Official Freewing Twin 70mm AL37 Airliner Thread

[Jetman64]

That’s called “we couldn’t get permission from Boeing to use the name”

NO! That’s called, you want how much to use your name?
No &(,;$$! Way!!!!
I sure hope this is the first of many Airliner EDF’s to come. I’d love to have a Lumpy (B747), or better yet, a B727 Super. But thanks to MRC, we have our first and it’s a WINNER!!!!

[GregC540i]

Question regarding the EDF's on this plane. Is it true that one of the edf's has a reverse blade in it? Or are they both standard running in the same direction?

Thanks,

Greg C

[Tom]

Greg C - One EDF in the Airliner does indeed use a reverse rotor. Both EDF use the same motor and same housing but one has a forward 12B fan and the other has a reverse 12B fan so they can spin in opposing directions.

[Gilatrout]

I asked Santa for one. no peeking

[Sekhet]

I retired from United and had the honor of flying several of the Boeing airframes.
The one I liked the best was the Baby Boeing (737) so the AL37 was a must!
I've ordered the plain white and am going with the new United livery. (No brainer)
Of course, Callie is doing the graphics.

[xviper]

If I went with the United theme, I wonder if Callie would do a big one of these to plaster on each side:

[ASCII]

Nice going! I was wondering a few months ago about rc airliners and didn't really find a whole lot of readily available offerings out there.

Ramy RC is doing a great job building his own... but ain't nobody got time for that, lol. Did indeed saw that Windrider 737 one, but they were selling an apparent last batch of em a while ago. Saw something by 'FlyFly Hobby' or 'FlyHobby' (flyflyhobby.com > jprcgear.com ? Seems they were working on a 787 in some development videos) but ouch, those prices. Seemed that at some point forever ago E-Flite did a rather basic B777 'Super Airliner DF ARF' and Hobby King had an 'A380 EPO PNF', Supreme-Hobby and TianSheng seem to have done a couple of things, but not really anything on the market like it currently. XK / WLToys makes an A380 and there's a cheap no-name 787 as well, but I mean, those really are just silly toys. 3CH. Some shown on the Quadcopter 101 channel. But boy... a good solid rc airliner... hard to come by apparently... not sure why? You'd think it's obvious people would want to fly such a common model they're so familiar with from the grand scale. Shrinking the dimensions with exact scale doesn't really work for a model aircraft, is that it?
Just glad that there now is a proper rc airliner, available through proper channels! At a fair price! And seems to handle beautifully. Awesome job! Can't wait to see pics of everyone's customized AL37s coming in! Been a few years since I myself indulged in model flying, but I'll definitely will be seeking out a club nearby... really eyeballing this AL37 and the Avanti S (love the wooosh sound it makes!). Freewing gets how to do proper rc planes! Awesome to see!

[Elbee]

Nice going!Just glad that there now is a proper rc airliner, available through proper channels! At a fair price! And seems to handle beautifully. Awesome job! Can't wait to see pics of everyone's customized AL37s coming in! Been a few years since I myself indulged in model flying, but I'll definitely will be seeking out a club nearby... really eyeballing this AL37 and the Avanti S (love the wooosh sound it makes!). Freewing gets how to do proper rc planes! Awesome to see!

A, Welcome to the "Squawk"! I am likin' your enthusiasm, Sir, and look forward to seeing your work. Best, LB

[Sekhet]

If I went with the United theme, I wonder if Callie would do a big one of these to plaster on each side:

I have seen something close to this in the United preflight office in Denver years ago.

[mr.frankenjet]

looks so sweet, great job on this, just unreal. Got 3 in boxes now so it's a someday for me, looking forward to seeing these all tricked out. What a great canvas, thanks for offering her "naked"

[ASCII]

I always found that VP-BRT particularly stunning...



Or Roman Abramovic's 'Bandit':



Or somehow this translated to 737 design:

[Tom]

Nice going! I was wondering a few months ago about rc airliners and didn't really find a whole lot of readily available offerings out there.....

ASCII - Welcome! Nice to have you on HobbySquawk!

[ASCII]

Thanks, dope community. Love reading up on what's gud. :)
Big fan of Ramy RC, RC Informer & FliteTest these last few years.
Now that I've moved countries, it's time to get some new hobbies going (or well, re-spark old ones).

Had these over a decade ago... to say they didn't fly very well would be an understatement.

Then switched countries, lived in the big city, nowhere to fly, which turned into rc heli and ultimately quadcopter flying. Joining a club and getting an AL37/Avanti S would get me back flying proper rc aircraft again.

[Jetman64]

The pilots will need new uniforms, Airline pilots don’t have all black uniforms. A nice white shirt will do...

[HaroldAnderson]

Mine will be a C-40A Clipper with the help of Callie. Not a flashy paint scheme but I can take it to warbird fly-ins if I want. Hopefully..... Any opinions about whether it would be allowed at a warbird fly-in or not? I will be using the markings of the older plane.

[Jetman64]

Hello Alpha,
Any chance you will make a 80mm engine nacelles upgrade for this bird? I’d like to ad a few things and that means weight. Also, I think B727/DC-10 (Three Holers) would be an AWESOME next project. You’d only need 2 EDF’s and you could make them 80/90mm. I’d pay whatever you charge for a couple of these or any upcoming 80/90mm Airliners!!!!!

[fhhuber]

Would not be terribly hard to make the larger nacelles yourself.

Cost for a very short production would be obscene.

[Dirty Dee]

How about JT8D nacelles for 50mm edfs?

[Alpha]

VP-BRT.... Someone, please, make that happen!

[Evoman]

Mine will be a C-40A Clipper with the help of Callie. Not a flashy paint scheme but I can take it to warbird fly-ins if I want. Hopefully..... Any opinions about whether it would be allowed at a warbird fly-in or not? I will be using the markings of the older plane.

I think doing a P-8 Poseidon would look more the part of a military aircraft and cooler. The P-8 even has 4 hard points so it can be loaded up with missiles or torpedos.
Below are just a few of the P-8 liveries.