Official Freewing 80mm MiG-21 Fishbed Thread

[OsideRCflyer]

Awesome!!!!!!!

[Addison]

This last weekend I had the honor of flying this amazing bird. Besides its amazing presence, in the air and on the ground, some of the key highlights that I noticed were its excellent flight qualities. The Mig was very stable with no wing rocking or pitching tendencies with airspeed or flap deployment. It also has excellent ground handling qualities, as it tracked nice and straight down the runway. My only issue is that it looks so much like the real aircraft(heavy iron), is that I found myself coming in a little fast on approach and it would float on down the runway. In actuality this aircraft is a sheep in wolfs clothing, it lands amazingly slow and is surprisingly gentle in its flying/landing characteristics, yet definately looks the part with its scale realism. I will have to get one as soon as they become available. Good job Alpha!!!

[tomme21]

amazing jet, been waiting on this for along time, even before HET came out with their 70mm one. Thanks motion!

[dahawk]

I'm all in ! Payroll deduction plan in the works ....

[tengarang]

Those are some great looking pics Pat! And looking forward to the summer release Alpha! Cant wait.

[crxmanpat]

Some pics I took on Saturday.

[crxmanpat]

Camo patterns!






Was very happy to see this in person on Saturday. It flew awesome on the stock 6S 80mm outrunner system. Just please please please give us rocket pods and AA-1 or AA-2 missiles! Pretty please! :D

[Alpha]

Hi DougV, sorry I haven't responded yet. Quite busy around here over the past few days with both visible and behind the scenes work. To answer your question, we're targeting a summer release of the Freewing 80mm MiG-21. We want to wait until the first shipment is finishing production or is already on the water before beginning the pre-order. Where things are as of today I would estimate a pre-order opening in ~4-6 weeks. Plenty of time to begin saving. After several recent products which we unveiled and started the pre-order for on the same day, which came as a surprise to many people, this time around we wanted to give everyone a bit more of a "sneak peak" to know what was coming down the pipeline so they can start saving.

I cannot decide which camo to paint, so I have to save for at least two if not three of these MiGs in my personal fleet. After 50+ years of service, there are many paint schemes to choose from! Some menacing, some brutish, some vibrant, some classic. Decisions, decisions!

In the meantime we'll continue to put the MiG-21 into as many hands as possible for demo flights. PVMAC in two weeks, Crows Landing next month, etc. I might actually ship one to SEFF this week. 10% chance but it is a possibility.

[HEMS-DRIVER]

Were gonna need an F-4 To shoot it down! "hint hint"

[TSHobbies]

That looks pretty sweet..sounds like a possibility for novice to EDF pilots maybe?

[quitcherbitchen]

I will take a Silver one. I want North Vietnam Air Force decals.

[DougV]

Hi Alpha,

Do you have a timeframe for pre-orders?

Thanks for another awesome model.

Doug

[tengarang]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu6TDPCf2r8

[HEMS-DRIVER]

[Sky Wolf]

Thanks Alpha, hate that I wasn't able to fly out there to hang out with you guys. Anxiously awaiting for the new Mig coming up!

[dkalwishky]

I enjoyed flying this bird in the rain. It felt scale for a dreary Soviet winter day

I had the same thought. I may be adding this bird to my fleet!

[Alpha]

Bajora, these are incredible photos of yours, especially considering the overcast and drizzling conditions in which you captured them! I enjoyed flying this bird in the rain. It felt scale for a dreary Soviet winter day ... in California.

[Alpha]

Hi Sky Wolf, the model shown is my preproduction prototype. I paint one of these as a color reference sample for the factory to approximate the mass production paint. They will likely use a black exhaust nozzle interior and darker silver outer nozzle area around the stabs, but the overall aircraft itself will be painted evenly with satin silver like the Freewing 80mm F-86. Weathering, if any, is done to taste by the pilot, after they apply their choice of decals. Some guy guys might like theirs dirtier than others.

[Sky Wolf]

I know this is the prototype, but will it come with the weathering detail like this one?

[Bajora]

Tnx Tony ... enjoyed watching your insanely awesome piloting skills as usual!