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

[Ron1950]

maiden day for the A4 great flying plane just needed a few clicks of down or up. Darn hard to see when its gray skys and far away
A4 speed pass on maiden - YouTube
Maiden A4 landing - YouTube

[Evan D]

Congratulations!!

[gibil_taurus]

Hi Guys, I maidened my A4 today and it flies beautifully.

I used most of the recommendations in this thread, thank you all!

[Evan D]

Sorry don’t know off the top of my head. I write it under the canopy but the plane is stashed in my work shop.

[Ron1950]

Ya sense all 3 gear go forward… evan u useing 185 or 195 cg?

[Evan D]

I check gear down but remember that’s just a preliminary point that needs to be adjusted by flying it.

[Ron1950]

Got to ask. Cg measured gear up or down

[DCORSAIR]

Oh, I decided today that I was going to fly only large scale helis, which takes up a lot of room in my shop, also I can fly the helis from my front yard and since I lost my runway in front of my house, I hate loading up and traveling.,...............

[Evan D]

So why sell it?

[DCORSAIR]

Got 4 more flights on the A-4 today after work, the new inrunner sounds and flies it so much better, this thing really scoots now.

[SanExup]

Based on photos of other jets I've seen, especially post deployment, you didn't dirty it too much. It looks good!

[DCORSAIR]

My maiden went very well, flew great no issues with that part, but I did have issues with the build, decals wouldn't stick very well but I got them all on except the rudder decals, I messed those up so I ordered another set, also snapped the end of the left aileron off, stupid mistake, so then I decided to just make it a dirty Scooter after all, may have went a little to much but the way the build was going already, why not...

[T- Elbert]

[T- Elbert]

Another scooter dolled up and flown. Rods from the Helena Flying Tigers.

[DCORSAIR]

Had one about a year ago, flew great, one of the best flying and best looking jets there is in my opinion, looking forward to the build.

[DCORSAIR]

I just had to get another scooter, there was one PNP kit left in stock last night and I snagged it, had to get one before the price increase...

[Tigerman]

Brought the SkyHawk. It has a E5 connecter on it and I have XT 150 connecter on my Lipos. So rather then cut the E5 connecter off and replace it with a XT150 (in the future I am thinking of changing my lipos to E 5 connecter) I have some spare 12 gauge wire, will this be OK to make an adapter up E5 to XT150. I have been told I should use 10 gauge wire but will the 12 gauge wire be up to it or should I buy some 10 gauge wire?

[flyinhigh042]

The stock A-4 has plastic wingtip protection that should be good for more than a few scrapes.

If I had to replace it, something like an old credit card would work, or you could even use some balsa sheet stock. They also sell abrasion resistant marine tape that would be a stick-on and go solution which would last through at least a few tip overs, but replacing it would likely pull up the paint underneath.

Thanks! Believe it or not... The very first landing and subsequent tip on the wing resulted in one of the plastic protection pieces tearing completely away. I'm going to look onto the marine tape. Thanks. Our runway is rough with large cracks...

[Mizer67]

Hello everyone.

Question. Has anyone come up with a wing tip repair that can at least take some asphalt punishment?

The stock A-4 has plastic wingtip protection that should be good for more than a few scrapes.

If I had to replace it, something like an old credit card would work, or you could even use some balsa sheet stock. They also sell abrasion resistant marine tape that would be a stick-on and go solution which would last through at least a few tip overs, but replacing it would likely pull up the paint underneath.

[Evan D]

Look up Assan steering gyro from RC Castle or Paradise RC in Hong Kong, they are designed specifically to prevent tipping.