Official Freewing 80mm EDF L-39 Albatros Thread

[xviper]

Nobody ever looks inside the cockpit of my planes to see what kind of hands the pilot has but when they do, Mario, the plumber and Bob, the Minion, have mitten hands. LOL

[MANFRED]

Would be great if they would release a bunch of these in primer only, for those of us who like to customize.

[JamesonC]

Thank you Pat,
I think that is a very smart idea. There is no one near who has a 3D printer so I'll make one out off aircraft plywood.

Rudy

I always thought people mounted these right on top of the servo. At least I thought that was what I had seen people do on Avantis. I have one I am gonna install on my FW Bae Hawk and didn't even think about putting it further down like that.

[MANFRED]

They should change the mitten hands on their pilots. I always paint them black so they are not so obvious.

[Deegeedoo]

It was already done. ;)

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3134218

I've already printed one and installed it. Works perfectly!

Thank you Pat,
I think that is a very smart idea. There is no one near who has a 3D printer so I'll make one out off aircraft plywood.

Rudy

[Petronio]

Owe an update here after having been flying the Albatros for the past weeks. That the flight is absolutely delicious we already know from all the positive feedback from the guys, even that it is efficient but did not expect it to be to this extent. The past days we have been flying the Albatross perfectly at around 35 / 40% throttle stick, cruising around comfortably and even at a very reasonable speed squeezing up to 6min out of the stock setup..what and amazing flier and how aerodinamic the design is. Yet to see it stall too... Initially I had my timer set at 3min but ultimately after taxiing back my radio shows -3min with a voltage of 3.80V per cell. I could still squeeze it up to more than 6min I am sure. Kudos Motionrc & Freewing!

[JDill]

Everything appears to be in the correct place on the board in the wing. I may just bypass the board and have them on permanent, shouldn’t use much juice

Stuart shows how to do this in a MotionRC YouTube video, maybe you've seen it... link included.

[xviper]

I thought about that so I tested them at the wing board and they worked fine. Anyhow for some reason they work now when the gear is down ????. Still may plug them in to stay on

I believe these boards use one or two common grounds for everything. Yours may have had poor contact on some of the plug pins. I had that on an early version of these boards and by unplugging each one and wiggling them vigorously back on, stuff that didn't work started to work. Poor pin contact can be a random, on/off sort of thing.

[adb2@suddenlink.net]

I thought about that so I tested them at the wing board and they worked fine. Anyhow for some reason they work now when the gear is down ????. Still may plug them in to stay on

They only work when the gear is down for landing. At least on mine that is the way they work.

[Marksj100]

I found when installing the wing tanks it sure was easy, because of the tight fit, for them to become unplugged.

I thought about that so I tested them at the wing board and they worked fine. Anyhow for some reason they work now when the gear is down ????. Still may plug them in to stay on

[adb2@suddenlink.net]

I have a question. Just put my L-39 together. The landing lights don’t come on when the gear drops. They do work as I have tested them with a battery at the main wing board
thanks

I found when installing the wing tanks it sure was easy, because of the tight fit, for them to become unplugged.

[Quickstop]

Everything appears to be in the correct place on the board in the wing. I may just bypass the board and have them on permanent, shouldn’t use much juice

Mine worked,but I bypassed it and plugged them in to the double flash input. Looks great and can actually see them from quite a distance. Have a feeling that the battery would run them for days

[Marksj100]

Check to make sure they're plugged into the right pins on the board. Use the board's diagram to confirm.

Everything appears to be in the correct place on the board in the wing. I may just bypass the board and have them on permanent, shouldn’t use much juice

[Hardway]

New here on this forum. Great info and videos. Lots of EDF knowledge for a new guy. Thanks to all. Does anyone have any idea when the L39 arf plus will be available? Been out of stock a long time. Will they ever get more in?

Welcome the Hobby Squawk and Merry Christmas!!! Not sure on the L-39, but wanted to welcome you!!! Jerry

[xviper]

Check to make sure they're plugged into the right pins on the board. Use the board's diagram to confirm.

[Marksj100]

I have a question. Just put my L-39 together. The landing lights don’t come on when the gear drops. They do work as I have tested them with a battery at the main wing board
thanks

[Dwr302]

New here on this forum. Great info and videos. Lots of EDF knowledge for a new guy. Thanks to all. Does anyone have any idea when the L39 arf plus will be available? Been out of stock a long time. Will they ever get more in?

[Chilly Bear]

nice stand but wasted a ton of space for more planes to come

I purposefully built it to include room for 2 airplanes to keep my total around 5 to 6. I have three on another stand. Even with 5-6 it takes a while to cycle through as I can only take 2 to the field at once. I'm relatively new to the hobby so maybe that will change as time goes on.

[xviper]

I partly agree with you about the other stand but I would also be concerned about your 3 planes so close to the floor and surrounded by so much stuff. Maybe it's just me, I am too clumsy and these are foam planes. :Thinking:

In some circles, "hanger rash" is considered the lazy man's way to automatic "weathering". :)

[Planeclothes]

nice stand but wasted a ton of space for more planes to come

I partly agree with you about the other stand but I would also be concerned about your 3 planes so close to the floor and surrounded by so much stuff. Maybe it's just me, I am too clumsy and these are foam planes. :Thinking: