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

[Xtraflyr]

Noticed my nose art is pealing off. Wondering if I did something wrong?

[Pete Lane]

Did you use the decal setting solution ?

[bill34207]

Shot this video of my buddy Steve's A-10 today. It's been edited to eliminate the bad "ridem' cowboy" landing. (Steve didn't want it uploaded to YouTube) Luckily it didn't do much to the plane and he few again. So I shot the landing from his 2nd flight and put it in place on this video

https://youtu.be/yjSf8AgVhng

[dahawk]

Nice vid. I like how he kept her close where we can see it.

[Pogo]

For those of you going with the "shocks on the main gear" mod on RCG I just posted over there on my take on it:

Originally Posted by mattmanraptor The shocks are 85mm long, body is 12mm diameter, Pictured: TrackStar Aluminum Shock Absorber Set 85mm (2) S160085 HK The silicone oil used(3 weights),,,, Shock oil 100wt, Diff oil 500,00cSt and 1,000,000cSt some 4mm and 5mm brass tubing Bolts: a 3x14mm button head and a 4x16mm hex head a 3mm tap

I've expanded on Matt's brilliant idea a bit in order to improve the geometry of the shock and hence it's function. The triangle created by the bracket allows full stroke of the shock and no spacers were needed for the install as it's more in line this way. The bracket is from 1.4mm aluminum I had on hand, mounted with 3mm machine screws. Not too much foam and retract mount plastic needs removing with this configuration. I used the same shocks Matt sourced (thanks again man!) and they're filled with the 5000 diff oil- the dampening action feels good but as I've yet to fly this mod we shall see. I've only 5 flights on my Hog, all good landings, but a slight trough in our grass field is launching it on the take off run prematurely, ass high, into the air and I'm hoping this will reduce that. Not to mention the inevitable bounced landing that will happen at some point....
Tom

[ryramZ]

That's cool! Is the stock spring still in there?

[Xtraflyr]

Did you use the decal setting solution ?

nope just straight up water.

[Pogo]

That's cool! Is the stock spring still in there?

Hi Ryan- yes, the spring remains.
Tom

[Xtraflyr]

Anyone do any mods to get the hot air away from the battery compartment? My batts are warmer then I like after my flight.
Thanks

[Pete Lane]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbcnRQ5yBns#action=share

What bounce !

[TiredIronGRB]

Anyone do any mods to get the hot air away from the battery compartment? My batts are warmer then I like after my flight.
Thanks

I took the nose gear door off and that really helped.

[Twowingtj]

Anyone do any mods to get the hot air away from the battery compartment? My batts are warmer then I like after my flight.
Thanks

I noticed the same thing. I went into the "refuel port" at a downward angle with a sharpened 1/2" copper pipe, twisting slowly as you go. Then painted the inside with dark gray paint. Then I opened up the exit ports on the underside with a sharpened 3/4" copper pipe. Dropped battery temp by about 20 deg.

[MikeT]

Did you use the decal setting solution ?

I found that stuff to be a great help in my decal application. I recommend using both Solvaset and Microsol.

Mike

[t33jetman]

Anyone do any mods to get the hot air away from the battery compartment? My batts are warmer then I like after my flight.
Thanks

Air intake in the front and an exit hole on the left rear side of the plane for coolong.

[Sniper93]

if anyone finds a perfect match for the gray paint on the A-10 please let me know where you got it and if there a code. I tried Lowe"s but they couldn't match it close enough for me to use it. too dark

[dahawk]

I went to Home Depot and the match was okay but slightly too light. Go figure. Someone here posted the codes with a pic. Said it was perfect. Might have to sift through the thread.

[T-CAT]

I posted the paint match I got at Home Depot a few pages back. They are a very very close match in my opinion. :Cool:

Try it out and see what you think. It's nice that the paint is very cheap for how much you get, so it's worth checking it out.

Here are the pictures I posted before:

Light Gray:



Dark Gray:

[T-CAT]

My Freewing A-10 90mm (using Freewing 12-blade fans with 1550kv outrunner motors) EDF jet is almost ready to go. I have to solder up the Freewing 130A ESC's and finish some small things here and there. Below are some pictures of the painting and weathering. I wasn't sure the weathering would look good. Right after its new paint job and shinny clean surface, it looked too much like a toy. The weathering toned it down well and looks more realistic now. The bottom of the jet is still gray on purpose for a little color contrast in hopes of improving orientation, although it doesn't necessarily need it in my opinion.

[T-CAT]

For those of you going with the "shocks on the main gear" mod on RCG I just posted over there on my take on it:

Originally Posted by mattmanraptor The shocks are 85mm long, body is 12mm diameter, Pictured: TrackStar Aluminum Shock Absorber Set 85mm (2) S160085 HK The silicone oil used(3 weights),,,, Shock oil 100wt, Diff oil 500,00cSt and 1,000,000cSt some 4mm and 5mm brass tubing Bolts: a 3x14mm button head and a 4x16mm hex head a 3mm tap

I've expanded on Matt's brilliant idea a bit in order to improve the geometry of the shock and hence it's function. The triangle created by the bracket allows full stroke of the shock and no spacers were needed for the install as it's more in line this way. The bracket is from 1.4mm aluminum I had on hand, mounted with 3mm machine screws. Not too much foam and retract mount plastic needs removing with this configuration. I used the same shocks Matt sourced (thanks again man!) and they're filled with the 5000 diff oil- the dampening action feels good but as I've yet to fly this mod we shall see. I've only 5 flights on my Hog, all good landings, but a slight trough in our grass field is launching it on the take off run prematurely, ass high, into the air and I'm hoping this will reduce that. Not to mention the inevitable bounced landing that will happen at some point....
Tom

Great engineering Tom and Matt! Looks awesome.

[HellHathNoFury]

Great job T-Cat.. Now onwards with your favourite part.. Soldering..:)LOL