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

[t33jetman]

Here is my maiden flight done in Columbus Ohio, at E-Jets International.
Video provided by Pete Foss.

[Xtraflyr]

Here is my maiden flight done in Columbus Ohio, at E-Jets International.
Video provided by Pete Foss.

Excellent job!!!
It seems like everyone’s maiden takeoff ends up with the wings wagging like yours did. Mine did the same! I ended up adding 35%expo and that helped a lot.

[EDFjetpilot]

hey Mudduck do you have a pic of your 6250 stacked ?? would like to set up mine that way too and was curious what your looks like.

See the photo for where I place my RT 6250s...sounds similar to where Mudduck's are placed.

I can fly a scale 5:30 actual air time flight and the cells come down at 3.78v per cell. I've been able to get a scale 7 minute actual air time flight and the batteries come down at 3.72v per cell.

Hope this helps,

Sean

[Shirty]

Grats on the maiden mate. That wing waggle is just getting airborne with not enough speed imho. Pump her to full throttle and let her roll down the end of the runway and gain a bit more speed, and you won't get this wing rock.

[Twowingtj]

Congrats on the maiden t33jetman! +1 on Shirty's recommendation. "Feel the need for speed" on take-off. :Cool:

[Porkster]

Grats on the maiden mate. That wing waggle is just getting airborne with not enough speed imho. Pump her to full throttle and let her roll down the end of the runway and gain a bit more speed, and you won't get this wing rock.

I’d agree, I stalled my new one as it got airborne too soon.
I ended up doing a little extreme weathering, not quite terminator level of dirt but almost. There’s something about the hog which I think really suits being dirty!

[Pogo]

I don't think that's too dirty, but just right- looks really good! Show us the bottom...:Cool:
Tom

[downwindleg]

I saw four hogs at the Reno Air races a couple of weeks ago RCAV8R and I crawled all over them and when asked, the crew chief said they clean them all up for display. When I asked him if they could bring a dirty one next year, he looked at me like I was one enchillada short of a combination plate. LOLBut I explained the reason why and he totally got it.:Cool:Brad

[RuthR720]

If anyone is having trouble with bounced landings it may be because the aircraft is too nose heavy. There’s absolutely no design flaw in the airframe/landing gear.

https://youtu.be/qnNXiXiAJKg

[TiredIronGRB]

If anyone is having trouble with bounced landings it may be because the aircraft is too nose heavy. There’s absolutely no design flaw in the airframe/landing gear.
https://youtu.be/qnNXiXiAJKg

She'll get you sooner or later...

[downwindleg]

What he said!!!! If the aircraft is too nose heavy then we all made the tragic mistake of following the directions..is that your point????Brad

[Porkster]

I don't think that's too dirty, but just right- looks really good! Show us the bottom...:Cool:
Tom

Thanks for the compliment, i did do the bottom so will grab a picture when I get home for the weekend

[RCAV8R]

I’d agree, I stalled my new one as it got airborne too soon.
I ended up doing a little extreme weathering, not quite terminator level of dirt but almost. There’s something about the hog which I think really suits being dirty!

Nice work Porkster! I know how much work it takes to do these planes at this scale...way to go!! Rob

[WAY BAD]

If anyone is having trouble with bounced landings it may be because the aircraft is too nose heavy. There’s absolutely no design flaw in the airframe/landing gear.
https://youtu.be/qnNXiXiAJKg

Very smooth and scale landing! What do you run your CG at or which batteries and placement in the plane?

[Porkster]

Nice work Porkster! I know how much work it takes to do these planes at this scale...way to go!! Rob

Thanks Rob, I'm really pleased I did it. It's the first one I've ever done, I've been threatening to do it for ages!

[ColtPilot]

Well, finally broke the nose pin, last weekend. Thankfully I had a replacement nose gear and flew again later that day and greased the landing. Scraped up the nose cannon, and the right side ordnance. Other than that not to bad.
Noah is doing better and the new platelets are taking. Thanks to all of you with your thoughts and prayers.

[TiredIronGRB]

Well, finally broke the nose pin, last weekend. Thankfully I had a replacement nose gear and flew again later that day and greased the landing. Scraped up the nose cannon, and the right side ordnance. Other than that not to bad.
Noah is doing better and the new platelets are taking. Thanks to all of you with your thoughts and prayers.

That is great news! Nice to see him smiling!

[Clearblue]

That's awesome news Colt. Very glad to hear that. I had the very same thing happen to mine. I've now completed the "T.I. fix" Believe I finally broke that Bucking Bronco!

[downwindleg]

Great news Colt, every day is precious. Hope the good news keeps coming for a long, long time. I've got the T.I. fix done and waitng for weather now. Brad

[Shirty]

Yep that awesome tim. Happy to hear it mate.