Freewing A6 Intruder

[DCORSAIR]

Hey guys, will a Gensace 5000 45c fit and fly this one okay or too heavy you think??

[TiredIronGRB]

One of my favorite jets, solid flyer and it sounds great.

[scootergenie]

mine arrived today, in beautiful condition. haven't had a chance to do a systems check yet, but I'm quite pleased with the fit and finish. except for the aft belly pan. it doesn't fit all that great. I really like the optional weapons package that I ordered with the plane. It went together in about 10 minutes on my lunch break. I also noticed that the nose gear has a metal trunion.

[OV10]

If you can keep it cut to 1 " or less you'll be fine.

[scootergenie]

I just bought this one yesterday. expecting it on Friday. I'm hoping that I made a good purchase decision with this one. I fly off of a Bermuda grass runway.

[WildBillG]

BTW, regarding landings, I always turn final pretty hot and very far from my landing spot. When using flaps, don't crank in your max flaps until your on final and then just control your altitude with mostly throttle and some elevator. I have never had a problem when operating her this way, but she'll still bounce on you on a hard runway.

[WildBillG]

Been flying my A-6 for about 4 weeks with maybe a dozen flights. Also have had bounce issues on pavement but I mostly have to fly her off grass where she hardly ever bounces, but on grass it is really huge takeoff runs due to the tiny nose wheels and absolutely impossible this time of year due to the leaves on the field, because the cheater sucks everyone up within 12 inches of the planes, making her just wallow down the entire runway. I had a spare 80mm A-4 nose gear and decided to try it, and was very happy. Not only does it take off in only 100-150 foot, but it lifts the nose up high enough to keep the cheater out of the FOD. I know it doesn't look scale but when it comes to be able to either flying it or just looking at her, flying wins hands down, plus I can always convert her back to the little nose gear wheels for show. If you try it, you will have to grind two new flats on the A-6 Strut for the A-4 nose gear and you have to cut about 1/4 inch of foam out of the rear firewall to fit the longer strut and larger wheel, but it is hardly noticeable.

[Xenicman]

i have been flying the A-6 and the Venom for some time now. I have found that to much flap on landing to be problematic on these two. I would bounce the Venom in almost everytime. the A-6 was about 50/50. I found that using only landing flaps on the A-6 and no flaps on the Venom solved all of my bounce problems. Flaps sure are a nice feature, but these aircraft really fly better without them

[Kenny d]

Love my A-6. Have about 25 flight on her. Recently replaced my rudder servo . It was pegging to the left. made a flight after the repair. did the same thing. I have a youtube video of the 2nd failure. turnd out its the Y-cable. have to change. Also going to ad a gyro to smooth out the landings.
I flew her 2x off the now closed Grumman Calverton runway. Feels so cool to fly there. Have pics and vids. Crappy resolution though.

[TiredIronGRB]

Been flying my A-6 for over a year now---The only thing I notice is to land with BIT OF SPEED, NO FLAPS and throttle her in. She's hot on landing, but comes off the ground on take-off very scale-like. Weak landing gear though.

I land mine with full flaps and she settles in like a trainer, this jet doesn't need a gyro it's the most locked in jet I have.

[Kenny d]

RE: Freewing A6 Intruder

Hello CT,
Never have had an issue with tip stalling this bird but then again I don't try and float any of my warbirds around especially into landings.
The one thing that this Intruder is really susceptible to is ground effect while flaring out for a landing.
I average about 90% of my landings across my many airframes as greasers but this A-6 has played havoc at 50/50 good/bad. I have never used a gyro before but decided to see if one would be able to correct quicker than I could when 2-4 ft above the ground. I stuck an Eagle A3-L 3 axis gyro in it with an AR8000 Rx so that I could turn it on/off. It really tamed this to where I am hitting my landing averages again with it. I don't use the gyro until I am approaching the final 180 leg for landing and then turn it on and set up for a positive attack angle(about 5 degree)*with full flaps and control my descent with throttle(leaving elevator alone). Hope I've given you an alternative perspective on how to enjoy this bird.
Best Regards,

Going to add a gyro too

[warbirdbob]

Been flying my A-6 for over a year now---The only thing I notice is to land with BIT OF SPEED, NO FLAPS and throttle her in. She's hot on landing, but comes off the ground on take-off very scale-like. Weak landing gear though.

[MANFRED]

Ok try this again, Anyone have a spare fueling probe I can get from you?
Thanks

[MANFRED]

Anyone happen to have any rotating retracts laying around that they would be willing to part with?
Thanks

[Michael1701]

Hi guys...
The A-6 can be quite bitchy. In the landing approach with flaps you should not fly too many curves, since they abruptly speed down. You should intensively practice the A-6 landing approaches.Try to fly with positiv AOA (angle of attack). Plastic_Aviator, is this your first Jet ?

[crxmanpat]

Lots of practice. Each plane seems to have it's own unique landing style.

However, most planes that bounce do so because the sink rate is too high. Make your approach with power on and a little nose up attitude, then use throttle to control the rate of descent.

[Plastic_Aviator]

The Bounce...

I've watched so many videos of this plane and none bounce like mine does. How do you guys land without the bounce? Mine is like a basketball.

[Plastic_Aviator]

I've only purchased one of these back in October 2014, but it was the version with the revised battery box (no foam wedge at the back). But it did not come with an external BEC, just the standard EC5 plug straight to the ESC, no extra wiring. Did you purchase your first one directly from Motion, or did you buy it secondhand?

Purchased directly from Motion RC...

Ughh... This isnt sounding good.

I lost all power while doing normal flying which resulted in my crash and me having to re-purchas a whole new plane. I really hope my original purchase wasnt someones return with modified parts. :/ I hope someone from MRC can chime in and confirm things.

:/

[crxmanpat]

I've only purchased one of these back in October 2014, but it was the version with the revised battery box (no foam wedge at the back). But it did not come with an external BEC, just the standard EC5 plug straight to the ESC, no extra wiring. Did you purchase your first one directly from Motion, or did you buy it secondhand?

[bradl4648]

take off and landings can be tricky power is everything. Avoid crosswinds she will flip over in those conditions. Other than that I can go 100 ft shut the power off half flaps and I can land this without much issue as long as you have enough speed.