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Originally posted by mirion View Post
Our field is in Frankenmuth, Michigan, about 80 miles north of Detroit, a sleepy little tourist destination much like Traverse City. We just celebrated our 30th year as a club last weekend.Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: Mig 29 "Cobra", 8S EuroFighter-Bronze Tiger, A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, 8S F16 Wild Weasel, 8S F4 Jolly Rodgers & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, B-24, Stinger 90, Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 62" Extra 300, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, 62" Edge Demonstrator. FMS-SU-30,1700mm P-51, Corsair, Viper, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P51.
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I have the original release avanti. Must say best flying jet on the market. One of our club members just ordered a red one. Confused, the listing in one place says 90mm 9blade, another place 80mm 9 blade and also says 80mm12 blade. He called MRC, rep said it's 90mm 9 blade. I find that hard to believe. Anyone know if they upped to a 90mm.
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Originally posted by Ks.jetflyer View PostI have the original release avanti. Must say best flying jet on the market. One of our club members just ordered a red one. Confused, the listing in one place says 90mm 9blade, another place 80mm 9 blade and also says 80mm12 blade. He called MRC, rep said it's 90mm 9 blade. I find that hard to believe. Anyone know if they upped to a 90mm.
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Originally posted by Ks.jetflyer View PostI have the original release avanti. Must say best flying jet on the market. One of our club members just ordered a red one. Confused, the listing in one place says 90mm 9blade, another place 80mm 9 blade and also says 80mm12 blade. He called MRC, rep said it's 90mm 9 blade. I find that hard to believe. Anyone know if they upped to a 90mm.
I just check MRC website, and both red and yellow versions of Avanti PNP now say "NEW! 9 Blade factory balanced EDF combined with a powerful brushless 3658-1920kV inrunner motor". I'm pretty sure that as recently as a few weeks ago the yellow one had the 12-blade 1857kv, but it seems now they both come with the 9-blade. If I'm understanding the website correctly, you can't get the 12-blade anymore unless you order without the motor, and then separately order the 12-blade motor/fan (which I still see offered separately).
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Originally posted by Gringotuerto View Post
They are 80mm, but they do offer (or have offered in the past) two different motor/fan combos, a 12-blade 1857kv and a 9-blade 1920kv.
I just check MRC website, and both red and yellow versions of Avanti PNP now say "NEW! 9 Blade factory balanced EDF combined with a powerful brushless 3658-1920kV inrunner motor". I'm pretty sure that as recently as a few weeks ago the yellow one had the 12-blade 1857kv, but it seems now they both come with the 9-blade. If I'm understanding the website correctly, you can't get the 12-blade anymore unless you order without the motor, and then separately order the 12-blade motor/fan (which I still see offered separately).Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: Mig 29 "Cobra", 8S EuroFighter-Bronze Tiger, A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, 8S F16 Wild Weasel, 8S F4 Jolly Rodgers & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, B-24, Stinger 90, Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 62" Extra 300, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, 62" Edge Demonstrator. FMS-SU-30,1700mm P-51, Corsair, Viper, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P51.
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OK so I just ordered the Avanti in the Yellow PNP , and I am wondering if there is anything I need to know about this plane? I have plenty of turbine experience and have been flying R/C for 34 years so I know what I m doing but just want to know if there is anything to know about this model.
Looks pretty stable and a breeze to fly. This is going to be my private field sport EDF. I've already had the A-10 and that was a great Freewing plane so I am expecting this to be just as good. Am I right??
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Originally posted by Eagleone622 View PostOK so I just ordered the Avanti in the Yellow PNP , and I am wondering if there is anything I need to know about this plane? I have plenty of turbine experience and have been flying R/C for 34 years so I know what I m doing but just want to know if there is anything to know about this model.
Looks pretty stable and a breeze to fly. This is going to be my private field sport EDF. I've already had the A-10 and that was a great Freewing plane so I am expecting this to be just as good. Am I right??
1. The aileron throws in the manual are way too high for many people's liking. Make sure you at least start with low rates, and work you way up cautiously. About 60%. This is the only area where arguably the Avanti can be harder to control than the A-10. The A-10 has a large span and rolls fairly slowly.
2. Many people seem to prefer the CG slightly rearward of the CG recommended in the manual. This is typical of Flightline/Freewing planes. They give you a conservative starting point.
3. Probably the most popular mod for the Avanti is a 3D-printed nosewheel brace. I don't have one installed, but many folks do. I guess it also depends on your field. You can find many designs by Google search, here is one example:
This is a part for the Nose gear brace/support for the Freewing AvantiS in ABS or PLA, 30% filling, 0.2mm resolution, 5 layers everywhere If your plane never flew yet print the +1mm, i used the -1mm because i had a crash and i bent the front gear, i could not repaired it as a new one. -1mm = 13mm from the gear to the back of the plate 0mm = 14mm +1mm= 15mm +2mm= 16mm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0F_y3McXKQ
People sell these on e-bay, so you don't need a printer to get one.
This is probably the most popular plane I've ever seen at our club, and for good reason.
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I have not been able to log in since HobbySquawk updated their web site a few weeks ago. I have sent 3 messages with no reply to any of them. While I was typing this, it was erased and then came back in a few seconds. I tried to recover my password (Which I did not need to do.) and received "Invalid server response. Please try again." and then "Image verification unsuccessful due to incorrect reCAPTCHA parameters. Contact the admin." and then "You have not entered an email address that we recognize. Please try again or contact the administrator." Now, I was not doing anything and the page refreshed on it's own and I was suddenly logged in. Since I was back in, I verified my email address was exactly as I had thought and typed. There is something bad wrong somewhere.
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Chilly Bear I have two Avanti jets that are the same except one has the fences (painted black) and one does not. I personally do not like them because it seems at the same slow speed in a tight turn the one with the fences will stall and nose down and the one without will not. But then again, I am not a good jet pilot.
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Originally posted by Mach9 View PostChilly Bear I have two Avanti jets that are the same except one has the fences (painted black) and one does not. I personally do not like them because it seems at the same slow speed in a tight turn the one with the fences will stall and nose down and the one without will not. But then again, I am not a good jet pilot.
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Ok need some help, i recently brought the new avanti s red high performance 9 blade inrunner along with the recommend 6000mAh admiral pro battery. My CG is 105mm from leading edge as stated in manual so battery is in line with the back of the wooden tray! On the maiden flight yesterday the plane was ridiculously twitchy and needed a lot if up trim, once i had it trimmed out the plane is wobbling about a lot and very difficult to fly so i landed asap!! Is it wrong CG causing this? Ive never maiden'd a jet and had issues like this im nervous about putting it in the air again. Anyone using the 6000mAh admiral pro and can help me out with battery placement?
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Ok need some help, i recently brought the new avanti s red high performance 9 blade inrunner along with the recommend 6000mAh admiral pro battery. My CG is 105mm from leading edge as stated in manual so battery is in line with the back of the wooden tray! On the maiden flight yesterday the plane was ridiculously twitchy and needed a lot if up trim, once i had it trimmed out the plane is wobbling about a lot and very difficult to fly so i landed asap!! Is it wrong CG causing this? Ive never maiden'd a jet and had issues like this im nervous about putting it in the air again. Anyone using the 6000mAh admiral pro and can help me out with battery placement?
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Originally posted by Trooper View PostOk need some help, i recently brought the new avanti s red high performance 9 blade inrunner along with the recommend 6000mAh admiral pro battery. My CG is 105mm from leading edge as stated in manual so battery is in line with the back of the wooden tray! On the maiden flight yesterday the plane was ridiculously twitchy and needed a lot if up trim, once i had it trimmed out the plane is wobbling about a lot and very difficult to fly so i landed asap!! Is it wrong CG causing this? Ive never maiden'd a jet and had issues like this im nervous about putting it in the air again. Anyone using the 6000mAh admiral pro and can help me out with battery placement?
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