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Originally posted by paulsnapp View Post
Thanks!!! And this is the pin that is softer and will bend not break??
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Nose pin upgrade? Some make one out of drill pin blanks or other stronger materials. When mine snapped on a easy paved landing I replaced it with the F-14 one and that has been flawless since. But that was when they first came out and I'm not sure they haven't changed the stock one or the replacement F-14 one since then.
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Originally posted by Captain Moron View PostNeed so help choosing my Christmas present. My wife has told me to choose a new model for Christmas. God bless her. The Mig 29 was my first choice but it will not fit in my car ☹️. So I have narrowed it down to the F 15 and the F 4 Phantom.. So which is best F 15 or F 4????
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The F-15 is an older release, fairly heavy for it's power system even with the inrunner "HP" setup. The larger F-4 does okay with the HP set up, it flies much lighter. Both do quite well with a 8S set up though the F-15 has a more limited battery area.
I am more a fan of the F-4 looks and it's a FreeWing generation ahead of the F-15 so would go that way.
Are those your only choices?
Originally posted by Captain Moron View PostNeed so help choosing my Christmas present. My wife has told me to choose a new model for Christmas. God bless her. The Mig 29 was my first choice but it will not fit in my car ☹️. So I have narrowed it down to the F 15 and the F 4 Phantom.. So which is best F 15 or F 4??????
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Originally posted by Captain Moron View PostNeed so help choosing my Christmas present. My wife has told me to choose a new model for Christmas. God bless her. The Mig 29 was my first choice but it will not fit in my car ☹️. So I have narrowed it down to the F 15 and the F 4 Phantom.. So which is best F 15 or F 4??????Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by paulsnapp View PostI have been searching through this thread (a lot of pages!). Can someone please direct me to exactly where the nose pin upgrade is outlined (if there is one)? Thanks!
I did a very scientific hammer test to both , see my post on October 13th, 2018, post #2619, page 131.
The stock pin breaks before it will bend a micro millimeter, but it will take more abuse than the Spitfire axel, but when it does breaks, there is certainly a lot more damage than a bent pin would cause. I never actually broke a stock pin, changed them out early on in both my F-4's. At the beginning, I was a kamikaze on landing (stupidly my first EDF, but I had to have one) and I did bend a couple of nose pins, changed them out and went on to the next crappy landing.
With that said, I did learn how to land properly (even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut) and I forgot I had these "bendable" pins in after some 70 or more additional flights on each. Noticed a couple days ago (as I posted a few posts back), that the nose pin was slightly bent to the right (which is strange since I would have thought the constant landings would eventually slightly bend it backwards), probably from rough going on our grass field over a long period of time (or one hell of a crosswind landing), so I just switched back to the "stiffer" stock pin as I'm not worried anymore about having a hard nose impact landing.
If you change them out, just make sure you inspect them after every landing to ensure they are still perfectly straight, as if they do bend in any direction, the gear and door may not retract properly.Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by Captain Moron View PostWhere do I start. I have the 70mm Hawk, Venom, F 86 Sabre, 70mm F16, F 35, L 39 Goshawk, Me 262,T 33, 80 mm Mirage and the brilliant F 22. I just love them. And it looks like the F 4 Phantom. High Power could be next
Had both myself, go with the F-4, it just flies and looks better all around I think. Think I will ask my wife for a Christmas present like that.............
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Originally posted by DCORSAIR View Post
Had both myself, go with the F-4, it just flies and looks better all around I think. Think I will ask my wife for a Christmas present like that.............Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by Evan D View PostNose pin upgrade? Some make one out of drill pin blanks or other stronger materials. When mine snapped on a easy paved landing I replaced it with the F-14 one and that has been flawless since. But that was when they first came out and I'm not sure they haven't changed the stock one or the replacement F-14 one since then.Current Hanger: FW, F4.F22,F14, Byron T-6, Top Flite P-47, Top Flite P-40, Top RC P-51 H9 P-51, SebArt Avanti, Yellow aircraft Spitfire, T Jeti Extreme Flight EDGE, DS-24 Carbon,
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Here is the loose process of pre-shading and over-spray. The pre-shade is just Vallejo grey-green thinned for airbrushing. I tried to order the pics to show a progression of softening the starkness of the original pre-shade. I am undecided if there is more softening to do. I will take her out in the sunshine today to see what's what. Plan to hit it with Poly to prep the surface for the Callie graphics, then apply a nice flat clear to even everything out.
Tools: Grex T3 airbrush and Grex compressor.Current Hanger: FW, F4.F22,F14, Byron T-6, Top Flite P-47, Top Flite P-40, Top RC P-51 H9 P-51, SebArt Avanti, Yellow aircraft Spitfire, T Jeti Extreme Flight EDGE, DS-24 Carbon,
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Originally posted by e4dragongunner View PostHere is the loose process of pre-shading and over-spray...I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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