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Originally posted by kallend View Post
Its a 2860, not 2680. I had one in my FW F-16 for a while and it was fine. A little bit of foam trimming was needed to get it to fit. Takes an afterburner well, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubls...el=JohnKallend
(I now have the FMS PRO unit in mine, which is even better.)
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A friend of mine who also has a F-16 70mm Artic Camo noticed a loss of thrust on rotation. He did some digging and found some info on opening up holes on the main retract wheels in the fuse to create more air to the EDF. He states that this bird is restricted with air flow from the air intake. The front landing gear eats up alot of space in the front air intake causing poor air flow. After cutting the holes he said he noticed an increase of thrust by 15%. Have any of you done this mod ?
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Originally posted by Cape Jets View PostA friend of mine who also has a F-16 70mm Artic Camo noticed a loss of thrust on rotation. He did some digging and found some info on opening up holes on the main retract wheels in the fuse to create more air to the EDF. He states that this bird is restricted with air flow from the air intake. The front landing gear eats up alot of space in the front air intake causing poor air flow. After cutting the holes he said he noticed an increase of thrust by 15%. Have any of you done this mod ?
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Originally posted by kallend View Post
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I have twice broken the little tabs on the cheater grill where the ventral fins attach, due to landing in the grass.
Here is a revised version of my 3DP cheater grill with the more robust tabs.
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Not sure what you are asking. 4S 600 14.8 mAh battery 50C tells me you have a 4S (14.8V nominal) 600mAh 50C battery. I think you are saying you bought a 4S 6000mAh battery??
Maybe this one? Admiral Pro 6000mAh 4S 14.8V 50C LiPo Battery with EC5 Connector [EPR60004E] Motion RC
At 624g It is pretty heavy for the 70mm F-16 and because its 4S, 14.8V nominal, it will be very low powered. The F-16 should be used with a 6S, 22.2V nominal battery.
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You mean Motion in Chicago? Can I suggest better batteries? Admirals are okay but not what I call a value. I am using Hobby Star 3500 35C in mine from RC Juice and Power Hobby 5000 100C from Power Hobby. The 5000 are not cheap but they are super light weight @575g and really perform great.
Powerhobby 6s 22.2v 5000mah 100c Lipo Battery w EC5 Plug Soft Case 6-Cell - Powerhobby.com
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Originally posted by Evan D View PostYou mean Motion in Chicago? Can I suggest better batteries? Admirals are okay but not what I call a value. I am using Hobby Star 3500 35C in mine from RC Juice and Power Hobby 5000 100C from Power Hobby. The 5000 are not cheap but they are super light weight @575g and really perform great.
Powerhobby 6s 22.2v 5000mah 100c Lipo Battery w EC5 Plug Soft Case 6-Cell - Powerhobby.com
As far as the Power Hobbys, if you back down to the 4200mah, you can get a graphene version, also HV and 120c, only weighing in at 442.4g.
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Just got this nice looking bird and plan on sucking up some insects.
There is an angled slot on the vertical stab just under the servo. Does anyone now what this is for? I'm about to apply some decals and one of them would cover this slot.
Also, when applying the strip decal across the very top of this stab, do you bury it into the hinge area or are you cutting it so it doesn't bind?
Thanks for your thoughts.
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Where are you F-16 flyers mounting your ESC? I mounted mine on the wooden rail in front of the EDF and now I may have to relocate it to the battery area because the plane is way too tail heavy. The cg is a good 1 5/8" behind the recommended cg and that's with battery as far front as it will go.
Thanks for your replies.
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Originally posted by Suprawill1 View PostThat would be more like a half inch, not 1 5/8". I had the wrong battery in it. A half inch is still too tail heavy for me. Any thoughts? Not trying to add more weight to balance it out.
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Originally posted by kallend View Post
What have you got that's heavy back there? I have no trouble at all getting the CG in the right place with a 4000mAh pack, and it doesn't have to be all the way forward.
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