FW F86

[AkumaZeto]

Sortie 3 and 4 are in the books. Still more pattern flying with a single barrel roll. Greased both landings with full flaps and throttle management. My only complaint is flight time. Nothing can really be done about that though. I set my timer for 3:30 seconds and at the 1:30 mark I start shooting approaches. Does not help tonight was hot as satans ass and my sun glasses where pooling with sweat and fogging over. That made the bugs want to attack my eye sockets as well lol. I LOVE THIS JET!

I REALLY WANT A MIG 15 or 17! Cannot believe we dont have one. Seems all the ones that came before where junk. I will say this. My first turbine powered jet will be a F86! Already looking around and thinking of collecting parts! WOOT BIT by the bug!

[Grossman56]

Way to go guys, you both have turned another page it would seem. The Sabre is definitely my choice as first EDF, one of these days...Still getting the kinks out of my flying, but when Lon and Ryan were flying their's they were amazing to watch.

Grossman56

[Chief58D]

Congrats on logging the successful flights!!

Expo is your friend with EDF's -
Seems lots of folks use 30-40% on the primary flight controls to tame the beast a bit.
I've started using 30% across the board until everything is tuned in, and it makes a HUGE difference in handling.

Don't rush it until YOU are ready -
Basic traffic patterns and big Figure 8's are a great way to get a feel for your jet!

I just maidened my upgraded Yak-130 today and did little more than I just described -
And my knees are still shaking, LOL!! :)

[AkumaZeto]

Had successful flight. #3 in the books. Greased the landing. Turned to fast though on the ground and scuffed a wing tip pretty good as it was slowing down after landing :(

I still have not done much other than get to altitude and make some left hand turns and basically stay in a circuit. Just trying to get the basic feel still I guess.

[weedsnager]

I use a zippy compact 5000, shoved all the way back with the Esc mod.

[F106DeltaDart]

I alternate between the Admiral Pro 4000s and a Thunder Power Magma 70C 4400. I have seen zero performance or flight time difference between those 2 batteries.

[dkalwishky]

I'm using the Admiral 4500 40c, I get 3.5 minutes of flying.

[Lon]

Same as you....

[AkumaZeto]

What batteries is everyone using? I am using the 60c 4000mah Admiral from MRC

[Lon]

I had my second flight just now. Still shaking. When will this shaking thing stop lol. Flew for 2 minutes and started shooting approaches. My first one was so nice id decided to land. I skipped a tad and when it came up in the air i gently applied small amount of thrust and pulled back and she settled right in.

You will find out, as you did on this flight....hold her up as long as you can before letting her touchdown, bleed that speed off as much as possible. When you get the feel for that, you will be greasing the landings, no skip or bounce.

[AkumaZeto]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/7273141/Walk-Around-n-21-North-American-F-86-Sabre-00

[AkumaZeto]

Only bad thing was my battery strap broke and have no replacement or idea where to get another :(

[AkumaZeto]

My secons battery is in a box on its way here with my v4 t28 from Motion. Good thing its a 2 day affair from Il to Wi. Love the plane. For some reason I see myself getting another one right away for a livery change. I REALLY WANT A MIG 15. I can only assume it would fly similarly to the sabre.

[F106DeltaDart]

Sounds like you are getting it down nice now. It will be even more fun when you get in your second battery to put it through its paces. I'm sure the shakeiness will be gone in no time with a couple more flights.

[AkumaZeto]

I had my second flight just now. Still shaking. When will this shaking thing stop lol. Flew for 2 minutes and started shooting approaches. My first one was so nice id decided to land. I skipped a tad and when it came up in the air i gently applied small amount of thrust and pulled back and she settled right in.

[AkumaZeto]

Do they make a led ring for the exhaust for this for after burner?

[AkumaZeto]

This whole area up front is very suspect and barely there kind of like the FW 262.

[AkumaZeto]

I snapped the little door mount to in half. I see you cannot get that or the retract mount for the front. MRC should stock those bits. I was just getting ready to order a spare fuse and now it is out of stock :(

[AkumaZeto]

Thanks guys. I did not even try a stall test I just made a few patterns over head to the left and then to the right. I then started my practice finals. I think I was just nervous mostly and was not thinking right. I will say i pulled out of two aborted landings and just pinned it and climbed slowly. No rocking though. I think its just a matter of finding that sweet spot. I did use one setting of flaps which is like 20mm of deflection. Full flaps is like 45 and almost straight down.

[F106DeltaDart]

I had an almost identical break. I just pulled it back to open up the crack, and dripped in epoxy. I then used some tape and a foam block to hold the gear straight up some the epoxy dried. Also check plastic retract mount, it may require some epoxy around its edges as well