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

[Fast N Light]

Thankful the V2 wings I ordered arrived yesterday. The protective packaging was very basic, but only a minor dent next to the aileron control arm was observed. It was caused by the control horn on the opposite wing. Feeling very lucky the other items in the box did not get an opportunity to leave lasting impressions on the wings.....

[RCAVI8T0R]

Flew my V1 with V2 wings. It's like a different plane. Low speed handling is better, MUCH easier to land..

If you have a surviving V1 and can manage to get hold of a set of V2 wings I definitely recommend the upgrade. You'll need a pushrod set and a 9g reverse servo in addition to the wings.

Still waiting like many others

[kallend]

Flew my V1 with V2 wings. It's like a different plane. Low speed handling is better, MUCH easier to land..

If you have a surviving V1 and can manage to get hold of a set of V2 wings I definitely recommend the upgrade. You'll need a pushrod set and a 9g reverse servo in addition to the wings.

[handyman220]

I did send an email to a rep that was actually corresponding with me about the V2 wings. I don't want to shoot the messenger, but maybe he can convey the message to the purchasing department. I'm willing to bet if they brought in 50 sets they would have sold. I still feel that V1 purchasers should have been given a discount and a 1st priority on purchasing a V2 wing set!

[Evan D]

Last time I was waiting on similar parts they got 9ea. Sounds like what happened today.

[handyman220]

I sent several notices for back in stock notification, never received anything showing they were in stock. I have been very patient waiting for the V2 wings. Motion sold out within 5 hours what did they order 20 sets of wings!!! I'm a very unhappy customer at this point.

[freakbrother]

Sold out. They didn't last long.

[kallend]

5 V2 wing sets left!

[kallend]

A few V2 wing sets were available this morning and I ordered a pair.

[Evan D]

V2 wings in stock.

[kallend]

V2 has arrived! The finest flying foam EDF F-14 on the market. Click the link below to see what the hype is all about!



Get yours ASAP, these puppies will not last, guaranteed.

Freewing F-14 Tomcat Twin V2 64mm EDF Jet - PNP

https://www.motionrc.com/products/freewing-f-14-tomcat-twin-v2-64mm-edf-jet-pnp-fj11421p

Freewing F-14 Tomcat Twin V2 64mm EDF Jet - ARF PLUS

https://www.motionrc.com/products/fr...plus-fj11421ap

Coming up on 8 months now.

When are V2 wings going to be available for retrofitting to the V1?

[400driver]

Evan ,well spotted! I missed that.

[Evan D]

Thank you. You said Betaflight before and I didn’t know there was such a thing.

This is the Betafpv 14 CH receiver, works fab....except in twin ESC planes!!
https://betafpv.com/products/superp-...guiEO7BdAXHdyc

[400driver]

This is the Betafpv 14 CH receiver, works fab....except in twin ESC planes!!

https://betafpv.com/products/superp-14ch-diversity-receiver?srsltid=AfmBOoq9gudd7UkWTGDhZS7umXgdubojsKmgfyQg4XguiEO7BdAXHdyc

[kallend]

How hard can it be?

Too hard, apparently.

Like a lot of things these days.

[Airguardian]

Yeah, gotta be that.

I don't like this 'obscure' way to treat things.
Just state the problems outright:

"If you plug your own power supply without disabling the ESC BEC, you'll fry stuff. Components rated for 5.5V max."

There, two short sentences. How hard can it be?

[Evan D]

The warning is on the page for all their jets. I'm positive it was because of people asking for warranty replacement after plugging in an external power source.

[Airguardian]

Good luck on the landings!
As always, test the setup first at higher altitude before attempting to come down with it! :D

As for Motion's warning message, I can't say for sure 100% but it totally reads to me like they are oversimplifying stuff like always, explaining recipes without actually telling the complete reasons why.

My guess is the warning is there to prevent people from plugging in their own external power supplies before first removing the red wire from the ESC to disable the ESC BEC. Of course you'll fry things if you have the two power sources competing, short of adding shottcky diodes to both supply lines.

And yeah, FW electronics are sadly fragile, not taking any more than 5.5V. It's one of my biggest recurring gripes with their component quality. Everything should be HV capable from factory, and we'd have a lot less problems.

But I'm fairly confident that running your own BEC at the right voltage and having previously disabled the included ESC one should be perfectly fine. I have been doing it for years on most of my models.

They didn't provide a single reason why this one would be any different from the rest of their jets.

Anyway, don't blame me if you end up burning something, everybody gotta take their own risks! :)

[Evan D]

Thanks, do you have a link to the receiver? I don't see any that are branded Betaflight, just controllers with them.

[400driver]

Betaflight receiver? "bad line of programming"

You seem to have a complicated set up.


The setup is pretty straightforward in that it is a 14Ch ELRS receiver that due to an anomaly that the pins are not powered until a connection is made between the receiver and the radio. On my single engine jets this doesn’t cause a problem , just with the twin ESC’s of the F14 when one of the ESC’s does not initialise on power up! Very strange and I don’t have this issue on the Radiomaster ER 8. i just have to remember to disconnect the REV cable on battery disconnect. I have ordered more RadioMaster receivers!