Looks like I waited one day to long to order mine. Hopefully they will restock soon.
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Originally posted by Ks.jetflyer View PostI'm still flying the original that I got when they first came out. Still using the stock original power system. Starting to show a little wear and tear. Was hoping to replace it with ver. 2. Just have to impatiently wait for restock.
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Maidened my V2 today. Using year old Liperior 5000 6s 35c. Telemetry data at takeoff - 121 Amps, 23.55V 2850 watts. For comparison, the V1 Avanti at full throttle produced 2400 watts at takeoff on the exact same batteries. I figured if you used newer batteries, especially the newer SMC HVs you'd be pushing over 3000W - so some caution on using max throttle for anything other than a few seconds. The 12 blade fan sounds fantastic - that's one of the things I did not like about the earlier 9 blade version. In flight, the V2 Avanti very simiilar to the earlier version, but I can feel the extra power on the newer higher KV motor. I had a GPS unit on but unfortunately it was not working today - so no speed readings. I clocked 120 mph on the V1 Avanti on a dive, and I think V2 feels just as fast if not faster. Need to get that GPS fixed.
Now my gripe : 1) The nose gear doors. They popped of when I landed over grass. One of them broke in two. All the inner springs, plastic clips - all gone. Just like the older Avanti, if you don't have short grass, they will be ripped off. I replace them with spares and after a few flights, they break or go missing. I'll just have to live with a doorless Avanti.
2) The Avanti is still a bouncy plane. Even when i tried to bleed off speed and ease it gently onto the ground, it loves to bounce. I figured the bounces must have played a part in ripping off the gear doors. There are occasions of course that it comes in just perfect with no bounce. You just have to work at those landings. Fortunately, the gears are tough. No chance of bending or breaking them.
Anyway I'm very happy with the plane. The paint job is great, and the parts fit perfectly. Even the servos and links are all adjusted just right so I don't need to change anything when going from the V1 model on my radio to the new one. QA is excellent. And finally, that great sound - its actually get close to the sound of a Wemotec. Great job, Freewing.1 Photo
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Originally posted by tipstall View PostMaidened my V2 today. Using year old Liperior 5000 6s 35c. Telemetry data at takeoff - 121 Amps, 23.55V 2850 watts. For comparison, the V1 Avanti at full throttle produced 2400 watts at takeoff on the exact same batteries. I figured if you used newer batteries, especially the newer SMC HVs you'd be pushing over 3000W - so some caution on using max throttle for anything other than a few seconds. The 12 blade fan sounds fantastic - that's one of the things I did not like about the earlier 9 blade version. In flight, the V2 Avanti very simiilar to the earlier version, but I can feel the extra power on the newer higher KV motor. I had a GPS unit on but unfortunately it was not working today - so no speed readings. I clocked 120 mph on the V1 Avanti on a dive, and I think V2 feels just as fast if not faster. Need to get that GPS fixed.
Now my gripe : 1) The nose gear doors. They popped of when I landed over grass. One of them broke in two. All the inner springs, plastic clips - all gone. Just like the older Avanti, if you don't have short grass, they will be ripped off. I replace them with spares and after a few flights, they break or go missing. I'll just have to live with a doorless Avanti.
2) The Avanti is still a bouncy plane. Even when i tried to bleed off speed and ease it gently onto the ground, it loves to bounce. I figured the bounces must have played a part in ripping off the gear doors. There are occasions of course that it comes in just perfect with no bounce. You just have to work at those landings. Fortunately, the gears are tough. No chance of bending or breaking them.
Anyway I'm very happy with the plane. The paint job is great, and the parts fit perfectly. Even the servos and links are all adjusted just right so I don't need to change anything when going from the V1 model on my radio to the new one. QA is excellent. And finally, that great sound - its actually get close to the sound of a Wemotec. Great job, Freewing.
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how did you balance this, on the new lines provided on the wings or based on the manual?
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Originally posted by rogosi View Post
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how did you balance this, on the new lines provided on the wings or based on the manual?
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Originally posted by Pascandrea View Post
hi again, after a warm night of thinking ...
it was exactly what i did.
channel 1 throttle (-100/+100), channel 2 reverse (-100/+100), and nothing works,
this morning i changed the channel from 2 to 7 for the reverse and it works (-100/+100),
the motor and the reverse are working,
don t ask me why ...
thanks for helping ....
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Originally posted by tipstall View Post
2) The Avanti is still a bouncy plane. Even when i tried to bleed off speed and ease it gently onto the ground, it loves to bounce. I figured the bounces must have played a part in ripping off the gear doors. There are occasions of course that it comes in just perfect with no bounce. You just have to work at those landings.
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Originally posted by paulrkytek View Post
If Channel 2 is a primary channel i.e. elevator, rudder, ailerons or throttle you cannot normally assign these channels to a switch as they work on sticks only. Channel 2 is normally elevator on most radios channel 5,6,7,8,9,10 are aux channels and normally can be assigned to switches. I do not know how the channel numbers are set out on your jeti rx but channel 7 is clearly an aux channel because it now works.
So probably his channel 2 was already assigned to a different servo signal and not as a switch.
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Ok - finally got my GPS working again and the results on speed was a little disappointing. The V2 with its 12 blade fan clocked 105 mph, which is about 5 mph slower than the older version despite drawing 15 more amps. Now this is with my old, tired low "C" Lipo batteries and I'm sure others will get more speed with better batteries.
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(1) Avanti s v2 maiden and second flight - YouTube
vid done on my iphone so missed alot of the 144mph on gps,,, pass..this was maiden and second flight .. also has anyone else notice that the canopy hold down pin isnt long enough to go into the canopy?
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