Official Freewing MiG-29 Fulcrum Twin 80mm Thread

[Gringotuerto]

Lol cutting off the outer hole on the new servo arms is a nice touch. People gonna have to really go out of their way to get this wrong now!

You know there's going to be a video of a crashed Mig with a servo arm extension duct taped on.

[Airguardian]

LMAO

[crxmanpat]

Front fins got finished up late last night. The angle sensors are printed separately as they will glue on over the seam line to be in line with the fins. So now I'm done with the decals and fin upgrades for the R-73. Moving on to the R-27 now.

[Evan D]

Yes, and followed by pages of not using the right duct tape, physics and how it would have worked with blue bird servos!

You know there's going to be a video of a crashed Mig with a servo arm extension duct taped on.

[MikeT]

Yes, and followed by pages of not using the right duct tape, physics and how it would have worked with blue bird servos!

LOL
Mike

[Airguardian]

Good job Pat!

Question: Are those sensor vanes thick enough to print?

Yes, and followed by pages of not using the right duct tape, physics and how it would have worked with blue bird servos!

Oh, no, for Heaven's sake, not the Blue Bird ones!

[John Bergsmith]

Simple fix, video makes it easy for anyone. Great job Motion!

[crxmanpat]

Good job Pat!

Question: Are those sensor vanes thick enough to print?

I will find out shortly. I have both filament and resin printers. If the Prusa does not handle the small detail, I'll do it on the Photon resin printer.

[crxmanpat]

Pics of the finished R-73 decals. Have not printed the replacement fins yet, that's next after designing the R-27 decals.

[Evan D]

That looks awesome! I usually don't fly with stores and haven't planned to on the MiG but that may change my mind.

[crxmanpat]

Yeah, I went super detailed on these to include panel lines and screw heads. They look so much better now.

[janmb]

Yeah, I went super detailed on these to include panel lines and screw heads. They look so much better now.

They certainly do!

I'm hoping someone will whip up some decent fidelity Meteors for the Gripen in due time as well :D

[Skosh25]

Email isn’t clear but I assume this is the servo shipment.

[crxmanpat]

Yep, got my notice too. I'm certain it's the servos as Alpha said they were about to show up at the warehouse.

[1horse59]

Got my notification also

[PaulZ]

Got the email as well...great job MRC!

[Airguardian]

That looks awesome Pat.
It will likely be my first bird with ordnance too! :)

[Elbee]

Pics of the finished R-73 decals. Have not printed the replacement fins yet, that's next after designing the R-27 decals.

CX, I have ordinace envy. Bravo Zulu, Sir. Best, LB

ps: Is that spelled correctly in Cyrillic?

[crxmanpat]

Everything is in Cyrillic and spelled correctly, but you'd need an electron microscope to read it.

And now for my next trick, R-27 replacement fins.

[GliderGuy]

I realize flight times are very individual, but is my reasoning close to correct?

I’m flying cautiously with stock servos (my upgrades shipped today) at 1/2 power after a full power take-off. At 4.5 minutes, I am consistently consuming between 2500 mAh and 3000 mAh. I’ll use 3000 mAh to be conservative. A 4.5 min flight is 270 seconds which calculates to about 11 mAh / second for a consumption rate.

Several articles state that to maximize LiPo life, don’t consume more than about 60% (leave 40% in the tank).

I am running 6000 mAh packs. 60% = 3600 mAh. At the above consumption rate, this works out to about 54 seconds more than the 4.5 minutes I am flying if I don’t change my current style of flying.

3000/11= 273 seconds
3600/11= 327 seconds
or about 54 seconds longer being possible

Is my logic valid?

When my new servos arrive, my style will change. LOL

-GG