Official Freewing 80mm EDF F-86 Sabre Thread

[Ron1950]

man those are nice...id have wrinkels all over the place where or what kit is that t38? nice

[wvrailfan]

Is it hard to work with? Looks great!

Thanks

There is a mild learning curve to it, but once you play with it a bit, it gets pretty easy. I can usually cover a 1400mm plane in a week or two of evenings.

My planes are not contest winners, but they look good from a few feet and in the air. I started doing this to cover the foam look of some of my early foamys, but now I do it as much for the protection of the foam.

It has been awhile but I posted a little "how to" in the tips section.

https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc-airplanes/airplane-tips-and-tricks/77821-vinyl-wrap-for-foam-planes

Below are some of the planes I have wrapped. Like I said, my goal is for them to look good from a few feet.

[RCjetdude]

Is it hard to work with? Looks great!

[wvrailfan]

I am using Oracal 751 series vinyl film. It is a peel and stick, self adhesive, film commonly used for vinyl signs and vehicle wraps. I have wrapped several foam planes with it. I think it looks good, but perhaps as important, it protects the foam from day to day bumps and my less than perfect landings. It weighs about 17 grams per square foot, so I'm not adding much more weight than if I painted the model.

[RCjetdude]

What are you covering it with?

[wvrailfan]

I've had my F-86 for a while, but I am just now getting started on wrapping and building it. I am going to do mine as a WV Air Guard plane.

Anything major I need to watch out for in the build?

[hotrod23t]

I live at this airfield it's my backyard got a 30 foot hanger full of planes don't have too travel I will put up with the trees..for now;)

[Ron1950]

nice vid...id have to take a chainsaw for those trees lol love my f86 also

[hotrod23t]

speed run with tiger meet power 104mph 3.95 per cell after flight:Cool:

[Ron1950]

not sure how your vert will increase. but with the upgrade in runner its great!!! I have to throttle back to make it come back down lol good luck with it

[hotrod23t]

that was a shake down flight want to strech it out this weekend and try some verticals:)

[rifleman_btx]

That looks really nice man. :)

[hotrod23t]

the take off was no flaps also obviously.. about 30ft and a steep clime out

[davecee]

sweet

[hotrod23t]

Flew my f86 with tiger meet power system wow take off distance reduced by 50 percent .pic of the day has a before vid and a link to an after vid 15 mph speed increase faster than my avanti now

[hotrod23t]

It will be hear Wednesday I will let you know 9 blade eff and a 100amp esc from new mirage

[davecee]

I sold my F-86 because it was just too slow. How about a V2 with the new Mirage power system? That'd be cool.

[hotrod23t]

I just got the power set up for new tiger meet jet going too try it in my old f86 the flying wt. is with in 3 oz will this give me a speed and power increase over stock??? I hope so

[Lon]

How much space do I need to get this bird off the ground? And to come to stop.

Here's some good video of how much space you will need. Don't fly with the wing tanks and it's a little shorter.

[Grady.c]

How much space do I need to get this bird off the ground? And to come to stop.