Official Freewing 70mm BAe Hawk T1 Thread

[RCjetdude]

New guy to this forum guys. Hope to learn a lot. First question, I was a little disappointed to find the finish of the Hawk to be Matt. What do you think about an acrylic gloss clear coat?

Welcome aboard. Go for it. Did you get the red arrow?

[welshman]

New guy to this forum guys. Hope to learn a lot. First question, I was a little disappointed to find the finish of the Hawk to be Matt. What do you think about an acrylic gloss clear coat?

[Ron1950]

wow if its yellow it hs to be old...I was at whiteing field in 1970 and they only had one yellow t28 left and it was the bail out trainer (unflyable)

[RCjetdude]

Beauiful rendition Tony. I bet that is easy to see in the sky.

[xplaneguy]

Thanks Hawk!

[dahawk]

Stunning . Love the yellow

[xplaneguy]

My tribute to the short lived Navy jet trainer....Temco TT-1 Pinto.

[OV10]

LOL

[TiredIronGRB]

Oh....... there WILL be an Artic II Gman. ;)

I'll start sharpening my Corsair prop [voice]diabolical laugh[/voice] ;)

[OV10]

Oh....... there WILL be an Artic II Gman. ;)That line up of Warty's in pic 3 by Steve, Ryan, myself and Mike is remembered like it was yesterday.:Cool:

Now back to the regularly scheduled BAE Hawk talk

[Grossman56]

Totally agree Steve, CB did an outstanding paint job on his A-10, I'm hoping we see a sister ship in the near or at least not-too-distant future.
Seemed to be your year for mid airs, but at least the P-47 survived virtually intact!
Here she is in all her glory, gone but not forgotten.....


Grossman56

[RCjetdude]

At least it wasn't as stupid and costly as my event. I did learn from it big time. Future midair avoidance maneuvers shall be initiated in the vertical and not the horizontal. ;)

Good lesson learned but man that was still a tough lesson. Of all your planes, why the A-10?

[OV10]

I did a stupid thing and ended up crashing it into some trees but it is repaired now and ready to go again.

At least it wasn't as stupid and costly as my event. I did learn from it big time. Future midair avoidance maneuvers shall be initiated in the vertical and not the horizontal. ;)

[RCjetdude]

Nice write up Martin. I have been enjoying mine. I just got the upgraded gear struts for it but haven't had the chance yet to land it with them. I did a stupid thing and ended up crashing it into some trees but it is repaired now and ready to go again.

[PappaBear]

Being English I guess it's fitting I should have the British Aerospace Engineering Hawk in the Royal Air Force Red Arrows color scheme. The Hawk T-1 is the jet trainer aircraft used by the RAF. It can be fitted with a Cannon which is fitted in the center pod of the fuselage. In the case of the Red Arrows, the pod contains to smoke oil used in their displays.

The Freewing wing model is a 70mm fan, which makes it slightly smaller than the Avanti. However, it does fly on a 6s battery. The recommended is a 4000mAh and I'm using the Admiral Pro 6s 4000mAh. The model assembles quickly and can be ready to fly in a couple of hours. I'm not sure how long it took me to put mine together, only to say I didn't rush it. I double checked everything as I do with all the models I build or assemble. Before beginning the assembly I checked all the servos for operation and centered them using the RX I am using to fly the model. In this case, it's the new Admiral RX600. Please note this is the basic RX and does not have the built-in gyro. Having centered all the servos I connected them to the relevant control surfaces and again checked and adjusted the control throw to my desired amount.

Personally, I set up all my servos mechanically using the holes in the servo arms and the control horns to give me full servo travel with 100% servo travel set in the TX. This gives a much smoother control movement and you are using the full range of the servo and not relying on the endpoint adjustment in the TX to obtain the desired control surface movement. Moving the pushrod closer to the center of the servo output shaft will increase the torque to the control surface while reducing the control surface movement. In this instance, I am using the outer hole of the control horn and the inner hole of the servo arm. I'm also using 30% exponential on the ailerons, and elevator.

A length of wire is provided to pull the rudder and elevator servo leads through the fuselage from the tail. Once you have the leads routed through and in place the horizontal stabilizer can be secured with the screws provided. The vertical stabilizer is also secured in the same manner. The wing is manufactured as one piece and does not require any form of joining, it is simply bolted to the bottom of the fuselage using the screws provided taking care not to get any of the servo leads trapped between the wing and the fuselage.

It's now beginning to look like an aircraft and is almost complete, with just a few small parts to glue in place such as the ventral fins on the underside of the rear of the fuselage. The dummy oil tank in the center of the fuselage simply slides into place.

The only thing left to do at this point is to connect the servo leads to the control box in the fuselage and connect the RX. Don't forget to balance the finished model. Mine balanced comfortably in the position shown in the manual. All the electronics tested and working, it's time to fly.

As stated above it is a small model with a 6s battery, so it is going to be a quick model. The model accelerates quickly to flying speed and lifts off without any problems. Although I did have to apply some right aileron trim and up elevator to obtain a straight and level flight. I'm going to move the battery back a little and this may reduce the up trim required. Landings are easy although do not let the model bounce if you do it will be difficult to stop it and it will bounce into the air again. I am going to try the upgraded landing gear which I'm sure will reduce this problem.
I found it a really nice flying and handling model, although personally, I would like to have seen it around the same size as the Avanti or slightly larger.

Martin.

[TiredIronGRB]

Probably cause you were getting your beauty sleep:P

I was working on my 3200mm OV-10...

[OV10]

Dang, beat me to it!

Probably cause you were getting your beauty sleep:P

[TiredIronGRB]

Foam Tac ;)

Dang, beat me to it!

[OV10]

hey whats the best glue to use on servos in foam wings or tail etc?

Foam Tac ;)

[fhhuber]

A little E6000.
Too much CAN affect EPO but you don't need much. Apply to the servo then put the servo in.

This is hard to remove from the foam. It will come off of the servo by rubbing.