Official Freewing 70mm F-16C Falcon V2 Thread

[Ron1950]

dave just order the 2210kv in runner from rc castle.. took 2 days to get from hong kong to Chicago then customs for 2 days Monday delivery...8 days from china ..good deal lol

[dahawk]

I did select Flapperon for wing type and tail normal but I will check the monitor.

[Dirty Dee]

dahawk, one other thing crossed my mind. You may have selected "Elevon" for aircraft type. check this picture for how channels are assigned.

[Ron1950]

went with the new freewing 2210kv 70mm in runner fan from rc castle....don't know why mrc doesent carry it yet...should have enough poop to get off short grass if stats are correct it puts out 5.4lbs of thrust...that's about 1 lb more then stock out runner I think

[dahawk]

Thank DD,

I will check when I get back Thurs night.

[Dirty Dee]

Check the Servo setup menu to see how the channels are assigned. Move the sticks while on this screen and see how the channels react. What control surfaces move with elevator input?

[dahawk]

Must be doing something wrong on the flapperon setting. Plugged one aileron into the aileron port on the rx. Plugged the other into the aux 1 port on the rx. Set wing type on the DX9 to flapperon with tail normal.

Went to flap setting and started dialing in values like I normally do when setting up flaps.

I get one aileron and one elevator moving .

In servo settings do I need to assign both ailerons to a switch ?

Is there a SOP for this somewhere?

Thanks,

Hawk

[JeffS69]

Had a great flying weekend here in Michigan. Just logged my 112th flight on this airframe over the weekend. Stock EDF & Turnigy Plush 100A ESC. Awesome Jet!

[dahawk]

Mine has been a hangar queen for almost a year. Hit the reset button and will try tomorrow. Short grass. Dr Mad Thrust 1900kv, Admiral 5000, flapperons. No stabilizer. I wish they had built this plane with flying h-stabs. Not much elevator authority.

Really is designed for pavement ops. Narrow stance with small wheels. Frankly , I like the Hawk T1 and Yak-130 better.

Give her a go anyway.

[Dirty Dee]

Not sure of you saw Suko's response on RCG, but he linked his blog post talking about the setup. Check it out, pretty informative.

short and simple is set up airplane for flaperon in the transmitter, then put left aileron in the aileron port, and the right aileron in the Aux1 port (or maybe its switched).

I just got my plane buttoned up and programmed for a maiden flight tomorrow. Also have it setup with a lemon gyro and the upgraded struts.

[Ron1950]

I tried to maiden f16 off short grass...ameral 6s4000 cg at recommended 90mm... light breeze ,, couldn't get it off the ground... been suggested that flaperons would help...how do u hook them up anyway? other suggustions would be the fms 70mm 1850kv in runner fan

[rifleman_btx]

Good deal!

[MOFO1]

I fly my F-16 with Floureon 4500mAH 45c batteries and Zippy compact 5000mAh 25c . It handles the weight just fine. I actually like the way it flys with the heavier batteries.

[Ted7rns]

Okay,

My Friend and I both have the 70mm F-16 and have a total combined 9 Flights......5 with the RoaringTop 5000mAh 45C and 4 with the Roaring Top 5500mAh 45c that weights 800grams. All Flights were great Both, it's a great plane, love how it flies. Big Thumbs Up here.

Ted

[jfrinconc]

Battery tray dimensions are 77mm wide. 200 plus long, more like 220 when using all of the space to the rear of the cockpit, and the height at it's shortest where the battery could side to the rear of the fuse for balancing is 46-47mm, so you are good on two dimensions. It will depend on the battery weight if it will work...The Admiral Pro 4000 is 50 x 42 x 142mm... So it is smaller than your battery described... Hope that helps.

Hi, thanks for your answer. I've decided to go with the Admiral Pro, is a proven choice. Greetings.

[dahawk]

I would think so

[Twowingtj]

I use flaperons as well for take off only from grass. I also use a DX9. In addition to what MOFO1 said, you need seperate the ailerons from the blue box and put each aileron on their own receiver channel.

[fhhuber]

I should be able to do flaperons using my DX6 shouldn’t I?

DX6 (all versions) will do Flaperons. Some versions are easier than others for making everything work the way you want.

For just about every radio made that does mixing, you may seem to be unable to get throw directions the way you want.

If you have correct aileron movement, but reversed flap (or elevator when doing elevon) STOP messing with the TX servo reverse switches/settings. Swap which servo is plugged into which channel and you will have the desired result.
I know of 2 radio brands that can fix that without swapping which servo is plugged to which channel. (and both are no longer made)

[Boots Whirlygig]

dahawk. My F-16 is set up for flaperons. With the DX9 it's very easy to set up by selecting the proper wing type(flaperon wing). I see no reason why you should not be able to set it up the way you want by using the flap set up menu. Mine is set with take off flaps and landing flaps. With take off flaps deployed it take off by it's self(hands off) when it reaches flying speed. I also used Flight modes to give me separate trims for the ailerons and flaps. Give it a go you will be pleased with the results.

I should be able to do flaperons using my DX6 shouldn’t I?

[MOFO1]

dahawk. My F-16 is set up for flaperons. With the DX9 it's very easy to set up by selecting the proper wing type(flaperon wing). I see no reason why you should not be able to set it up the way you want by using the flap set up menu. Mine is set with take off flaps and landing flaps. With take off flaps deployed it take off by it's self(hands off) when it reaches flying speed. I also used Flight modes to give me separate trims for the ailerons and flaps. Give it a go you will be pleased with the results.