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Grass OPS
Flew my F86 yesterday 20 sep 2021, grass as short as possible on a warm day.
Flew great and a joy to fly, without and with tanks installed.
Today 21 sep 2021 evening around 17Hr, used my heavier RHINO lipo just came into the air.
A bit later dawn is already coming in and not able to take off any more.
I had my FW T33 with me also, so flew with it, no issues getting airborne.
Well what the difference between models, the T33 has bigger main wheels (68mm to 50mm and I already used 56mm wheels I had lying around).
So for grass ops I think I will need to install the bigger main wheels of the T33 on my F86......
Grts Hans
ps I installed mesh in my front gear, I noticed A lot of air is sucked in there, loose grass is fallen out when I stop my motor
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I recently acquired the 80mm version where the nose gear and area was torn out.
I purchased the plastic parts kit as well as the retract and strut units.
I'm trying to see what the forward part of the gear door attaches to. The diagram in the instructions shows the pins fit into a plastic bracket which I don't have. Was this part of the fuselage or maybe a different version nose gear mount? Could someone post a picture of their gear door. Thanks1 Photo
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Originally posted by vortex00 View PostI recently acquired the 80mm version where the nose gear and area was torn out.
I purchased the plastic parts kit as well as the retract and strut units.
I'm trying to see what the forward part of the gear door attaches to. The diagram in the instructions shows the pins fit into a plastic bracket which I don't have. Was this part of the fuselage or maybe a different version nose gear mount? Could someone post a picture of their gear door. Thanks
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I'm loving my F-86...just installed the 1835kv in-runner for a little more power...Plane flies very good with he stock power , but.......... Aside from wanting a LARGER '86, the only thing I would like to do is install slightly larger wheels. I fly off grass and even though it's kept like a golf course I wish the wheels were bigger. Has anyone found a good set of wheels that are bigger but will still fit into the wheel wells when retracted?
Bill
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Originally posted by billd3 View Post
I'm loving my F-86...just installed the 1835kv in-runner for a little more power...Plane flies very good with he stock power , but.......... Aside from wanting a LARGER '86, the only thing I would like to do is install slightly larger wheels. I fly off grass and even though it's kept like a golf course I wish the wheels were bigger. Has anyone found a good set of wheels that are bigger but will still fit into the wheel wells when retracted?
Bill
Indy Damnbeenie
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Just picked up this little guy from a flying friend. Its the older 6s outrunner version, ill take it out and see if i like it or not. If i think its sluggish, from reading i guess ill go to a 12b 2100kv 100amp setup ive had my eye on it for awhile now. He got tired of reglueing and gixing the landing gear every other time it landed. softly or hard supposedly it didnt care, and always tore out the main gear. .
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my older f86 had to have the battery (admiral 4000 6s) back over the esc to make the sit test work right...my new hp version useing the same batteries sit about a inch in front of the esc... not sure if its a lighter fan and motor or lighter fuse but it flys great after the mains pull out on landing and i gorilla glue them back in...seems they never come loose when i tug on them just when it lands lol
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Originally posted by Ron1950 View Postmy older f86 had to have the battery (admiral 4000 6s) back over the esc to make the sit test work right...my new hp version useing the same batteries sit about a inch in front of the esc... not sure if its a lighter fan and motor or lighter fuse but it flys great after the mains pull out on landing and i gorilla glue them back in...seems they never come loose when i tug on them just when it lands lol
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Originally posted by rifleman_btx View Post
Yeah mine is the same way. I can yank on them as hard as I want but a feather touch landing and YANK! Out they come. Lol
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i added some wing fences today to aid in a slower stall speed. The ol onterwebs show the older versions f86 use to have them so i figured why not. made them from an old credit card placed as close to a factory setting i could find on google, sanded it to my liking and a little silver paint. looks like they were suppose to be there. ill test it in the morning to see if it makes any difference.
RIFLEMAN, thats actually a good idea, if i tear the gear out, i think ill go that route. i have plenty of ultra light carbon material in my shop that i use to repair a few fiberglass planes.
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