New Avios Mig 17 ?

[Evan D]

Thanks! The arctic camo does nothing for me. Even regular camo is iffy. That's why I repainted the 90mm F-4 in Blue Angel. Probably the 20 years in Naval Aviation...

[Aros]

I am a huge fan of the Arctic Camo scheme but man that red looks HOT Evan!

[Evan D]

Thanks!

[RanGee]

Maiden day today. Flew surprisingly good. Easy 4 minutes on 6200 and easy 5 on 8000. Other than some trim no issues at all.

Looks awsome Evan, great job with the red/silver scheme!

[Evan D]

Maiden day today. Flew surprisingly good. Easy 4 minutes on 6200 and easy 5 on 8000. Other than some trim no issues at all.

[xviper]

Nice collection!
On the Russian side, I own the Mig-21 and the Mig-17. I used to own the FW SU-35 and the FLyFly Mig-29 but soled them both

Thanks. My favorite of all my jets and maybe even all my planes is still the SebArt Mig-29s. I may get a chance to maiden this 17 tomorrow and see how it fits in my fave list.

[RanGee]

"The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming"! My hanger is full of them.

Nice collection!
On the Russian side, I own the Mig-21 and the Mig-17. I used to own the FW SU-35 and the FLyFly Mig-29 but soled them both

[xviper]

"The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming"! My hanger is full of them.

[vduniec]

Thanks a bunch! Already printed some out. The OEM doors are very brittle.

Just uploaded the Mig gear doors to thingiverse however it takes 24 hours before it gets published.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3800059

[vduniec]

Looks really nice, Evan. Can’t wait to see it in person.

Pitots on... they are a pain.

[Evan D]

I was asked about the paint I used. Pictures worth a dozen words. This is my first time using this paint and I’m not sure I’d use it again. I bought it all at Wally. The one I went to didn’t have primer so I used the granite. Took about a can and a half. Then I did the chrome. It turned out perfect, looks like aluminum. Then the Apple Red... notes... the foam on this is soft and dents easy, it’s not a FreeWing. The original paint peels off really easy. I’ve complained about FreeWing paint before but won’t again after this.

The paint is fair, it covers well and dries reasonably quick to the touch, about a half hour. I let it dry a day in my attic workshop between each color and the clear coat... says 48 hours but I gave it 24.

Wally has a no name paint that would probably be better and Model Master is definitely better (though expensive)...

Use very low tac tape.

[RanGee]

Had a great day today at the field! Thank you Borntoolate for the awesome pictures!

[t01ga]

Very very nice job t01ga!

Thanks buddy. I am looking forward to your afterburner.

[RanGee]

Some rivet detail...

Very very nice job t01ga!

[Evan D]

Pitots on... they are a pain.

[t01ga]

Cool! I did some work on mine too...

That is literally awesome!!!

[Evan D]

Cool! I did some work on mine too...

[t01ga]

Some rivet detail...

[themudduck]

RanGee, that's cool, thanks! I printed and installed the tail skid, it fit perfectly and it's exactly what this plane needed. I flew three flights today. With the Admiral 5000 stuffed as far forward as possible, it still checked out tail heavy (a bit more than 1/4" further back than the manual's recommendation) but flew perfectly. When I flight-tested the balance (by flying inverted) it was not tail heavy. We're going to need to move the battery strap. It's not possible to secure the battery even with the strap all the way forward.

I found it somewhat difficult to land, because it floats like no one's business all the way down the runway in ground effect. I discovered that it lands well on the grass at the end of the runway! You definitely need to slow this one down on final - and I need to do more flight testing to see how slow it will fly! I was landing with half flaps with the speed brakes deployed.

I did need some up trim after takeoff. I found the elevator response to be normal but the aileron response was fairly soft - I have my controls set up with the control rods on the next-to-the-last hole so I think I may move the aileron control rods to the outer hole. And - its not extremely fast but flies really well. Stable and easy. I really liked it.

[RanGee]

Elevator servo covers:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3801989

Main landing gear doors:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3800059

Both published now and ready to be downloaded