Official Freewing 90mm F-16 Falcon Thread

[Flygirl]

Looking at the specs, I'd say you won't have any problems with the Rebel. It's flying weight is only 900 grams and is even lighter than my RocHobby S. Scorpion, which can easily be hand thrown. I would suggest trying it with 1/2 flaps on a full throttle take off run but be ready to shut it down in plenty of time before you run out of runway. That Rebel should be able to rip up the skies pretty good.

Thanks Vipe!!! Get to try it out this weekend. FINALLY, we get some good weather!

[urrl]

Hoping to install this in my F-16 also, perhaps with even more whistles.

[urrl]

I have 6 weeks in Jacksonville so I joined the club there. The F-16 now has three Nerf Vortex whistles aft of the fan implanted in the fan cover.

[Flygirl]

I miss the owls!!! :) The whistle sounds cool though!

[RCjetdude]

I have 6 weeks in Jacksonville so I joined the club there. The F-16 now has three Nerf Vortex whistles aft of the fan implanted in the fan cover.

Nerf Vortex whistles? How far after of the fan did you mount them? Got any pics? Sounds pretty good. I might like to experiment with some on mine.

Steve

[RCjetdude]

Sorry, I just saw your mod video. Duuhh....I understand what you did. Sounds good and I like the flying video as well.

Steve

[urrl]

Saturday morning jet flights.

[urrl]

Roy did another great paint job with his F-16

[urrl]

Flygirl I'm back in Weston with the owls. I met Sammy for the first time...

[urrl]

Morning flight.

[toothbuzz@hotmail.com]

Ok, FINALLY have the big F-16 about ready. I'm planning on doing the maiden flight on Saturday if all goes well. It's completely stock and I'll be running the Admiral 6s 5000mah. I have it set up with control throws and cg as per the manual. If anyone has any suggestions that you'd like to share, please do. Any and all comments will be greatly appreciated.

[urrl]

Don't get caught up in flight. Once trimmed concentrate on landing approaches until you are ready to land.

[Bajora]

Shot these photos of the 90mm Freewing F-16 today. This is the first one I have seen fly in person ... I was impressed! Pilot was not running the stock power system. I think he said it was an 8S system from Gary at EffluxRC?

[gooniac33]

Don't get caught up in flight. Once trimmed concentrate on landing approaches until you are ready to land.

Some of the best advice I have heard about a maiden with a big heavy EDF!! By the time you get it trimmed you don't have much more time to do anything! The only thing I might add is this... Once you take off concentrate on getting the plane in the air and flying flat and level, regardless of what the trim may actually be. Get the gear up, climb up make a gradual turn but keep climbing! You want altitude so that you can feel comfy getting the trim done. Also cut back throttle to about 1/2 as soon as you can to save battery and allow for reserve should anything go wrong on the landing approach. Doing this has saved me big time with my 90mm F-15.. my first 5 flights were all emergency landings... had I not done what I listed above they all would have been crashes....

[urrl]

The white was yellowing and the dings prompted a make-over.

[xviper]

Bringing this thread back from the dead. I still have not flown mine since my last post here. Having programmed flaperons and tailerons, I have yet to actually try it to see if it will take off from my grass field. I won't get a chance till next spring now. A friend wants to buy it before then and I'm on the verge of letting it go unless I decide to convert it to 8s in hopes of getting a bit more push to get off the grass. I have managed to take off from a geotex runway but it flies very sluggish and seems underpowered (and I've got the so called "high speed" version). Like the 90mm Yak 130, this is still a very heavy plane for what powers it. 8s also presents some drawbacks in that I'd need big 4s batteries to gang up and even then, flight time won't be impressive. What kinds of 8s systems are people running in this plane?
I've also been considering getting the 70mm F-16 V2 on 6s. Based on the comparison to my 70mm Yak 130 on 6s, I predict it would have a similar kind of punch and would give a more enjoyable experience.

[DCORSAIR]

I'm sure xviper that you have been asked this already, I didn't go back through all the post but did you calibrate the ESC?? I have two F-16's and they are stock 6S, running a Pulse 45C 5000 pk and I take off, pull the gear up, wait a few seconds then go vertical then into a 1/2 loop, roll out of it and fly on straight out. Seems plenty fast to me. Love the F-16, to me its the only one that looks the most scale, on the ground or in flight. I do fly off a asphalt runway so that helps, is this where you find it sluggish or are you talking about overall flying.??

[xviper]

I'm sure xviper that you have been asked this already, I didn't go back through all the post but did you calibrate the ESC?? I have two F-16's and they are stock 6S, running a Pulse 45C 5000 pk and I take off, pull the gear up, wait a few seconds then go vertical then into a 1/2 loop, roll out of it and fly on straight out. Seems plenty fast to me. Love the F-16, to me its the only one that looks the most scale, on the ground or in flight. I do fly off a asphalt runway so that helps, is this where you find it sluggish or are you talking about overall flying.??

It's been a while since I got this plane, but I generally do the throttle calibration as one of the first steps for every new set up. Having said that, I may just do it again to be sure. When I flew it off the geotex surface, it got off the ground fairly well. It was in the air that I felt it was a bit sluggish, compelling me to use near full throttle the whole time as it seemed to want to wallow in banked turns. I can only compare this to some of my other EDFs - Stinger 90, ViperJet, Yak 130 70mm, 70mm Super Scorpion, LX A-10. To me at least, those other planes seem to fly at lower throttle with more ease. However, my F-16 does fly better (more umph) than my buddy's big Yak 130. If I don't sell it by spring, I'll give it another go but if the buyer shows up with a bag of money, it's gone.

BTW, I'm not re-joining the club with the geotex runway. That's why the plane must be able to get off the grass.

[urrl]

Morning flight

[Donu]

Thinking of ordering a Freewing F-16 90mm Super Scale Fighting Falcon but watching the videos it looks like most of the flights I see on it either end up off the end of the runway because it can't bleed off the ground speed fast enough thus tipping it over on the grass or off the end of the runway on landings. So my question is, does someone out there use electric brakes on their F-16 and if so where did you get them. I know the 90mm F-16 comes in hot but just want to slow it down after setting it down on the runway. Thanks