Official Freewing 70mm Twin Me 262 Thread

[Spencer Keith]

That's right, its was just my choice. I just stuck it in there in the middle because I am bit OCD. I don't think it matters exactly where it located. But it is needed. On my first 262 I snapped the nose clean off during a fairly normal landing. After I installed this, on both the first and second plane I've had no problems at all.

Figured I might as well do both sides lol.

[themudduck]

Figured I might as well do both sides lol.

Oh yeah, we definitely did both sides. I just took the picture of one side as an illustration.

[Casey C]

Crashed my ME-262 last week, going through a rebuild but manual only for PNP..... any chance someone could post picture of how the servo for the gear doors are set up? Thanks in advance!

[Creative RC]

Figured I might as well do both sides lol.

Add two layers of clear gorilla tape, both sides, on the bottom to keep gap at front of wing from spreading and breaking off the nose at that locatìon.

[Creative RC]

Crashed my ME-262 last week, going through a rebuild but manual only for PNP..... any chance someone could post picture of how the servo for the gear doors are set up? Thanks in advance!

Is this what you are looling for?

[Spencer Keith]

Add two layers of clear gorilla tape, both sides, on the bottom to keep gap at front of wing from spreading and breaking off the nose at that locatìon.

thank you for the tip. I already have over 50 flights on it without the tape and it’s been an awesome jet. When I crash this one, I will immediately reorder it.

[Creative RC]

Replaced the main gear that was bending with the larger diameter strut from the Stinger 90. For that you have to use the axles and wheels of the Stinger 90 and come up with your own spacer on the axle. I did use the stiffer springs found in the Me-262 struts and filed a second flat spot on the retract pin for the second set screw, however. Eight flights on a short grass field and these are holding up well.

[Creative RC]

My nose reinforcing with carbon fibre arrow tubes.

[Casey C]

Is this what you are looling for?

Yes thank you.... I was having trouble figuring out the pushrod arrangement for the sequenced doors, also realized what servo you use is also critical.

[Creative RC]

For better visibility. Will start with this and later change the blue and red band at the rear of fuselage to this color as well. If I don't feel it the wing tips and the band is enough, the next step will be the nacelles. I don't think I will go as far as including the nose.

As for the underside, I have no definitive plan, but I may start with black wing tips.

[DaFlyingSnek]

Hey all, I'm looking at swapping the nose gear to something more scale. I tried the Flightline F7F main gear, but that was too big. I might try the P-38 nose gear, but I was wondering if anyone else might have some ideas (or a solution!) Thanks!

[nuts-n-volts]

I bought the P-38 NG with the very same idea. Also got some bigger main wheels and a new pilot. Just haven't had a chance to get the plane outta the box yet!

[Captain Moron]

I am sure this has been put on the forum but just a quick one .i noticed there are no aileron or elevator surgested movement in the manual. Can some one give me a starting point on what to set the aileron and elevator movements they are using on there 262.Thanks

[themudduck]

I am sure this has been put on the forum but just a quick one .i noticed there are no aileron or elevator suggested movement in the manual. Can some one give me a starting point on what to set the aileron and elevator movements they are using on their 262.Thanks

A lot depends on your own flying preference - how you like your plane to feel. I like flying "realistically" with big turns and slow movements, makes it look great in the air.
So that being said: I don't have measurements for you but this is what worked for me:
Ailerons: middle hole on the aileron, 50% travel on my radio, 35% expo
Elevator: outside hole on the elevator, 80% travel on my radio, 35% expo
Rudder: 100% throw, 50% expo (extra expo helps with ground steering)
Flaps - maximum throw (on this plane the flaps function mainly as air brakes)

So as you can see, I cut down the aileron throw because as originally set up, they had way too much throw. If you set yours up with more aileron it may be fine, but I found it to have too much so I cut it back.

Starting out, I would suggest setting a "low rate" on your radio, like 65 or 70%, which will help calm things down on your first flights and then you can go to "high rates" for regular flying. You can always dial up the throws once you get used to it, if you want it to be more responsive.

One other thing - with the bigger batteries (like 5000, etc) the plane can be nose-heavy. Push the battery back to the rear of the compartment. And reinforce the inside of the nose (many previous posts about that).
Then you should be good to go and find out how you like it.

[Captain Moron]

Thanks "mudduck" I will use your recommendations . I also like to fly it scale like so your recommendation will be exactly what I was looking for 👍

[Robert Belluomini]

A lot depends on your own flying preference - how you like your plane to feel. I like flying "realistically" with big turns and slow movements, makes it look great in the air.
So that being said: I don't have measurements for you but this is what worked for me:
Ailerons: middle hole on the aileron, 50% travel on my radio, 35% expo
Elevator: outside hole on the elevator, 80% travel on my radio, 35% expo
Rudder: 100% throw, 50% expo (extra expo helps with ground steering)
Flaps - maximum throw (on this plane the flaps function mainly as air brakes)

So as you can see, I cut down the aileron throw because as originally set up, they had way too much throw. If you set yours up with more aileron it may be fine, but I found it to have too much so I cut it back.

Starting out, I would suggest setting a "low rate" on your radio, like 65 or 70%, which will help calm things down on your first flights and then you can go to "high rates" for regular flying. You can always dial up the throws once you get used to it, if you want it to be more responsive.

One other thing - with the bigger batteries (like 5000, etc) the plane can be nose-heavy. Push the battery back to the rear of the compartment. And reinforce the inside of the nose (many previous posts about that).
Then you should be good to go and find out how you like it.

Post the actual throws as different brand radios will give different results

[Flying Dutchman]

When will the new inrunner version be available in the EU?

[starcop]

Did Freewing fix the front fuselage gap? The gap breaks the front fuselage in half. If you land in the grass. I'd buy another one if this issue has been resolved. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Thanks. Matt-Mac Daddy flyer some!

[Captain Moron]

No I think it is still the same. I put some carbon rods in the nose to reinforce the nose and I land on a grass runway with no problems

[Twowingtj]

I too added 5mm CF square tubing to strengthen the nose. Easy mod. The newer fan set-up is much better than the original.