Official Freewing 90mm Eurofighter Typhoon EDF Jet Thread

[TGoelzer]

Just Received a confirmation of shipment! Delivery scheduled Monday.

[the snake]

The Eurofighter is finally arriving at Motion RC in the USA tomorrow. Assuming they arrive early enough, we will get them all shipped out tomorrow.

Thanks Tom!

[DCORSAIR]

The Eurofighter is finally arriving at Motion RC in the USA tomorrow. Assuming they arrive early enough, we will get them all shipped out tomorrow.

There you guys go, hope all is happy and I don't want to hear any complaining when they arrive at your location...

I didn't order one this time so I can't complain about it.....yet.

[Tom]

The Eurofighter is finally arriving at Motion RC in the USA tomorrow. Assuming they arrive early enough, we will get them all shipped out tomorrow.

[xviper]

Just call me stupid. I was looking at the dual rates numbers. I'll fix my post.

There's so many numbers on that page - easy to get a brain fart.

[Evan D]

Other than it's a different airplane? No. Might be close though.

I have the Eurofighter V2. Is there any reason the deflections I use and like on that would not be appropriate for the new version?

[Evan D]

Just call me stupid. I was looking at the dual rates numbers. I'll fix my post.

I read 30% expo on all control surfaces. I don't see where you find 80-100%.

[xviper]

I have the Eurofighter V2. Is there any reason the deflections I use and like on that would not be appropriate for the new version?

The only thing that occurs to me would be weight. The old V2 is lighter, so it may not need so much control surface movement to get the thing to roll/pitch/yaw. Also, the V2 had vector nozzles that may help with moving the plane through all its axis.

[xviper]

And the 80-100% expo on elevator is really strange.

I read 30% expo on all control surfaces. I don't see where you find 80-100%.

[kallend]

It’s not in Ohio!

We have Norfolk Southern lines right here, but the biggest train holdups have been from CSX, which was sued by the city a few years back.

[kallend]

I have the Eurofighter V2. Is there any reason the deflections I use and like on that would not be appropriate for the new version?

[Icarus the 2nd]

It was really for anyone...

So between the two,
35mm on the elevators and 27mm on the ailerons 30% expo for elevator and 15% ailerons. Canards roll and pitch.

30mm on elevator is 30mm 27% expo. 40mm on aileron 25% expo. The canards are moving 15mm either side of the nose mark and mixed into the elevator so same expo (no roll).


Manual is 35/43mm on elevator and 80/100% expo. 16/25mm on ailerons and 40/60% expo.

Both of you are very different than the book rates, especially ailerons and all expo. Did you try book rates? I ask about roll canards as not having them you may want more aileron deflection.

Hmmmm strange. I admit that I never looked at rates in the manual.

In my vid you could see that my rolls looked more like barrel rolls. That was when I used only 25mm deflection with 25% expo. I had a much better roll rate with 27mm and 15% in my next flights and the sluggish feeling was gone also.

I really wonder why the manual calls for such a low roll rate and so much expo.
And the 80-100% expo on elevator is really strange. I can understand that some of our post stall expert pilots need those with extreme deflections but that's not a good thing for most pilots I guess.

[TGoelzer]

It’s not in Ohio!

They may have taken a detour? LOL

[Evan D]

It’s not in Ohio!

[TGoelzer]

Waiting. Hopefully the train didn't derail? LOL

[Evan D]

Ship… ship… Evan needs a new plane!

[kallend]

Quick update on Eurofighter arrival to the USA (we already received and shipped the plane from our EU location to all our EU customers).

The Eurofighter is in the USA. It has already be offloaded form the ship and is on the rail on the way to Chicago. The train will arrive in Chicago this weekend and it will likely be unloaded from the train this weekend. We expect the truck to pick it up from the rail yard and deliver it Monday or Tuesday of next week. We will ship them out the day they arrive. We are expecting 6-10 inches of snow today to there is a possibility this could cause a 1 day delay.

We didn't get the predicted snow. I hope it is still on schedule.

[Evan D]

It was really for anyone...

So between the two,
35mm on the elevators and 27mm on the ailerons 30% expo for elevator and 15% ailerons. Canards roll and pitch.

30mm on elevator is 30mm 27% expo. 40mm on aileron 25% expo. The canards are moving 15mm either side of the nose mark and mixed into the elevator so same expo (no roll).


Manual is 35/43mm on elevator and 30/30% expo. 16/25mm on ailerons and 30/30% expo.

Both of you are very different than the book rates, especially ailerons and all expo. Did you try book rates? I ask about roll canards as not having them you may want more aileron deflection.

[Icarus the 2nd]

And no roll on the canards? Thanks

Not sure if the question was meant for me.

Anyways, I'm using roll on the canards. I didn't bypass the mixing board in any way and I only adjusted the pushrods of both canards to have them lined up with the markings on the fuse.

[BenOzzy94]

So what rates did you end up with? About book rates?

Ok so the rates might change next time I fly her but so far elevator is 30mm up and down 27% expo. Aileron is 40mm and 25% expo. The canards are moving 15mm either side of the nose mark and mixed into the elevator so same expo (no roll). I might put more in at some point but it feels pretty good at the moment.