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Originally posted by crxmanpat View PostIf you follow FN-RC on Facebook, they just posted a good video of the Mig-29 which better shows the speed envelope of this Mig. Not the best quality video, but you'll get the idea.
https://www.facebook.com/FNRCHOBBY
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I didn’t appreciate the capabilities tv offered until today and now understand the desire to have. Best videos of high alpha I have seen by this pilot:
Freewing A10, F4, F22, Sebart Avanti S mini
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Originally posted by john2kx View PostI didn’t appreciate the capabilities tv offered until today and now understand the desire to have. Best videos of high alpha I have seen by this pilot:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D5qJSsaFbO4
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Originally posted by fredmdbud View Post
How about this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQe8wrqNw_U
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Originally posted by Quickstop View Post
That’s not high alpha, that’s riding on the engine thrust
That model was way too light though.Freewing A-10 turbine conversion: http://fb.me/FreewingA10TurbineConversion
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Freewing A-10 turbine conversion: http://fb.me/FreewingA10TurbineConversion
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Originally posted by seaviper View Post
I'm going with two FrSky X8R's and independent channels for all control surfaces. I used this combination on the Su-35. I am currently using this setup on the FA-18C.
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Originally posted by Alpha View Post
@y22raptor
Hi Dan, the main axles are 5.05mm and the nose axle is 4.1mm
Hi stormseq , welcome to Hobby Squawk and thanks for sharing your feedback, I appreciate it! Nice video, too, I enjoyed watching it and have always promoted Aerotetris' approach!
As to your comment, I'd have to say that for a MiG-29 to have the performance of 2x 90mm 10s, we would have needed to make our MiG-29 use 2x 90mm 10s. That is unfortunately well beyond the target price point of a 2x80mm 6s MiG-29 which is intended to be flight-ready in less than an hour with a single glue joint to assemble, instead of the hundreds of glue joints (plus many nights of surfacing work) required to get that Aerotetris MiG-29 in the air.
One of the reasons why I have always been an outspoken fan of platforms such as Aerotetris' unique puzzlepiece approach is that he gives us as modelers more options, if/as we're so inclined to spend the necessary hours and money to result in the performance you see in that video. I think --I HOPE!-- there will always be builders around the world who want to spend their time building a one-off KIT that they can personalize, outfit, and enjoy as fruit of their labor. If I had more time, I would buy and build more Aerotetris kits myself! Aerotetris is a great option for this because he doesn't need six figures for tooling and molds, so his enterprise can subsist on much lower volume to keep those foam blocks profitable, while the user covers the cost for outfitting the rest of the model's required components separately.
But as for the "sweet spot" within the marketplace for an EDF jet that is mass-produced, painted-and-decaled, panel-lined, fly-in-an-hour, spare-parts-available, screw-together, warranty-covered, scaled-out and lit-up out-of-the-box, (all things which the Aerotetris is not), the twin 80mm Freewing MiG-29 is about as large and costly as we're confident in backing at this time... for now. If it turns out there is a reliably sizeable group who would actually pay for a 2x90mm 10s F-15 or similar twin (just to use your twin as an example) and didn't sweat a price tag approaching $1k, then maybe we'd consider it.
Please stick around! It's always nice to welcome another big jet pilot into this Squawk community we all enjoy. Feel free to post your airplane ideas in the request thread, as well. We're always listening, counting, considering.
Also, for anyone not following along, Aerotetris' big MiG-29 can be seen here. I think it's such a neat way to build an airplane! Check out his website below and give him a shout out.
EDIT: On today's livestream the question came up about the scale cant on the vertical stabilizers, the sweeping angle approaching their TE, and the angled exhaust nozzles. As this picture shows, we were able to replicate all three of those aspects from the real MiG-29 onto ours.
All the things that scare me about the HSD and other big models would be absent in a freewing/ motion release (parts, support, quality, reputation, etc).
Great job on the mig!
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Originally posted by janmb View Post
Which is what high alpha flying is all about too, just at a slightly less degree.
That model was way too light though.
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Originally posted by Quickstop View Post
High alpha (angle of attack) assumes the wing is producing lift, there's no lift being produced if the plane is hovering on pure engine thrust, slow flight with the nose way up...yes, hovering...no
My point though was that even if the wing produces more than zero lift, the percentage of the total lift provided by the engines approach 100
During high alpha flight, the wings produce nowhere near enough lift to remain airborne
Hovering is just a natural extension of that sliding scale
Why are we having these lame nitpicking debates anyway?Freewing A-10 turbine conversion: http://fb.me/FreewingA10TurbineConversion
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Alpha, if/when you get a chance, I would love some good cross sections of the aft battery bay and the couple of inches aft of it - preferably including measurements of internal height
(trying to make tank plans) :)Freewing A-10 turbine conversion: http://fb.me/FreewingA10TurbineConversion
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Originally posted by Reaper911 View Post
one more James, height of the fins from bottom of fuse to top of fin
-GG
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Originally posted by GliderGuy View Post
Anybody post the height dimension, yet? Need also from the bottom of the wheels to the top of the vertical fins. Need it for transport configuration in a wheels down configuration. Thanks,
-GG
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