Official Freewing 80mm Avanti S Sport Jet Thread

[Hemidoo]

Nice Bust !

[xviper]

Nice Bust !

She also got her high beams on.

[Topshot19]

[QUOTE=SKYITRC;n186732]I am looking for a good looking pilot for my Avanti S , any ideas?


minions. From happy meals!!!

[Evan D]

I love it! Awesome!!

[xviper]

[QUOTE=Topshot19;n187130]

I am looking for a good looking pilot for my Avanti S , any ideas?


minions. From happy meals!!!

Not to be picky as I'm sure the "scale police" will descent upon this if it continues. I think that the feet are too small to be proper scale. How would they reach the pedals? And the heads, aren't they a bit on the large side? Plus, the skin tone, I don't think it's the correct shade. The goggles don't match any style that any aviator has ever worn, especially that one-eyed fellow. Also, those little arms would never be able to reach the stick.
;)

[Topshot19]

Everyone has a good laugh when they see them. Pretty comical. Wondering how they would look in the blue angles f 18 ????

[Grossman56]

Love this guy!

[Marktur]

Hi All,

Well, I've got my old fan/motor from my Freewing F5 laying around, along with a 120A HV Esc....thinking about getting the Avanti ARF version, and would like to go 8S. Can anyone recommend a good motor to use?

Looking for a nice compromise between speed and flight time.

I noticed that the red PNP version comes with the same motor/fan combo as the Mirage 9-blade...on 6s...wondering about the performance there vs an 8S setup, too.

Thanks,
Mark

[Rcfiddy1]

Had a servo failure in right aileron today and lucky for me it was not a full deflection and only locked in a slight up aileron. Love this plane and glad it was not damaged.

[icepirate3]

Hi All,

Well, I've got my old fan/motor from my Freewing F5 laying around, along with a 120A HV Esc....thinking about getting the Avanti ARF version, and would like to go 8S. Can anyone recommend a good motor to use?

Looking for a nice compromise between speed and flight time.

I noticed that the red PNP version comes with the same motor/fan combo as the Mirage 9-blade...on 6s...wondering about the performance there vs an 8S setup, too.

Thanks,
Mark

Gary from efflux rc mentioned these a while back. "HET 700-60-1738 motor on 8s, or the "hot" (high amp) HET 700-60-1865. Speeds should be close to 140mph."

[Hemidoo]

Had a servo failure in right aileron today and lucky for me it was not a full deflection and only locked in a slight up aileron. Love this plane and glad it was not damaged.

Have you found what failed , gear or ? on that servo

[Rcfiddy1]

Have you found what failed , gear or ? on that servo

I pulled servo and replaced it and all is good. Seems the servo would not center and stayed in a slight up position. It still moved but would not center.

[Fred]

Had a servo failure in right aileron today and lucky for me it was not a full deflection and only locked in a slight up aileron. Love this plane and glad it was not damaged.

Good save.

I don't have videos of equipment failures. But I do have some clips showing short-field landings, and attempts thereof. Plus some touch downs, good and bad :)

And then I have an uncut video of a nice take off, slow flight, inverted flight, and almost a nice landing... except I tip-stalled my beloved jet at the last minute:

But don't worry. I've since taken parts from a previously-crashed Avanti and mated them onto the newly-crashed one. This picture is from today:



Fred

[Sheriffjohn]

From post #2444.....

what translator program?

pls advise

tx

SJ

[xviper]

A Google search will reveal any number of translators.

https://www.google.com/search?q=language+translator&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA810CA810&oq=language+translator&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4198j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Here's one ............................. https://www.freetranslation.com/

[Hardway]

From post #2444.....

what translator program?

pls advise

tx

SJ

Happy Easter. I have Internet Explorer 11 and the default search engine is Bing, I think. Not Google, but any of them work. Just type in the search bar GERMAN to ENGLISH and hit enter. The translator program comes up. Then copy and paste the desired text there and you get a pretty good idea of what is going on!!! ;):Cool::Cool::Cool: Blessings Bro!! Jerry

[Hardway]

Thanks Xviper! Happy Easter up there!!! :)

[xviper]

Thanks Xviper! Happy Easter up there!!! :)

Thanks. You, too.

[sam51401]

Curious about the stock stickers and what others have done to fix them when they start to lift and curl. Really don't want to do a total refinish but just like get them to lay down and then do a poly clear coat.

[xviper]

Curious about the stock stickers and what others have done to fix them when they start to lift and curl. Really don't want to do a total refinish but just like get them to lay down and then do a poly clear coat.

This may not be to your liking but this is what I do. Use your bare finger or put on a glove. Squeeze out a dab of FoamTac onto finger and smear it on the underside of the peeling decal (in thin layer, near the edges if it's a big decal) and put it down. If the decal is lifting all the way around, then just do the next section until it's all stuck down.
NOTE: I never intend for that decal to ever come off. If you think you'll want to take it off in the future, don't use this method.