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

[e4dragongunner]

Holly Cow! Nicely done.
How did you cut 39 evenly spaced rectangles ? Exacto ?
Just asking. TY!

[Calla]

Holly Cow! Nicely done.
How did you cut 39 evenly spaced rectangles ? Exacto ?
Just asking. TY!

It was done by measuring and remeasuring and a sharp x-acto. It was wasn't fun. I think the worst part was taking
a new wing cutting little slots into it.

[bill34207]

I finally managed to capture a good landing on video. The rest of the flight ain't too awful bad either. :Silly:
Best when viewed @ full screen since it's hat cam

https://youtu.be/gM7qoIcN4i4

[e4dragongunner]

It was done by measuring and remeasuring and a sharp x-acto. It was wasn't fun. I think the worst part was taking
a new wing cutting little slots into it.

Many Thanks
Again really nice work!

[dahawk]

Got 4 nice sorties in today plus 4 with the Hawk and 3 with the F5. All good.

Tried the HRB 6000mah 50C. Got 4 minutes with some reserve. Getting 3:30 with the RT 5800mah 35C and 3 min wither the 5000mah 50C. Not an empirical study.

[crxmanpat]

Had a hairy moment today during a flight. Took off and was downwind on my first pass when one of the fuel tanks, pylon and all, departed the plane. Was able to drop the gear and make a safe landing, but had to work to keep her stable as she wanted to pull towards the remaining tank.

I think I'm going to use some of these spare slide locks and make mounts in the wing for the pylons.

[RCjetdude]

Glad you saved her Pat.

[vduniec]

Looks like one of them is a little crooked. ;)

Good work!

Here's a picture of the VG's. Each one was was cut to size and I had to cut the slots in the wings. Be patient it's going to take some time. Was this picture ok?

[Calla]

Looks like one of them is a little crooked. ;)

Good

Thanks, I don’t think I could do it again.

[bill34207]

Caught another good landing on video this morning. :Cool:

https://youtu.be/jTW1iB4WHvY

[e4dragongunner]

Nicely Done!

[Topshot19]

Anyone know when the next batch of a4’s come in ?

[e4dragongunner]

Stock Replenished!

[gbruce]

Mine just shipped for Christmas...First big EDF. cant wait to detail it into an Aggressor A-4 :)

[Scamp73]

Any body have a set of the missiles they aren't using? I don't see them on the parts list.

[DCORSAIR]

Photo shoot with the F-16..................:)

Wish I has an extra set of missles to help you out, this is one EDF jet that flies better when loaded up.

[Scamp73]

Thanks, I like the missiles on it Flyin but not so much the tanks

[RCjetdude]

Any body have a set of the missiles they aren't using? I don't see them on the parts list.

PM me. I do.

[bill34207]

Put another couple of flights on mine today but forgot to start the camera on the 1st flight. The flight and landing from the 1st flight was a good one, flight two not do much. I had peace & quiet for the 1st flight but by the time I got to the second one the neighboring drag strip was going full swing. Wound up flying longer than I meant to since I missed hearing the timer when it hit the 1 minute remaining mark. Rushed the landing and wound up having to do a go around.
The battery was a little angry when I took it out (very warm) and reading 3.63 v per cell when I checked it.

https://youtu.be/CF-7BeG-1tQ

[Shirty]

Taxi tests for my mate Adrian's new Skyhawk today. Beautiful jet, pity the skymaster kit has a LOT to fix out of the box, but once done, it looks simply awesome. Gonna hoot with a kingtech 180. Thought you guys would appreciate some pics. :)