FJ-2 Refinish Project

[Gonz]

I have this bird on the shelf waiting its turn to get some repairs. I got it second hand and flew it around as my edf trainer. After a few rough landings the wire gear gave out. After flying the f22 70mm by Freewing, which is super fun, I thought it would be cool to see if i could mod this old plane and give it some power.

After looking around only for some more info on this plane I discovered its a really nice looking plane.

So far i have a resolved how to fit a 6s 4000 under the canopy, But needs to be fully resolved. I have the newer 70mm that the f22 has also installed and the esc. It works...The larger mystery is the landing gear. I have a two options. Small wired retracts that fit down there, Or a more custom job that really captures the look of Landing gear. The small set of retracts that i have fit in the thin wing and under the nose area. But what they are missing and what would be useful is some oleo functionality. When i was flying it before it really liked to bounce so i would like to see if i can resolve that. I wonder if anyone has some tips one what i could do or how to approach this mod.

I want to show some progress shots on this project. After refinish my F14 im looking forward to push myself.

[shortround91]

I’m not familiar with that model but am wondering if you couldn’t use a landing gear set up similar to the F16 70. They both have the front intake and the F16 has that long shaft if there’s room in the cockpit for a servo for steering. Just a thought but I love your ideas

[Gonz]

I have that plane , ill take a look.at the gear to see if it fits. I can cut farther down past the opening to make more room. The plane i think needs to be a little nose high.

In this pass I was refining the battery fit and looking into how to mount it. There isn't a lot of room in the nose area for a deeper retract case but i think we can get creative. I have about 21mm of depth to play with. Im not a fan of the small wheels on these cheap retracts.