Official Freewing Twin 80mm F-14D Tomcat Thread

[rifleman_btx]

My two planes of choice of the day. Flying the 104 to get the nerve to fly the f14 lol

[kallend]

Thank you sir, and I got a pic of the printed floor and wire tunnel in place as well. What I'm thinking on doing is using the old top plate mounts and drilling those out more to run some zip ties so I can keep the wires tacked down along the walls.

I kept the top plate mounts too, but just used thread to tie the wires in place.

[rifleman_btx]

RM, Beautiful work and great choice of materials. Best, LB

Thank you sir, and I got a pic of the printed floor and wire tunnel in place as well. What I'm thinking on doing is using the old top plate mounts and drilling those out more to run some zip ties so I can keep the wires tacked down along the walls.

[Elbee]

I did some double plate cf to reinforce the mains, I'm doing grass ops, so figured this would be a must. The first plate sits on top of the plastic gear mount and is glued in place, the second was just to flush everything up even.

RM, Beautiful work and great choice of materials. Best, LB

[rifleman_btx]

I did some double plate cf to reinforce the mains, I'm doing grass ops, so figured this would be a must. The first plate sits on top of the plastic gear mount and is glued in place, the second was just to flush everything up even.

[rifleman_btx]

It’s definitely worth the extra time and effort to make things right.

Yes sir, and I am installing a GPS speed sensor for the mentioned purpose of testing performance between the freewing fans and fms fans.

[kallend]

Probably down to the upside down RESCUE sticker...


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Yes, it's still there.

I updated the missile rail so it accepts standard FW lugs on the missiles. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5138357

[T-CAT]

Will do, I also want to make sure my escs are set since they are not oem. Make sure I got all the timing done correctly and all that jazz.

It’s definitely worth the extra time and effort to make things right.

[rifleman_btx]

Excellent! Enjoy! Show us some pictures of the installs when you’re done. That usually helps people out and may help spark others ideas.

Will do, I also want to make sure my escs are set since they are not oem. Make sure I got all the timing done correctly and all that jazz.

[rifleman_btx]

Sorry but that was long ago. By memory it was close to book balance.

No worries, I think mine is still a bit ahead of book value, but super close as well.

[T-CAT]

Well I got the tunnel and tray printed and installed, reciever is programmed so it's on to the maiden Wednesday. Upside down decals? Man you would think these were made in China or something lol my old eflite P40 flying tiger had the panda upside down too. I think I bought that 13-14 years ago. But hey it still flys like a world champ.

Excellent! Enjoy! Show us some pictures of the installs when you’re done. That usually helps people out and may help spark others ideas.

[DCORSAIR]

I haven't been following the F-14 thread these days, I had no idea so many people have done so many mods to it, I've had three so far and they all flew great stock in my opinion, I never tried full span flaps or anything but I did remove the upper batt. tray and slid it to the back and inline with the lower batt. tray, worked great after removing some foam in that area, used the velcro strap and all, real easy to do, mine flew great in stock form even in wing swept mode, I ended up liking at little aileron movement in swept mode myself, you don't need all these fancy mixes or anything to fly the F-14, anyone even fly it in stock form anymore??

[EA-6B Geek]

I really enjoy reading all of the posts you guys make on the F-14. It’s one I aspire to having at some point, along with the F-104. Keep up the good work out there!

[Evan D]

Sorry but that was long ago. By memory it was close to book balance.

[rifleman_btx]

Mine was a very early one and took a lot of massaging to get the batteries where I wanted them, wires hidden and the cowl over the wing fold to fit acceptably. Some pics. Batteries were 705g 5000mAh Zippy Compacts.

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Where you have the batteries in pic, where abouts does your cg ride in relation to the factory spec?

[rifleman_btx]

Well I got the tunnel and tray printed and installed, reciever is programmed so it's on to the maiden Wednesday. Upside down decals? Man you would think these were made in China or something lol my old eflite P40 flying tiger had the panda upside down too. I think I bought that 13-14 years ago. But hey it still flys like a world champ.

[T-CAT]

Probably down to the upside down RESCUE sticker...


But my pictures are the "after" pictures.

I forgot about that decal. Both of my F-14’s purchased about 5 years apart had the upside down Rescue decal. I wish that had been fixed after all this time. Most people don’t paint their jets, so it’s distracting and doesn’t look good. I knew I was painting mine, so it wasn’t an issue.

On the bright side, my first F-14 came with upside down Stars and Stripes on the nose section, but thankfully my second F-14 was correct. So, they did fix one of the upside down decals .

[Evan D]

Probably down to the upside down RESCUE sticker...


But my pictures are the "after" pictures.

[kallend]

Mine was a very early one and took a lot of massaging to get the batteries where I wanted them,

Mine is very recent and looks much the same.

[Evan D]

Mine was a very early one and took a lot of massaging to get the batteries where I wanted them, wires hidden and the cowl over the wing fold to fit acceptably. Some pics. Batteries were 705g 5000mAh Zippy Compacts.

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