Official Freewing 80mm MiG-21 Fishbed Thread

[xplaneguy]

WOW Jon! That Sabre & Fishbed shot is freakin cool! :D

[Bajora]

A few photos of the new Mig 21 from Apollo Field:

[tengarang]

Alpha, it was an honor to see this in Person at Apollo this weekend! Thank you again for you hospitality and a very exciting weekend! I will be pre-ordering this one as well!..


Bob

I can attest. After seeing this Jet fly,the overall package is more than what 299usd is asking for. I jumped as soon as I saw this jet, amazing, I just wish everyone has had a chance to see this bird perform. OMG I am in LOVE!!!!

Preorder me please

[borntoolate]

Alpha, it was an honor to see this in person at Apollo this weekend! Thank you again for you hospitality and a very exciting weekend! I will be pre-ordering this one as well!..


Bob

[tengarang]

Thanks MotionRC, anxiously waiting for this one to release. She is a winner, thanks for announcing this!

[AceMigKiller]

Cooool! :D

[wvrailfan]

Well, I had mentioned doing a Mig-25, but this is pretty darn near as good. I think I see my next jet! Way to go Motion and Freewing!

[Sky Wolf]

Now that's different, yet exciting. It may make its way to my hangar when I make some more room. Is there a wild guess on an ETA yet Apollo?

[dkalwishky]

OOoooohhhhhh....... Time to start saving money!

[Pheonix]

Come on guys. I do not have any more space for planes. I have them all now. On well, I could have another problem I guess.

[The Don]

YOu guys are killing me :-) (But in a good way)

[Alpha]

Note, all these photos are of pre-production prototypes. The final version will have front gear door and of course factory paint. We're contemplating either an all silver version with four decals, or a green/brown camo top and light blue bottom version with four decals. Or, both. Decisions, decisions.

[Alpha]

Size comparison with an 80mm F-86 Sabre (both ~1:9 scale), an 80mm F-5 (~1:11 scale), and a 90mm Eurofighter (~1:11 scale)

[Alpha]

We're pleased to announce the latest jet in Freewing's 80mm series, an iconic Cold War brute, the MiG-21 Fishbed! Measuring over 1600mm long, this 1:9 scale model is the perfect adversary to many of Freewing's "Western" jets like the Mirage, F-16, F-86, etc. The MiG-21 is roughly the same scale as the Freewing 90mm Venom, 80mm F-86, and 70mm Yak-130. Rather than wait until the final model was already on the water, as we've done with most of the recent pre-orders, Freewing asked us to announce the MiG-21 a little early, during the Apollo/Motion RC Fun Fly we held today and tomorrow. The MiG-21 is currently in production and we'll have complete details on the website within a couple of weeks. The target price is $299 like all the other Freewing 80mm jets.

The Freewing 80mm MiG-21 shares the power system of all the other Freewing 80mm jets. An 80mm 12B EDF with outrunner will be the standard PNP. We have ~250 flights on pre-production models and the outrunner on 6s 4000 or 6s 5000 is a nice balance between speed, thrust, slow speed handling, weight, and cost. There's lots of space inside for a 6s 6000 or 8s 4400 setup. The inrunner version boasts nearly unlimited vertical for this very sleek aircraft, but most of the guest pilots have flown it on the standard 6s PNP outrunner and we all agree it doesn't lack for power in this cheaper/lighter cofiguration!

We refined several aspects of the MiG-21's wing to provide a very stable slow speed envelope. Zero flap, 1/4 power, two feet of the deck, and rock solid! With half of full flaps the MiG-21 almost comes to a stop in a 10mph headwind. With wide set landing gear (wider than most other Freewing 80mm jets) and trailing links on all three struts, the MiG-21 handles manicured grass fields very well, just as a Russian bird should. This aircraft is larger than the Freewing 80mm F-5, Mirage, and Scorpion, for example, but can fly and land slower than any of them.

We're excited to expand on the 80mm lineup of jets, and working to keep the price fair, the scale satisfying, and the performance second to none. Stay tuned for more information!