How refreshing. I’m so tired of hearing from the Haters Club who seem compelled to speak out every time anyone says “Draco”. They’re so disappointed with it. Everyone at their club has sold theirs, heavy wing load, etc. I don’t care if someone doesn’t like the plane and chooses not to own one. But I’m weary from the complaints. Some guy’s days just don’t seem to be complete until they’ve trashed on the Draco a bit. So thanks for the video.

They are stunning for sure. The most scale foam plane ever made probably, and the lights are freaking awesome! I agree on the lighter packs, I flew mine on 3700's. Nice flying!

I'm committed to the Draco...having bought way more of them than a sane person should.🙄 As for landing, Kavan air tires and most importantly...I replaced the spring in one shock on each side to a softer spring from Ace Hardware. This gives the gear more compliance and smooths out bouncing a lot. The tires actually help reduce "grab" on runway surfaces, thus reducing stress on the carbon fiber gear.

Best Draco video out right now! Thanks for pointing out all your reasoning for the score! Love the Brian Phillips pun! I remember watching his Draco video when it came out.

@ 2:28 - my favorite clip ;) LOL LOL LOL ...but to be fair, we fly in a much tighter spot. Your taxiway (RC runway) must be 1500+ ft feet? Ours is only 275 feet, with a bit of a drop off, so more like 250 feet and our tree line is at either end VS your "alley of trees" along either side of the length of the clearing...which in and of itself presents some interesting challenges and advantages. Some time, when you're passing through Iowa, you need to come fly our strip and you'll see why I get so dang giddy about Thrust Reverse. It's realy a game changer for short runways!

Yeah, I don't really care what the Draco-haters say. It's on my Mt. Rushmore of planes to get some day. I've seen some pretty spectacular crashes of them. And they always seem to be right back in the air-no matter how much bad mouthing the pilot does during the process. Great video, Jon 👍 Thanks!

Jon, you are one of the few reviewers worth listening too. Great wrap and totally agree with your Draco commentary. Mine wheelers fine on short grass. I’ll get a clip to you.🙏👍

I own one and loved it the minute the box arrived to my house. My two,humble cents are that HH should already have developed a true damping set of shocks (oil filled?) to,replace the spring loaded ones in the original model since these do a total disservice to this incredible design from Mike Patey and the astonishing work from The designers of this RC model. This plane deserves a suspension at same the level of everything in this awesome aircraft model.

The Draco is fun and great as long as you know what to expect from it 🙌🏻

Best Draco flying on you tube right here! Nice work Jon!

Massive ironing boards for wings! Great line!

Thrust reverse is more fun flying! Complete stop to reverse coming out of a hammer-head! No guts, no glory👍😁🤷‍♂️

When you said Brian Phillips, I started laughing 😅

That flat spin at 3:17 was awesome.

the elevator control horn broke on mine and suffered some crash damage, been at RC since I left the USN back in 1965, not a nob RCer, asked for some replacement parts and got NO answer or parts, glued it back and still flying it ( replaced all horns with REAL aluminum ones-no problems)

Nice, again :D I was also thinking about to increase exponential on my elevator. Yesterday night I finished repairing and reinforcing my carbon landing gear with epoxy and glass fibers. I did a hard bump and it twisted and cracked. I haven't too much flights, but have done them on 6000, 5200 and 3300. The last one probably saved my plane from crashing while recovering her over a forest after accidentally activating reverse thrust :S Best regards from south Germany/Bavaria

Somebody that actually agrees with me that it's not flimsy. For tires I replaced the stock ones with DuBro 6 inch balloon tires and deflated them enough to create a flat spot while parked. This added a bit of weight and required me to go with no higher than 4000 mah Batts. Takes all of the bouncing out of my wheel landings.

I would like to collect all of Mike's planes scrappy looks fun

Its a Badass Scale Model, we love ours also! 🤙🏼

Outstanding shipmate. Press on. USS Kitty Hawk CV-63. Jan 1980 to July 1983. RC`er for life. and maybe after I am dead too.

Shots fired hard in this episode

I love your thoughtful insight on how to fly properly the Draco, I will follow your advice. Please review ARF balsa planes.

Aloha love to watch you fly. You are sure talented. Also, wouldn't mind hearing more on unlocking Your receivers

Way to show that this Dragon has some teeth. Now if someone could just get it to spit fire..... Great flying Jon. AirHammer out!!

I bought one from the first batch and mine is still in the box ,I just have too many planes , no were to store them but I will eventually fly it.

I've had one of these for two years and the Tail-wheel has been a nightmare! You simply cannot steer it while on the ground! The linkage between the Rudder and Tail-wheel has always slipped and will not tighten properly. And while E-Flight and Horizon Hobby have top-notch customer service, they haven't a clue how to fix this issue. Other than that, this plane is a dream to fly.

Morning! Nice video. Thanks for the review. Found my Draco flies better light with a 4000 6s battery.

I have one and have flown it a few times, but it's a hangar queen because it's too pretty to crash!

I still wish Horizon would come out with a smaller version of this awesome plane as they do with other models.

The Draco is just a beauty! How do you usally transport those big planes? Also how do you unlock the receiver?

I installed heavy pneumatic tires on mine. Now it only bounces once! LOL

Another great Video! Thanks!

It will not survive hard landings on the landing gear. The carbon fiber landing gear is a false indication of strength because the carbon landing gear is mounted to 4 very thin plastic tubes in the fuselage.If you land it properly for a heavy plane you will be fine.

I have never flown this plane and I'm new to the this world of RC airplanes. But I heard this plane likes to land with some throttle and is not the biggest glider, do you share the same thoughts?

I have an eflite carbon-Z Yak54, it easily flies on 7000mah lipos

Hi Jon! Which SMC battery would you recommend for this plane? I just picked up a brand new Draco from a guy for $350! I was looking at the SMC 6s 4400mah HV. Any issues running a HV pack on this plane?

It’s such a gorgeous bird. It’s definitely not the list lol

Can you show how to hook up the LEDs into the light module? Mine got unplugged and I can't find a schematic anywhere

hey Jon, kinda unrelated, but I'm curious, have you heard any story about the abandoned Ryan Navion I see in the background of your videos? I always hate to see cool vintage aircraft just sitting out in a field like that

Can I use this airplane as a trainer?

I prefer flying mine on a 3200

I just ordered five different colors of 1 1/2” width electrical tape lol

Wrong Landing gear are a weak point. snapped mine in have landing a foot of the ground on and landed on one wheel.... after the upgrade kit was instaled ZERO mishaps.!!!!

No you

Wind loading square rooting dog poop while what🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hi Dee Ho

I have ethical concerns with the name Draco As we now see that name means something worse than the devil itself, a legion of them.

Get kavan inflatable tires (pretty much same weight as original hard foam) for smoother landings.

Finally a fair eval... old_coastie