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Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: Mig 29 "Cobra", 8S EuroFighter-Bronze Tiger, A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, 8S F16 Wild Weasel, 8S F4 Jolly Rodgers & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, B-24, Stinger 90, Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 62" Extra 300, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, 62" Edge Demonstrator. FMS-SU-30,1700mm P-51, Corsair, Viper, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P51.
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Originally posted by Hugh Wiedman View Post
Dirty Dee it seems you are no longer printing the 3D cockpit for us peasant peons who either can't afford or are too stupid to operate a 3D printer. Say It Isn't So!!! Did you get your CO's approval to stop? I've finally decided to pick one of these up and try an Arctic Camo version (since it seems we are headed for Covid Lockdown #2 down here) and now I find out I'm going to be stuck with a gator cockpit! Oh well, maybe I'll just black out the canopy windows and tell everyone the cockpit looks great with my JHH pilot and full instrumentation but everything in it is top secret so no peeking.
But the super-detailed 3D cockpits are totally cool (and highly superior) and I hope that DD can still make them!Marc flies FW & FL: AL37, MiG-29, T45,F4, A4, A10, F104 70 and 90, P38, Dauntless SBD, Corsair, B17, B24, B26 & P61, Lipp.P19, ME262, Komets, Vampire, SeaVixen, FMS Tigercat, FOX Glider & Radian XL.
Rabid Models foamies, including my 8' B17 & 9' B36... and my Mud Ducks! www.rabidmodels.com
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Originally posted by Hugh Wiedman View Post
Dirty Dee it seems you are no longer printing the 3D cockpit for us peasant peons who either can't afford or are too stupid to operate a 3D printer. Say It Isn't So!!! Did you get your CO's approval to stop? I've finally decided to pick one of these up and try an Arctic Camo version (since it seems we are headed for Covid Lockdown #2 down here) and now I find out I'm going to be stuck with a gator cockpit! Oh well, maybe I'll just black out the canopy windows and tell everyone the cockpit looks great with my JHH pilot and full instrumentation but everything in it is top secret so no peeking.
I believe crxmanpat recently printed a cockpit for another individual for a fee. Pat, is this something you are open for doing for Hugh as well? If not I might be able to make some time early August to print you one.
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Originally posted by PaulZ View PostHello A-10 club! I just pushed the buy button and ordered mine. I also bought the upgraded landing gear. I will be flying off grass but also paved runways. Has anyone installed wheel brakes on this plane? Any other suggestions as I unbox and build?
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Originally posted by PaulZ View PostHello A-10 club! I just pushed the buy button and ordered mine. I also bought the upgraded landing gear. I will be flying off grass but also paved runways. Has anyone installed wheel brakes on this plane? Any other suggestions as I unbox and build?
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Thanks guys. That is my issue as well, I don't want to constantly keep running off the runway and into the grass. I have flown much larger birds on our runway and electromagnetic brakes help a lot. We are talking 50g more if weight. This A-10 with the huge wings should not have a problem. I'll see what I can put together and will post some pictures.
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Originally posted by Warthog View PostI've been thinking about a 3D printer. Are they hard to use? I'm no expert with a computer. Where do you get the software for each project? Does the printer come with easy to use software?
https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/th...on-3d-printing
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Originally posted by PaulZ View PostThanks guys. That is my issue as well, I don't want to constantly keep running off the runway and into the grass. I have flown much larger birds on our runway and electromagnetic brakes help a lot. We are talking 50g more if weight. This A-10 with the huge wings should not have a problem. I'll see what I can put together and will post some pictures.
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Originally posted by Phantom View Post
The airframe has no issues with weight. My AUW is 17.5 lbs. The ability of the retracts burning out due to the additional weight of the wheels with brakes is the issue and limiting factor.
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Hello fellow A-10 drivers, new squadron check-in here. Been out of r/c flying for about 10 years now and I've decided to jump back into the hobby. I'm a retired Navy AO, aviation ordnanceman, so the A-10 has always been a favorite bird of mine...even if it doesn't have a tailhook lol. Found this bird and have been eyeballing it for a while but finally took the plunge this morning and bought the PNP version along with all the recommended gear, radio, batteries and charger and all the other junk to replace all the old r/c stuff I've thrown away getting back into the hobby because its outdated after my long absence lol. I did however get the 12 bladed fans as I've read it gives it a little bit more of a turbine whine and a little extra thrust. Anyway, looking forward to pouring over the forum for advice and mods, stuff to look out for, etc.
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She's by far my favorite Freewing jet to-date. I have some others that come close but she still reigns supreme in my eyes, you will love it! Do a search on the gear mod as most have done it. I see you're in Seattle, not far from me. Tandem A-10 sorties in our future??
My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by Splat View PostHello fellow A-10 drivers, new squadron check-in here...looking forward to pouring over the forum for advice and mods, stuff to look out for, etc.I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
AMA#116446
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Thanks for the welcome gents! I am looking forward to the build, its been a long time since I've had a bird on my workbench. Used to have a house where I could walk 50 feet out the garage door to a huge flying area but now I'm a city dweller with less opportune places that are close by to fly. On a recent bike ride I came across a well kept soccer field / city park where they were launching rockets, flying drones and gliders and I thought "wow this is a great place to fly!" so think this A-10 will be perfect for the grass there...can't wait to fly.
Again thanks for the welcome and Aros hell ya I'll be your Dash-2 lol
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Just to clarify, which version of the gear is best for grass? The stock or the upgraded ones they are selling? Which ones have the bounce issues?
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Splat,
Welcome, and thank you for your service!
So this bird comes with trailing link landing gear for the mains, and scissor link for the nose. All you need to do is buy the nose strut upgrade and then all 3 will be trailing link, which is perfect for grass ops. No need to replace all 3.
Also, you get more "whine" with the stock 9-blade fans. The 12-blade will give more "whoosh" like a normal jet, but because a full scale A-10 has unducted turbofans, you want more whine for scale sound. Some of us have even put Nerf whistles in the nacelles to better imitate the turbofan sound.Pat
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Crxmanpat, ahhhhh thank you for the information! That saves me a little money by just buying the nose...not that it matters at this point, whats another 100 bucks lol. Having spent my whole adult life around military jets of various types I can certainly appreciate the authentic scale "whine" of the A-10 and would like to replicate that...so guess I'll try the stock 9 blades first before I put the 12s in and see which I like. I do like the idea of the Nerf whistles as well and have seen the build video where those got put in but it was on mute so I wasn't exactly sure what was going on there lol. Again than you all for the welcome and continuing info!
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