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Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by kallend View Post
Whenever I drive alongside high voltage transmission lines on I-80 just west of Morris, IL, coming from the Braidwood nuclear station, my VHF car radio temporarily goes silent or the AM radio generates a tremendous 120Hz buzz.
The radiated e/m from those lines is enough to swamp the circuitry in any receiver. It does not have to be in-band of the receiver for it to do so.
When I was a kid we lived close by the main BBC TV transmitter for London (Crystal Palace). I could connect a high impedance headset to my bedspring and listen to the TV sound. No tuning or amplification needed.
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Originally posted by Airguardian View Post...The MiG won though ...damage consists in a torn landing gear door along with part of the right wing leading edge root, missing plastic piece from the fuse that fixed the wing's LE and some scratches on the LERX on both sides ... After that I brought flaps down, deployed landing gear and performed the smoothest landing I've done in ages...
Originally posted by Airguardian View PostWorst part was my broken pride taking yet another dent!
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Originally posted by The43rdHammer View Post
Just do the russian thing, patch it up and kick her back into service... bit of gaffa tape and some staples should do the job and it'd look more scale than anything else on here 😁
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New MiG-29 video for your enjoyment:
Originally posted by Hugh Wiedman View PostWooh, don't think my frail syque could handle another Airguardian "mishap", thank heavens it was only minor damage. At least I now know my mishaps can compete with some of the best out there!
They either don't come, or come all at once!
Originally posted by The43rdHammer View PostJust do the russian thing, patch it up and kick her back into service... bit of gaffa tape and some staples should do the job and it'd look more scale than anything else on here 😁
Originally posted by The43rdHammer View PostIf only Motion RC sold replacement self-regard... it'd be forever on backorder 🤣🤣😂!
Originally posted by radfordc View PostMight take more than tape and staples to fix this one!
Is that 0921? :o
Maybe I need to leave mine broken so it's proper scale now! LMAO
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Originally posted by radfordc View PostMight take more than tape and staples to fix this one! https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...mig-29-fighter
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I have today received my VT for the Mig 29 checking the movement of the servos I found that the right one the up and down pitch was fouling on the cover as it had been glued on too far to the left. I had to remove it and reglue so the arm was not fouling. Advise check movement before installing on the Mig 29.
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Originally posted by kallend View Post
Psyche?Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Hugh Wiedman I may have missed it, but are you getting this MiG? I love the way mine flew last fall and now that the VT nozzles have been installed, I can't wait to give it a go when the runway dries up.
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Originally posted by xviper View PostHugh Wiedman I may have missed it, but are you getting this MiG? I love the way mine flew last fall and now that the VT nozzles have been installed, I can't wait to give it a go when the runway dries up.Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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After much work getting the VT nozzles, new tail servos, new receiver, and secondary gyro for the nozzles installed and the cabling cleaned up I am now the proud owner of my first vectored thrust jet. Met up with Hugh Wiedman today for the re-maiden. For the first flight I took her up and got her all trimmed out which went wonderfully. I enabled the thrust vectoring for the second and remainder of the flights. All I can say is that the vectored thrust turned the MiG into a whole new animal. I had never flown anything with vectored thrust before and I was incredibly surprised at how quickly it eased any fears I had with this airframe. Prior, I was always a cautious with certain maneuvers that would put me into a high alpha position without PLENTY of altitude as it takes quite a bit to recover from the deep falling leaf stall and I had scared myself on a few occasions. Post thrust vectoring those fears have been laid to rest. I cannot believe how much authority I now have to push the jet around in whatever direction I need. Full throttle, right stick forward, instant exit from the falling leaf. Flat spin? Easy. Backflips? No problem. I’m still working out which maneuvers look best strung together, but here’s a couple of videos that Hugh took. I can’t wait to get her out again. By far my favorite jet now.
Flight 1 - https://youtu.be/IQuCcj9SCUM
Flight 2 - https://youtu.be/4IkIHeGkUL4
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Originally posted by RudyD54 View PostAfter much work getting the VT nozzles, new tail servos, new receiver, and secondary gyro for the nozzles installed and the cabling cleaned up I am now the proud owner of my first vectored thrust jet. Met up with Hugh Wiedman today for the re-maiden. For the first flight I took her up and got her all trimmed out which went wonderfully. I enabled the thrust vectoring for the second and remainder of the flights. All I can say is that the vectored thrust turned the MiG into a whole new animal. I had never flown anything with vectored thrust before and I was incredibly surprised at how quickly it eased any fears I had with this airframe. Prior, I was always a cautious with certain maneuvers that would put me into a high alpha position without PLENTY of altitude as it takes quite a bit to recover from the deep falling leaf stall and I had scared myself on a few occasions. Post thrust vectoring those fears have been laid to rest. I cannot believe how much authority I now have to push the jet around in whatever direction I need. Full throttle, right stick forward, instant exit from the falling leaf. Flat spin? Easy. Backflips? No problem. I’m still working out which maneuvers look best strung together, but here’s a couple of videos that Hugh took. I can’t wait to get her out again. By far my favorite jet now.
Flight 1 - https://youtu.be/IQuCcj9SCUM
Flight 2 - https://youtu.be/4IkIHeGkUL4
I've got some other footage I'll put together and post later, assuming I don't just delete the recordings out of spite. If I can't get one soon, I may go postal on him! Clearly the single best flying and behaving EDF Motion, or anyone else has ever produced.
Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by RudyD54 View PostAfter much work getting the VT nozzles, new tail servos, new receiver, and secondary gyro for the nozzles installed and the cabling cleaned up I am now the proud owner of my first vectored thrust jet. Met up with Hugh Wiedman today for the re-maiden. For the first flight I took her up and got her all trimmed out which went wonderfully. I enabled the thrust vectoring for the second and remainder of the flights. All I can say is that the vectored thrust turned the MiG into a whole new animal. I had never flown anything with vectored thrust before and I was incredibly surprised at how quickly it eased any fears I had with this airframe. Prior, I was always a cautious with certain maneuvers that would put me into a high alpha position without PLENTY of altitude as it takes quite a bit to recover from the deep falling leaf stall and I had scared myself on a few occasions. Post thrust vectoring those fears have been laid to rest. I cannot believe how much authority I now have to push the jet around in whatever direction I need. Full throttle, right stick forward, instant exit from the falling leaf. Flat spin? Easy. Backflips? No problem. I’m still working out which maneuvers look best strung together, but here’s a couple of videos that Hugh took. I can’t wait to get her out again. By far my favorite jet now.
Flight 1 - https://youtu.be/IQuCcj9SCUM
Flight 2 - https://youtu.be/4IkIHeGkUL4
And really glad to see more people discovering the fact that what vectoring offers, more than anything else, is increased control and safety. Far too many pilots have the preconception that vectoring somehow makes a model harder to fly. The exact opposite being the case.
Can't wait to get my own MiG rebuilt with vectoring. Have it all in house, just need to find the time to put the effort in.
Edit: That was indeed brilliant flying - hope James showcases this on the next available live showFreewing A-10 turbine conversion: http://fb.me/FreewingA10TurbineConversion
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Originally posted by Hugh Wiedman View PostI've got some other footage I'll put together and post later, assuming I don't just delete the recordings out of spite. If I can't get one soon, I may go postal on him! Clearly the single best flying and behaving EDF Motion, or anyone else has ever produced.
And yes, the MiG is a brilliant model once the issues are dealt with. It has a quite significant list of items I feel are mandatory to improve, and certainly not one of those models that work great out of the box, but fortunately all those aspects are fairly easy to improve. And once dialed in, it is a fantastic model for sure.
Freewing A-10 turbine conversion: http://fb.me/FreewingA10TurbineConversion
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