Official Freewing 70mm Twin Me 262 Thread

[themudduck]

I used 5x3mm CF tubing (5mm OD, 3mm ID) embedded in both sides, like you see here... and I extended it as far as I could into the nose.

[Skipper]

Hello all,
just received my 262 v2. 😍
Regarding the square cf tubing to strengthen the nose section, can anyone tell me what dimensions you recommended/used? Many thanks and safe, fun flights.

[Ernie P.]

Sir; okay, I just have to get creative. And be very careful. Thanks for the help; Ernie P.

[xviper]

Sir; my van is a Chrysler Town & Country. The opening at the rear is around 54", but it squeezes down a bit a couple of feet forward (over the rear wheels) of that. My Avanti S (48.6") just barely squeezes in, straight on. I assume you are putting your plane in on a slant? Thanks; Ernie P.

Well, of course. It's not going in straight. To get a plane that size into a vehicle like a Sportwagen, you have to be creative, think outside the box. You put one wing in first, then at a slant, you get the rest in, changing the slant and the angle as it needs. The opening in your T&C is cavernous compared to my Sportwagen and the overall space inside is again, gigantic.
I can easily fit a 1500mm Eflite Mustang, 1620mm Avios Albatross, 1600mm C-130 Hercules, whole. In fact, I can take two of these, one the floor and one on the upper shelf, which I built for the car.

Here's a picture of my shelf with a large biplane (small compared to the Albatross) on the bottom and Stinger 90 on top, with a sailplane in pieces stored in the spare spaces. I don't happen to have a picture of the 262 in there or I'd show you.
Oh, BTW, this is my old Golf GTI, a bit smaller than my current Sportwagen.

[Ernie P.]

What kind of van? I can get the 262 into my VW Sportwagen fully assembled. A "van" should be easy.

Sir; my van is a Chrysler Town & Country. The opening at the rear is around 54", but it squeezes down a bit a couple of feet forward (over the rear wheels) of that. My Avanti S (48.6") just barely squeezes in, straight on. I assume you are putting your plane in on a slant? Thanks; Ernie P.

[xviper]

I have a question for all you M2 262 fans. With a wingspan of 1500mm (almost 59"), I won't be able to fit the 262 into my van. Are you guys removing the wing(s) to transport your planes? And if so, how are the bits and pieces holding up? With the 262, there are a lot of plugs to be dealt with. Thanks; Ernie P.

What kind of van? I can get the 262 into my VW Sportwagen fully assembled. A "van" should be easy.

[Elbee]

Just received the Me262, from the wife for Christmas!...

O1, I take it then, that the "Liberator" was your gift to your wife. Very nice. Congrats on the Flightline/Freewing Christmas. Ho-ho-ho!!! Bravo Zulu, Best, LB

[Ernie P.]

I have a question for all you M2 262 fans. With a wingspan of 1500mm (almost 59"), I won't be able to fit the 262 into my van. Are you guys removing the wing(s) to transport your planes? And if so, how are the bits and pieces holding up? With the 262, there are a lot of plugs to be dealt with. Thanks; Ernie P.

[ob1hulk]

Just recieved the Me262, from the wife for christmas! im beyond stoked to have this bird in my fleet. im new to the forums not new to flying, ive done a bunch of reading through the forums but just now making an account. i see the nose gear strength mods needed, and that should be no trouble as i had to do similar in my 64mm freewing a10.
i cant wait to get this jet out to the field and fly it.

[Bearcat]

I sold mine about a year ago but the friend I bought it off of a few years back died this past summer, so I went on a hunt and found my old ME-262 and the guy has agreed to sell her back to me!!!
I will be so happy to get her back and keep part of my old friend with me in form of his old ME-262! What I don't have is the throws and rates I had, just my old GWS ME-262 settings. If anybody could help me on this one I would love it!

[WrightBrosRC]

Thx, this vid uses the Insta360x.

[MeyerVW]

What cam are you useing? Nice video with narration.

[WrightBrosRC]

It very interesting to note that the full size original aircraft had problems with the strength of the nose strut. Your belly cam reveals how much the nose strut is strained side to side. I really enjoy the onboard cams. Here is a recent flight with my 262.

[MeyerVW]

Another.

[MeyerVW]

HAHAHAHAHA! The video worked this time. Such a nice flying and handling aircraft.

[MeyerVW]

Had a nice flight and a great landing. Sorry the video camera did not work. I did not use the landing flaps this time. I did use my take off setting. 5 to 6mm. Worked perfect for take off and landing.

[MeyerVW]

The 262 is ready to fly again. Hope to get to the field in a day or two. Took some of the flaps out. She like to float along while landing. Flies very smooth and very enjoyable.

[rifleman_btx]

I've pulled gears out of a dead servo and did replacements in a few servos. I'll do it as a quick fix or in the case of a servo being out of stock or something. 2 minutes and back running again.

[Graeme Halliday]

The 262 should be easy to change the whole servo as it looks like the wires are in channels. I can see financially it wouldn’t make sense for Freewing to bother with Servo gear sets, the packaging probably costs more than the gears. But for me waste is important. I try and fix everything my kids break. I bet you wouldn’t replace a servo instead of a gear if the servo cost $150. I have that level of servo in a number of models such as large gliders and helicopters.

[xviper]

Maybe I’m lazy. Just changing the gears means no damage to the plane pulling the wiring out.

I see. Perhaps you are really good at changing servo gears. To me, that's a very finicky and daunting task - a lot of tiny things to drop and lose. I don't find pulling out servo wiring to be that terrible but I suppose it depends on the type of plane you're dealing with. Some planes have the servo wiring embedded deep in the structure while most of my planes have them running through channels - remove the covering tape, pull out the servo and wiring, replace servo, feed wiring through to fuse, replace tape, done.