Official Freewing 80mm Avanti S Sport Jet Thread

[paulrkytek]

Got mine. Wow! It looks way better than on the pictures! So far, I really like it.
One question: What rates/deflections do you use? I've seen on youtube (BD Tennessee) that his rates were like a half of those from the manual and the plane flew nicely. I do not want to end up with a flying drill bit ;) I might be using his settings, unless you have other proposals.

Btw, they're out of stock on MRC EU again.

Consider 2 settings go low as per BD for normal flying but flick the switch to high rates for take off with elevator set to high, ailerons and rudder on low, 1/2 flaps for take off on grass, plenty expo on elevator on high rates. After a couple of flights adjust rates to suit yourself.

[mszulen]

Got mine. Wow! It looks way better than on the pictures! So far, I really like it.
One question: What rates/deflections do you use? I've seen on youtube (BD Tennessee) that his rates were like a half of those from the manual and the plane flew nicely. I do not want to end up with a flying drill bit ;) I might be using his settings, unless you have other proposals.

Btw, they're out of stock on MRC EU again.

[mszulen]

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[mszulen]

Folks, Avanti V2 PNP is back in stock at MotionRC.eu.
Just ordered mine :) Can't wait till tomorrow :)
It was way less than estimated (by MRC) 2-3 months.

[Flyingjunky]

installed the avian 130 amp esc just like in the viper 90. Ran stock motor and stock fan. wanted the reverse thrust and thought it would be about the same speed or slightly faster. After installing the Avanti was actually much slower and flew aweful. anyone tried this esc with stock motor???

[Evan D]

I fly 650g packs all the way back, even cut a little foam. It’s far enough the nose wheel skips over the ground. Not much down inverted.

[Lextek]

I’m running mostly SMC 5300 HV packs in both V1 and V2 Avantis. I have them all the way back. During inverted flight how much down elevator are people applying? Seems like a lot on mine. Planes fly/land great.

[rifleman_btx]

I been putting mine through a lot with the 100A esc. Haven't had any issues either. Also have 100A in the tomcat. All good so far. And thats with 18 flights in 100+ degree weather. I can tell you the batteries don't like it.

[Evan D]

As I’ve said I’m multiple places (I have the 2150 in three planes) they pull 127-128A on a freshly charged non-HV LiPo. So far no smoke!

[mszulen]

Maidened my V2 today. Using year old Liperior 5000 6s 35c. Telemetry data at takeoff - 121 Amps, 23.55V 2850 watts. .

I'm wondering, why they put 100A ESC then? I know 121A is just a bit more than peak current of this ESC, but still....

[mszulen]

My understanding is that’s a fake site and if you do order from it you’ll never receive it.

Raymond has it in stock but shipping will be bad. Freewing Avanti S V2 80mm 12 Blade EDF Sport Jet IR PNP Version (rc-castle.com)

Oh.. never ordered anything from there (due to the shipping prices, at least). It was just interesting to see they claim to have it in stock.

Geezz... 122$ shipping to NL. Also, it would go through customs, which means another 21% added.

I'll wait... especially, that shipping will be free from MotionrcEU and I can pay in 3 interest free installments...

[Evan D]

My understanding is that’s a fake site and if you do order from it you’ll never receive it.

Raymond has it in stock but shipping will be bad. Freewing Avanti S V2 80mm 12 Blade EDF Sport Jet IR PNP Version (rc-castle.com)

[mszulen]

When I look at both the US and EU Motion sites all versions, new, old, ARF, PNP, all show out of stock. Where are you looking?

On the EU site in product questions (PNP version)

However, this is the information on the Freewing website. It says clearly "in stock" (but the price......)

http://www.freewing-model.com/freewing-avanti-s-v2-80mm-edf-ultimate-sport-pnp-rc-airplane.html

[Evan D]

When I look at both the US and EU Motion sites all versions, new, old, ARF, PNP, all show out of stock. Where are you looking?

[mszulen]

Just when I wanted to get into the "Avanti club", Motion RC says the estimated backorder delivery is 2-3 months... geezzz.... I was hoping to have it still this year :)
Interestingly, Freewing website says it's available.... well.. waiting time :)

[BigNug]

I checked out the spare parts for both V1 and V2. Looks like it's the same retract with a 5.1mm diameter shaft, so it must fit. I'm going to order one and will report back.

Thanks to those that responded.

The V2 nose gear strut does work on a V1. The doors close a little sooner and slide on the tire as they close, but it works and helps reduce landing bounce.

[Pascandrea]

Hi, i loose one spring who hold the front gear door, i cannot find the spare part for that, anyone know where i can find some or someone has the size of it ? thanks a lot ...

i found some on the chinese web site ; lengh 15mm, diameter of wire 0.4mm, external diameter 5mm, but yes she flies also perfectly without ...

[rifleman_btx]

This was absolutely awesome

[Hugh Wiedman]

I checked out the spare parts for both V1 and V2. Looks like it's the same retract with a 5.1mm diameter shaft, so it must fit. I'm going to order one and will report back.

That nose retract is also the same one used on their new 90mm Eurofighter.
Got my Red Avanti V 1.9 (V1 but with upgraded 12 blade 2150 Kv inrunner) out again and it's a new girl! Drop in fit and no need to change the ESC (but doesn't have thrust reverse-I like flying in a forward direction ). Been using the SMC HiV 6200 before, which weighs in at 848 gr but this time used the new SMC HiV 5900's which weigh 100 gr less at 740 gr. It's much quicker, flies lighter and I really didn't lose any flight time. It's definitely a worth while upgrade assuming your V1 is in decent shape. Had an issue with the first fan as it must not have been perfectly round and the blades almost immediately ground into the inside of the fan and seized up. I noticed the clearance tolerance on this fan is extremely tight, probably more so than on their previous fans. MRC sent me a new fan/blades, which I changed out, balanced, and it worked perfectly, although I really do hate balancing EDF's. Kinda like the new V2 paint scheme, but couldn't justify dumping the old one, even after 100 flights.

[paulrkytek]

Steel fishing leader wire is very good for making springs. It's available in a variety of gauges, and easy to find almost anywhere.

I do it with the drill bit in my cordless drill, rather like this guy does it: https://youtu.be/ubQqYq5vmnc?t=117

That video is now on my favourites list