Official Freewing 90mm Eurofighter Typhoon EDF Jet Thread

[Evan D]

And no roll on the canards? Thanks

[Icarus the 2nd]

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

If it can help: I had 35mm on the elevators and 27mm on the ailerons
30% expo for elevator and 15% ailerons

[BenOzzy94]

I will have to take a look when i get home. I may still change them as I have some other batteries i plan on using so as the CG moves around a little I may need to adjust the rates to a happy medium. I first set them up similarly to that of ArthurRC but I'm not using the canards in roll.

[Evan D]

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

[BenOzzy94]

Maidened mine the weekend. first flight was squirrely as hell. had cg set to about 25mm back from the wing marks but had very high rates and low gyro gains. second flight I dialed the rates down a bit and had CG about 20mm back behind the mark and it flew beautifully. the landing was unbelievable. just slowly feed in up elevator while feeding in throttle here and there and she settles on the mains like a dream. hoping to get her out again soon with the CG back at the original 25mm behind. will upload the video of the maiden. but the the second flight video got corrupted

[Icarus the 2nd]

[QUOTE=xviper;n372541]

Just maidened mine. Take-off from grass was very easy. Mine has a 8S Wemotec unit installed.

This plane is really easy to land :)/QUOTE]
Thanks. Very informative and entertaining. The Eurofighters in our little group will primarily be flown from grass. There was a query about whether the 8S was necessary or worth it. Your video shows that, at least, an 8S version will operate quite adequately from grass. I don't remember if it's been shown that a 6S version will do just as well. With full armament load and flying at near 3500' elevation, I have no regrets about choosing the 8S version. Better to have it and not need it than to not have it and discover you should have.

Thanks man, same here, I wasn't sure if the 6S could manage our grass but this 8S version was airborn in just 30 metres, very easy to take-off and land also

Good luck with yours!!!

[xviper]

[QUOTE=Icarus the 2nd;n372540]Just maidened mine. Take-off from grass was very easy. Mine has a 8S Wemotec unit installed.

This plane is really easy to land :)/QUOTE]
Thanks. Very informative and entertaining. The Eurofighters in our little group will primarily be flown from grass. There was a query about whether the 8S was necessary or worth it. Your video shows that, at least, an 8S version will operate quite adequately from grass. I don't remember if it's been shown that a 6S version will do just as well. With full armament load and flying at near 3500' elevation, I have no regrets about choosing the 8S version. Better to have it and not need it than to not have it and discover you should have.

[Icarus the 2nd]

Just maidened mine. Take-off from grass was very easy. Mine has a 8S Wemotec unit installed.

This plane is really easy to land :)

Full uneditted flightvid, enjoy!

[TGoelzer]

Just pulled the trigger on the 8S. Hopefully I'll have it before next weekend?

[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.

Tom, the Chicago area weather forcast has improved considerably since you wrote that. Where I live (Chicago, south side) the forecast is now just 1 inch wet snow, and temperatures above freezing so it will melt quickly. The Gurnee forecast is no snow at all.

[TonyTaff]

Yea Good to hear Tom . FYI Evan D I researched other sources for the 8s afterburner, RC castle has then but shipping IMHO is expensive At $11.20 minimum for Qty 1 No real discount for multiple orders.
Ali express has them, shipping reasonable $4.85 for two but slower. End of month but that suits me

[Evan D]

Thanks Tom!

[Tom]

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.

[Evan D]

There are other sources...

[TonyTaff]

Well what do you know the one for the 8S is out of stock...

[kallend]

There are two versions. One that bolts to the back of Free Wing 80 and 90mm inrunner motors that have two screws. The other like you show is marketed for other brands or sizes of FW inrunners.

The controller is fairly primitive - rather like what Gooniac was using 4 years ago - but at the price it will give Geek's $95 system a serious challenge. It uses a single lamp to drive both exhausts, which is sub-optimal.

Still, if I weren't making my own, it's probably what I'd use.

[Evan D]

There are two versions. One that bolts to the back of Free Wing 80 and 90mm inrunner motors that have two screws. The other like you show is marketed for other brands or sizes of FW inrunners.

[xviper]

Are you referring to this one:

My Typhoon came from RC Castle with one as a gift for them missing the original shipping date. It's already on my 8S fan. It came with a set of adapters. For 8S, you need this one:
https://www.motionrc.com/products/fr...-edf-jets-e632
I don't know why he said it's for non-Freewing EDFs. One of the adapter rings included was the exact one I needed for the plane. The main criteria for this particular plane is that the 8S fan doesn't have any holes on the rear of the motor, so you need to adapter ring to attach the light to. The 6s fan does have the holes, so you don't need the ring.

[kallend]

Did you see the afterburners that MRC announced today. They look neat. I watched Wes YouTube video and am confused as to which one to get for the 8s typhoon. Wes seemed to imply that the HP version would need the non freewing version with all the adapters. Any thoughts.

Yes, I saw them.

They're inexpensive.

[TonyTaff]

Did you see the afterburners that MRC announced today. They look neat. I watched Wes YouTube video and am confused as to which one to get for the 8s typhoon. Wes seemed to imply that the HP version would need the non freewing version with all the adapters. Any thoughts.