Official Freewing 90mm F-16 V2 EDF Jet Thread

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Maiden flight using Avian 130a ESC did not go too well, thrust kept fluctuating. Not sure if I can program it out. Hopefully that new ESC from Motion will arrive soon.

[EDF-Jetpilot]

JP brakes installed. My version of JP brakes was wired directly int ESC wiring, not needing a second battery.

Braucht man denn wirklich noch Bremsen, ich komme sehr gut mit dem Rückwärtsschub klar.... sehe nicht, warum ich noch schwere Bremsen einbauen sollte?

[MetallDanny]

JP brakes installed. My version of JP brakes was wired directly int ESC wiring, not needing a second battery

Wow that's cool 😎

[urrl]

JP brakes installed. My version of JP brakes was wired directly int ESC wiring, not needing a second battery.

[urrl]

Anyone getting 3 beeps instead of 6 when plugging in 6S battery?

https://youtu.be/TguparXjNSg?si=M789W4sCHrnAIOx2

[EDF-Jetpilot]

I watched mach3RC video on youtube on grass ops, didnt look like a lot of runway needed on grass?

Wenn du genau hinsiehst, braucht sein Jet elend lange bis er endlich abhebt, auf Asphalt braucht er grob geschätzt knapp halb so lange. Es ist und bleibt ein extrem grosser Unterschied bei Jets mit kleinen (Massstabgetreuen) Rädern, da der Wiederstand ein vielfaches höher ist als auf Asphalt. Ebenfalls ist das Risiko, die Nase bei der Landung zu brechen viel grösser auf Gras.

[Evan D]

The springs in the struts are weak. Both the mains and the nose strut. On pavement it's no problem but on bumpy grass it will allow plane to tilt and the nose to hit.

What do you mean with firma up the gear?
like dubro wheels or?

[Reptielenfreak]

I watched mach3RC video on youtube on grass ops, didnt look like a lot of runway needed on grass?

[Reptielenfreak]

My flights went well yesterday. The balance is very nose heavy and right now I'm 30mm behind the wing marks and feel it'll need to go back further. It does fly well, it is heavy and not agile. I have the 8S with 880g of battery and I think the 6S wouldn't be as fun. Flaperons and tailerons help. The airbrake does slow it down a bit and makes the plane pitch down a little.

If you fly off grass you will want to firm up the gear, they are springy and you will catch the nose pitot in the grass.

What do you mean with firma up the gear?
like dubro wheels or?

[f4u ausie]

I am not a fan of allen screws at all. Why not keep it simple? Phillips head screws. I don't get it. What am I missing?

One thing is a certainty.. u need the exact allen screw.. not the case with a phillips head close will get it done.. i am with u aros

[Evan D]

My flights went well yesterday. The balance is very nose heavy and right now I'm 30mm behind the wing marks and feel it'll need to go back further. It does fly well, it is heavy and not agile. I have the 8S with 880g of battery and I think the 6S wouldn't be as fun. Flaperons and tailerons help. The airbrake does slow it down a bit and makes the plane pitch down a little.

If you fly off grass you will want to firm up the gear, they are springy and you will catch the nose pitot in the grass.

[EDF-Jetpilot]

Interesting no one else has posted they got one or their impressions....

Mine is ready for the maiden. I said before that the battery area was good... Not so fast Evan. there is good room fore and aft and my 640g 6S and 250g 2S placed about 1 1/4" forward of the rear most possible location gives me a balance just aft of the book mark. Room to move aft as I expect it will need, or even forward. My batteries are 52mm and20mm wide and the battery area is just right for that but no extra room. They 42mm tall, 45mm where the battery leads are. If you are 6S and have the leads towards the back there is plenty of room under the canopy. If you are 8S and have the leads going forward then looping back with a series connector you'll have a clearance problem under the canopy. I use T connectors which are very small compared to XT or EC5 or other connectors and I had to dremel some foam and have to be very careful where the wires go across the top (no room to the sides) of the batteries. There is no room with the 8S batteries being placed more rearward for balance to have the battery leads and series connector facing aft.

And I haven't said it but this is a very heavy plane.

Ich bin auf deinen Erstflug gespannt, meine werde ich wohl im Oktober bekommen und dann vielleicht noch dieses Jahr oder sicher im Frühling einfliegen. Ich freue mich wie ein Kind darauf und auch auf deine Berichte und Feedback hier.

[Evan D]

I absolutely like the Allen’s, much easier, more secure between the driver and screw head.

[Aros]

I am not a fan of allen screws at all. Why not keep it simple? Phillips head screws. I don't get it. What am I missing?

[Reptielenfreak]

Interesting no one else has posted they got one or their impressions....

Mine is ready for the maiden. I said before that the battery area was good... Not so fast Evan. there is good room fore and aft and my 640g 6S and 250g 2S placed about 1 1/4" forward of the rear most possible location gives me a balance just aft of the book mark. Room to move aft as I expect it will need, or even forward. My batteries are 52mm and20mm wide and the battery area is just right for that but no extra room. They 42mm tall, 45mm where the battery leads are. If you are 6S and have the leads towards the back there is plenty of room under the canopy. If you are 8S and have the leads going forward then looping back with a series connector you'll have a clearance problem under the canopy. I use T connectors which are very small compared to XT or EC5 or other connectors and I had to dremel some foam and have to be very careful where the wires go across the top (no room to the sides) of the batteries. There is no room with the 8S batteries being placed more rearward for balance to have the battery leads and series connector facing aft.

And I haven't said it but this is a very heavy plane.

Seems to take off fast in the videos that are going around.

i refer to grass runways because we dont have pavement/cement runway. They put a big piece of hockey field artifisual grass on top of the normal grass. So there is no drag BUT as you can imagine its bumpy and about 70 to 100 meters long

[Evan D]

Interesting no one else has posted they got one or their impressions....

Mine is ready for the maiden. I said before that the battery area was good... Not so fast Evan. there is good room fore and aft and my 640g 6S and 250g 2S placed about 1 1/4" forward of the rear most possible location gives me a balance just aft of the book mark. Room to move aft as I expect it will need, or even forward. My batteries are 52mm and20mm wide and the battery area is just right for that but no extra room. They 42mm tall, 45mm where the battery leads are. If you are 6S and have the leads towards the back there is plenty of room under the canopy. If you are 8S and have the leads going forward then looping back with a series connector you'll have a clearance problem under the canopy. I use T connectors which are very small compared to XT or EC5 or other connectors and I had to dremel some foam and have to be very careful where the wires go across the top (no room to the sides) of the batteries. There is no room with the 8S batteries being placed more rearward for balance to have the battery leads and series connector facing aft.

And I haven't said it but this is a very heavy plane.

[EDF-Jetpilot]

I feel this way about all jets. The issue is there are many that don't have access to a paved runway.

Eine A-10 oder eine Viper-Jet wäre da viel die bessere Wahl auf der Graspiste, die haben breite Fahrwerke, aber leider keine F-16, egal welche.

[Evan D]

I feel this way about all jets. The issue is there are many that don't have access to a paved runway.

Ich nicht, das will ich auch nicht. Eine F-16 ist in diesen Größen einfach kein Jet für Graspisten... das ändert leider nie, weil eine F-16 immer zum Kippen neigt auf Gras... und dann ist jeweils die Nase weg.

[EDF-Jetpilot]

Anyone tried grass field yet?

Ich nicht, das will ich auch nicht. Eine F-16 ist in diesen Größen einfach kein Jet für Graspisten... das ändert leider nie, weil eine F-16 immer zum Kippen neigt auf Gras... und dann ist jeweils die Nase weg.

[Reptielenfreak]

Anyone tried grass field yet?