Official Freewing 90mm Eurofighter Typhoon EDF Jet Thread

[Alpha10]

The so-called "test pilots" should have figured out the likely CG range customers would want and provided feedback before the design was cast in concrete (or foam).
But they make slick marketing videos, which I suppose is more important.

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Absolutely... Maybe good test pilots/tuners are becoming harder to find?

Send me planes... I'll let you know REALLY quick lol

I just can't believe this made it to final mold with such a critical issue like battery placement/cg flexibility... Insane.

[xviper]

Has anyone mentioned the elephant in the room on how this is the second delta release with a tragically poor designed battery bay that doesn't allow proper cg flexibility on a 5000-6000mAh lipo?

First the Gripen (Which is nose heavy even on 4000 max aft) and now the beloved Eurofighter that we've been waiting for almost a decade to be release.

Now even on a 4000 (Which is unacceptable for a 90mm combo) this plane is severely nose heavy...


How can these planes be released with such a poorly designed battery bay? The builkhead should've been removed or designed around like the original Euro and the EDF could've easily been mounted further aft to avoid this huge issue.

Can we get some insight as to how this was missed from Freewing?

Having to add tailweight to a plane that could've easily been designed properly is just unacceptable considering how much time went into everything else on the plane (Which is beautifully done IMO)

Something is not quite right. I'm going fly this with twin 6000mah, 4s batteries weighing a total of about >900g and with both batteries pushed as far back as possible, I can achieve a CG of about 10mm AFT of the marks on the wing. If you use a 6s battery weighing less thatn 900g, it should not be nose heavy. When I use my twin SMC HV, I'll relocate the control box and slide one battery on it's edge up into that spot OR I'll just use that supplied cylindrical weight they provided.

[kallend]

Has anyone mentioned the elephant in the room on how this is the second delta release with a tragically poor designed battery bay that doesn't allow proper cg flexibility on a 5000-6000mAh lipo?

First the Gripen (Which is nose heavy even on 4000 max aft) and now the beloved Eurofighter that we've been waiting for almost a decade to be release.

Now even on a 4000 (Which is unacceptable for a 90mm combo) this plane is severely nose heavy...


How can these planes be released with such a poorly designed battery bay? The builkhead should've been removed or designed around like the original Euro and the EDF could've easily been mounted further aft to avoid this huge issue.

Can we get some insight as to how this was missed from Freewing?

Having to add tailweight to a plane that could've easily been designed properly is just unacceptable considering how much time went into everything else on the plane (Which is beautifully done IMO)

The so-called "test pilots" should have figured out the likely CG range customers would want and provided feedback before the design was cast in concrete (or foam).
But they make slick marketing videos, which I suppose is more important.

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[Alpha10]

Has anyone mentioned the elephant in the room on how this is the second delta release with a tragically poor designed battery bay that doesn't allow proper cg flexibility on a 5000-6000mAh lipo?

First the Gripen (Which is nose heavy even on 4000 max aft) and now the beloved Eurofighter that we've been waiting for almost a decade to be release.

Now even on a 4000 (Which is unacceptable for a 90mm combo) this plane is severely nose heavy...


How can these planes be released with such a poorly designed battery bay? The builkhead should've been removed or designed around like the original Euro and the EDF could've easily been mounted further aft to avoid this huge issue.

Can we get some insight as to how this was missed from Freewing?

Having to add tailweight to a plane that could've easily been designed properly is just unacceptable considering how much time went into everything else on the plane (Which is beautifully done IMO)

[xviper]

Hi xviper. When you’re done shoveling can I ask what diameter the Spanish rounders are. I’m thinking that when I get mine I will just cover those up with RAF roundels

35mm

[TonyTaff]

Hi xviper. When you’re done shoveling can I ask what diameter the Spanish rounders are. I’m thinking that when I get mine I will just cover those up with RAF roundels

[xviper]

Mine's all done - steering gyro installed, RX gyro set on master gain, throws/expo set, everything seems to work - reverse, airbrake - all good. Balances a few mm behind CG marks when using twin Coddar, 4s, 6000mah, HV. Just need to hang it up and wait for spring. A foot of snow on my deck in some places, more to come, -33C overnite in 2 days. It's only -20C now.

[BenOzzy94]

Are you the 3rd Petrincic brother? Capt. Blazkovic? It's like Christmas all over again, ain't it?

my buddy called me captain Splosh the other day. He said Its a mix of Captain Blaz and the sound of my models landing in the sea... seems I've gone and got myself a reputation

[BenOzzy94]

I just bought some microset to help with placing and adhering the decals if i do decide to go for it and it says that you can use microset to remove decals as well as set them so if I'm brave enough tonight i will see if I can use microset to remove one of the decals without hurting the paint. if I can then I will go full RAF on it

So... decals do not lift with microset... they look nice and flush now though, setting nicely into the panel lines

looks like I'm going with the kitty cat for now until have the time and equipment to do a full respray into an RAF scheme.

[kallend]

one could rip and tear the back end and cobble together some kind of vectored back end. It would look like Frankenstein and I'd be ashamed to have it seen at any field.

Disagree. Anyone who in the past has scratch built a model could do it and make it look great too. Trouble is, so few have the skill to do that any more.

[xviper]

would have been nice to have the option for Vectored thrust....😀maybe next delivery

Although I highly doubt it, I was quite surprised when they announced the vector nozzles for the MiG29. However, that announcement came even before the plane actually arrived in the US. If they had it mind to do the same on this one, we would have heard about it long ago.
I have 2 sets of vector nozzles from my old SebArt twin 700mm MiG29 and my first SU35. The nozzle outlets seems very close in size to the stock outlets on this Typhoon, maybe slightly bigger. I sure if one wanted to, one could rip and tear the back end and cobble together some kind of vectored back end. It would look like Frankenstein and I'd be ashamed to have it seen at any field.

[xviper]

What is dis hey?

Are you the 3rd Petrincic brother? Capt. Blazkovic? It's like Christmas all over again, ain't it?

[kallend]

would have been nice to have the option for Vectored thrust....😀maybe next delivery

You always have the option of kit-bashing. Get the MiG29 VT kit (nozzles are the right size) and surgically implant the functional parts into your Eurofighter.

Foamies have caused our skills to atrophy, when we see that the most challenging aspect of this model is how to remove or apply decals..

[Evan D]

Doubt it. It would require a redesign and different molds.

[TonyTaff]

would have been nice to have the option for Vectored thrust....😀maybe next delivery

[BenOzzy94]

I'm 99% sure it will be impossible to remove then with water or some similar way without ruining the surface paint.

I just bought some microset to help with placing and adhering the decals if i do decide to go for it and it says that you can use microset to remove decals as well as set them so if I'm brave enough tonight i will see if I can use microset to remove one of the decals without hurting the paint. if I can then I will go full RAF on it

[BenOzzy94]

What is dis hey?

[xviper]

Here's the latest video from Wes (MotionRC) doing a speed run. On 6S, no armament, it clocked 147mph. HOWEVER, this was start off from a very steep power dive from quite high up. I always thought that speed recordings were done on a straight and level power pass with no initial dive to get it going. If you pull out of the dive as close as possible to the radar gun, the faster speed you can record.

[xviper]

I wonder how often they have collisions.

[Evan D]

They’re crazy with a few in the air!