Official Freewing 80mm Avanti S Sport Jet Thread

[Garyss]

It came............It ain't bilt yet??!!!

[GMB]

Ryan, I have a question for you. Are the stock tires foam or rubber. I know foam tires help keep the weight down but I find they create flat spots if a model sits on them for a while. Can you measure the diameter of the stock tires for me? If they are foam, I'm thinking Sullivan Sky Lite tires or Dubro lite tires may be a solution to foam tires. Maybe it is not an issue with foamy planes but they sure do go flat on some of my gassers.

GMB

[ryramZ]

Ryan, I have a question for you. Are the stock tires foam or rubber. I know foam tires help keep the weight down but I find they create flat spots if a model sits on them for a while. Can you measure the diameter of the stock tires for me? If they are foam, I'm thinking Sullivan Sky Lite tires or Dubro lite tires may be a solution to foam tires. Maybe it is not an issue with foamy planes but they sure do go flat on some of my gassers.

GMB

I'll measure them when I get back to the studio. They are identical in composition to the Bearcat and other FLRC planes tires. Kind of a foam tire with a rubber skin.

[Twowingtj]

Nice Pilot Ryan! Let's see some more:Cool:. Makes the wait a little easier.

[Alpha10]

That battery bay is just screaming for 8s! LOL

[sam51401]

I have a great idea!!!!! Alpha, can we get a GPS tracker placed in the container these are loaded in and then we can track the progress of the ship to dock?
Thats the ticket, GPS tracking on the ship.:wacky

[Aros]

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[ryramZ]

GMB I measured the mains and they are 2.75. I assume the nose is the same I'll be finding out soon. 8s, no problem. The battery compartment is huge.

[GMB]

Thanks Ryan

GMB

[ryramZ]

Here's another teaser. The nose wheel is 2.5

[Alpha10]

Here's another teaser. The nose wheel is 2.5

Nice looking! Say Ryan, is the exhaust path clean enough to run a thrust tube in by chance? (It should be, just curious)

[Ron lake]

:)That has grass field written all over it.

[Drill Sergeant]

Hey Alpha or Aros, Do the Avanti has the same landing characteristics as the Scorpion? You know if you come in a little hot it bounces back and forth of the ground.:( I cracked my front end completely off on the Scorpion landing on our grass field bouncing back and forth. :Whew:

[xviper]

:)That has grass field written all over it.

My Stinger 90 has only ever been flown off very rough, bumpy grass and it handles it really well. With trailing links, this Avanti it should be even better. I'm actually thinking of modding my Stinger struts with trailings links, maybe the ones from this Avanti. I have trailing links for my Venom that I think I got from one of the bigger Freewing jets and they transform the Venom to a much better landing plane.

[Shirty]

:)That has grass field written all over it.

I think you'll find the "S" stands for "Shirty's". :)

[Ron lake]

My Stinger 90 has only ever been flown off very rough, bumpy grass and it handles it really well. With trailing links, this Avanti it should be even better. I'm actually thinking of modding my Stinger struts with trailings links, maybe the ones from this Avanti. I have trailing links for my Venom that I think I got from one of the bigger Freewing jets and they transform the Venom to a much better landing plane.

I have the S90 as well and yes it's good on grass but the nose wheel is bigger on the Avanti:Cool:

I agree the training links on the mains are awesome! I wish the S90 came with them.

[Alpha10]

Hey Alpha or Aros, Do the Avanti has the same landing characteristics as the Scorpion? You know if you come in a little hot it bounces back and forth of the ground.:( I cracked my front end completely off on the Scorpion landing on our grass field bouncing back and forth. :Whew:

This plane looks to be MUCH more forgiving than the SS... It'll nice having a sport plane that actually tracks decently straight as well haha!

[Topshot19]

now doesn't red look better :) definitely gonna paint mine.

[T-CAT]

Having two red sport jets in their line-up would have been a no-no, ha-ha. I was getting sick of that. A was hoping for a yellow or green one, and thankfully one of them happened with this Avanti. Red color schemes still look great and I like many of them, but was more than ready to see something different. :Cool:

[xviper]

Having two red sport jets in their line-up would have been a no-no, ha-ha. I was getting sick of that. A was hoping for a yellow or green one, and thankfully one of them happened with this Avanti. Red color schemes still look great and I like many of them, but was more than ready to see something different. :Cool:

The other thing with painting it like that, is it begins to look so similar to the Stinger 90. I'm already having a hard time justifying getting the Avanti while I still have the Stinger 90, but I could never talk myself into getting an Avanti and making it look like a plane I already have.