Official Freewing Vulcan 70mm EDF Jet Thread

[Quadflyer68]

Yes, electric - a much easier build and less messy than liquid juice. Maiden was a while ago. This is the 3rd flight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0EOjJC24o

Nice Flight! That plane looks and sounds great in the air. Handled that grass no problem.

[danimataro]

The first (and largest) package arrived yesterday - looks great!



One question - what are these little plastic bits for? They're not mentioned in the manual.



Still waiting for all of the lipos to show up. 😀

Congratulations, buddy! That VULCAN looks so beautiful and looks so good! Now let's get it set up properly and enjoy it for a long time.

The assembly is truly a delight; it goes together very quickly and without any problems. In my case, I opted to forgo the little blue box (which isn't really there for anything other than replacing the Y-cables) and put everything together with Y-cables, all neatly organized, securely fastened with cable ties, and with their respective hooks so they don't come loose.


Here's a link to the video of my VULCAN's maiden flight at the club where I fly.That was a year and a half ago, with countless flights in between, and it's still flying as well as the first day. I'm very happy with this plane, and it's one of my favorites in my fleet.


https://youtu.be/DZSvLOPTFi0




Greetings to all!!!

[Evan D]

Yes

[xviper]

I edited it. See it now?

[Quadflyer68]

video error ...

[xviper]

Hell ya! That's a big box, and a beautiful aircraft ! Electric ? When's the maiden ?

Yes, electric - a much easier build and less messy than liquid juice. Maiden was a while ago. This is the 3rd flight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0EOjJC24o

[Quadflyer68]

Hell ya! That's a big box, and a beautiful aircraft ! Electric ? When's the maiden ?

Really nice build quality on the Vulcan. Only two pushrods need adjusting - rudder and right aileron. Probably only 1/2 - 1 turn, if that.

I do have to remove the blue box and lengthen the flaps wire. The LemonRx has Ch6-10 on the opposite side of TAER&G so it won't reach once the blue box is pushed all the way back.

Reverse thrust lead (Ch9) is also on the opposite side, as well as the front steering servo (Ch10). Ch7 is stabilization on/off and Ch8 is gyro master gain. All 10 channels in use.

Copied the Avanti model setup in the Tx, then tweaked it, so that went pretty quick.

Calibrated the throttle. The beeps from the motor are super quiet - at first I thought something was up with the ESC.

It's alive ! Just need to lengthen the flaps wire, mount the LemonRx and tidy up the wiring.

[xviper]

The first (and largest) package arrived yesterday - looks great!



One question - what are these little plastic bits for? They're not mentioned in the manual.



Still waiting for all of the lipos to show up. 😀

They are hinges if you don't like the type that the plane comes with.

BTW, that's not a really big box. THIS is a BIG box.


and what comes out of it:

[Quadflyer68]

The first (and largest) package arrived yesterday - looks great!



One question - what are these little plastic bits for? They're not mentioned in the manual.



Still waiting for all of the lipos to show up. 😀

[Evan D]

Correct. That’s why the best thing is do your homework and ask questions. Find people you trust and then try one. If you like it buy more.

[Quadflyer68]

Everything has shipped, except the CNHL 4000mAh lipos - those are going to take longer evidently.
So, I purchased two of the Liperior 3300mAh packs, along with some EC5 connectors to replace the XT90s, from RCBattery.com
Looking forward to testing out 3300, 4000, and 5000 sizes at the field :) The ungodly heatwave may be breaking here, finally ....

[Evan D]

You are very welcome and please let us know what you decide to get and how they work for you.

[Quadflyer68]

Excellent links. I will add these to my sources-for-lipos list.

I've never ordered from RCBattery.com - glad to have a positive reference now. Good prices on their adapters and cables/leads/accessories too. Better than ProgressiveRC, for the items they carry.

I've been hearing more and more about SMC lately - could just be me being late to the game, again.

I'm willing to try both of these - Thank You!

[Evan D]

SMC are very highly regarded in the various forums and they have HV packs which are higher voltage than standard 6S packs giving more speed. I don't have anySMC packs as I have a lot of what I like BUT if I was swapping brands it would be to SMC. Here are a couple that would work well in the 6S Vulcan.

HV and not too heavy. HCL-HV2 Flight 22.8V/6S-4000mAh-90C

Not HV and a good weight and price. HCL-HP 22.2V-3400mAh-80C Flight pack

I like Liperior, excellent batteries at a great price. Typically they are under rated and a 30C pack performs like a 80C from other makers. Because of this they are a little heavier if directly compared to some other brands.

Liperior 3300mAh 6S 40C 22.2V Lipo Battery With XT90 Plug
Liperior 4000mAh 6S 30C 22.2V Lipo Battery With XT90 Plug

[Quadflyer68]

Wow those are expensive. So many choices … I will check SMC and Liperior for the next buy - thanks.
Luckily, at this new field I can take off from asphalt and land in grass if she’s coming in hot :)

[Evan D]

SMC are very good and I like Liperior as an everyday battery. I posted a link to my favorite, the Power Hobby but don’t recommend them because of their price. But they are light, the weight of 3500’s but perform as 5000-5200.

[Quadflyer68]

Yeah, the weights aren’t optimal but hopefully they’ll get me started. Thanks for the heads up on the HRBs - never tried them.

[Evan D]

650 and 800g. Quite heavy. I’ve had good results from older CHL. I don’t buy HRB, they are low performance.

[Quadflyer68]

I was going to get HRBs but they wanted $80 to ship them. A few others were out of stock or not available with EC5s. Found these instead, free shipping …

https://chinahobbyline.com/products/cnhl-black-series-4000mah-22-2v-6s-65c-lipo-battery-with-ec5-plug?variant=42646831792342

https://chinahobbyline.com/products/cnhl-black-series-5000mah-22-2v-6s-65c-lipo-battery-with-ec5-plug?variant=42646844276950

[Evan D]

Curious which ones?

Okay - just ordered two 6S 4000mah 65Cs for the Vulcan, and two 6S 5000 65Cs for the Avanti.
I'll see how I like them and then decide what other sizes to get :)

When I was planning the Avanti purchase and what Lipos to use (2x 2700s in parallel), I didn't consider their combined weight - DOH!