Official Freewing 90mm F-4 Phantom II Thread

[dahawk]

Looks like MRC has the F4 in stock on the EU site : https://www.motionrc.eu/products/fre...phantom-ii-pnp

I can appreciate wanting to make a good first impression . I’ would do the same.

Sigh

[Torkrollin]

Finally got to the Airfield and got a picture

[Helmsman52]

Little by little...

[Helmsman52]

Finally got to the Airfield and got a picture

Looks sharp!!!

[Aros]

Finally got to the Airfield and got a picture

Nice! Man I am so impressed with the various liveries and the great job everyone has been doing! :Cool:

[Aros]

Some fun with the girl...(and a F-18)...

[fieldofdreamsflyer]

Here's my friends repainted F-4 in Navy colors

[Hardway]

Nice!

[goosekiller1]

Ok she's done cannot find the words to say how happy I am. Rob gave it a custom paint job not gull gray either so it's a one-of-a-kind . Yes Aros. I'm digging the pronounce panel lines. Pretty cool thank you motion RC for such a fine jet, Thanks Rob Justin etc. Maiden this coming up Saturday or Sunday Keep them flying Goose! Mike:Cool::):Hug::bluetongue:bluecool:f4phantom

[MikeT]

Ok she's done cannot find the words to say how happy I am. Rob gave it a custom paint job not gull gray either so it's a one-of-a-kind . Yes Aros. I'm digging the pronounce panel lines. Pretty cool thank you motion RC for such a fine jet, Thanks Rob Justin etc. Maiden this coming up Saturday or Sunday Keep them flying Goose! Mike:Cool::):Hug::bluetongue:bluecool:f4phantom

Wow. Nice work.

Mike

[Bajora]

Ok she's done cannot find the words to say how happy I am. Rob gave it a custom paint job not gull gray either so it's a one-of-a-kind . Yes Aros. I'm digging the pronounce panel lines. Pretty cool thank you motion RC for such a fine jet, Thanks Rob Justin etc. Maiden this coming up Saturday or Sunday Keep them flying Goose! Mike:Cool::):Hug::bluetongue:bluecool:f4phantom

Looking GREAT Mike! Can't wait to see and shoot her in the air!

[dahawk]

Gorgeous I’ll be doing the same livery . Have the Callie graphics already. Glad to see this. Best of luck on maiden.

[fieldofdreamsflyer]

Maiden next week

[goosekiller1]

Looking GREAT Mike! Can't wait to see and shoot her in the air!

Thanks you in n advance Bjora now she sits at our mutual friends house till he back from Las Vegas. see ya next weekend. Mike

[goosekiller1]

Gorgeous I’ll be doing the same livery . Have the Callie graphics already. Glad to see this. Best of luck on maiden.

Thank you bro same to you.

[Aros]

Beautiful!

[Helmsman52]

Maiden next week

Looks great!! Love it!!

[Helmsman52]

Some fun with the girl...(and a F-18)...

Aros,
Great flying as always and love the cam view!

Hey Goose,
Love the Sundowners F-4 man! Good luck on the maiden!

dahawk,
Looking forward to seeing your Sundowners F-4!

[Helmsman52]

So my weekend was a wash for flying... rained Saturday and way to windy today... so I airbrushed on my F-4 until the compressor died and then I went to the field to test my out my drag chute lol. I actually got a workout in lol.

[themudduck]

Well I have some news that you guys may be interested in. I had a crash today, very unfortunate, although the damage is not bad and that was only plain dumb luck. I was nearing the end of my second flight, flying level at half-throttle just 30 seconds before landing, when I noticed that something wasn't right. At the time I really had no idea what was going on - basically it wasn't responding to pitch and was rising by itself. It didn't want to level when I used a little "down". Before I knew it, the plane appeared to stall and then it acted like a "falling leaf" or like it was in a flat spin... right into trees. but then it pulled out (didn't hit anything) and then did a second flop, and hit the ground pretty much upright. It went into tall brush and damaged the nosecone and cockpit but everything else is OK. If had gone in nose-down then it would have been destroyed, no doubt.

Upon retrieval I discovered that the reason was that the stabilator was completely disconnected from the servo! This happened while I was flying, and I wasn't doing anything particularly violent or high-G, just regular jet maneuvers.

Interesting that it continued flying like this for several hundred feet. I don't know that I could have saved it, even if I knew what was going on. Anyway, I have it on the bench now and I took the rear cover off, this is what I found. I think that this is probably a high-stress connection and I think that a better connection to the servo arm should be considered. Nothing is broken, the pushrod just popped out. I'm posting so you guys can check yours. I think a Z-bend would be a better solution.