Official Freewing MiG-29 Fulcrum Twin 80mm Thread

[Evan D]

If you have light 5000’s yes. And prefer a more tail heavy plane…

[baseballrn64]

Thanks for the reply. So if i understand you if i use 6000 mid rear. if i went to 5000ish i could use the front and rear? i’m relatively new to edf and electrics coming from large scale gassers. Does the weight of the extra mAh basically zero out extra flight time of the smaller packs. Thanks

[Evan D]

For the weight of your batteries mid and rear.

[baseballrn64]

Hello. I was just wondering what the preferred battery layout is. i’ve seen these two posted obviously keeping CG in mind is there a preferred positions for the batteries. ill be using 6s 6000 packs. The forward and rear would work best for me just wondering what people are doing with there’s with best results for scale and high speed pass flying.

Thank you

[xviper]

Hello. new to this site. I’m sure this has probably already been answered. I was wondering i have a v1 freewing Mig with the 9 blade edf (original version). just wondering can i just drop in the new freewing 12 blade edf ( the ones that are currently in v2) will the original esc’s be compatable with these Thanks in advance

New EDF has same dimensions as the old 9-bl, so yes. ESCs on old and new are 100A, so again, yes.

[baseballrn64]

Hello. new to this site. I’m sure this has probably already been answered. I was wondering i have a v1 freewing Mig with the 9 blade edf (original version). just wondering can i just drop in the new freewing 12 blade edf ( the ones that are currently in v2) will the original esc’s be compatable with these Thanks in advance

[SkyZee]

I have sometimes had difficulty getting a scanned match, particularly with some greys. It's either too blue or too yellow etc. The Euro was a pain to copy .
What I do in that situation is take a bit of the model to the store and compare it to the card swatches they have. Large stores over here that do Dulux have hundreds of colours, shades and hues to select. Quite often I find one that is a shade darker and one a shade too light but not exact. So I simply buy a sample of both and mix em together until it's correct. That's how I matched the 90mm Eurofighter grey.

I spent days trying to match the grey of a friends Yellow F15 turbine after repairing it for him. Had it scanned, tried mixing myself but a slight change in ambient light altered it, it was either too red, blue or yellow after getting it looking right. I then realised the weathering was polarising it, so added weathering and it was spot on.
Scanning only works to a degree, the finish can diffract the light you see if the sheen or matt is not the same.

Thank you for your great tips, much appreciated.

[Alphonso]

Hi Guys, I realise this is an old thread. I'm trying to colour match the base grey for this as well, and the paint shop has struggled with it after 3 attempts. Does anybody have any paint / mix formulas for it? I'm in Australia, so if anyone has done this with local Australian paint manufacturers (e.g. Dulux, Taubmans) that would be very helpful and appreciated.

I have sometimes had difficulty getting a scanned match, particularly with some greys. It's either too blue or too yellow etc. The Euro was a pain to copy .
What I do in that situation is take a bit of the model to the store and compare it to the card swatches they have. Large stores over here that do Dulux have hundreds of colours, shades and hues to select. Quite often I find one that is a shade darker and one a shade too light but not exact. So I simply buy a sample of both and mix em together until it's correct. That's how I matched the 90mm Eurofighter grey.

I spent days trying to match the grey of a friends Yellow F15 turbine after repairing it for him. Had it scanned, tried mixing myself but a slight change in ambient light altered it, it was either too red, blue or yellow after getting it looking right. I then realised the weathering was polarising it, so added weathering and it was spot on.
Scanning only works to a degree, the finish can diffract the light you see if the sheen or matt is not the same.

[SkyZee]

Does anyone have a photo of the Home Depot touch up paint code for the stock Mig-29 grey color?

Hi Guys, I realise this is an old thread. I'm trying to colour match the base grey for this as well, and the paint shop has struggled with it after 3 attempts. Does anybody have any paint / mix formulas for it? I'm in Australia, so if anyone has done this with local Australian paint manufacturers (e.g. Dulux, Taubmans) that would be very helpful and appreciated.

[jackdcannon]

Just getting the MiG set up with a10 ch spectrum receiver. Only getting power out of the right side EDF. I have the UBEC plugged into the receiver but the other power lead has the 2 wire, red lead (pic attached)and I’m wondering IFB that needs to be plugged in somewhere. Sorry if this is a noob question but it’s my first twin jet

[Airguardian]

[jackdcannon]

Since it’s my first TV, are there any good videos that help with programming. I have a spectrum dx9 transmitter and haven’t yet bough a receiver for it

[Hugh Wiedman]

Just received the red star as a surprise gift! Any mods or adjustments right out of the box. Going to use SMC 5200’s. I’ve got several FW jets but this is my first TV, so I don’t think I’ll be using it right away.

Absolutely USE IT, set it up so you can switch it on or off if you must, but the TV is what makes this special. Without it, you can get it stuck in a high alpha dead drop that is very difficult to get out of without having the TV. Beyond that, it is so much more agile and a pleasure to fly with the TV. Flying this aircraft that has TV nozzles and shutting them off is like dating a world class model and making her wear a garbage bag coving herself head to toe at all times!!

[jackdcannon]

Just received the red star as a surprise gift! Any mods or adjustments right out of the box. Going to use SMC 5200’s. I’ve got several FW jets but this is my first TV, so I don’t think I’ll be using it right away.

[Airguardian]

[Hugh Wiedman]

t33jetman Outstanding, I always loved your repaint of the Mig (and a whole host of other aircraft). And the chute is Boss!

[Elbee]

t33jetman

She's a beauty and congratulations.

Best, LB

[t33jetman]

[paulrkytek]

Yes Sir! I'm also using the SMC HiV V2 5900 in the Mig, as well as almost all over aircraft EDF's and props. Use the 8S version in 3 others, no problems with the ESC's. Flying the Mig about 20-25mm back and get over 5:00 flight time, depending on how crazy I get with the TV. Tried 2 SMC HiV 6700's but didn't get much more flight time. The extra weight offset a lot of the extra mah, so believe the 5900's are the sweet spot, at least for me.

Thanks Hugh, I will try the SMC HCL-HV2 5900 in the my FW SU35, at 100gms lighter than my normal 5000mah 6s packs I should get 4 mins. I will use the 4900 smc packs for the Mig to keep the weight down and with the 2150kv in-runners I should get 4 mins which is ok for me, besides I would prefer to avoid the HIV

[Hugh Wiedman]

do the standard escs for the Mig29 take the smc hv packs without any adjustment , i.e 6 beeps on connection to lipo

Yes Sir! I'm also using the SMC HiV V2 5900 in the Mig, as well as almost all over aircraft EDF's and props. Use the 8S version in 3 others, no problems with the ESC's. Flying the Mig about 20-25mm back and get over 5:00 flight time, depending on how crazy I get with the TV. Tried 2 SMC HiV 6700's but didn't get much more flight time. The extra weight offset a lot of the extra mah, so believe the 5900's are the sweet spot, at least for me.