Official Freewing 90mm F-4 Phantom II Thread

[Wobisch]

Hi,

Today I did flight #3 to 6. My final settings are ok now. Took a while to find it. CG a bit further back and less flaps with a bit more up elevator for landing approach .

Flight #5 resulted in a final approach with no front gear. Damaged it already on earlier flights. When I realized it, I set flaps to early and recovered from a stall in the last turn. Then I landed my Phantom with gear up on the tanks. That was pretty easy and no damage resulted from that.

All in all I'm happy now. Sweet flyer.

While I climbed fast with full throttle my Jeti Sensor reported more than 100 Amps. Good to know. But my black Admiral 6S 5000mAh are doing fine.

Cheers
Andy

[Hardway]

Awesome!!!! Great job on the F-4 bro!! Jerry in Texas!!

[MACH2PHANTOM]

Oh Yeeea! Sweet job brother! and welcome to the crew!

[t33jetman]

Repairs completed from my maiden crash. Looks even better now and you cant even tell which wing was damaged. Needed some weathering done also to match the real VF-151 Vigilantes.

She's ready for a remainder now.

[MACH2PHANTOM]

Damn good job on the weathering! I believe in order to weather properly, one must consider how the bugs and other granulated particles sandblast the front facing areas ( nose, wings, tail, tanks, ordinance, etc.) of every inch of the aircraft. Some will go as far as to say when the front edges of the plane looks "BAD" from the front, "YOUR THERE!". I chuckle because when I think about it, their absolutely RIGHT!. Most skins on real aircraft are all beat up. Almost to the point to where you can barely see details. Its like a hint of faded color and a blur of letters and numbers! Best of luck and fly on.

[Elbee]

Repairs completed from my maiden crash. Looks even better now and you cant even tell which wing was damaged. Needed some weathering done also to match the real VF-151 Vigilantes.]

T33JM, Most Excellent rework. Ditto M2P on the weathering. Bravo Zulu. Best, LB

[t33jetman]

Damn good job on the weathering! I believe in order to weather properly, one must consider how the bugs and other granulated particles sandblast the front facing areas ( nose, wings, tail, tanks, ordinance, etc.) of every inch of the aircraft. Some will go as far as to say when the front edges of the plane looks "BAD" from the front, "YOUR THERE!". I chuckle because when I think about it, their absolutely RIGHT!. Most skins on real aircraft are all beat up. Almost to the point to where you can barely see details. Its like a hint of faded color and a blur of letters and numbers! Best of luck and fly on.

Thank you sir.
The weathering is not done yet, and I will show some updates pics soon . You are right , I looked at the real plane and it is bad so I'm doing more to match it with some more mods.

[MACH2PHANTOM]

I can't wait to see them brother!

[t33jetman]

I can't wait to see them brother!

I checked this morning at 6 am and it looks even better as time goes on. I will have to make a video pics zare not good enough. But I took all of you guys advice this time.

[t33jetman]

Before and after, a wash in black then some dry brush strokes to highlight. Sorry dont have an airbrush.

[Elbee]

Before and after, a wash in black then some dry brush strokes to highlight. Sorry don't have an airbrush.

T33JM, Great Rivet Detail, nice weathering, not too much, not too little. Truly beautiful work. Best, LB

[Hardway]

Nice!!!!

[MACH2PHANTOM]

Way to go brother! Looking sweet!🤙

[Jetman64]

Hi,

Today I did flight #3 to 6. My final settings are ok now. Took a while to find it. CG a bit further back and less flaps with a bit more up elevator for landing approach .

Flight #5 resulted in a final approach with no front gear. Damaged it already on earlier flights. When I realized it, I set flaps to early and recovered from a stall in the last turn. Then I landed my Phantom with gear up on the tanks. That was pretty easy and no damage resulted from that.

All in all I'm happy now. Sweet flyer.

While I climbed fast with full throttle my Jeti Sensor reported more than 100 Amps. Good to know. But my black Admiral 6S 5000mAh are doing fine.

Cheers
Andy

Nice work, here’s mine that I just finished today.

[MACH2PHANTOM]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[Elbee]

Here’s mine that I just finished today.

JM64, Gorgeous Phantom, Sir. Well done. Best, LB

[Jetman64]

Now if only Mother Nature would cooperate and let me maiden my 2 Phantoms. This FW/MRC F-4 is quickly becoming my favorite jet and I haven’t even flown either yet.

[Jetman64]

This is the other Phantom I recently completed, my first art work done on any RC Jet. I do have a little secret when doing this part of the hobby, DON’T FORGET CALLIE GRAPHICS!!! The make you look like a seasoned pro...
Thanks Callie, U ROCK!!!

[MACH2PHANTOM]

That's Super Awesome and I would be Super psyc'd. Safe flight my friend!!!!!!!

[t33jetman]

Well it was bugging me, so I added one more mod this morning , before going to work.



Not to bad getting it to look like the real one.