Official Freewing Twin 80mm/90mm A-10 Thunderbolt II Thread

[Shirty]

Well done pat. Nice one.

[T-CAT]

Well, I ordered the 90mm nacelles and had two Stinger 90 power plants ready to be installed......until I checked the motors on both of them. I bought one of the power systems from the classifieds on a different forum, and the other is mine. Well, mine was indeed the 1450kv motor because it came out of my Stinger 90, and the other was a 1550kv motor that's used in many of the new scale 90mm Freewing jets. So, that mission stalled until I get another power plant to make the perfect match. Good thing I checked, otherwise it could have been bad news.

So, plan B......installed the two 80mm Freewing inrunner power systems instead. I can use the stock ESC's and they're good to go. Instead of running the wires underneath the clear plastic covered channel, I had to have the wires out on top due to the shorter wiring of the inrunner motors.

Also, a nice little detail and surprise was the extra capacitors that are added to the ESC's. That's a good call to help with longevity and functionality of the ESC's.

[dahawk]

Great Maiden Pat! Inspiring.

[slamdance64]

Nice maiden Pat. I love the sound from the whistles.

[TiredIronGRB]

Here's the maiden video. I just LOVE the sound of those Nerf whistles!

https://youtu.be/B9aOntHqOoY

Nice, it does slow down quite nice if you let it...I think some of have been afraid to slow it down that much which has lead to the "broncoing".

[MikeT]

Is there any interest in sets of these decals? I could print a bunch and send them for like $5 total, basically just to cover printing and shipping costs.

I'd be up for a set.

Mike

[F106DeltaDart]

Completed the maiden flight on my A-10 last night, and I have to echo all of the previous comments, what a fantastic flyer! It hardly takes any power at all to keep her in the air, I hardly went above half throttle for most of the flight. The glide ratio is very impressive, as is the low speed handing. I landed with half flaps, and it really slows down to a crawl. After seeing some of the bounciness from other maidens, I did trim my nose gear spring by 3/8" as per TI's mod. The flight was 3 min on 2 Admiral Pro 4000s, and I still had 49% left in the packs when I landed. 5 min + flight times should be no problem, especially for scale flying or bigger batteries.

[Sky Wolf]

Completed the maiden flight on my A-10 last night, and I have to echo all of the previous comments, what a fantastic flyer! It hardly takes any power at all to keep her in the air, I hardly went above half throttle for most of the flight. The glide ratio is very impressive, as is the low speed handing. I landed with half flaps, and it really slows down to a crawl. After seeing some of the bounciness from other maidens, I did trim my nose gear spring by 3/8" as per TI's mod. The flight was 3 min on 2 Admiral Pro 4000s, and I still had 49% left in the packs when I landed. 5 min + flight times should be no problem, especially for scale flying or bigger batteries.

Great job Mike! Nice flight and fantastic first landing.

[TiredIronGRB]

Completed the maiden flight on my A-10 last night, and I have to echo all of the previous comments, what a fantastic flyer! It hardly takes any power at all to keep her in the air, I hardly went above half throttle for most of the flight. The glide ratio is very impressive, as is the low speed handing. I landed with half flaps, and it really slows down to a crawl. After seeing some of the bounciness from other maidens, I did trim my nose gear spring by 3/8" as per TI's mod. The flight was 3 min on 2 Admiral Pro 4000s, and I still had 49% left in the packs when I landed. 5 min + flight times should be no problem, especially for scale flying or bigger batteries.

Very nice, did you CG per the manual?

[dahawk]

Way to go, Mike. Was that Elmer in the background giving commentary? From the vids I've seen thus far, the flight characteristics remind me of the F7F TigerCat. A big trainer. Of course, you guys make everything look easy.

[F106DeltaDart]

Very nice, did you CG per the manual?

Thanks, yes CG was per the manual and I used the recommended low rates as well with 25% expo. Roll was still a bit sensitive, so I may go to 30% or decrease aileron throw slightly.

[RCjetdude]

Well, I ordered the 90mm nacelles and had two Stinger 90 power plants ready to be installed......until I checked the motors on both of them. I bought one of the power systems from the classifieds on a different forum, and the other is mine. Well, mine was indeed the 1450kv motor because it came out of my Stinger 90, and the other was a 1550kv motor that's used in many of the new scale 90mm Freewing jets. So, that mission stalled until I get another power plant to make the perfect match. Good thing I checked, otherwise it could have been bad news.

So, plan B......installed the two 80mm Freewing inrunner power systems instead. I can use the stock ESC's and they're good to go. Instead of running the wires underneath the clear plastic covered channel, I had to have the wires out on top due to the shorter wiring of the inrunner motors.

Also, a nice little detail and surprise was the extra capacitors that are added to the ESC's. That's a good call to help with longevity and functionality of the ESC's.

T-CAT, what do you mean that the capacitors were a nice little detail and surprise? Did the 80mm come with the caps on the ESC's?

[TiredIronGRB]

Thanks, yes CG was per the manual and I used the recommended low rates as well with 25% expo. Roll was still a bit sensitive, so I may go to 30% or decrease aileron throw slightly.

I went 70% aileron on low rate and 40% expo.

[F106DeltaDart]

Way to go, Mike. Was that Elmer in the background giving commentary? From the vids I've seen thus far, the flight characteristics remind me of the F7F TigerCat. A big trainer. Of course, you guys make everything look easy.

No, Lee was in the background, and Jaylen was next to me giving commentary. And absolutely correct, it really is a big forgiving trainer. I'm looking forward to putting another flight on it later this evening. I'm going to really need to stock up on some more batteries now..

[F106DeltaDart]

I went 70% aileron on low rate and 40% expo.

Thanks TI, may give that a try tonight.

[dahawk]

Nose gear holding up? Of course, you greased that first landing. I've heard more than one report now on guys snapping off the 5mm pin. That takes a lot of force to do that. I'll find out soon myself as I'm traveling this week.If that's the case, I'll look for plan B which will be to get a trailing link setup. Looking at 15-20 mph winds this weekend. Eek! She handle wind pretty good ?

[F106DeltaDart]

There was about 7 mph of wind of the maiden and it had no noticeable effect on the model, 15-20 is pretty steep though. My nose gear is doing fine, but not much to tell from one flight. I would recommend trimming the nose gear spring though, may save you from the excessive bouncing that has happened to several guys now. Although with half flaps in 15 mph wind you could probably land vertically anyways, and save yourself hardly any stress on the gear ;).

[TiredIronGRB]

Nose gear holding up? Of course, you greased that first landing. I've heard more than one report now on guys snapping off the 5mm pin. That takes a lot of force to do that. I'll find out soon myself as I'm traveling this week.If that's the case, I'll look for plan B which will be to get a trailing link setup. Looking at 15-20 mph winds this weekend. Eek! She handle wind pretty good ?

The nose gear is very tough, I can't believe my "bronco" landing didn't break the fuse...it only cracked the retract housing. After cutting the strut spring it calmed it down considerably.

[Aros]

Nice maidens fellas!

[themudduck]

Here are some ordnance pics for detail reference.
ALQ131 jamming pod, Maverick, Targeting pod, AIM-9 sidewinder, Mk82 500lb and Mk83 1000lb bombs