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

[jetpltrich]

? Navy is a Department. Marines is a branch. Two kinds of people join. Young boys that want to be men and gorillas . I am joking. We have these inter service rivalries until we need to go to work and defend our freedoms.

Are you a Marine? Once a Marine always a Marine! Air or ground?

Navy guy, 79-83, Midway/Enterprise. Worked with Marines a lot, wasn’t much fun. 2 Marine RF-4’s came aboard the Midway, they left every night and flew up to Tehran taking pics, we had to load them and arm/dearm them, they didn’t bring support. As a newly minted Captain at SWA I flew with a Marine who still got his hair really short. I told him now that he’s retired he could grow his hair longer. He still thought he was a F-18 squadron commander. It was a real SMH three-day trip moment.

jp

[Evan D]

? Navy is a Department. Marines is a branch. Two kinds of people join. Young boys that want to be men and gorillas . I am joking. We have these inter service rivalries until we need to go to work and defend our freedoms.

Are you a Marine? Once a Marine always a Marine! Air or ground?

[jetpltrich]

https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/Military-Units/Marine-Corps/

[Evan D]

Branch of the Navy.

The Marines are a department of the Navy, men’s department. Go with it!

jp

[jetpltrich]

The Marines are a department of the Navy, men’s department. Go with it!

jp

[Evan D]

Go Navy!

[Steelon Steel]

I see the latest version is all upgraded but now they preapply squid markings and I guess no longer provide the marine decals.

How much paint damage does one do pulling these decals?

[Evan D]

We have some things in common! She was born in Nassau. Grew up on Abaco. Mom still lives there.

Fantasy... Like my Uruguayan Gripen :)

[EA-6B Geek]

Evan, my wife is also Bahamian, grew up on Eleuthera. Paint scheme is a total farce. What coulda been!

[Evan D]

My wife is Bahamian and my mother in law still lives there. I researched planes and never saw they had a A-4, so is that real or fantasy?

[EA-6B Geek]

Bahamas Defence Force A-4. The Bahamas celebrates 50 years of independence from the UK this July 10th!

[Captain Moron]

Thanks everyone .Was a bit concerned I would have to put lead in the nose but it now looks like my mate has overdone the custom paint job,making the A4 tail heavy .I much prefer the way Freewing have finished the model and the plus to the standard finish is in my opinion looks a lot better then my mates one

[Mark 2]

About to order the Freewing A4 Skyhawk .Just one concern .A friend brought a new Freewing from MRC .He has repainted it but had to put a lot if lead in the nose to obtain the correct Cof G .Has far has I know this not normal to put so much lead in the nose of the Slyhawk .Am I right and on a standard Freewing Skyhawk you should be able to achieve the correct Cof G without add lead to the nose of the A4 .I think my friend has added so much extra weight by doing a customise paint job ,putting a lot if weight on the model causing it to be so tail heavy ..Can a new Freewing A4 Skyhawk straight from MRC balance OK without adding a lot of nose weight to the model

The CG called for in the RC Geek video works well for me, it’s a little further back than the position shown in the manual.
My A4 balances with an Admiral 5000 pack about as far forward as it will go.

[Evan D]

Well, there was some misunderstanding on were the reference point was to measure from...

[jetpltrich]

FYI! Make sure you review prior posts about CG location on this plane. The advertised CG location is too far forward, you must push it back 10mm from advertised. Watch RCGeeks video on the build and fly of the A-4. I’ve run 4000/5000 in my A-4 and she balances out okay.

Richard

[Evan D]

Depends on battery I guess. I'm using 5200's that weigh around 575g and it balances easy.

[Captain Moron]

About to order the Freewing A4 Skyhawk .Just one concern .A friend brought a new Freewing from MRC .He has repainted it but had to put a lot if lead in the nose to obtain the correct Cof G .Has far has I know this not normal to put so much lead in the nose of the Slyhawk .Am I right and on a standard Freewing Skyhawk you should be able to achieve the correct Cof G without add lead to the nose of the A4 .I think my friend has added so much extra weight by doing a customise paint job ,putting a lot if weight on the model causing it to be so tail heavy ..Can a new Freewing A4 Skyhawk straight from MRC balance OK without adding a lot of nose weight to the model

[Icarus the 2nd]

Must see really nice looking A-4M Skyhawk version. The 'low vis' scheme is awesome

[Icarus the 2nd]

I was at a fantastic EDF meeting in Velo (NL) last weekend and recorded a flight from pilot Roland flying his Freewing A-4 Skyhawk equiped with a FMS 2100kv 80mm Pro EDF unit. Enjoy!

[EA-6B Geek]

In hopes of keeping this thread alive, here’s my most recent A-4. Converted to XA4D-1. Single piece windscreen, smaller intakes, smooth rudder, and the funky nose. Flies well, but hard to see!