Official Freewing 90mm F-16 V2 EDF Jet Thread

[timmybeetle]

Pilots

Can anyone help me out her?!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/motionrcfanmedia/posts/1873179413496964/

I don't have facebook and I search internet to find person Charles D Linear who helped him solving the problem???

I have same issue and he wrote this

Joe El Padrino
Auteur
I got it fixed thank to Charles D Linear that help me . I appreciate everyone help


but sadly he didn't wright down how he fixed it......

Thanks guys for helping me out with this issue.

Regards Hans

[f4u ausie]

The shaft coming out of the retract..... It's twisted.. the retract in the down position should b more forward and that scissors part in the bottom picture almost straight. That's from personal experience. My friend and I have had same problem... Flying off grass. I've repaired the twist. But that part is cheap and easy to get.. Ali express is easy

[f4u ausie]

Mine is in car for tomorrow flying. If U want more pics please ask

[timmybeetle]

The shaft coming out of the retract..... It's twisted.. the retract in the down position should b more forward and that scissors part in the bottom picture almost straight. That's from personal experience. My friend and I have had same problem... Flying off grass. I've repaired the twist. But that part is cheap and easy to get.. Ali express is easy

Hi

Was riding my racebike this morning and thinking about the bend, and I came also on the idea that the shaft must have bend, coming out of the retract.
Get it out put in a vise and give it a smale twist.
Assembled the retract, tested it and it's fine again.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Kind regards Hans

[f4u ausie]

Good job. ...it unfortunately bend easier next time.

[timmybeetle]

Good job. ...it unfortunately bend easier next time.

Hi

Yes I'm aware of that problem with metal bending to much.....
Fly save

Hans

[xviper]

Hi

Was riding my racebike this morning and thinking about the bend, and I came also on the idea that the shaft must have bend, coming out of the retract.
Get it out put in a vise and give it a smale twist.
Assembled the retract, tested it and it's fine again.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Kind regards Hans

"f4u" is precisedly correct on this. I think I touched upon this "fix" in this thread somewhere but it's such a long thread, it's not easy to find. I don't know if your case is the same as the guy on Facebook, but in his case, it would appear as though the detent tab on the articulated arm is also broken, such that when the gear is deployed, the detent prevents the arm from over rotation. IE, it helps to "lock" the arm in the slightly over rotated position.
And yes, the main problem is the long end of that rod at the base of the arm. After a hard hit or repeated soft hits, that rod gets twisted as f4u indicated. In addition, the hex screw that locks down on that "flat" section of the rod may also cause a gouge in the flat. This would mean that the flat must be ground to get the gouge out. Untwisting the rod and refreshing the flat will fix it so that the rod can be "clocked" properly to work the strut through the prescibed end points. As said, once damage and fixed, there is a greater likelihood that the rod will twist very easily next time. You might consider getting a couple spares of that articulate arm.