Freewing A6 Intruder

[Airasys]

Hello All,

I just recently acquired an A6, I was wondering if anyone had the external pylons/tanks for sale?

Also in the manual it mentions optional bombs and racks, does anyone know if these are available?

Thanks for the help!

[John Bergsmith]

Groundhog day. You were complaining about this a couple weeks ago. Personally, I have had both the original and newer versions and didn't notice a difference but I'm half deaf from working on real A-6's on the flight deck.

Funny you mention being half deaf from being around A-6's. I have a funny story about the A-6 on the USS America. Needless to say they were LOUD!

[DCORSAIR]

This is the new high performance version. Except, the nose gear was low performance.

Low performance nose gear.....

[OldnBold]

How old is it? The first ones out, 11 years ago had a poorly (poorer than the current one) designed nose retract and many of us broke them. From memory none have had the metal plate. Also be careful about balance. The book value works and if you go aft it really flies poorly.

This is the new high performance version. Except, the nose gear was low performance.

[Evan D]

How old is it? The first ones out, 11 years ago had a poorly (poorer than the current one) designed nose retract and many of us broke them. From memory none have had the metal plate. Also be careful about balance. The book value works and if you go aft it really flies poorly.

Has anyone had failures of the nose gear? I just acquired a new, never-flow A-6. On the first landing, which was quite gentle on a fairly hard/smooth dirt/sand runway the nose gear collapsed. Post-accident investigation revealed that the plastic housing had split on both sides and the flange was broken on both sides. There was no metal flange reinforcement. I ordered a new nose gear servo and metal flange reinforcement. I guess landing on the mains and keeping weight off the nose gear is going to be de riguer.

On another subject: CG. I ran the Mean Aerodynamic Chord calcs. It looks like placing the CG at 30% back of the leading edge at MAC puts the CG at the leading edge of the fan housing, about 0.4 inches further back than the manual recommends. I'm going with that as a starting point. I think the CG can be placed even further aft. Time will tell.

[Reptielenfreak]

There is always a chance, i have several jets and lots of them with no issues with cracked plastic but i had one and for some reason it just went on the first flight.

[OldnBold]

Has anyone had failures of the nose gear? I just acquired a new, never-flow A-6. On the first landing, which was quite gentle on a fairly hard/smooth dirt/sand runway the nose gear collapsed. Post-accident investigation revealed that the plastic housing had split on both sides and the flange was broken on both sides. There was no metal flange reinforcement. I ordered a new nose gear servo and metal flange reinforcement. I guess landing on the mains and keeping weight off the nose gear is going to be de riguer.

On another subject: CG. I ran the Mean Aerodynamic Chord calcs. It looks like placing the CG at 30% back of the leading edge at MAC puts the CG at the leading edge of the fan housing, about 0.4 inches further back than the manual recommends. I'm going with that as a starting point. I think the CG can be placed even further aft. Time will tell.

[Suko]

Groundhog day. You were complaining about this a couple weeks ago. Personally, I have had both the original and newer versions and didn't notice a difference but I'm half deaf from working on real A-6's on the flight deck.

Yes, I am posting here in the off-chance someone from MRC actually sees this and has some insight on if it changed or not.

[Evan D]

Thanks, it was my pleasure!

[SanExup]

Evan D Truly thank you for your service sir!
I SAID,.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR!

[Evan D]

Groundhog day. You were complaining about this a couple weeks ago. Personally, I have had both the original and newer versions and didn't notice a difference but I'm half deaf from working on real A-6's on the flight deck.

[Suko]

So, I had a bit of an opsie with my OG A6 which I bought about 5 or 6 years ago. The nose got a bit crunched up. And while it's definitely repairable, the A6 is my favorite airplane and I wanted it to look good, so I decided to buy a brand new fuselage instead of salvaging the old one.... and holy hell does it make the motor sound awful. It so loud and...i dunno...hollow(?) sounding now. I honestly thought the motor was out of whack or something, but then I tested it right next to a friend's (newer) A-6 and it sounds the same. Ugh. My original A-6 was from 5 or 6 years ago and sounded MUCH better IMO. I wonder if they changed anything to do with the ducting in the newer A-6 air pipe? If anyone from MRC sees this and knows the answer, please let me know.

Either way, I don't like how it sounds now. It's slightly better if you remove the central drop tank. But, I flew my old A6 with that drop tank on all the time and it never sounded this terrible.

[Evan D]

The original A-6 was very low powered but the later ones aren't bad. The 2150 in my Mirage was a disappointment, I think it needs more air flow. I am thinking the A-6 might be the same. Good luck and let us know how it works.

[Ron1950]

going to try the 2150kv fan in my A6 probably wont see much speed improvement as it seems to be alot of drag on the model..wonder if it will be stronger then the so called high performance 1920 9 blade

[jetpltrich]

Based on my observation you will have room for two let alone one.

[jetpltrich]

So guys who fpv, what are the odds of fitting 2 motionsic units in this bird side by side? By some of the pics on the website, looks doable.

This is the unit in the A10. The unit has a servo box underneath it that may make it impossible to fit in the A-6. Give me a day and I’ll measure that box up and post.

Rich

[Fallguy44]

NVM. Figured it out

[rifleman_btx]

So guys who fpv, what are the odds of fitting 2 motionsic units in this bird side by side? By some of the pics on the website, looks doable.

[rc.wingdinger]

Or a Habu or a Vulcan 70

[WarbirdFan66]

I have an prop eflite that I found easy to fly, roll, loop, land etc. Would the A6 high performance by freewing be alright as a first edf?

i would not go with the A6 as a first EDF, she has a few...lets say unfrendly charactaristics, at least compared to other planes...not sayin that she is a bad flyer, but as a first EDF i would go with something else, maybe a Avanti-S or a T-33...but of course thats your choice to make