Freewing A-4 Blue Angels Conversion

[Grossman56]

Looks great Steve, you're an amazing talent!!

Grossman56

[RCjetdude]

That would be cool but.....

[Topshot19]

This means you have to do a string system on the runway now to stop it

[RCjetdude]

Of course it has to have an operational arresting hook.





I will hook it up soon.

[RCjetdude]

Main gear doors closing. Now to work on the opening part...

https://youtu.be/5Skv-8uY_qY

I am totally winging this as I go so it has changed several times already.

[RCjetdude]

Thanks Bill. I am part crazy and part glutton for punishment LOL

Quite the glorious sight.



On a side note, I got the JHH Mk. 82 bombs today for my Green Knights. That will probably be about a week or more worth of work to put 12 of those puppies together and make the MER's. Should look awesome when done though.

[bill34207]

That is looking really good. More detail work than I'm willing to do but I do admire what you are doing.

[RCjetdude]

Got the nose gear door functioning so it is basically done. Next up will be to get the main gear doors working together which could be tricky. We shall see....

https://youtu.be/4VYdoS5IdZU

[RCjetdude]

We'll get higher and higher straight up we'll climb.... we'll get....sorry. I got a little lost in thought there for a moment.

[OV10]

YOU GO STEVO :Cool:

[RCjetdude]

Not much to report tonight... I got one set of main doors hinged and ran out of hinges. Will get more tomorrow.







I also worked with Callie to make some corrections to her Blue Angels graphics, mostly sizing issues, and things like adding the McDonnell Douglas logo and changing the badge to have A-4's on it instead of F-18's.

[RCjetdude]

1st Rate Expert work!!!! the work for the gear doors on the mains is wonderful! Totally Tempted to by a second one! But alas I need an F-14 and a A 10 and 10 more 6S Batteries

I hear ya'... I have a priority list as well and thanks! although, I wouldn't call it expert work. I am just muddling my way through it.

[RCjetdude]

Thanks Pat! Yes Boots, they are narrow brass piano hinges. Gonna give 'em a try.

[Boots Whirlygig]

Are those brass hinges on the nose gear door?

[crxmanpat]

Man, those gear doors look sweet!

[RCjetdude]

This is just a dry run as the main wheel doors are merely taped on to get a quick visual on it. So far so good.



I replaced the nose wheel with the slightly smaller one from the 90mm F-16. I wish my strobes would hurry up. They are currently on back order.

[RCjetdude]

Got the refueling probe sorted out. It looks much better. It is easy to bend with the help of a heat gun but you gotta be careful not to over heat it.

[e4dragongunner]

1st Rate Expert work!!!! the work for the gear doors on the mains is wonderful! Totally Tempted to by a second one! But alas I need an F-14 and a A 10 and 10 more 6S Batteries

[purduephigam]

This is such a great thread, I'm really enjoying your progress.

[RCjetdude]

So how did you plane down the inset for the mains doors to get them flush with the wing surface? Looks amazing! My Skyhawk is still in the box, but this winter I’ll try to copy what you’ve done and maybe use the A-10 power system. I may also try to add slats, something you don’t need on your BA version since theirs were disabled, so they wouldn’t deploy at inopportune close formation moments!

I would use an Xacto knife as flat as I could get it or a blade by itself maybe even held with a pair of needle nose pliers. I also use the long blades from a utility knife. The kind where you can snap off sections of the blade to keep it sharp. The wider blade helps make the cut more consistent. Just whatever works.