Official Freewing 80mm MiG-21 Fishbed Thread

[crxmanpat]

You mean like this one? ;)

[RCjetdude]

Very nice! I like the color combination. You can't go wrong with the Mig. :Cool:

[bbaumer]

What do you think fellas? I've got a lot of work left to do, but I like where this is headed. I hadn't seen anyone with an East German scheme yet

[bbaumer]

Thanks so much, I'll give that a try

[crxmanpat]

Take a sharp blade and carefully run it under the plastic edges. I had to do this as well (and again later to glue back in one of the wire covers), and it worked just fine. Even if you scuff up the foam a little, the plate will still go back on over it and you won't see it.

PS - Welcome to HobbySquawk!

[bbaumer]

I just received the silver version today and have a question. One of the first instructions is to remove the cheater plate to gain access to the wing wiring. My plate seems to be firmly glued into place, even after removing the screw, it seems very secure, has anyone else ran into this problem? I don't want to force it and tear something up.

[Shirty]

I love that blue tan scheme. Grats, looks awesome imho.

[dahawk]

Met Doug V at his house. Packed it up except I took wings with me on the plane home.

[Sky Wolf]

This is my second Mig. Picked it up in Fla from Doug V of the now famous owl videos. Besides the funky blue and tan camo scheme, I added an afterburner and a set of wireless nav lights. These lights are bright and have multiple settings ( strobe, slow blink, solid) Rechargable.

Ready to fly.

Hawk

Nice one Dave! Did you have it shipped, or did you go over to Weston?

Ill have to to stop in there again some time to see those guys fly. Stopped in there last year but they wer not there.

[dahawk]

This is my second Mig. Picked it up in Fla from Doug V of the now famous owl videos. Besides the funky blue and tan camo scheme, I added an afterburner and a set of wireless nav lights. These lights are bright and have multiple settings ( strobe, slow blink, solid) Rechargable.

Ready to fly.

Hawk

[jay bennett]

has anyone got more info or first hand experience of the fms set up, i need more power than the fw set can deliver and i want to fly with the tanks on but they suck any of the performance it does have, i wish i knew the mig was as slow as it is before i purchased it, i think i would have changed my mind and gone for the f18 or su35

[Mike_Then]

Here's the maiden flight of a club-mate's MiG-21 from yesterday. The initial bounce at the beginning was because I pulled up hard on the elevator to get it off the ground, and when I relaxed it, it dipped because it was way, way out of trim. I was almost at the abort part of the runway anyway so you can imagine that my heart was racing. Once we got it trimmed out, it flew great. Lands nice and easy.

[bill34207]

4Stripes from RCG tried one of the FMS units in his and said the Freewing setup that comes with the Mig gives better performance

[bruceW]

FMS motor paperwork says 25.0v 98A 3200g........I think that's good,but they always give their EDF's glory

[bruceW]

Forgot to mention that the FMS front cone has to be reduced a bit on the OD to make fitment better..don't ask if it has more getty-up ...I like to tinker ...too chicken to fly an EDF

[bruceW]

There is an FMS 3270-KV2000 inrunner that is lighter than the Freewing 1800KV. But it has a plastic shell with 2 raised ribs around it,just grind them down with a Dremel or something handy.It is shorter also which makes it easier to fit.The mount on the FMS is just fore or aft a tad..no problem to mount at all.

[gooniac33]

i will try and get a video, there is one on you tube already but the plane is hard to see as it was shot with a small camera, did you fuel tanks make any difference to the top speed or take off distance? I have flown turbines for a number of year so edf is not that new or different to me but I will get it solved, I was going to check the fan unit and motor this weekend in case there is something wrong I cannot see

ok that makes sense. the tanks will make it a lil slower. I fly without them. Also make sure that there is nothing getting in the way of the exhaust. If there is you will use all those amps up but not get the thrust you need...

[bill34207]

If you are flying with the tanks that may make up a lot of what you are experiencing. They add considerable drag.

[jay bennett]

i will try and get a video, there is one on you tube already but the plane is hard to see as it was shot with a small camera, did you fuel tanks make any difference to the top speed or take off distance? I have flown turbines for a number of year so edf is not that new or different to me but I will get it solved, I was going to check the fan unit and motor this weekend in case there is something wrong I cannot see

[gooniac33]

well I have tested it on a new watt meter and it is pulling just over 100 amps on fresh packs and holds 94 amps, but it is not as fast as my stinger 90 and will not pull a loop without a run up so I guess I will have to get used to it or upgrade the power system when I get board of it, a bit disappointed as 80mm upgrades are hard to find. but you live and learn. waiting for the a10 now, many thanks for all the help

Something just sounds off about this whole thing. This is an EDF that does not fly like a prop plane... but still this bird is very clean and quick! If you take off and constantly keep the nose up the plane will never pick up speed. You must let it get some speed built up. I was able to get a good deal on the 1820kv inrunner set up and use that now but it is only slightly better than the stock outrunner set up. My friends fly theirs on the stock outrunner set up and the plane is still a missile. I have a slightly higher top speed but the climb is about the same. Can you take a video of the plane flying?