Official Freewing Twin 70mm AL37 Airliner Thread

[T-CAT]

SUCH amazing paint jobs in this thread. Great job, all. Aircraft that spark mass interest in custom liveries are great to see. The AL-37 appears to be one of the most popular aircraft for custom paint schemes, like the A-10 80mm and a few other aircraft.

[Aros]

Love the livery! Very nice piloti modele!

[Speedrick]

What a nice livery Piloti Modele!!!
Also waiting for the maiden flight?
Got mine all set up to, waiting for better weather here in Europe.
Model is all balanced now, and weights 4,2 kg, with a 6000mAh 6s battery.

[piloti modele]

Just a few pictures and videos...

[Aros]

Nice job Waconut ! Good luck on your maiden!

[Waconut]

I have my AL37 ready for the maiden. They are calling for 3-4 mph winds tomorrow morning. Throws and CG are set per the manual.

[Speedrick]

Hello,

i used the reference at the fuselage as a starting point.


regards,

Eric

[Waconut]

Hi guys,
I am finishing up my AL37, I see nothing in the manual about setting the neutral position of the elevator. Should I set the neutral position with a slight amount of up trim?
Thanks!!
Anthony

[Speedrick]

Finished flight 6 on Saturday. this things flies really nicely, have to admit. Came in a little hot one landing and it bounced, not high, but it was about 2 feet off the ground and 25 ft before it settled down again, the fact that I still had about 1/3 throttle may have been a factor. lol Chopped the throttle during its bounce, kept the nose up as it settled and it responded beautifully.
The biggest complaint is the 3 min goes by sooooo fast. most times taxi in at the 3 1/2 - 4 min mark and between 18 and 30% battery remaining.

Hi Scale Freak,

what battery capacity are you flying?
They indicate a 10min flight time on a 5000mAh package🤔



Regards,

Eric

[Speedrick]

Hello,

Getting ready to maiden mine.
just checked the CG, and find that the indicated CG, on top of the wing, is quite conservative....
Does everybody flies on this balance point, or do we move it further back?

My experience on the Avanti is that I could move it more than an inch backwards.
Curious to hear your feedback.



Regards,

Eric

[mshagg]

Hello,

is there a way to switch on the wing landing lights, without the need of extending the landing gear?
this would dramatically increase the effect when doing a fly by, without the requirement to extend the gear.



Regards,

Eric

I liked this so i checked it out. The landing lights are powered through the ribbon cable. Easiest bet would be to unplug it from the circuit board inside the wing connector and extent that through to the spare lighting ports on the MCB-E.

[Jefferybray]

I didn't like the antennas that were flat and plastic so I 3D printed the antennas and also the broadband antenna. I also printed exhaust cones as well. If anybody is interested in the antennas and exhaust let me know, i will print them and post pictures so you can get an idea.

[piloti modele]

My puppy likes to drive ...🤣
He doesn't accept another position 😜✈️

[xviper]

Hello,

is there a way to switch on the wing landing lights, without the need of extending the landing gear?
this would dramatically increase the effect when doing a fly by, without the requirement to extend the gear.



Regards,

Eric

Look at the "blue box" and see where that light is plugged in. The provided legend should tell you what all the light ports do. Just pick the one that will keep the light on all the time. (You may need a "Y".)

[Scale Freak]

Finished flight 6 on Saturday. this things flies really nicely, have to admit. Came in a little hot one landing and it bounced, not high, but it was about 2 feet off the ground and 25 ft before it settled down again, the fact that I still had about 1/3 throttle may have been a factor. lol Chopped the throttle during its bounce, kept the nose up as it settled and it responded beautifully.
The biggest complaint is the 3 min goes by sooooo fast. most times taxi in at the 3 1/2 - 4 min mark and between 18 and 30% battery remaining.

[Speedrick]

Hello,

is there a way to switch on the wing landing lights, without the need of extending the landing gear?
this would dramatically increase the effect when doing a fly by, without the requirement to extend the gear.



Regards,

Eric

[Slowflight]

I finally got a few planes built and assembled for a few others. Now I can spend the rest of the week on my AL-37. I have got the fuse together and started dome of the painting and installing Decals. I hope to have it done this week end if I do not have to go out on call. Looking good so far

Fantastic paint scheme !!!!!

[Waconut]

Just my opinion but you can only do so much with these foam planes. Hard to get rid of the foam look (gatoring). You could spend countless hours coating the surface and sanding to improve it but you just going to add weight.
I just gave the plane a light sanding and sprayed one coat of white and waited 3 days to mask and spray the blue. It looks good from 10ft and will look even better on low slow passes down the runway.

[vduniec]

I put on that stupid tape. Couldn't get it on straight all the way around and ended up with creases in it. I guess when it's in the air, nobody can see it anyway. If I were to do it again, I'd leave it off, too. Maybe get some matching paint and paint the seam. I'd also do a "Harlequin" scheme. Remember the old VW Rabbit? It had a different color on every panel.

I don't remember the Harlequin scheme. My first car was a Rabbit but it's primary color was rust and Bondo.

Thanks for the tips all. Many more methods that I hadn't thought of to consider now.

[Sekhet]

I put on that stupid tape. Couldn't get it on straight all the way around and ended up with creases in it. I guess when it's in the air, nobody can see it anyway. If I were to do it again, I'd leave it off, too. Maybe get some matching paint and paint the seam. I'd also do a "Harlequin" scheme. Remember the old VW Rabbit? It had a different color on every panel.

Now that's a rabbit of a different color!