Official Freewing 64mm F-14 Tomcat Twin 64mm EDF Jet Thread

[EDF-Jetpilot]

Bild dazu...

[EDF-Jetpilot]

Uh, where's the RIO?

Bei meiner Lieferung von vor 14 Tagen (Schweiz) ist der RIO, also der "zweite Pilot" auch dabei... das hat mich sehr positiv überrascht!

[kallend]

I finally got so irritated with the gear/door sequencer taking 15+ seconds to get the gear down that I made an Arduino based sequencer that does it in 5 seconds.

Code available on request.

https://youtu.be/gCcvb2Dhc2U

[pullupnow]

Flew the new modified spoiler and full span flap wings today. Flew great, didn’t notice any real difference in performance, but it looks cool.

https://youtu.be/e2NCeg-9BGM?si=doiwdgtLcuKBR7KF

Gravy

Nice work! very cool functional scale detail

[kallend]

Hi All,

I had my maiden yesterday and following happened:

1 gyro wants to constantly autolevel, is there a another function I can apply?

2. the engines stopped multiple times to run during flight
, whether full throttle, half or low it randomly stopped working and came back within a second again … anyone experienced something similar??

Thank you,

Peter

1. I didn't like the stock gyro at all, so I bypassed it and use AS3X+ on my receiver Stock gyro seems to get very mixed reviews, some people love it, others are like me.

2. What battery are you using? Sounds like LVC. And do you have reverse thrust set up?

[Gravythe clown]

Flew the new modified spoiler and full span flap wings today. Flew great, didn’t notice any real difference in performance, but it looks cool.

https://youtu.be/e2NCeg-9BGM?si=doiwdgtLcuKBR7KF

Gravy

[Bruchpilot24]

Hi All,

I had my maiden yesterday and following happened:

1 gyro wants to constantly autolevel, is there a another function I can apply?

2. the engines stopped multiple times to run during flight
, whether full throttle, half or low it randomly stopped working and came back within a second again … anyone experienced something similar??

Thank you,

Peter

[Reptielenfreak]

But if not, you run the yellow servo wires to the reciever right?

[kallend]

I still use the board for lights, flaps and sweep.

[Reptielenfreak]

yes.

So for my understanding


Yellow goed to the reciever using Y harnasses.
Red is removed?

[kallend]

So you bypassed the control board and put in the ar10360t?

yes.

[rlcamden]

For those of you who are using the SMC 5900 LIHV pack, can you share a photo of your battery placement? With mine as pictured, it balances at the marks on the fuselage, but the marks on the wings is extremely nose heavy. I have flown this thing about 5 times with 1 successful landing. For some reason, this thing is giving me a headache trying to find the right battery placement for proper cg. I don't want to give up on it yet. Thanks in advance.

https://youtu.be/LysPA8EAxhw

[Reptielenfreak]

I put an AR10360T with the recent (today) firmware update to AS3X+ in my 64mm Tomcat. I am pleased to report that it works really well with the default gains with the wings forward, and needs the roll gain reduced slightly with the wings back, when it is also very good. Certainly better than my experience with the stock gyro.

So you bypassed the control board and put in the ar10360t?

[kallend]

I put an AR10360T with the recent (today) firmware update to AS3X+ in my 64mm Tomcat. I am pleased to report that it works really well with the default gains with the wings forward, and needs the roll gain reduced slightly with the wings back, when it is also very good. Certainly better than my experience with the stock gyro.

[Gravythe clown]

Getting close to finishing up first wing. Works as good as the 80 mm one I setup.

https://youtu.be/pX0EsainFAM?feature=shared

Gravy

[kallend]

I have an early one and the gear/door sequencing is very slow. Absurdly slow.

I'm told that recent deliveries have acceptably fast sequencing (as well as a rear-seat pilot so clearly there have been improvements made to the kit.)

Assuming the speed improvement is true, does anyone know if the faster control boards are available as spare parts?

[Gravythe clown]

Started working on my spoiler and full span flap setup.
I’m about half way done on first wing. Waiting on Amazon right now.

https://youtu.be/Q0F9FKPXpAc?feature=shared

Gravy

[kallend]

Here's a flight I recorded earlier this week at a club in the north of France.

Fan(s) out of balance?

[Icarus the 2nd]

Here's a flight I recorded earlier this week at a club in the north of France.

[Rayant]

How can I solve this problem? I can't download the app