Official Freewing 80mm MiG-21 Fishbed Thread

[pullupnow]

that's one mean looking Mig-21 !!! very cool !!!

Thank you!

[pullupnow]

Great looking mig21 pull-up. I have been flying mine for a couple of years, they look awesome with a burner installed.

thank you Sir!

[Icarus the 2nd]

that's one mean looking Mig-21 !!! very cool !!!

[radfordc]

Well, damn....another unexplainable crash! I flew my Mig again today....3 successful flights and one disaster. On the fourth flight the plane took off normally...takeoff flaps set, gear down, etc. When the plane rotated I retracted the gear and flaps and climbed straight ahead to about 50 feet and started a right turn. The plane banked to the right as expected, but when I commanded left aileron to come out of the turn the plane didn't respond. It continued to roll right slowly and nosed down to an impact in a gravel parking lot. Fuselage totaled, wings wrinkled but still salvagable, tail surface OK. Roaring Top 4400 battery destroyed too.

Of course, all the electronics work just fine after the crash. This is the kind of thing I just hate and I've had a couple of these type crashes lately....the plane just stops responding and flies into the ground. This Mig had about 30 flights on it with no trouble of any sort.

[T- Elbert]

Great looking mig21 pull-up. I have been flying mine for a couple of years, they look awesome with a burner installed.

[pullupnow]

[Icarus the 2nd]

Time for a serious upgrade after 130 flights, here's my Freewing Mig-21 in Romanian livery with a kick-ass 8S Wemotec upgrade

[T- Elbert]

Buddies mig is weathered and ready for its maiden.

[T- Elbert]

Upgraded my old mig with t-33 fan unit and added weathering and ordinance. Great day of flying

[quitcherbitchen]

That is one good looking Polska Jet.

[Mizer67]

So what's it like with 8s?

I have mine on 8S and I kind of like it better with 6S.

It's not really much faster on 8S than 6S, 10 mph with the setup I have and it's quite a bit heavier in my case, which spoils some of what it's good at, which is flying slow.

I do think I'd miss the extra 8S thrust though.

[SanExup]

So what's it like with 8s?

[Evan D]

Agree 100% with the no bad habits and I posted that way back when it first came out. Before I went 8S I used 5200's that weighed 620g...

[radfordc]

Some details on the Mig... I'm using Roaring Top 4400 6s batteries with the flight timer set to 3:30...battery is at 15% after landing. I tried bigger/heavier batteries but the performance suffers with the extra weight. The plane handles our rough grass strip pretty well. I lengthened the nosegear by about 6mm and added a 3d printed brace to keep the nosegear from bending...so far, so good. This was an ARF+ kit and I'm using a 1920kv fan from my crashed Mig-29 (same as the one in the Gripen) which seems to work well. The afterburner is the one that Kallend shows on his RCG blog (auto LED tail lightbulb and a small 10amp car ESC). The plane is very "honest"...no hidden tricks that bite you in the butt suddenly. Stalls are very benign...if you force the plane into a max AoA attitude it will descend wings level in "falling leaf" mode until you release the elevator; the nose drops and you're flying again.

https://youtu.be/wi0Lm8lpFbU

[radfordc]

My attempt at some panels and weathering.

[radfordc]

Better.

[gooniac33]

I flew my new Mig today and got 9 great flights. Flying with 4400 to 6000 batteries off our grass strip. I extended the nosegear about 6mm so as to get more AoA for takeoff. Flew off the grass easy. I left the markings off the jet because I wanted to see if the silver color would work or not. Turned out not to be a issue. Now I will do it in the Polish colors.

That will help a ton with take off! It should cut the take off distance by quite a bit!

[radfordc]

I flew my new Mig today and got 9 great flights. Flying with 4400 to 6000 batteries off our grass strip. I extended the nosegear about 6mm so as to get more AoA for takeoff. Flew off the grass easy. I left the markings off the jet because I wanted to see if the silver color would work or not. Turned out not to be a issue. Now I will do it in the Polish colors.

[Madness]

I like the flexibility of having options available but I dig what you are saying, keep it simple, keep it fun! I flew mine last week, took me sometime to get used to it but fun nonetheless.

[handyman220]

Its personal preference. I don't like messing with switches or having to remember if I am in high mid low or whatever... I just take a couple flights to figure out what works best for me then set and forget. I only want switches to be for flaps, gear or brakes... I keep it simple!

My feelings also, I do what works for me. Kiss method