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Originally posted by James View PostGreat shares everyone! All will be on the show tomorrow.
davegee That Corsair is awesome! Well done! Hope you get it fixed soon.
Justwingit , so great as always. Always enjoy Brent's flying and your commentary and location
Airguardian - Nothing more needs to be said. Stunning
Robertorende - Welcome! How do you like flying it?
paulrkytek - Loved the 70mm Yak with the new inrunner. She is so stable and a joy to fly.
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I had a lot of fun with this Freewing F-14 project. The F-14 Tomcat is my all-time favorite aircraft, so it was time to purchase the Freewing version.
Hopefully this project inspires others to have fun being creative and to enjoy personalizing RC aircraft. I designed many 3D printed parts for this jet to finish the project, such as removable ventral fins, servo driven tail hook mount, tail hook servo shield, new nose gear center light with AOA indicator, main wheel hub caps, wing box screw hole plugs, battery tray, wire tunnel, receiver mount, ejection seat handles, ESC shelves (to raise and secure them, and allow wiring to run below), main wheel-well side covers (covers the gap), and fuel dump port (I may be forgetting some parts, but I'm not sure). Some of these parts I have uploaded to Thingiverse for others to download on my account named “T_CAT”.
Other subtle visual mods, but worth the effort, include tinting the windshield green, concealing the vertical stabilizer wire channels and plastic hinge channels, painting the linkage sets, painted parts of the LED light lens covers for a more accurate look, lining the cockpit with cardstock, adding different pilot figures and ejection seats, using the nose strut (still the stock F-14 wheels and axle) from the Freewing F/A-18C 90mm EDF Jet, filling and sanding various areas like on the “air bag” portion of the jet where mold release marks exists, etc. Painting the jet in the Sundowner's paint scheme was a must-do for me, so that's the route I took (the vertical stabilizers were painted all red, whereas the white portions and lettering are vinyl). I then weathered the jet with an airbrush and colored pencils to add some more realism to the project. I upgraded the jets power system to the Freewing 80mm 9-blade fans with 1920kv inrunner motors, 100A ESC’s, Castle Creations BEC 2.0, and laid shrink wrap in an airfoil shape to secure the motors wires neatly. The taileron servos were upgraded to Hitec D-85MG’s, and the linkage set was upgraded to Dubro 2-56 size fully threaded rods with a Dubro 2-56 ball link on one side of each control rod and a Dubro 2-56 Safety Lock Quick Links on the other side of each rod.
I designed and 3D printed a F-14 Wall Mount Nozzle Platform (and used a pool noodle cut to size for dent protection of the thrust tube) that attaches to a wooden shelf bracket from Home Depot, and a printed nose gear holder for the nose wheels that has a slot in the part to thread Velcro through to warp around the strut:
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Originally posted by T-CAT View PostI had a lot of fun with this Freewing F-14 project. The F-14 Tomcat is my all-time favorite aircraft, so it was time to purchase the Freewing version.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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paulrkytek I give up! That looks so good!
What did you use for the nose gear? Did you just modify the existing or swap out the whole unit?
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Originally posted by SanExup View Postpaulrkytek I give up! That looks so good!
What did you use for the nose gear? Did you just modify the existing or swap out the whole unit?
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Hi gang! Just wanted to share a few links from my Youtube channel, I hope you enjoy the action! Most recently, I have joined up with the Ottawa valley Jets club here in South eastern Ontario, Canada and filmed 4 of the baddest turbine models around! The channel also features other RC related content, full-scale Ultra Light flying, Fishing and even some extreme sports in the mix ... Please stop by the channel and pour a coffee! Thanks to Motion RC for giving us this awesome platform to network, share and promote the hobby! Please consider my channel for feature on your Live show someday, I appreciate the exposure greatly!
Enjoy this edit from our trip to the Ottawa Valley Jets field this past weekend as Brad puts his turbine powered T1 class jet thought it's paces ... Watch as...
Pilot Dan Dupont burned up some smoke oil this past weekend with a few high paced circuits over the beautiful Ottawa Valley Jets field. His KingTech 140n pow...
Pilot Greg hope had a few flights on his home turf with his KingTech UltraFlash this past weekend as I filmed as much as possible. Enjoy the turbine action f...
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