Freewing 80mm A-10 Modifications

[dkalwishky]

The way you guys weather and paint things is amazing!

[TSHobbies]

The belly of the best...going wold on this hog...(bada bump) ...ohh that dirty look ...

[downwindleg]

O.K. I have been able to remove the springs, lacking any input,. by pulling one of the hinge pins out at the upper joint. Cut one link off with the dremel cutoff wheel and am now trying to figure out how or what tools to bend the hook/ loop back into the spring and reconnect. Still looking for input, Brad

[downwindleg]

Hey T.I., how in the heck did you get those springs off the main gear. I've tried twice but am afraid I might damage the underside of the plane. Feel free to go into more detail than usual:Cool:Brad P.S. possibly some sort of spring pliers? If anybody else knows how to safely remove those strut springs for shortening, I'm all ears.

[Ronniehinesh]

I made a stand like the one posted earlier in the thread. It seems to hold the place very well.

[TiredIronGRB]

I have also been building some transport racks so I can haul them in a trailer without beating them to pieces.

"Hog Trough"

[RCjetdude]

Sure, I'll look into that tomorrow when I'm at Freewing.

You just gotta love Alpha!

[RCjetdude]

We fly off both paved and grass. I put a JP Hobbies 65mm nose wheel and JP Hobbies 75mm maines with breaks on my sons A10 because we fly off both. RCJetdude I worked on getting some last minute stuff done last night till 11:30. Didn't get any pictures of the new wheels. We are going to Warbirds of Tullahoma tomorrow and I'll have pictures to post. They are nothing like the modes you have done but it'll have to do for this one. I have s lot of detail and weathering to do still.

It is an ongoing process my friend... I just added the leading edge wing joiners and changed my nose wheel to the 60mm main wheel from the 90mm F-16. I was also monkeying around with the Shockwave2 sound card and somehow corrupted a file causing it to not work but got it back in order last night. I have also been building some transport racks so I can haul them in a trailer without beating them to pieces.


I also fixed the LG on my Stinger 90 and I still need to weather the Blacksnake. Like I said, never ending... :Dizzy:

[Alpha]

Perhaps we should just ask then.

IE Nose gear not mains.

Hi Mark . Alpha and Aros.
Is it possible to acquire the prototype front nose gear for those that want them and make them available for purchase ? We assume that we may have to tweak a few things to make it work.

Plane

Sure, I'll look into that tomorrow when I'm at Freewing.

[Ronniehinesh]

We fly off both paved and grass. I put a JP Hobbies 65mm nose wheel and JP Hobbies 75mm maines with breaks on my sons A10 because we fly off both. RCJetdude I worked on getting some last minute stuff done last night till 11:30. Didn't get any pictures of the new wheels. We are going to Warbirds of Tullahoma tomorrow and I'll have pictures to post. They are nothing like the modes you have done but it'll have to do for this one. I have s lot of detail and weathering to do still.

[Pogo]

Did some looking and the big A-10 has a 24" tire, so 2.4" or 60mm is scale, and 65mm close enough. You guys with paved runways are so lucky- the jet does look better with a proper size nose wheel.:Cool:
Tom

[Ronniehinesh]

Yes that is the exact set. They are heave as you can see but I think the ability to slow the plane down on a paved runway and the look make it worth it. I cut the wire at the wing soldered a connector on the end. I add some servo wire to the other end that connects to the control module with a connector at the fus where the multi connector is so I can just in plug the wing.

[RCjetdude]

I changed out my nose wheel with a JP hobbys 65mm nose wheel and changed the maines to 73mm JP hobbys with breaks. They are a little heavy but I think it's worth the weight to get the extra straight and more scale look.

Are these what you got?

http://www.effluxrc.com/JP-Hobby-75-mm-Brake-Wheel-Set-6-mm-Axles-JP75BW.htm

[RCjetdude]

I read a post a while back about using a gear door sequencer to control the front gear door the stay down when flying off of s paved runway. I have a FW sequencer out of a 90mm F15. How did you guys that have made the mod set it up.

I isolated the landing gear from the connector board and y-harnessed them to the control module along with the nose gear door servo. Just make sure you have enough delay closing the door that it doesn't try to close on the gear as it is retracting as it might bind up in the air like mine initially did. I used the sequencer from the Freewing 1450mm P-51 and ended up changing it to the GT power module sold by MRC. The delay for the gear door is much longer and it works great now. You will still need to y-harness the module and the landing gear to the control board if you want the nose gear light to work unless the F-15 sequencing module can handle the light as well.

[Ronniehinesh]

I read a post a while back about using a gear door sequencer to control the front gear door the stay down when flying off of s paved runway. I have a FW sequencer out of a 90mm F15. How did you guys that have made the mod set it up.

[Ronniehinesh]

I'll have some tonight. Just got the maines mounted last night. I have to run the wires to the controller.

[RCjetdude]

I changed out my nose wheel with a JP hobbys 65mm nose wheel and changed the maines to 73mm JP hobbys with breaks. They are a little heavy but I think it's worth the weight to get the extra straight and more scale look.

Cool. You got any pictures?

[Ronniehinesh]

I changed out my nose wheel with a JP hobbys 65mm nose wheel and changed the maines to 73mm JP hobbys with breaks. They are a little heavy but I think it's worth the weight to get the extra straight and more scale look.

[DCORSAIR]

I have two F-16's sitting here and didn't even think about trying one of the main wheels on the A-10, as you know I went with the F-14 main tire, like your idea, comes already painted so I ordered one of those too, see which one I like better....!

[RCjetdude]

I changed the nose wheel out with a 60mm main wheel from the 90mm F-16. It is already white and I am not really concerned about the lack of bolt heads inside the rim. It is a good quality rubber tire. I did shim it just a bit to keep it centered.