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

[Aros]

Oh no, nothing like that Todd! I phrased it badly and should have said I'm not sure of the thinking behind this play being designed in. All my experience tells me that when you allow a joint like this to accelerate before it stops (with excessive clearance) the loads are only increased. I'll leave mine modified and see how it goes- if it breaks (cause I'm wrong) I'll humbly just buy another retract.:)
Tom

No worries Tom, it seems backwards to me as well. :)

[downwindleg]

Thanks allot Todd. Not to be a pain but could you post the distance each of those marks are from say the stepdown? Just want to make sure I have it right. Thanks again, Brad

[Kurtzz]

Very cool! Is that nose art waterslide or like the rest of Callie's graphics?

Same great vinyl as the rest of her graphics.

[Aros]

Thanks allot Todd. Not to be a pain but could you post the distance each of those marks are from say the stepdown? Just want to make sure I have it right. Thanks again, Brad

No problem Brad!

The forward battery (the battery closest to the nose) measured from the back of the LiPo to the edge is 5 inches.

The aft battery measured from the front of the LiPo to the edge is 6 inches.

[DrDeath]

No I haven't had to carve anything out...Here's a photo (It's at an angle so note the black vertical marks I etched in...The first one on the left is for the front of the first 6S and the second one on the right is for the back of the second 6S...

That's close to where my Admirals are. The top one is flush with the step down. The lower one the end of the battery is lined up with the 2nd long oval on the wooden tray. Flys great, I have 5 flights on her.

[TomPatton]

This is the guy I got mine from. Quick and fast shipping.I'm sure you can find them for a little less.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-JST-XH-6S-...3D322285988460

Yep, I found them at Buddy RC for about $4.50 cents cheaper for 5... That is quite a markup they have there... A lot of guys I fly with buy their batteries but I think the Admiral is a better buy...

[RCAV8R]

Wow Aros...where is your RX? Is it aft under your battery leads? Is that the satellite I see in the lower left?

[TomPatton]

No I haven't had to carve anything out...Here's a photo (It's at an angle so note the black vertical marks I etched in...The first one on the left is for the front of the first 6S and the second one on the right is for the back of the second 6S...

Those are the old style Admiral 5000"s, if you got the new longer ones they will not fit properly on top rail. I am mixing mine with longer new ones on bottom and older ones on top...

[Kloverzero]

Flight 3 was my new T-45. Great flight, got it trimmed out but my landing was a little hard. Snapped the plastic rod on the gear that slides back and forth when the gear opens and closes. I was a little pissed as I didn't have my wings level when I touched down. Will have to either glue it or get another one. The plane was fine.

You can get a dowel and a piece of white heat shrink tubing. JB Weld the dowel into the trough on the back of the bar, slide the white heat shrink over it, heat, and viola!! Stronger than it was and perfect!!

[dahawk]

This is my source - A little more, but at my door in 2 days - free shipping with Amazon Prime

https://www.amazon.com/RipaFire-Battery-Balance-Connector-Protector/dp/B00YGOOBK6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497541629&sr=8-1&keywords=ripafire+6s

Buddy RC has them too

[Fast Eddie]

Buddy RC has them too

Cool, Thanks

[Fast Eddie]

Does anybody know why on the A-10, the front of gear pod is black on the starboard side? Nothing on port side. Curious :Confused:

[1horse59]

No I haven't had to carve anything out...Here's a photo (It's at an angle so note the black vertical marks I etched in...The first one on the left is for the front of the first 6S and the second one on the right is for the back of the second 6S...

Nice to see pics of the inside, thanks for posting.:Cool:
Billy

[DrDeath]

You can get a dowel and a piece of white heat shrink tubing. JB Weld the dowel into the trough on the back of the bar, slide the white heat shrink over it, heat, and viola!! Stronger than it was and perfect!!

Thanks and great chatting with you. Will work on this fix this weekend. I will keep the extra parts in the parts drawer.

[Kloverzero]

Does anybody know why on the A-10, the front of gear pod is black on the starboard side? Nothing on port side. Curious :Confused:

Avionics bay or some such equipment in the starboard wing wheel pod. Air Force painted it like that.

[ParaCanary]

A little taste of the Flying Razorback, from Callie.

Any difficulty in applying the nose art and getting it symmetrical?

[Mike_Then]

Anyone else have to hog foam to balance the A-10? I had to carve out a channel in the bottom of the canopy as I had to stack the batteries in a weird way to get it to balance. Going to have to get creative with getting the front battery to stay in place.

[TiredIronGRB]

Anyone else have to hog foam to balance the A-10? I had to carve out a channel in the bottom of the canopy as I had to stack the batteries in a weird way to get it to balance. Going to have to get creative with getting the front battery to stay in place.

move the control board back, you can easily slide it back and put the two front screws in the two rear screw holes in the fuse then you won't need to stack them like that.

[vduniec]

The port side had the ground refueling point in it. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?

Does anybody know why on the A-10, the front of gear pod is black on the starboard side? Nothing on port side. Curious :Confused:

[crxmanpat]

It's for the electronics and sensors that go in the nose of a normal fighter. As, well, the nose of the A-10 is otherwise spoken for. :)