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kallend has made 3D rocket prints I believe. Back in the thread somewhere. The canopy is very thin foam and the open space under it with no cockpit floor or pilot is useful. A clear canopy may be a big job. I think I will put clear paint over the foam and or change the color a bit to make it different than the silver fuselage.Leave a comment:
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I've heard talk of a clear canopy, Motion list one from a different model for some reason, has anyone knowledge of the listed canopy and offered it up to see if it could be fitted/chopped up to fit etc.
Looking at the Lightning canopy it is essentially hollow, there are good sized painted frames where the glass would be. I've been looking at various clear plastic food/drink containers. I think it would be a straight forward minor "modelling" job to let some clear plastic into the foam for most of them at least. I've got a 2nd Lightning en-route from Aliexpress so will have a go once Christmas/New Year is fully out of the way.
Did I see 3D rockets for it.Leave a comment:
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I flew my friends with gear again yesterday. For a lot of people the option would be nice. Nice mod!Leave a comment:
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True, but its a compromise on this size EDF, I have Rare Bears, Durafly MFX, Lippisch etc. I'll hand launch but it was obvious that it could be modded for both by a kid. I watched a video saying you could have gear or no gear and once the choice was made that was it but with a little modelling and 10 minutes created the option. I grew up with plan builds and occasional pre cut wood models so 10 mins with a knife and glue having been informed that it wasnt possible by foamy experts who claim a dab of glue or putting in a couple of screws constitutes a "Build" is misleading..
I've had a quick look over the kit and I think retracts are a option, weight would be the issue. Plenty of space under the ply battery tray, I also have a pair of main retracts that look a possibility.Leave a comment:
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I don't think fighter jets look right flying around with fixed gear. This one is really easy to hand launch anyway.Leave a comment:
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REMOVEABLE GEAR IS AN OPTION
Finally have mine. I have adapted the landing gear to have the option of gear or no gear, it just requires a minor bit of "modelling". Slide a knife blade into the pocket where the gear is glued into the mounts, both sides of the fitting, you can now wriggle the gear from the mount, clear out the rest of the glue, the fitting is still pretty tight I doubt it will ever just fall out, you could if concerned stick in a 5mm self tapping screw but im not going to.
Clean off the paint from the back of the mount and glue it in place. I left it overnight to dry. Take a very sharp knife and just trim a little slope from about 15mm from the outside edge of the mount down to its glue level, took all of a minute. Clean the area up ready for finishing.
Remember the silver cover you picked off the mount hole to start with, measure the area you cut and trim the silver plastic cover to fit, glue it down to cover the surgery, job done in 10minutes.!
I've added a little Tamiya ceramic grease to the mount to make it slide in and out a little easier.
Nose gear, just follow Wesley's (Motion RC guy) idea. I'm just going to add something fore and aft of the pin to protect/beautify it alittleLeave a comment:
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Also the crashed plane has its wheels installed, we fly off pavement. I've flown that one and taxi takeoff and landing are a pleasure with the gear. It does slow it down and add a lot of drag inflight though. But with all that power it is still a good performer. I'll bet it would be fine on grass.Leave a comment:
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Good to hear more people are liking this jet. I'm hoping sales are good and MRC makes more like it (Voodoo!) It flies great. I have lowered my gyro gain on ailerons but otherwise it's become something I love to fly and it's so easy to transport I've been flying mine a lot.
A very talented young club member flew it and also praised it. But another club member has already crashed his a couple times in just a few flights and ordered parts. I guess if you are not good at keeping oriented with these small fast swept wing jets it can get away from you. All of them are though, not just this Lightning. Plus I've been flying on a lot of cloudy grey days and it is well camouflaged! You can slow it down and keep it tight though, which is nice.
Also the crashed plane has its wheels installed, we fly off pavement. I've flown that one and taxi takeoff and landing are a pleasure with the gear. It does slow it down and add a lot of drag inflight though. But with all that power it is still a good performer. I'll bet it would be fine on grass.Leave a comment:
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I have to correct a typo in my post above #30. I edit it and save it but the post never changes.
The lipos I used are 2200mAh, not 3300 as shown in my original post.Leave a comment:
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I made the first 4 flights of mine on Monday against a very dark, grey British winter sky, awful for seeing a small, fast, silvery model! Anyway what a sweet plane. It looks good, handles well, and has lots of power. I used GNB 2200 mAh lipo, Jeti Assist Rx (built in gyros) and SM Modellbau Unisens-e telemetry sensor. I always fly to mAh consumed rather than a timer, aiming to land with 30% remaining. This gave 4.5 to 5.5 minutes in the air for my style of flying (i.e. throttled well back much of the time).
As with my other freewing edfs I felt the instructions for aileron travel are ridiculous and settled on 7mm with 30% expo. I reduced the Up elevator maximum to be with the leading edge just clear of the ground with 20% expo and this has no problem getting the nose high for landing. Inverted flight needs a lot of down elevator which is to be expected given the amount of longitudinal dihedral and wing section.
Big loops from level are no problem, and even at my reduced roll rate I can just about squeeze 2 vertical rolls from it. It doesn't need a gyro, but as with any little foamy it looks so much better with a gyro removing the wiggling.
Very happy with it, well done Freewing. It's a lot less stressful than flying the Mick Reeves turbine Lightning I used to have!Leave a comment:
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I removed my EDF unit to install an afterburner. I was unable to get a wire in place to cut the adhesive due to the geometry of the installation so I just rocked and twisted until it came out.
As for 6S, not sure I'd do that, it gets real small real fast already. I have a 4S inrunner I might try, though.Leave a comment:
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Re EDF replacement, The Freewing Lippish and probably many others have the motor glued in with what looked like sanitary silicon, I used a cheese wire to cut it out. Hobby King like hot glue or silicon as wellLeave a comment:
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