Official Freewing 90mm F-22 Raptor V2 Discussion Thread

[flyjets01@gmail.com]

Worked on the 90mm and added a lemon Satellite receiver gen 2 as well as a small Capacitor. Minimal amount of weight. I'm not a fan of the stock Aileron throw or Elevator ended up flying on 100% all control surfaces.

[Evan D]

Add full span ailerons and tailerons for more roll. Elevator authority? Are you balanced at the stock point? If so move your balance aft. And adding TVs will improve it too.

[flyjets01@gmail.com]

Evan I agree with you I wanted to Fly it stock on 1st Flight. My future plan for this is to put all control surfaces on separate channels. That will allow me to make a number of mixes.
CG was stock for starters but a bit more Aft would work be preferred I believe.

[urrl]

I'm kinda new at flap-elevator mixes. Should there be any dip on approach using full flaps for landing?

[Evan D]

Shouldn't be on the F-22 but if you want to raise the nose for landing add some up mix.

[shortround91]

Had a small issue on my V2 Raptor last Sunday, of course being 10s she’s a bit faster than even 8s. It was pretty windy good 15mph winds higher gusts but on a full power low pass I noticed the right elevator shaking itself to death. Slowed my speed and it went away, landed zero issues however after inspection I found the elevator rod had bent so violently it actually damaged the elevator and wrinkled the foam on that side of the fuselage. Been a little busy with my 1/8 RedTails F16 turbine but am planning on adding carbon tube support on the elevators. Just seeing if anyone else has had the same or similar issue, the V1 even on 10s clocked at 170mph never had this happen. Here’s a pic of the slight damage

[flyjets01@gmail.com]

Did you have a Gyro running on the Stabs at the time of the incident?

[shortround91]

Did you have a Gyro running on the Stabs at the time of the incident?

Yes I did, update added carbon sleeves around the elevator rods. Flew last Sunday in 10-15 winds everything feels so much better, took care off the slight oscillation it had compared to my V1 that was just rock solid

[shortround91]

Did you have a Gyro running on the Stabs at the time of the incident?

Yes I did, update added carbon sleeves around the elevator rods. Flew last Sunday in 10-15 winds everything feels so much better, took care off the slight oscillation it had compared to my V1 that was just rock solid

[Chillibadger]

Yes I did, update added carbon sleeves around the elevator rods. Flew last Sunday in 10-15 winds everything feels so much better, took care off the slight oscillation it had compared to my V1 that was just rock solid

is that a necessary mod then? I'm waiting for mine to arrive, it will be the 6s variant

[flyjets01@gmail.com]

I have ran my F22 90mm V2 up to 150mph no Gyro no flutter of any kind the stock metal rods handle it with no issues.
I'm running the stock Servo arm location #2 I noted Shortround91 is running Hole 1

[shortround91]

is that a necessary mod then? I'm waiting for mine to arrive, it will be the 6s variant

for 6s I don’t believe you will need to just the extra speed I gained from going. 6-8 to finally 10s put a lot more force on the elevators especially with my throws. If your Spektrum for AS3X+ I did have to lower gains to almost nothing for the oscillation, I am running tailerons though. Probably won’t be an issue going standard. I got 5 flights in on her yesterday super rock solid after doing the carbon and of course I make a carbon fiber plate for the nose gear taking pressure off the bracket.