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Originally posted by Hardway View Post
I noticed the same thing on mine, but I have an A3-L gyro in her too.... When the gyro is on, that behavior (yaw) is gone.... What do you think gooni?Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
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Roger that! I guess you can call it "cheating", but I really enjoy having the A3-L or the Freewing gyro in the birds... It just makes flying more fun. I can concentrate on flying fast and low and not be correcting for wing wobble and wind and all that fun stuff we had to do back in the day!! :Cool:
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Originally posted by Hardway View PostRoger that! I guess you can call it "cheating", but I really enjoy having the A3-L or the Freewing gyro in the birds... It just makes flying more fun. I can concentrate on flying fast and low and not be correcting for wing wobble and wind and all that fun stuff we had to do back in the day!! :Cool:Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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Originally posted by gooniac33 View Post
Just a hair less elevator throw and if it is yawing any direction you need to check your actual rudder trim. The F-16 should just drop its nose and mush forward when it stalls. I have noticed that if it falls off to any side its usually rudder being dialed in and not realizing it. Rudder makes it roll a little as well so what I noticed I had done was used ailerons to trim it out by accident. I centered everything and then made sure to only use aileron instead of rudder. Now when it gets to slow it will just slowly drop its nose. But you also need to make sure that you don't have too much elevator throw. If you hold full up elevator the plane should slowly drop its nose until power is applied. If it slows add throttle and the nose will come back up.
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Originally posted by Bobaroo View PostGreat Flyer. Flies well loaded also. FFStabs on mine. Never flew it with the stock elevators.
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Originally posted by Flanker271 View Post
May I inquire on how did you convert the elevator to full flying stab? This is the main reason why I still haven't purchased a Freewing V2 F-16 yet. Did you use spare parts from another Freewing model to do the mod?
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Originally posted by Bobaroo View Post
Yes,.. Covered it here and on more thoroughly on RCGroups // Yes, used the existing Stabs, Fused the elevators and used the Pivot and Rod assemblies from another FW Jet and added Reinforcements to stiffen everything Flies Great !! Another Guy has done it also though I'm not sure he has flown his yet. I never flew mine stock. I find those tiny little Elevators on my F-16s 'Offensive' ... and on such a large and fast Jet, for me, it simply had to be done. Cheers !!
Good on you! Why anyone would fly this thing with those hideous elevators is beyond me. I’ll have to find your mod.
Cheers,
Greg
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Originally posted by ggetzoff View Post
Good on you! Why anyone would fly this thing with those hideous elevators is beyond me. I’ll have to find your mod.
Cheers,
Greg
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Originally posted by Bobaroo View Post
I find that Most Guyz don't really care about things like this. In fact, Some don't even bother to paint the Blacked-Out Servos on their stuff , Or cover their wheels and tires up under the belly !! This one comes with PressFoam hinges on everything too which makes me a bit uncomfortable !! And then there's a Guy like me who will not fly them until some of this stuff is corrected. I am just not programmed that way I guess. And I'm Ok with that. Cheers and GL if you decide to get in on this one. She's a Sweet Flyer.
Thanks for the kind words.
To me, the Freewing air is a good template to start with. This is a hobby, and after 30 years of building and flying RC, this is just what it is to me: do something unique. Plus, they've already done most of the work for you.
Cheers,
Greg
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Can anyone tell me if the control surface movements listed in the instructions are correct? I have set the servo linkages to what was suggested on the build video but at 100% I can just barely get the low rate movements, aileron 22mm and 19mm on the elevator. I still have room on the arms to get more through, although I doubt enough to get to the high rate. What is working for you guys?
Thanks
Sam
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Originally posted by Slammm View PostCan anyone tell me if the control surface movements listed in the instructions are correct? I have set the servo linkages to what was suggested on the build video but at 100% I can just barely get the low rate movements, aileron 22mm and 19mm on the elevator. I still have room on the arms to get more through, although I doubt enough to get to the high rate. What is working for you guys?
Thanks
Sam
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Hi all, need some help please. Is anyone able to please post a pic of their ‘troublefree’ receiver and satellite placement in this bird?
Previously when I’ve flown, the range check was ok, not 100 percent glitch free at 30m out with reduced transmitter power, but pretty darn close. I fly close by given its off a sports field anyway.
To try and improve things a bit, I moved my satellite before going out today and seem to have made things worse! At this point, when at at 45 degree angle or thereabouts from behind the aircraft, I can’t get a glitch free signal at any more than 25m........pretty frustrating. I made the hard but wise decision not to fly it this morning until I know it’s all sweet. I’d appreciate any pics of anyone using the same receiver and sat pictured to help shortcut the amount of shifting and retrying needed if possible. Transmitter voltage was fine and my other plane range checked fine. Receiver is Admiral 6ch with satellite. No gyro. Although it’s hard to see in the pic, the aerials are set up for correct polarity.
In regards to the satellite, one aerial shoots out to the right hand side and one is straight up in the air. Perhaps it’ll simply come down to a bit more testing out different receiver locations/trial and error?
On the plus side, we’ve had opposite problem to other parts of the globe here over the last month and a half or so with the highest temperatures seen for decades....made for some cool pics where our normally green sports field is now looking more desert like!.....and my Eflite Pitts Special 850mm got a short workout this morning instead which was fun.
Thanks for the help and suggestions all, much appreciated. Im sure I should be able to get better radio reception than what I’ve been getting.
Kurt
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Originally posted by Beetlemankurt View PostHi all, need some help please. Is anyone able to please post a pic of their ‘troublefree’ receiver and satellite placement in this bird?
Previously when I’ve flown, the range check was ok, not 100 percent glitch free at 30m out with reduced transmitter power, but pretty darn close. I fly close by given its off a sports field anyway.
To try and improve things a bit, I moved my satellite before going out today and seem to have made things worse! At this point, when at at 45 degree angle or thereabouts from behind the aircraft, I can’t get a glitch free signal at any more than 25m........pretty frustrating. I made the hard but wise decision not to fly it this morning until I know it’s all sweet. I’d appreciate any pics of anyone using the same receiver and sat pictured to help shortcut the amount of shifting and retrying needed if possible. Transmitter voltage was fine and my other plane range checked fine. Receiver is Admiral 6ch with satellite. No gyro. Although it’s hard to see in the pic, the aerials are set up for correct polarity.
In regards to the satellite, one aerial shoots out to the right hand side and one is straight up in the air. Perhaps it’ll simply come down to a bit more testing out different receiver locations/trial and error?
On the plus side, we’ve had opposite problem to other parts of the globe here over the last month and a half or so with the highest temperatures seen for decades....made for some cool pics where our normally green sports field is now looking more desert like!.....and my Eflite Pitts Special 850mm got a short workout this morning instead which was fun.
Thanks for the help and suggestions all, much appreciated. Im sure I should be able to get better radio reception than what I’ve been getting.
Kurt
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Originally posted by Beetlemankurt View PostThanks Rcjunkey, much appreciated. I’ll swap my set up around to replicate how you’ve got it and hopefully this will resolve the issues.....itching to fly this bird again.....
with power down range check I can get way past the minimum range.
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Originally posted by Bobaroo View PostGreat Flyer. Flies well loaded also. FFStabs on mine. Never flew it with the stock elevators.
What freewing model did you use the parts from and you mentioned there is a forum on this mod somewhere... is that right? Mind throwing down a link please?
Sam
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