Official Freewing 90mm F-16 Falcon Thread

[Donu]

DCorsair, are you setting your battery per the MRC flight video for correct CG and are you flying it with expo on high rate? Thanks By the way I use a Sony Professional HD camera from the ground and a Möbius 2 on the planes. Once I get it dialed in I'll put out a video.

[urrl]

Urrl, looks like you have the F-16 dialed in great, what kinda of setup are you using? Flapperons with elevator mix or something different?

No flaperons, just stock set up. No elevator mix but considering that since it likes to jump into the air on take off.

[urrl]

I need to get a video one of the these days, what camera do you guys use for this type of filming????

I'm using the Canon G20. I was thinking of selling it for a G30 or G40 since it only has 10x zoom

[DCORSAIR]

I haven't watched the MRC video so I don't know what they are setting the CG at, this jet needs to be right to enjoy it's flight envelope that it has, I think that is why some people buy it and then don't like it, you have to fly it, set the CG, fly it some more, move the CG forward or back and fly it some more, it has a wide range for the CG so that is a good thing but if your off on the maiden flight, that could be not so good when trying to land it for the first time, nose heavy is way better for landing but it takes longer to rotate, rear CG rotates smoother but can be a handful trying to land if you fall behind on power and use to much elevator.

My settings for the CG are 110mm-112mm or 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 inches measured as per the manual, I measure with the gear down and upright, it comes out to about where the first carbon rod goes through the wing, you should be able to see the slots on the bottom side. I have flown at the stock setting 118mm and it works too after you have several flights on it, if it's your maiden I wouldn't use the 118mm CG, better to keep it around 112mm.

Elevator 25mm up/down.......no expo or dual rates
Aileron 30mm up/down........no expo or dual rates
Rudder is whatever you like, don't need much for steering.

Less aileron is okay but when you slow this jet down to turn final the ailerons tend to get mushy so if you run them at 30mm it helps, anything less and you feel like your running out of aileron. By the way I have well over a hundred + flights on the F-16 so I can tell you it flies great once you figure it out.

[Angelo r]

Can someone help me out? I have a freewing f 22 w/60 amp speed control and a3500 motor and I am getting an admiral 2500 50c battery, should it go all the way forward or all the way back?the 2200 work ed fine all the way up front.

[dusmmdb]

The grey is difficult to make out at a distance so I decided to add color.... I was searching for a good scheme when I saw the new Air Force aggressor splinter type....

so, I copied this....

[dusmmdb]

This is how it came out...

i left the bottom grey... with some patches of another grey to break it up a bit ... just really want to be able to tell top from bottom

[Shirty]

Very nice.

[urrl]

Very cool; reminds me of the SU35.

[racerx600rr]

This is how it came out...

i left the bottom grey... with some patches of another grey to break it up a bit ... just really want to be able to tell top from bottom

Like it :Cool: Super good looking!

[EDFjetpilot]

Looks great! I like your idea of being a little off scale by leaving the bottom grey...best for safe flight orientation.

Sean

[dusmmdb]

Thanks.... yeah full scale would have basically been the same..... needed some contrast between top and bottom

[urrl]

It was a nice day for a crash...or two.

[urrl]

[gooniac33]

I maidened a friends 90mm Thunderbird today...Very pleasant plane to fly!!

[kscobey10]

just ordered the 8s power upgrade for a new F16 90mm, Is there enough room under the canopy for 2 4s batteries to power it and still balance ok for it? If anyone can help with this question I would very much appreciate the info. Thanks, Kevin

[DCORSAIR]

My buddy runs his on 8s, I will ask him about what he had to do to get the batteries to fit, I know it's a tight fit, CG is fine if you can get them jammed to the back as much as possible. I did the maiden on it and I had his CG set about 110-112mm which is where I run mine at on 6S. I can tell you this much, he said it wasn't worth it, he wishes he would have kept it on 6s, didn't gain much, maybe a little more thrust is all, but the weight is more, of course he is running brakes and another small lipo plus the two large 4S lipos. I do all of his test flights right now until he gets more jet time and figures out how to land it. I feel the difference in power but it's not a huge difference to me. He was able to get the two 4S batteries side by side in there though and still adjust the CG.

[gooniac33]

just ordered the 8s power upgrade for a new F16 90mm, Is there enough room under the canopy for 2 4s batteries to power it and still balance ok for it? If anyone can help with this question I would very much appreciate the info. Thanks, Kevin

According to Motion RC they should fit just fine. But as mentioned above it may not get you much more than you already have. The plane is going to gain weight and this plane doesn't care much for higher weight.

I am planning on getting an ARF plus here pretty soon and will be dropping in my 4082 1600kv inrunner set up. It worked great on my F-15 and since the F-16 is a cleaner air frame I am thinking it will do even better.

[Shearer-Dave]

Guys,
I'm new to this forum and I have a query. Tried to remove my f16 wheels for brake conversion. Got grub screws out OK but the wheels are stuck tight Possibly loctiite in axle? Any help would be appreciated

[MANFRED]

In everyone's humble opinion, are the Flaperons necessary or helpful on this ship?