Campaigning for new paint schemes for 80mm F-5 and nose conversion to F-5B
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Is this jet a Freewing Flop or does anybody really like this jet. I own three of them, two camo and one swiss but I am hoping MRC would breathe some new life into this plane and change up their aggressor paint schemes to stimulate sales, shake things up a bit like they did with the Alaskan F-16, got it, love it.My Hangar inventory FW 90 mm hp F-15, FW 90 mm F-104, FW 90 mm T-45, FW 80 70mm F-5, FW 80 mm Scorpion, 70 mm V2 Z Rebel, F-8 Bearcat and a stable of T-28, white and Orange and yellow
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Hi there Apache Jets, the Freewing 80mm F-5 was a success for its time, but frankly speaking has begun to show its ~5 year age compared to our more recent 80mm birds such as the Avanti, L-39, and A-4. We don't have any plans to issue a repaint of the F-5, though there continues to be enough customer demand to warrant keeping the production lines open.
The best flights I saw on our F-5 was Xplaneguy's flights on his Swiss F-5. A blast to fly, and film!Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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Originally posted by Apache Jets View PostIs this jet a Freewing Flop or does anybody really like this jet. I own three of them, two camo and one swiss but I am hoping MRC would breathe some new life into this plane and change up their aggressor paint schemes to stimulate sales, shake things up a bit like they did with the Alaskan F-16, got it, love it.
Woody
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Hi Alpha, I was waiting for you to chime in. I love this jet, I still have the same one I bought when it first came out. You wouldn't even consider a new aggressor blue/grey or grey/grey schemes. It doesn't seem like a change of color would be that big of a project change. The decal sheet wouldn't change much either.My Hangar inventory FW 90 mm hp F-15, FW 90 mm F-104, FW 90 mm T-45, FW 80 70mm F-5, FW 80 mm Scorpion, 70 mm V2 Z Rebel, F-8 Bearcat and a stable of T-28, white and Orange and yellow
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I owned two of these aircraft and it's usually my "Go-to" jet once I've gotten in the groove at the field. I've never had any issues with it and have logged around 100+ flights on mine. I kind of felt the same way about the aggressor schemes too, The ones at NAS Fallon are pretty dang cool, but I don't think some of them would translate well to RC flying for orientation.. Last time my squadron was down at NAS Key West, I got the privilege of sharing hangars with VFC-111 and copied one of their MANY schemes they had down there!
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Originally posted by Alpha.MotionRC View PostHi there Apache Jets, the Freewing 80mm F-5 was a success for its time, but frankly speaking has begun to show its ~5 year age compared to our more recent 80mm birds such as the Avanti, L-39, and A-4. We don't have any plans to issue a repaint of the F-5, though there continues to be enough customer demand to warrant keeping the production lines open.
The best flights I saw on our F-5 was Xplaneguy's flights on his Swiss F-5. A blast to fly, and film!
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Well, I think and F-5 is cool, and will be cool for some time to come. Thank goodness Freewing has already made it LOL. But if we want new paint, we're all just going to have to paint it ourselves. I was considering a Marage, but didn't really like that silly tiger paint job on it. If I get it, I'll just have to give it a proper paint job. If you want it, and you can get it, your're probably going to have to mod it yourself. Sign of the times.
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Originally posted by rctobes View PostI owned two of these aircraft and it's usually my "Go-to" jet once I've gotten in the groove at the field. I've never had any issues with it and have logged around 100+ flights on mine. I kind of felt the same way about the aggressor schemes too, The ones at NAS Fallon are pretty dang cool, but I don't think some of them would translate well to RC flying for orientation.. Last time my squadron was down at NAS Key West, I got the privilege of sharing hangars with VFC-111 and copied one of their MANY schemes they had down there!
Woody
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Hey Alpha, if a new paint scheme isn't in the line up for a 80 mm F-5, how about a V2 redesign with a 70mm 6s fan like you did with the V2 F-16, great flying aircraft by the way! with the option of the tandem cockpit.My Hangar inventory FW 90 mm hp F-15, FW 90 mm F-104, FW 90 mm T-45, FW 80 70mm F-5, FW 80 mm Scorpion, 70 mm V2 Z Rebel, F-8 Bearcat and a stable of T-28, white and Orange and yellow
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