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Thanks Ray! Get her in the wind. :)Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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I captured a nice video of Tony's North Vietnamese MiG-21, but Lord help me if this editing software crashes one more time...!!! I'll get it posted after I have time for a third attempt. Gooniac, get your bird up, come wind or shine!Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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Originally posted by Alpha.MotionRC View PostI captured a nice video of Tony's North Vietnamese MiG-21, but Lord help me if this editing software crashes one more time...!!! I'll get it posted after I have time for a third attempt. Gooniac, get your bird up, come wind or shine!Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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These are so captivating, so much to look at in each shot. Thanks for posting! I'm guessing some of these are magazine bound?Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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Originally posted by Alpha.MotionRC View PostThese are so captivating, so much to look at in each shot. Thanks for posting! I'm guessing some of these are magazine bound?
A few more from todays flights ...
It looks beastly (in a good way) from so many angles. And lovin' the high alpha landings. :cool:
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Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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Originally posted by Bajora View Post
I tend to save the really good ones for the magazine. ;)
A few more from todays flights ...
It looks beastly (in a good way) from so many angles. And lovin' the high alpha landings. :cool:
Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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My Mig-21 flying in our Russian Heritage Flight at Apollo Field on Sunday, 4 Dec 2016....and yes, it was busy and crazy there, as always! :rolleyes:Flying my Freewing Mig-21 in formation with two Starmax Mig-15s and an LX SU-47 at Apollo Field, Van Nuys CA on Sunday, 4 Dec 2016. Good times with good frie...
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I like how those four planes all sort of slot together. The Berkut wing's trailing edge and the MiG-15 wing's leading edge fit like a puzzle and the MiG-21 is the tip of the spear.Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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MiG-21
I finished my MiG-21 build. I modified my model with:
• Strobe lights on the vertical stabilizer, top and bottom of fuselage, and bottom of the wing tips
• Landing lights
• Electric brakes
• Orientation stripes on bottom of wings and horizontal stabilizer
• FOD screen over the louver on the cheater hole
• Anti-spark connector
• Current and voltage telemetry
I’ve linked a YouTube video showing some of these mods:
This video shows the modifications I did to my Freewing MiG-21. You can download the detailed, step-by-step build companion document from:http://www.yourrcco...
I created a detailed, step-by-step document showing what I did on my model. I organized the document in sections so it is easy to find a specific mod, such as the strobe lights on the vertical stabilizer. I hope this is helpful to those who haven’t built their MiG yet or who may want to do one of the mods I did on mine. You can view the document here:
And, clearly, my mods aren’t intended to be scale.
Overall, I thought the basic build process was relatively straightforward. I did run into several minor quality issues, which are described in the build companion document.
One area that I think isn’t so well done is the routing of the servo wires for the wings. Removing the plastic louver over the cheater hole seemed like a bad idea to me. The louver on my model was very firmly attached and I didn’t want to risk damaging the model taking it off. Instead, I removed the EDF access cover and EDF, both of which are installed with screws. This made installing the servo wire channel covers a bit challenging, but doable (described in the build companion document).
I hope Freewing will fix this issue by doing one of the following:
• Pre-installing the plastic channel covers in the fuselage sides before gluing them together
• Leaving the plastic louver un-installed so the builder can glue it in after routing the wires
• Mounting the plastic louver using screws instead of glue (see Air Jon’s post 4002 for a great mod tip)
Freewing could easily implement the first change by having the covers glued before gluing the fuselage halves together. This would enable the builder to route the wires by removing the EDF access cover and EDF without requiring removing the louver.
Unfortunately for me, because of weather, it will likely be a couple of months until I can maiden this plane. I’m hoping for a rare flyable day before spring so I can try it.
I would appreciate any feedback you may care to provide on the build companion document. I’ve received a lot of help from other hobbyists over the years and would like to give back to the RC community. In general, would you find documents like this helpful? Is there too much detail or not enough? What kind of topics would you like to see addressed? If you care to provide feedback to help me better serve the RC community, please PM me or send email to yourrccompanion@indy.rr.com.
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The weather here today was beautiful so I got to fly the Mig with the centerline tank I installed and it seemed to perform well. Personally I like the looks of it better. Boy it felt good to get to fly. Wish I had some pictures of it in the air but all I have is a picture of the mod.1 Photo
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Originally posted by RCjetdude View PostThe weather here today was beautiful so I got to fly the Mig with the centerline tank I installed and it seemed to perform well. Personally I like the looks of it better. Boy it felt good to get to fly. Wish I had some pictures of it in the air but all I have is a picture of the mod.
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