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

[Xtraflyr]

It's not the same as FoamTac but will work. It dries a little harder which is why I use Foam Tac. It stays flexible but really bonds well As far as the looseness of the gear, way back in the beginning of this thread the guys from Motion said that the looseness was by design to make the gear more forgiving and able to soak up the bumps easier. The Avanti also has slop in it's gear. They felt that too stiff of a gear set up would lead to gear being tore up and breaking. I can only say in my experience that it works. I've run it off our runway into the high grass that full of bumps and holes and it's still in great shape. The only problem I've had is the grub screws that are on the nose gear have come loose and allow the nose wheel to go back and forth, especially bad on takeoff. Pulled them out and used locktite on them and no more problem. They had some on them but only towards the outside and when the screw was all the way tightened it went beyond the locktite. Flare this jet on landing and you shouldn't have any gear problems.

I have probably an 1"+ of front to back slop and about the same side to side. It was a little loose like you said in the beginning,but it seems to have a bit more slop now.

[ColtPilot]

This awesome 1/6th scale Skymaster A-10 from this past weekend. It has a smoke system too. I saw the flight from a distance and it looked great. The event was well attended.

[1horse59]

The complete nose gear is in for the A-10, better get it before they're all gone:Cool:

[ColtPilot]

The complete nose gear is in for the A-10, better get it before they're all gone:Cool:

Done, just in case.;) So far no need for it.

[ColtPilot]

I did.

https://youtu.be/LBvc_I72gOw

The strobes arrived today. Now I have to recut the grove to place the wire not to mention extending the wire. It'll get done. They are certainly bright. :Cool:

[RCjetdude]

The strobes arrived today. Now I have to recut the grove to place the wire not to mention extending the wire. It'll get done. They are certainly bright. :Cool:

Excellent! I only had to enlarge the groove in the outermost part of the wing closest to the wingtip. if I recall correctly the rest of the grove was big enough.

[themudduck]

The complete nose gear is in for the A-10, better get it before they're all gone:Cool:

This morning they are gone... along with ALL of the other nose gear parts as well. No pin, no doors, no retract. All Sold Out. :Crying::Crying2:

[ColtPilot]

This morning they are gone... along with ALL of the other nose gear parts as well. No pin, no doors, no retract. All Sold Out. :Crying::Crying2:

Mine got shipped. Glad I jumped on it.

[xviper]

You still get them here: http://www.rc-castle.com/index.php?r...roduct_id=6904

[The Don]

Mark,

I got some spare parts from RC Castle took about a week to arrive. Can land your A10 at Bills OK ? Or is that why you want nose parts :-)

Don

[downwindleg]

This awesome 1/6th scale Skymaster A-10 from this past weekend. It has a smoke system too. I saw the flight from a distance and it looked great. The event was well attended.

Awesome A-10, love the american flags on the decelerons. Functional canopy and so on. Brad

[themudduck]

Mark,

I got some spare parts from RC Castle took about a week to arrive. Can land your A10 at Bills OK ? Or is that why you want nose parts :-)

Don

Sent you a PM... no I don't need any parts! I just thought it would be cool to have two of these jets at the field.

[1horse59]

This morning they are gone... along with ALL of the other nose gear parts as well. No pin, no doors, no retract. All Sold Out. :Crying::Crying2:

I told my wife they'd be gone within 24hrsLOL

[Aros]

Get it while it's hot folks. Limited supply for this initial air freight. More to follow. Snagged mine. It will be nice to fly mine again...It's been 6 weeks!

https://www.motionrc.com/products/freewing-80mm-edf-a-10-complete-nose-landing-gear

[RCjetdude]

Get it while it's hot folks. Limited supply for this initial air freight. More to follow. Snagged mine. It will be nice to fly mine again...It's been 6 weeks!

https://www.motionrc.com/products/fr...e-landing-gear

I need just the retract mechanism....

[dahawk]

Might have to go through RC Castle on the retract C. It still has the black case hardened pin. Like they took a blow torch to it. Very brittle.

[DCORSAIR]

They sold out fast.....;) so I missed out, I was going to order one just in case I goofed a landing, maybe next batch.

[TomPatton]

They sold out fast.....;) so I missed out, I was going to order one just in case I goofed a landing, maybe next batch.

Sold out in 4 1/2 hours??? How many came in!!! Or does everyone that bought one need one???
Something don't seem right here...:Confused:

[downwindleg]

Get it while it's hot folks. Limited supply for this initial air freight. More to follow. Snagged mine. It will be nice to fly mine again...It's been 6 weeks!

https://www.motionrc.com/products/fr...e-landing-gear

I hope this isn't the case when the upgraded landing gear with the regular oleo struts come in for folks like me with either a paved runway or short grass. I think the people who asked for this upgrade in the first place should have some kind of priority notification. I haven't got time to watch every hour for things like this. Thanks, Brad

[Xtraflyr]

The complete nose gear is in for the A-10, better get it before they're all gone:Cool:

Man I thought they were a whole new design like the main gears.