Official Freewing 70mm Rebel V2 Thread

[Hoomi]

I have the Admiral 4S 3000 battery. I put a little bit of shot into the nose cone before gluing it on, and it seems my CG is pretty good.

And, yeah, that 3000 is a tight fit.

[Owen1953]

Im using the 4 cell 2200mah as well, had to add about 70 grams of weight to get CG right, slight nose heavy.

Having the same problem I am using 2500mah which in its self is a tight fit, have just epoxyed 55 grams of shot into the nose cone will check the CG tomorrow.

[Hoomi]

Checked the bad harness a bit more. As near as I can tell, when they crimped the pin on the orange wire, they forgot to strip the insulation back first. I haven't heard back from Tech Support yet, so I just said heck with it, removed the bad connector, and spliced on a good one. Everything is now working as it should. I still need to go through and set-up the dual rates and expo, and I have a set of shock-absorbing landing gear struts on order that may not arrive for a couple of weeks yet, but otherwise, she should be good to go.

I took her outside to pose with her little sister, the 64mm Stinger.

[Hoomi]

Received and final assembly on hold for the moment. The 3-way splitter harness for the landing gear has one leg where the orange wire is open, so I have a message off the MRC Tech Support on whether they can mail me out a replacement, or if it will void the warranty if I just fix the silly harness myself. I've been repairing test equipment for a major corporation for almost 38 years now, so I think I can handle repairing an open wire.

Of course, I'm sure the tech folks hear all the time, "I know what I'm doing!"

[Hoomi]

Tracking says that mine is on the truck today for delivery.

[Shauncat]

Any thoughts on flying this plane on 4 cell/ 2200 mah packs? I was thinking I could just add a little weight to bring it up to the 2500 mah or 3000 mah weights. (I have lots of 2200 mah packs already on hand)

Im using the 4 cell 2200mah as well, had to add about 70 grams of weight to get CG right, slight nose heavy.

[Hoomi]

Has anyone else been tempted to paint one up to look like a Star Wars X-Wing?

[Hoomi]

I pull the trigger and ordered the Rebel today.

[paulrkytek]

Hoomi i put oleos on mains as well but i used some old hk ones I had hanginig around that they do not sell anymore so you will have to do a bit of research here. Whatever you get create an angle of attack to generate lift under the wing and assist take off and use half flaps for take off. you may need to adjust or swap the oleo springs to create the correct amount of give in the suspension for the weight of the plane. I suggest you err on the soft side for the nose wheel to deaden the impact without too much rebound.

[Shauncat]

Lovely, you can't miss it in the sky for sure.

[Shauncat]

Love this jet!!!!
Got me hooked on edf....so vad I bought an avanti lol

That will probably be my next one too. Avanti S 80mm edf jet ,yellow version

[Shauncat]

I've just started loving rc jets. I've been flying the Dynam twin edf 64 mm ,the eflite fury 2. There a few new ones that I'm a bit scared to fly like my freewing mirage 2000 tiger meet 80mm edf jet. Will this freewing Rebel V2 be a good jet to start flying bigger and faster jets. I've seen so many videos on utube and the guys make it look so easy to fly and land?

thank you all.
God Bless.
Shauncat
Durban South Africa.

[Hoomi]

Did you do the oleo on just the nose gear, or add them to the mains as well? We have a dirt runway at our field, so I'm thinking if they'll fit with the mains, some shock-absorption might not be a bad idea all around.

[paulrkytek]

Hoomi I used the 110mm version of this from Bangood https://www.banggood.com/Aluminum-Al...r_warehouse=CN Aluminum Alloy Retractable Landing Gear With Spring for MTD Flying Wing RC Airplane

[Hoomi]

Any suggestions on the oleo?

[paulrkytek]

After 36 flights I decided to give the Rebel a makeover so I upgraded the edf fan to 12 blade FMS 6s 1860kv inrunner 2.25kg thrust all up weight with battery, oleos and new paint job 1785gms 1;1.275 power to weight 86gms/dm2 wing loading, just waiting for appropriate weather to re maiden. adjusted the canopy and pilot location to squeeze in 2700 6s 40c battery made up from 2 no 3s packs I already had. Photo attached. Cactus dodger if you buy this plane check the cg BEFORE you add the nose cone, then you can hide weight in it before you glue it on ( less weight this way. If you can get a nose leg oleo then do so it will save you grief on landings CG 90 to 95mm from where wing joins front of body.. Also suggest you reinforce the area around where the nose leg servo is, I just spread some epoxy resin to create a strong eggshell structure but do this before you add nose weight. Have Fun

[Hoomi]

I'm seriously considering one of these. I have a couple of Motion gift certificates that we'd originally bought to give our son for his birthday this year, so he could buy himself a Heng Long tank, but then he posted that what he really wanted for his birthday, was contributions towards replacing his aged and failing computer. We threw the same amount into his new computer fund, and just held onto the gift certificates.

I even already have a battery that is right for this plane.

[Alpha]

Mwhite1911 What a difference some paint makes!

Thanks for bumping this thread. I need to post a three view of this bird to see what you artists come up with.

[Mwhite1911]

New paint job. And new gear.

[CVA59]

Well, here she is all rebuilt, new wing, new fuse and a donated decal pack from my FW A4 Skyhawk. I painted it a Gull Gray and that's really close to my A4.