Official Freewing 80mm Avanti S Sport Jet Thread

[Evan D]

Pretty good. It has large wheels and trailing link suspension.

[Hugh Wiedman]

How well does this fly off of grass fields. Im looking for a edf jet but our runway is grass and a bit bumpy.

I'm flying off grass and the Avanti gets off extremely easy, so much so that I don't even use take-off flaps. Needs less than 100 feet on grass. The Avanti has fairly large main and nose wheels (larger than all my other EDF's including the Mig 29) which makes getting off rough or thick grass no issue. Get one, you'll love it!

[tcb2185]

Good deal. She’s ordered. Can’t wait to get it. And start the build. Anything else I should be on the lookout for?

[Mark 2]

Good deal. She’s ordered. Can’t wait to get it. And start the build. Anything else I should be on the lookout for?

The decals tend to lift, be prepared to stick them back down with a thin smear of FoamTac or similar.
Put a brace behind the nose gear leg, there are 3d printed ones or you can make up something out of balsa and plywood.
Apart from that it’s a great jet.

[Grossman56]

Or coat the airplane with Minwax water based gloss to seal down decals, works every time.

Grossman56

[tcb2185]

The decals tend to lift, be prepared to stick them back down with a thin smear of FoamTac or similar.
Put a brace behind the nose gear leg, there are 3d printed ones or you can make up something out of balsa and plywood.
Apart from that it’s a great jet.

All ready got that printed. I also did the rear thrust ring.

[tcb2185]

I gotta admit this thing is bigger than I thought. Adding as3x to it.

[tcb2185]

Double posted for some reason.

[kallend]

All ready got that printed. I also did the rear thrust ring.

What is the "thrust ring"?

[Grossman56]

That's a thrust ring in the exhaust.
Had my Avanti out today and she flew great even in the wind. Did some experimenting with speeds flying into a head wind, I found at 1/4 throttle she was still flying straight and level. Landed with one click of throttle and no flaps. She still had a bit of a bounce, no biggie. Hard to believe how long I've had this bird!

Grossman56

[kallend]

That's a thrust ring in the exhaust.
Had my Avanti out today and she flew great even in the wind. Did some experimenting with speeds flying into a head wind, I found at 1/4 throttle she was still flying straight and level. Landed with one click of throttle and no flaps. She still had a bit of a bounce, no biggie. Hard to believe how long I've had this bird!

Grossman56

That's not his Avanti. I'm trying to clarify what he made for his Avanti.

I'd call what you show a "thrust tube".

[rifleman_btx]

Great way to end the day here

[Topdogzrc]

So given the release of the Cougar, I wonder what upgrades the V2 Avanti will have.
Do you think they'd install that new power system, include the quick release wing mechanism, and a gyro as well? Besides the new color scheme of course. I wonder when the V2 will be released too, hopefully this summer

[Evan D]

They are starting to put the new fan in other planes but not the ESC or gyro.

[WarbirdFan66]

i just finished my Avanti-M rework, so here a few pictures...

[Superglide09]

How do I get the motor cover off the fuselage on my Avanti. Very tight fit any suggestions

[Evan D]

After taking out the screws I lightly screw two drywall screws in the holes to grab the cover and gently pull back and forth.

[Hugh Wiedman]

i just finished my Avanti-M rework, so here a few pictures...

OUTSTANDING!!!

[Superglide09]

All of my control surfaces work except the elevators. I have no clue how to resolve this issue. Can anyone have any idea how to fix this. This is my first jet it’s the 88mm Avanti.

[Evan D]

Make sure all your connections are correct, RX to the board and servo wires to the board. Probably one in the wrong slot or upside down.