Official Freewing JAS 39 Gripen 80mm EDF Jet

[KevinMar]

I considered it too but the black bits scared me off due to the popcorning. Where are you at- does it get hot?
Tom

Ha! I live in Southern California and fly at a field where it regularly gets above 100F or 37C in the summers 🤪

[Pogo]

This version is really nice and original. Really nice.

Thanks for the kind words Miroslav.
Tom

[Pogo]

Here is my completed Gripen! I went for a winter camo scheme taken from Gripen 6002, and added the Ghost symbols used by the No.1 squadron which had been based in Angelholm, in hangers now occupied by the car manufacturer Koenigsegg.

I like that scheme a lot and you've rendered it beautifully! I considered it too but the black bits scared me off due to the popcorning. Where are you at- does it get hot?
Tom

[Evan D]

True. Not much scale about mine anyway. I just didn't like the look of the foam nozzle.

[KevinMar]

Haven't flown mine with the TV yet. I like your nozzle, but I personally don't hate mine that much. If we were going for perfectly scale, we wouldn't put a 2 axis thrust vectoring system on a Gripen in the first place...

[Evan D]

Nice. Have you flown it?

I really dislike the look of the TVs nozzle.

[KevinMar]

Here is my completed Gripen! I went for a winter camo scheme taken from Gripen 6002, and added the Ghost symbols used by the No.1 squadron which had been based in Angelholm, in hangers now occupied by the car manufacturer Koenigsegg.

[SanExup]

The low level aerobatics, high speed passes, and high angle banking are the best. Just to get that visual cue, it probably adds to the feel of the inputs?

[Airguardian]

The viking jet is at it again!

[Miroslav Cerny]

For those who may not be aware, the Gripen is on Canada's "short list"- along with the SuperHornet and F-35- to replace our aging fleet of legacy Hornets. A stop-gap measure of purchasing aging Australian Hornets was/is...never mind, I shouldn't get started.
Anyway, I'm pretending we at some point get Gripens and the boys from the 425th at Bagotville do one up in a demo scheme, as they do each year. There's a bit left to do- panel lines, a clear satin coat to tone down the glossy red paint and decals, some aircraft numbers, but it's basically there, such that it is. I hope too that the scheme helps with orientation- my eyes aren't getting any better.
The pilot figure (from my A-10) is just plonked in there to try the "office" out for size and reports it large enough to accommodate all but his lower legs so an almost full cockpit is next.
Tom

This version is really nice and original. Really nice.

[xviper]

When the pandemic is over, we'll all be in so much debt, the Canadian air force will be flying Cessna 182's with rocket pods and the navy will be be using row boats for years.

[AirHead]

For those who may not be aware, the Gripen is on Canada's "short list"- along with the SuperHornet and F-35- to replace our aging fleet of legacy Hornets. A stop-gap measure of purchasing aging Australian Hornets was/is...never mind, I shouldn't get started.
Anyway, I'm pretending we at some point get Gripens and the boys from the 425th at Bagotville do one up in a demo scheme, as they do each year. There's a bit left to do- panel lines, a clear satin coat to tone down the glossy red paint and decals, some aircraft numbers, but it's basically there, such that it is. I hope too that the scheme helps with orientation- my eyes aren't getting any better.
The pilot figure (from my A-10) is just plonked in there to try the "office" out for size and reports it large enough to accommodate all but his lower legs so an almost full cockpit is next.
Tom

After decades of debate; procurement studies and assessments wasting our dollars from one cabinet to the next. The Feds in Canada need to put the lost "menusha" behind them. Donald was right. We need something new! The Gripen would be the ticket. Same thing with our helicopters; submarines and all the other stuff that's as old as I am...

[Pogo]

For those who may not be aware, the Gripen is on Canada's "short list"- along with the SuperHornet and F-35- to replace our aging fleet of legacy Hornets. A stop-gap measure of purchasing aging Australian Hornets was/is...never mind, I shouldn't get started.
Anyway, I'm pretending we at some point get Gripens and the boys from the 425th at Bagotville do one up in a demo scheme, as they do each year. There's a bit left to do- panel lines, a clear satin coat to tone down the glossy red paint and decals, some aircraft numbers, but it's basically there, such that it is. I hope too that the scheme helps with orientation- my eyes aren't getting any better.
The pilot figure (from my A-10) is just plonked in there to try the "office" out for size and reports it large enough to accommodate all but his lower legs so an almost full cockpit is next.
Tom

[janmb]

Did you try the canards with pitch only? And do you have up reflex of the canards at neutral?

Yes, canards should definitely be pitch only, and neutral point should optimally be slightly pitch down. Requires good CG though.

[Evan D]

Yes and I prefer them with both pitch and roll. No reflex, tried it and didn’t like it.

[SanExup]

Did you try the canards with pitch only? And do you have up reflex of the canards at neutral?

[SanExup]

Thanks for the videos Evan!!!

[Evan D]

It's confusing since they give rates labeled Canard and Aileron. They should have given throws of the canards for pitch and roll and the elevons for pitch and roll. The rates in my video work really well for me. I have to say that the roll effect of the canards is minimal though I like the roll better with both elevons and canards.

[janmb]

I can not find the elevater settings in the manual. I am sure it is on this forum somewhere but I have gone through several pages and can not find the elevater settings. I am using Futaba radio so what is everyone settings in mm for the elevater on this Gripen?
Thanks

The main problem is that the manual states only the combined throw for elevon, including both roll and pitch max stick.

The manual completely fails to address the point that roll input needs to make up far less than half of that sum. The model is VERY roll sensitive (as you would expect), and not at all pitch sensitive - in fact even less than I would have expected.

So when setting up your mixes, make sure you have generous amounts of elevator and very moderate amounts of aileron into those elevons.

[xviper]

I can not find the elevater settings in the manual. I am sure it is on this forum somewhere but I have gone through several pages and can not find the elevater settings. I am using Futaba radio so what is everyone settings in mm for the elevater on this Gripen?
Thanks

The manual indicates the rates posted are the recommended throws for aileron/elevator .................. page 8.