Official Freewing 80mm A-4E/F Skyhawk Thread

[aeroscale]

My Scooter......flight via Photoshop!

[Petronio]

Beautiful gotvrdame!

[fieldofdreamsflyer]

Just finished detailling my A4. Maidened her 2 weeks ago, now she's completely ready for service!

Thats awesome looking, I always like those colors

[RCjetdude]

Just finished detailling my A4. Maidened her 2 weeks ago, now she's completely ready for service!

Very nice Scooter! Love the scheme. Welcome to HobbySquawk Patrick!

[Hardway]

Wow!!! Love it!!! Great job.... I want to come visit and have a pint or three in Belgium!! LOL :Drinks:

[patrick verlinden]

Just finished detailling my A4. Maidened her 2 weeks ago, now she's completely ready for service!

[purduephigam]

Steve pretty much sold me on this, but have been itching for this plane for a while now. Plus, I figure the second I purchase this thing, that's when FOIL will be released. So I think I have to get this, so we can all get FOIL! It seems unanimous that this is a superb flyer, but are there any reservations, or anything I should keep in mind? I've heard the rates need to be dialed down per the manual but that's about it. Thanks everyone!

[fieldofdreamsflyer]

[Hardway]

Thanks!!! No to the A-4 maiden... It has been so hot here!!! I want to spray my panel line weathering and finish the clear coat first anyway... Last night it was 92 at almost midnight....:Sweating: As for the B-17, keeping it all neat is going to be mandatory to keep a measure of sanity... :Silly: Have a great week!!! Jerry

[EA-6B Geek]

:)Another way nice set up! That kind of attention to detail will pay off when you're wiring that B-17. Have you flown the Kiwi A-4 yet?

Mine still looks like a rats nest. Maybe I'll put a little more effort into it.

[Hardway]

Each new bird is a challenge to make everything fit and be within reach for adjustment (gyro) and not be a rat's nest... I usually spend way more time on that, and servo set up and adjustments that building the plane... :Cool:

[Hardway]

I have a CC 20 amp Pro BEC in the rear of the battery, so I had to be a little creative in mounting it all... I am happy with the way it came out. Lots of wires to keep neat. Some are under the battery tray. The others I bundled with heat shrink.

[EA-6B Geek]

That's way nice Steve. I already mounted it all up in the nose, have the gyro set up and working. Needs a test flight.

[dahawk]

Steve, that’s way too tidy ! Lol

[RCjetdude]

I mounted everything under the tray.

[EA-6B Geek]

EA,
I use the A-3L on a lot of edf’s . They are pretty forgiving as far as placement. On the A-4, I have mine forward of where you have your Rx. Works fine that way. Some gyros require the placement to be centered near the cg.

Hawk

Thanks Hawk, I'll probably do it that way then.

[dahawk]

EA,
I use the A-3L on a lot of edf’s . They are pretty forgiving as far as placement. On the A-4, I have mine forward of where you have your Rx. Works fine that way. Some gyros require the placement to be centered near the cg.

Hawk

[fhhuber]

I'd probably push the RX back and put the gyro close to the RX for keeping the wires neater.

(originally thought the RX was behind the battery)


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Spektrum captured a huge market share by being "firstest with the mostest" in 2.4 ghz. With the nature of 2.4 ghz being that nce you choose a brand you are pretty well locked in by lack f cross-brand compatibility, you end up with all who bought several DSM2 receivers to go with their Spektrum transmitters (when Futaba ddn't even have 2.4 ghz yet) being a captive market just to prevent having to buy several receivers at once in order to make the change to a different brand.

It helps that Spektrum has the "Model Match" feature which makes flying a model on the wrong model memory impossible. (that feature is not reliable if you use "Orange" or "Lemon" receivers with a Spektrum TX that is part of the "not really DSMX" encoding difference.)

Futaba still makes good stuff and if they had been making a good 2.4 ghz system earlier, I would probably be still flying Futaba.
They are kind of shooting themselves in the foot by having 3 different 2.4 ghz protocols that are incompatible with each other. They need to pick one and just stop making new products for the others.

[EA-6B Geek]

Going through a radio upgrade here. 10J Futaba, and Hobby Eagle A3-L. I get the impression that most of you are flying with Spectrum radios, but I've been using the Futabas for so long, I just don't want to make the change. It's a lot like switching from Boeing to Airbus, don't want to do it. Gyro is just resting there, thinking about mounting it aft of the battery to get it closer to the CG.
Anyone have any motherhood on using this A3-L in the A-4?

[WildBillG]

Thanks for the advice Austin. I have plenty of spare 80s and i already know there is plenty of room in the A-4 for two 4S 5000 or 6000 batts.