steel pin in the nose gear. Upon further reviewing of the flight in my head I realized that the AOA seemed more of a pilot error issue (too much elevator) than bad balance. I went back to the manual and properly set the elevator throws. I had only set the 8mm up elevator before. So yeah, lesson learned the hard way.
I'm flying with 50% Expo on both ailerons and elevator, and the elevator was fine, but she is still a bit too sensitive for me, at least for now, on the ailerons so I think I'll add about 10% more Expo to them. Can't wait to fly her again.
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