Official Freewing 70mm BAe Hawk T1 Thread

[RCjetdude]

Could not fly today because of our 2 day heli event. Stopped by the field and watched Ben Storick in from Las Vegas. One of the top 3 heli guys in the world. Holy crap. Amazing.

So it looks like tomorrow if I don’t go to see the Blue Angels or Monday if I can break away. Rates, gyro all set. Dying to fly this girl.

Thanks guys for your advice!

Hawk

Supposed to be really windy here tomorrow as this front moves through. :( I hope your maiden goes well Dave.

[dahawk]

Thanks Steve,

Btw,
I used the same marks and 5800 batt placement you suggested for CG. Spot on !

[RCjetdude]

Thanks Steve,

Btw,
I used the same marks and 5800 batt placement you suggested for CG. Spot on !

Excellent! Good to hear.

[Ron1950]

I would think the Brits do the same thing the blues do on there planes...wash and wax after every preformance. not much weathering to do if you leave it red lol...but then again from what ive seen Steve never leaves any plane stock color:)

[Alpha]

They were pretty clean, but as with any aircraft there were some areas here and there. References from Graham James' walkaround found online:

[Alpha]

[Alpha]

[dahawk]

Pretty darn cool. The red arrows are a proud group. Watched our Blue Angels this weekend. All I can say is WOW!

[RCjetdude]

I would think the Brits do the same thing the blues do on there planes...wash and wax after every preformance. not much weathering to do if you leave it red lol...but then again from what ive seen Steve never leaves any plane stock color:)

Not true, I left my F-86 the stock color... :)A show plane though has to be clean. I am glad that Freewing offered this jet in the base gray. Made it very easy to paint to my liking.

[Apriliamgt]

Was it difficult to install the upgraded struts. ?? Mine will be here tomorrow

[RCjetdude]

Was it difficult to install the upgraded struts. ?? Mine will be here tomorrow

Not really. Helps to have a magnetic Philips screwdriver. Nose Gear is the hardest part about it. Takes less than 30 minutes total to make the swap.

[Ron1950]

your painting is second to none...wish I had your modeling skills

[RCjetdude]

your painting is second to none...wish I had your modeling skills

Thank you. I don't consider myself to be all that good but I am trying to improve by trying different techniques. I really need to work on my airbrushing skills.

[Apriliamgt]

Mines arrived from motion RC to the U.K. . More pics to follow

[Apriliamgt]

To anyone that has built this plane. Am I missing something how to connect the main gears?? I’ve 2 leads and 1 spot left on the board to connect it

[ryramZ]

To anyone that has built this plane. Am I missing something how to connect the main gears?? I’ve 2 leads and 1 spot left on the board to connect it

There are two spots on one side and one on the other. The nose gear will already be plugged in. Same with the rudder, and nosewheel steering. Rudder will need to be plugged in.

[Apriliamgt]

There are two spots on one side and one on the other. The nose gear will already be plugged in. Same with the rudder, and nosewheel steering. Rudder will need to be plugged in.

So there is . How I feel stupid . My eyesite is bad. Didn’t even see the slot on the other side

[dahawk]

That's funny. Don't feel bad. I did the exact same thing. Was scratching my head, (cussing at Pilot Ryan- LOL ) until I finally located the missing connection on the board.

[Apriliamgt]

And done , just radio setup to do . Optional retracts installed

[dahawk]

April,

Nice photo's. I'm sure that must have taken you a whole 1 hour to build and ready for maiden. LOL

I maidened mine today with some snarly wind conditions. 12-18 variable. Flew great ! Not even a click of trim needed . Using an A3L stabilizer. Hope to have some video later.

The second flight was a bit more tenuous. At the suggestion of one of my flying buddies, He had flown for AA earlier in the day and told me at 3000 ft. the wind was coming out of the South yet they still had him set for a North approach. The low level winds were running opposite. So I upped the gain on the gyro slightly to compensate more for the wind conditions. As I got her up to speed and about 150' agl, she started the classic gyro vibration.Too much gain. So I slowed her down on the downwind leg for a short final to bring her in and adjust. Wind shifted slightly and with a low throttle setting she almost completely lost elevator authority in the base to final turn. Like a downwind stall. Got her level with full back pressure at the last second and brought her down just short of the runway on the apron. Kind of a hard landing but not too bad. She didn't bounce. No damage. She's a keeper ! Whew !

Ran with both a RT 5800 35C and an Admiral 5000 50C. Kind of liking the lighter weight Admiral better for this plane. Both got about 4 min including taxi time.

Hawk