Official Freewing 70mm BAe Hawk T1 Thread

[Hardway]

That issue has been reported on several different occasions.... I have the upgrade, but I have never taken the Hawk out of the box...….. :Straight-Face::Straight-Face::Straight-Face:

[JamesonC]

I have had the upgraded landing gear in mine since day one and the nose gear trailing link started falling out from, what I discovered later, was a missing clip. Anyway, before I realized that I went ahead and ordered a whole new set (since you can't get just the nose gear separate) of the upgraded landing gear once they were back in stock. Decided since I was replacing the nose, I would go ahead and replace the mains too while I was at it since the tires were getting a bit worn from asphalt. When I put the new mains in, they didn't fit! After pulling everything back out, I found the main struts on the new sets are longer and causing them not to fit. No clue why they would've changed that but it was a bit frustrating. I ended up putting my original set back in but now these are useless as backups and I paid $45 for a trailing link nose gear!

[Andre B]

Cheater hole mod:
have not maidened the hawk but will have to take off from sand parking lot or grass and wanted to prevent FOD killing the edf....happy with the result. Maiden will tell if it affects power characteristics.
I have to say this pnp version is of a very high quality! Went together super easy, everything fits and just a joy to assemble. If it flies as good as it looks we should be golden!

[Steeleagle]

Looking at buying the ARF+ version of the Freewing Hawk. Has anyone here installed the FMS 70mm 6S V2 12 blade EDF unit in their Hawk?

[RCFlyer271]

Nose wheel is 40mm, mains are 50mm

Thanks for info!

[Mark 2]

What's the diameter of the nose wheel and main wheels? Thanks!

Nose wheel is 40mm, mains are 50mm

[RCFlyer271]

What's the diameter of the nose wheel and main wheels? Thanks!

[Alpha]

Happy to clarify that for you, Mark 2!

[Mark 2]

Hi Mark2,
There were two phases to this TSB ("Technical Service Bulletin").

Phase 1: "Field Fix". All customers who had received Hawks from the first shipment were offered to be sent a clear plastic reinforcement set.

Phase 2: "Factory Fix". All Hawks at the factory received a white plastic reinforcement set. All Hawks since then (well over a year now) have had that factory-installed set inside them. Your picture shows this set factory-installed, so don't worry, you're good to go.

Some potential confusion might stem from the fact that two reinforcement sets are physically different. The clear plastic set sent to customers was wider and covered more visible surface area between the conjoined areas of concern. The white plastic set that is now factory-installed is physically smaller and a different shape, because we changed the Hawk's foam molds themselves.

Ah, right thanks Alpha that’s reassuring!

[JamesonC]

Hi Mark2,
There were two phases to this TSB ("Technical Service Bulletin").

Phase 1: "Field Fix". All customers who had received Hawks from the first shipment were offered to be sent a clear plastic reinforcement set.

Phase 2: "Factory Fix". All Hawks at the factory received a white plastic reinforcement set. All Hawks since then (well over a year now) have had that factory-installed set inside them. Your picture shows this set factory-installed, so don't worry, you're good to go.

Some potential confusion might stem from the fact that two reinforcement sets are physically different. The clear plastic set sent to customers was wider and covered more visible surface area between the conjoined areas of concern. The white plastic set that is now factory-installed is physically smaller and a different shape, because we changed the Hawk's foam molds themselves.

Interesting. I guess I got a Phase 1.5. Mine came with the clear pieces already installed.

[Alpha]

I’m just putting my Hawk together guys, when these first came out a strengthening piece was sent out afterwards to stop the nose from breaking off. I don’t seem to have this piece with my jet, but there is a white plastic piece built in where my screwdriver is pointing in the picture.
Is this the new strengthening piece or do I need to add something myself? Thanks

Hi Mark2,
There were two phases to this TSB ("Technical Service Bulletin").

Phase 1: "Field Fix". All customers who had received Hawks from the first shipment were offered to be sent a clear plastic reinforcement set.

Phase 2: "Factory Fix". All Hawks at the factory received a white plastic reinforcement set. All Hawks since then (well over a year now) have had that factory-installed set inside them. Your picture shows this set factory-installed, so don't worry, you're good to go.

Some potential confusion might stem from the fact that two reinforcement sets are physically different. The clear plastic set sent to customers was wider and covered more visible surface area between the conjoined areas of concern. The white plastic set that is now factory-installed is physically smaller and a different shape, because we changed the Hawk's foam molds themselves.

[CVA59]

OK thanks guys, I don’t have any clear plastic pieces either installed or separate.

I would contact MRC. I think they will send you the pieces to fix it with. Don't quote me on that but I thought I saw that somewhere on here.

[Mark 2]

OK thanks guys, I don’t have any clear plastic pieces either installed or separate.

[CVA59]

I will look at mine again tonight and snap a pic for you so you can see the mod.

[JamesonC]

No, that is not it. They are some clear plastic pieces that should already be installed where the fuse is put together.

[CVA59]

I’m just putting my Hawk together guys, when these first came out a strengthening piece was sent out afterwards to stop the nose from breaking off. I don’t seem to have this piece with my jet, but there is a white plastic piece built in where my screwdriver is pointing in the picture.
Is this the new strengthening piece or do I need to add something myself? Thanks

As I understand it, yes you are correct. They have fixed that "breaking" issue. Mine is just like yours, already has the mod done to it. However, keeping Carbon Fiber rods on hand is a good idea. I have had to reinforce my rebel in the same places. Gorilla glue and small carbon fiber rods work perfectly.

[Mark 2]

I’m just putting my Hawk together guys, when these first came out a strengthening piece was sent out afterwards to stop the nose from breaking off. I don’t seem to have this piece with my jet, but there is a white plastic piece built in where my screwdriver is pointing in the picture.
Is this the new strengthening piece or do I need to add something myself? Thanks

[CVA59]

I have bought the Hawk as well and find the flight line control board very decent. It cleans up the wiring quite a bit.
As I am building a bigger F86 in parallel, I am wondering whether I could use this control board as well. Does anybody have any experience, any constraints I should know about? Motion RC lists a selected number of aircrafts for these boards, and I am not able to understand why these restrictions would apply. Thanks for any help,

BR, Harald

Harold. This is the first plane I have used one of these in. However, like you, I cannot understand why it would not work in other planes as well. I don't see any issues.

[Harald Horn]

I have bought the Hawk as well and find the flight line control board very decent. It cleans up the wiring quite a bit.
As I am building a bigger F86 in parallel, I am wondering whether I could use this control board as well. Does anybody have any experience, any constraints I should know about? Motion RC lists a selected number of aircrafts for these boards, and I am not able to understand why these restrictions would apply. Thanks for any help,

BR, Harald

[Hardway]

Ich bin froh, dass Sie den Hawk mögen! Sie bekommen also den Avanti? Ich habe diesen EEF nicht, aber er soll großartig fliegen! Dank!! Es ist 35F hier in Texas heute Morgen! Jerry