Freewing Avanti S with Xicoy X45 turbine

Second flight with my Freewing Avanti S, after the conversion to a Xicoy X45 turbine. It flies absolutely fantastic and the turbine is hassle-free. Only complaint is that it is a bit powerfull! I mostly fly it half-throttle...

[@dynomike11]

Awesome setup and nice flight! Oh my...are those huge piles of poop on the grass field?

[@marcovandevelde]

Hi Mike, those piles are provided by a family of moles that likes to mess up our strip instead of ripping the neighboring fields apart

[@nijhofrichard]

Mooi hoor, have fun👌👌

[@sjoske47]

Heerlijk dat geluid

[@Statek63]

Very nice small jet and nice flying ! Do you think the new Ares Mini would be ble to take off from similar grass airfield with the same turbine ?

[@marcovandevelde]

According to specs the Ares mini is suitable for 45N+ turbines, and will weigh 4,7kg without fuel. The Avanti weighs less than 4kg fully fuelled so will be capable of unlimited verticals straight away. Then the wheels of the Ares seem very small. My grass flying field is so rough even the big wheels and long travel landing gear are suffering. In conclusion, the Ares will not perform the same. Lovely plane though! I’d fit the Xicoy X90 to this if it were mine…

[@Statek63]

@@marcovandevelde Thank you Marco !

[@TomislavReskovic]

very nice, maybe more info about fuel tank and pipe version/install? thnx a lot and happy flying

[@marcovandevelde]

The custom made epoxy tank and double-walled pipe can be ordered through Paul Appelbaum on [e-mail]
See his conversion yt videos on how-to. There is no heat shielding necessary anywhere at all in this foam model.

[@may4092]

whats the flying weight at this configuration? slow landing speed

[@paulsnapp8674]

Could you please tell me what size tank you used and how many minutes of flight time you are getting? Thanks!

[@marcovandevelde]

Tank size is 1.2 litre. The X45 uses about 100mL/min at max throttle. In real life 10 min flights with adequate reserve are usual.

[@philippeveyt7961]

Moet je de turbine al op idle laten draaien tijdens het aanvliegen voor de landing? Of hoe regel je dat precies?

[@marcovandevelde]

Het werkt hetzelfde als elk ander vliegtuig met verbrandingsmotor. Je bepaalt hoeveel gas je geeft naar gelang de dalingshoek. Touchdown gaat meestal op idle.

[@philippeveyt7961]

@@marcovandevelde Ok, superbedankt. Ik moet er mijn eerste vlucht nog mee maken, daarom... :) Ik heb er wel een Kolibri ingestoken, die reageert een stuk trager dan de X45. Ben benieuwd!

[@thehanger3436]

Did you upgrade any of the servos or just keep them stock

[@marcovandevelde]

Everything is stock, except for the Castle 10A BEC. The Avanti is a very strong plane

[@thehanger3436]

That’s awesome and good to know

[@marcovandevelde]

@@thehanger3436 Only thing I added (also on the stock Avanti) was a little HobbyEagle A3-L gyro. The Avanti doesn't really need it, but it will then make landing-approaches like it's on rails.

[@rtoebak76]

Dezelfde gekocht gisteren bij Motionrc, nog wel met edf om te proberen. Is deze combo goedkoper of nog steeds 2k ongeveer?

[@marcovandevelde]

Ik heb zelf ook eerst een jaar met de standaard Avanti gevlogen, fantastisch toestel. De ombouw van de Avanti naar turbine kost zoals ik het gedaan heb ca €2100,- totaal

[@rtoebak76]

@@marcovandevelde Ik heb inmiddels een bestelling gedaan voor een edf upgrade bij Womotech van 250euro, voor dat geld geen probleem. Gisteren is er een filmpje geplaatst van wie deze vliegt, dit komt zeer dichtbij het turbine verhaal. Uiteindelijk ga ik voor een turbine, want de Conversie kit van Hab uit Zweden is onderweg.
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