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Well I hate taking the damn wing off this bird, but I think I'm gonna throw in the 9 blade power system first, and I hope I'll like the performance since I love the 12 bladed sound and the 9 bladed one isn't too far removed from the whoosh we all love.
After that setup, whether I like it or not, I'm going to throw in the 6 bladed setup, which I believe I will love the performance of most, but absolutely hate the sound for, oh well we will see...
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Originally posted by Ron1950 View Postid go with the 9 blade but never the 6 blade this is a very bulkey plane..ive put the fms fan with a 2000kv 12 blade in and really helped the speed then replaced that with the 2100kv fan and has almost has unlimited vertical lol
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http://www.fmsmodel.com/fms-80mm-duc...0-kv2100-motor
this is the hole unit with the 2100 motor its the same fan unit for the 2000 motor hh has it also here
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Originally posted by Ron1950 View Posthttp://www.fmsmodel.com/fms-80mm-duc...0-kv2100-motor
this is the hole unit with the 2100 motor its the same fan unit for the 2000 motor hh has it also here
https://www.horizonhobby.com/airplan...--p-efla8012df
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you will really like the power and sound from this fan also your batteries and esc don't get hot just a little warm with throttle management u can check out the sound on this clip if u want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqmyCUUur8Q
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Originally posted by Ron1950 View Postyou will really like the power and sound from this fan also your batteries and esc don't get hot just a little warm with throttle management u can check out the sound on this clip if u want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqmyCUUur8Q
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Originally posted by Ron1950 View Postyou will really like the power and sound from this fan also your batteries and esc don't get hot just a little warm with throttle management u can check out the sound on this clip if u want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqmyCUUur8Q
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I'm considering purchasing a used Freewing F-86. I have a few questions.- It apparently has an upgraded motor, fan, and ESC. Has anyone heard of putting the Avanti motor, fan and ESC into the F86? So far I've only found mention of the FMS 12blade fan upgrade.
- I'm a former full size flying instructor, and always test my RC models for stalls, so I can learn how far I can slow them down. Have also been experimenting with airspeed telemetry on my Avanti. Anyway, the Avanti stalls, spins, and tail slides great, and recovers instantly, though usually pointing downward so loss of altitude. It's first stall tendency is a gentle nose drop (even with a rearward C of G). And only if you hold back elevator for a few seconds does it drop a wing tip. How does the F86 stall? Abrupt or gentle nose drop? Does it immediately drop a wing? I know a lot of you wouldn't try or recommend this, but its usually perfectly safe doing it high up. I'm looking for a response from someone who's actually tried it.
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Originally posted by russ t View PostI'm considering purchasing a used Freewing F-86. I have a few questions.- It apparently has an upgraded motor, fan, and ESC. Has anyone heard of putting the Avanti motor, fan and ESC into the F86? So far I've only found mention of the FMS 12blade fan upgrade.
- I'm a former full size flying instructor, and always test my RC models for stalls, so I can learn how far I can slow them down. Have also been experimenting with airspeed telemetry on my Avanti. Anyway, the Avanti stalls, spins, and tail slides great, and recovers instantly, though usually pointing downward so loss of altitude. It's first stall tendency is a gentle nose drop (even with a rearward C of G). And only if you hold back elevator for a few seconds does it drop a wing tip. How does the F86 stall? Abrupt or gentle nose drop? Does it immediately drop a wing? I know a lot of you wouldn't try or recommend this, but its usually perfectly safe doing it high up. I'm looking for a response from someone who's actually tried it.
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Originally posted by russ t View PostI'm considering purchasing a used Freewing F-86. I have a few questions.- It apparently has an upgraded motor, fan, and ESC. Has anyone heard of putting the Avanti motor, fan and ESC into the F86? So far I've only found mention of the FMS 12blade fan upgrade.
- I'm a former full size flying instructor, and always test my RC models for stalls, so I can learn how far I can slow them down. Have also been experimenting with airspeed telemetry on my Avanti. Anyway, the Avanti stalls, spins, and tail slides great, and recovers instantly, though usually pointing downward so loss of altitude. It's first stall tendency is a gentle nose drop (even with a rearward C of G). And only if you hold back elevator for a few seconds does it drop a wing tip. How does the F86 stall? Abrupt or gentle nose drop? Does it immediately drop a wing? I know a lot of you wouldn't try or recommend this, but its usually perfectly safe doing it high up. I'm looking for a response from someone who's actually tried it.
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This is a trainer as far as EDF flying goes...it has excellent manners in all flying aspects. If you are going slow enough to drop a wing, you are almost going backwards on this model ;)
I agree that it's the "warm and fuzzy" model that I own also. Just does what you want it to do. I do have the FMS 2000kv inrunner upgrade and it made a definite difference in torque and a little more speed and just made it more of everything I love about this jet, very easy and very worth it upgrade. I had the Starmax 4S F-86 that I flew for several years and it was a slow, underpowered and always problematic flyer...this one should NEVER go out of production and everyone should experience this jet. I'm a LITTLE biased maybe.
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My Sabre is three plus years old and had the dings and dents to prove it. After some major thinking I decided to try something different.....a bare metal finish. After a few weeks prep time I started on the underside of the wings, so that any initial problems would be out of sight. Took a couple of attempts to figure things out, but went with 3M Spray Adhesive and as small pieces as possible, basically following the panels line of the aircraft. This also helped to keep the compound curve work to a minimum. Different sides of the foil were used to mimic the variations in the metal you can see on the real thing. A very diluted smoke and brass acrylic added a little "heated" effect. A couple of folks had mentioned that the foil would probably be a good signal blocker, luckily I have always run my antenna up in the rear gap between the canopy hatch and the fuselage and this has been a success. No glitches or servo chatter whatsoever.
The only down side, if you can call it that, is the highly reflective surface hides/doesn't create any shadows on the airframe so you really need to keep an eye on it. But at 75% throttle it looks awesome on flybys, extremely realistic. Cloudy days bring out the finish best.
Love this plane. Can see another flying into my hangar in the future.1 Photo
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Originally posted by Russ View PostThis is a trainer as far as EDF flying goes...it has excellent manners in all flying aspects. If you are going slow enough to drop a wing, you are almost going backwards on this model ;)
I agree that it's the "warm and fuzzy" model that I own also. Just does what you want it to do. I do have the FMS 2000kv inrunner upgrade and it made a definite difference in torque and a little more speed and just made it more of everything I love about this jet, very easy and very worth it upgrade. I had the Starmax 4S F-86 that I flew for several years and it was a slow, underpowered and always problematic flyer...this one should NEVER go out of production and everyone should experience this jet. I'm a LITTLE biased maybe.
I’m swapping that out for the FMS as well. Hoping to see at least a little improvement
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