Official Freewing Twin 80mm F-14D Tomcat Thread

[rlcamden]

Gents, have a question in regards to the tailerons. Is the pivot point on the collar side with the two set screws being the anchor, or visa-versa? I interpret the photos from the manual as the two set screws only tighten down to fall in the groove of the bar, but after inspection of the aluminum support, those screws are scoring into the bar. Dont won't it to fail over time. My OCD gets the best of me at times.

[T-CAT]

Thanks, LB. This was incredibly fast and easy to model, ha-ha. If it needs any modifications, please let me know or feel free to remix it in any way you would like. Out of the many 100’s of reference pictures or the videos of F-14 walk-arounds, I noticed some variations in the length of the fuel dump ports, as well as cut angle at the aft portion. So, I chose two lengths to chose from for the 3D prints and went with the same angle cut on both.

I hope your F-14 project is going great.

[Elbee]

TC, very nice and thank you. Best, LB

[T-CAT]

I have modeled two simple fuel dump ports, one shorter and one longer design on Thingiverse. It’s relatively quick to 3D print, glue, and paint. Below is a picture of it installed on my friends F-14. That one is the longer 15mm version shown in the picture.

It took a few versions to get the size right since I had to ask a friend to test it, ha-ha. I’ll get my F-14 whenever the ARF+ is in stock again.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4750313

[Elbee]

Top Gun: Maverick repaint to the Rogue F-14 spotted in the leaked production photos.

KR, Nicely done. She's fierce. Best, LB

[krakenreleaser]

Can't wait to compare the fms predator inrunners in this one with the a10 edfs, and my other f14 with the stock mig 29 inrunners. Top Gun: Maverick repaint to the Rogue F-14 spotted in the leaked production photos.

Repaint tutorial video:

https://youtu.be/JbXDEJTMkoU

[rlcamden]

Thanks for the replies. I have watched Rich`s video a few times, but mainly have focused on the main gear support mods. Got that complete and now working on the nose gear/battery try. Will go back and do another review without the blinders on. Thanks again.

[xviper]

RC, Also, checkout Rich's ("the RC Informer's") video on ewe-toob of his modifications for the battery tray. Should help. Best, LB

This. If you knew about the flat, inline battery arrangement, you should have seen it in this video.

[Elbee]

Was wondering if someone could post a photo or two of how the battery tray was modded for single row 5000s? I have started to assemble mine, but am curious on how much foam to remove. I am installing the battery tray recommended by Rich from RCInformer which is the kit offered by Dustin Holloman. I am sure I have missed a post or a video/photo of the install as they all seem to be running together now. Any help would be appreciated.

RC, Also, checkout Rich's ("the RC Informer's") video on ewe-toob of his modifications for the battery tray. Should help. Best, LB

[Evan D]

Like this? This is a very old shot, mid 2015.



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[andrew_flyguy]

Was wondering if someone could post a photo or two of how the battery tray was modded for single row 5000s? I have started to assemble mine, but am curious on how much foam to remove. I am installing the battery tray recommended by Rich from RCInformer which is the kit offered by Dustin Holloman. I am sure I have missed a post or a video/photo of the install as they all seem to be running together now. Any help would be appreciated.

Sorry, I don't have a pic handy - but you'll want to carve out foam all the way to the aluminum wing box spar.

[rlcamden]

Was wondering if someone could post a photo or two of how the battery tray was modded for single row 5000s? I have started to assemble mine, but am curious on how much foam to remove. I am installing the battery tray recommended by Rich from RCInformer which is the kit offered by Dustin Holloman. I am sure I have missed a post or a video/photo of the install as they all seem to be running together now. Any help would be appreciated.

[T-CAT]

This might help.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/010-WHITE-P...72.m2749.l2649

Thanks . That is a heck of a deal for that much styrene .

[RRHandy]

This might help.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/010-WHITE-POLYSTYRENE-PLASTIC-SHEET-LIGHT-DIFFUSING-12-x-48-4-sq-ft/331319730420?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

[T-CAT]

That definitely isn’t very noticeable and looks very clean. The look of the stock perforated ESC cover is too much of an eye sore for me. Another thing that I have to have is the missile pylons installed under the wings to hide the main wheels when the gear is retracted .

[crxmanpat]

If you do have to join them, the seam is not very noticeable. Looks like a panel line.

[T-CAT]

My sheets were only 12" long and I had to cut from another sheet and seam them. You can see the seam at the top of the pic. If you can find it, get some sheet that is at least 16" long.

Thanks a ton, Pat. I’ll start looking for longer sheets. If I’m not mistaken, I believe my current ones are also 12” in length. If I can’t find 16” sheets, I’ll do the same as you and join them.

[crxmanpat]

My sheets were only 12" long and I had to cut from another sheet and seam them. You can see the seam at the top of the pic. If you can find it, get some sheet that is at least 16" long.

[T-CAT]

Tommy,

I used .020"/.5mm styrene on mine.

That looks great, thanks Pat. Sorry to bother, but do you know the length that would be needed? I already has some .5mm styrene, but I don’t think it’s long enough. I’ll have to bought longer sheets I think. Ha-ha

[crxmanpat]

Tommy,

I used .020"/.5mm styrene on mine.