NICE!!! Thanks

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Hi Brian and Camera Crew.... Question: if I order a Redhawk by clicking on your Amazon link, do y'all still get credit for the sale?

@@kenflyergc sure do! Sorry for the late reply... just happened to catch this in a string of comments!

Thanks Jeff ;) You know we can do it...20 minutes into 3 hours...but look how much better my plane is, than what they "Sold" me :)

"...all my closes were out of style..." - LOL!!! Awesome Jeff!!! You can do it - flapperons will be worth it too ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC Done. I went the route of separating the aileron leads and using an old servo connector and soldering a 1 inch section of the 3 wires and shrink tubing the two sections together. The ix12 made it a piece of cake to setup flaperons. Certainly going to do this to the F-16 Thunderbird. Forgot to rake the main gear forward like you did, but the hard, untried work is done. Thanks again! Go Cyclones!

Thanks, and so glad we could play a small part in getting you back into the hobby!!!

NICE! Do it ;)

Under $200 right now on the link 😮

Glad you like them! Thanks Rich!!!

Thanks Nick ;) LOL

@@BrianPhillipsRC No worries, buddy! :) Any word on how she gets off the grass?

Awesome! Glad we have at least one of you out there!!!! thanks ;)

Thanks!!! We will ;)

Thanks Gilbert!

In this video ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC Okay I see it now the mix to get rudder, thanks Brian!

Thanks so much for your support! We really do appreciate it and are happy to help!

@@BrianPhillipsRC my pleasure brother. There isn't a harder working KZfaqr on the platform. You've got an amazing team!

Go for it! It's so much fun!!! We'll help you out too!

Right on - agree!

Thanks 👍

Super easy mod, and works good too!

Deal! Thanks Dean!!!

Thanks Alan!

Very nice ;) Bet the afterburner is sweet!

Do it! This hobby is a super fulfilling way to enjoy life! It's not easy, and it's not cheap, but you can make it happen on almost any budget, and you will find it to be a GREAT hobby to have in your life.

NICE! She is very cool with flapperons too, since it's just like REAL ;) I love the way she flies, but DO wish she had retracts, now that I know how nice this plane worked out!

@@BrianPhillipsRC I hate this sport, or as my wife calls it, “Jeff’s addiction and you need to seek professional help.” She also refers to my hometown of Lakeland, FL as “The shithole where Jeff grew up.” You’d like her. I spent every night last week converting every EDF that was flapless into flaperons. There was a great sense of accomplishment seeing how well the xt-7a and the ArrowsRC T-33 slowed down and ease to land. I went as far as telling everyone at the club, “Bring me your F-16’s, F-18’s or similar to the field. I’ll have my butane soldering device, extra servo leads, shrink wrap tubing and I will slow down your landing experiences.” (The feeling of accomplishment was probably close to being the captain of the football team, in the backseat of a Camaro with the head cheerleader, a six pack of Budweiser and a hard box of Marlboro’s) And then Chris Wolfe decides to do a video on tailerons…. One day you’re on top of the world, feeling like you found a cure for cancer, the next day you’re on the short yellow school bus…. Flaperons, Tailerons, Spoilerons. When will it end? There’s only so many control surfaces. What’s next, Rudderon’s

Nice! Good idea!!! Wish there was a "shut up" button, for when you're in a high stress moment, and you just need her to STOP ;) It seems to happen at the worst times, but I guess that's what we asked her to do ;)

It's so pretty, I bet you'll want to keep them on too ;)

We agree - sweeeeeeet plane. Real standout!!!

Me too! Very well executed plane!

Right on!

These jets are deceivingly tough to get to land ;) Did you by chance add the CLEAR RUDDER??? If so, you can slip too ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC I did. The Spektrum receiver case made it on the maiden takeoff and the 5 minute flight. On the maiden landing, not surprisingly, I overshot 90% of the runway, and afraid to make another lap. (Some guy I subscribe to did an extra lap and ended up in a corn field) So, after the rollout and a different area code, my plastic gear rudder was nowhere to be found. I’ll replace it, but I need to find a better way to secure it.

Totally!

NICE!!! Double build!!! Good for you!!!

I was on the website??? I didn't know - LOL NOT ME :(.... LOL ...that looks like one of their guys.

Oh man serious I thought for sure that was you man you sure it looks exactly like you man I guess you know if you toss that plane or not😜

Thanks - LOL!!!!

@@BrianPhillipsRC Its safe to land 😂😁

Really??? I didn't know!

NICE!!!!

@@BrianPhillipsRC just maidened the plane. I made the mistake of trying to land in safe mode and found out it doesnt have enough elevator for landing in safe and bounced the plane. No safe with that plane from now on its an easy flyer anyway

She is amazing! So glad to have her in my life ;)

As always ;) I've learned that house is heavier than plane....plane loses - LOL!

Wait your putting rudder and retracts on this airframe? What I the a 64mm ? Or not a must be a 64mm

Duh lol says 64 kool awesome I'll check out.

I agree! Retracts would be cool, but this plane is very well balanced for power to weight ratio, so I kinda hate to push her into the "doggy" range of power...BUT it would look soooooo good ;)

Thanks!

You can do GAIN on a two or three position switch as well - just assign one of your switches in stead of the knob - I did this with the NX6 a few times ;)

Call up or email MotionRC and encourage them to work with us, and we'll be able to review a bunch from your list ;) ....but I'm not holding my breath...

Good idea ;)

I suspect it would have gotten tangled pretty bad. Thanks for the heads up!

It was so much fun, and a lot of value for the cash on this one!!!

I miss him too. I technically could park a "Van down by the river [creek]" and I'd be set.

I prefer the external antenna, thus the AR631, BUT end pins are nice with the AR630. For $5 more, I like the added antenna....some will disagree, but I feel like there's NO way the internal antenna can work as good as an external one, but I could be wrong. Thanks for being here with us!

That would be SWEET!

I'm glad you enjoy it ;)

Thanks Crutch!

yes, you can do it either way. We have covered both methods on other videos. As for is it worth the effort. I think it is, even if it's not a huge impact. I want flaps ;)

I'm supposed to be doing it, but haven't heard from XFly when. I'm sorry.

I know that you'll have trouble getting the plane to roll from grass, but if you're on grass, I'd highly recommend taking the gear off...she'll be so much more pretty too ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC Will certainly try it later. For now I am just glad that my Xmas present is getting airborne finally. Would like to try it with more voltage.

It'll be fine for now, but you will be putting good money after bad. It will AGE out on you, but you might do it as a stop gap. It does it all now, from what I understand....but I wish you could get the NX8. Thanks Chris!

I don't have that plane, but if you navigate to my channel, you can SEARCH the playlists, or the videos on our channel super easy ;) kzfaq.info then just click in the "SEARCH" (looks like a magnifying glass, at the far right end of choices...) and you can see what we have ;)

You could certainly do this plane. It's good flying. Link for the Rx in the video description ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC thanks Brian. I already have the rx, however if decide to buy this plane will for sure go through the link in the description!

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That's probably because you sold so many for them the first day!

You can for sure, but the belly landing would mar up the finish - and it's just soooo pretty!!! As for the corn - that's field corn, not sweet corn...so it's used for feed and milled corn.

Yes, but if X-Fly does what they've committed to doing, we would have already reviewed the A-10...but I'm hearing crickets from XFly right at the moment. Either way, Xfly is a small company, and we will be as patient as necessary to keep them happy....

Tight quarters are challenging, and you can tell we deal with it here a lot. I actually find it fun, but it's also hard too to fly in tight, hemmed in places like this...

I'm glad you get me ;)

yes

TOTALLY!

I melt foam over those spots to make Poor man's asphalt.

We need some water to do this stuff, Agreed!

@@BrianPhillipsRC dont you live near a lake or pond??

Sometimes this happens. With China glue (Foam 2 Foam) I've had good luck in this regard, but with CA, it sets quick enough to avoid this "sag". Also with China Glue, you can let it "cook off" longer and make it a sticky surface FIRST, then you can press them together and they'll be ready to use in like 3-5 minutes! NO EXAGGERATION ;)

I just added whatever was in the footage. Sorry I can't recall.

Already uploaded, and pending release ;) Stay tuned - very good!

Well, we fly over about 1.5-2 acres of room on our side, and about 2-3 acres of space on the "other side" [of the power lines]...but our total property is about 10 acres. That is more BEHIND us (Our house points toward the road)...so the bulk of our property is behind us...about 8-9 acres BEHIND us from where we fly. As for size compared to soccer field, baseball field, - Soccer field is about 1.76 acres....but that's a FLAT and clear area....ours isn't necessarially clear or flat ;)

This is the process I would do in your shoes. Try this... 1) Start on the ground in EXPERT MODE 2) Center all trims (hold them and listen for the beep pattern - It'll be obvious) 3) NOW Mechanically Trim to Center surfaces 4) Fly in Whatever mode allows you to get "a few mistakes high".... 5) Now put the plane in EXPERT mode, and let go of the sticks 6) Trim ELEVATOR 7) Trim Ailerons 8) Trim Rudders 9) Confirm it's trimmed buy flying straight and level with 40-50% throttle, then let go of the sticks - it should fly straight as an arrow for a few seconds.

Okay thanks for the advice 👍

Thanks, it is GREAT!

No, sorry - I'd love to work with MotionRC but they keep saying no. Tell them you want to see OUR review of it...MAYBE they'll listen.

@@BrianPhillipsRC oh man I totally will. They have a live stream every Friday at noon. I'll be there yelling your name as much as I can

Reviewed it the other day, publishing it soon. Takes a bit to get published, but it is done ;) Rafale FMS bit.ly/3Qhi078 Horizon Hobby bit.ly/3OqR8zA

Accurate - Perfect - Amazing - One of the BEST ;)

Awesome!!!! Thanks!

You can, but I can't share areal footage without Part 107 exemption - stupid BUT real rule... sorry. You CAN for sure do it, and I can too, but just can't put it on a "monetized" KZfaq channel. May people cheat, but they might not have as much to lose as me??? Either way, not saying no, just saying I can't. Sorry!

Grass ops, if it's REALLLLLLLLY short grass, MAYBE. 2nd EDF after Habu - I guess. The Habu is a VERY entry level EDF, but to be frank, once you fly an edf, you will be making leaps from plane to plane anyway...so good advice would be - if you can afford to replace it, fly it. I don't say that in jest, EDF's are just easier to make mistakes with, and as you get bigger, more detailed, and less forgiving, you will learn more and more expensive lessons. The planes I like in EDF are usually scale fighter jets, and while some of them are amazing flying, while others are not easy, so gotta get a solid stabilizer to make them fly decent, and even with that, on others, they still fly so so... Would this be a second EDF suggestion from me - NO....but what is a good 2nd EDF - I'd say... Pick from one of these, in no particular order... BNF's... bprc.me/F15 bprc.me/Viper bprc.me/F16 - the 70mm, the 80mm would be later on, fyi bprc.me/A10 PNP's... bprc.me/FMS_F15 bprc.me/FMS_F16 bprc.me/FMS_Yak130 bprc.me/FMS_Avanti bprc.me/FMS_BAE_Hawk bprc.me/FMS_Integral - This one is kinda IFFY for a 2nd EDF...some are saying "Best First 6S EDF" - I disagree... bprc.me/FMS_F86 - actually not hard to fly, but big and expensive...and complex - maybe NOT good idea? bprc.me/FMS_A10 - kinda BIG and FAST for 2nd, but if you do grass ops, might be good?

Brian, thanks a lot for taking your time to reply and giving good advice, much appreciated! It makes a lot of difference when youre new in this world. Keep up the good work. Best wishes, Jacob.

We used an AR631... bprc.me/AR631

I'd like it to be even bigger ;)

I have seen this from time to time, can't say so much with THIS plane, but with the 80mm Sirius - you get the WASH from the front wing into the elevator and you make the plane FREAK OUT. This is a wash issue, and you have to fly the plane in a way to avoid creating such a situation. It's not so much to do with AS3X OR SAFE in this case, if I'm understanding you 100% (Which I might not be)... Think of it like this... no air moving over the elevator = loss of pitch authority ...so you have to keep that laminar air flow moving all the time, and don't "block" it with the wing. I think the Sirius and the T-7A both have the very far back wing, and might just be somewhat susceptible to it, since there's small SEPARATE ELEVATORS too...this meaning, when you give stick input, the plane CAN veer off to the right or left with a very minuet differential in control horn and elevator output. I hope this makes sense, and might be of some assistance in helping to resolve your concern. I don't think the AR630/AR631 has anything specifically to do with it, in this case. I've had similar happen with Vector / Reflex equipped planes too, if this helps ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC thanks so much for the advice Brian. Now u mention the Sirius flight it does sound very similar. I think I was just too abrupt and heavy handed with my elevator at them speeds. I'll be a little more delicate now on 😇

I like this slightly better, but I'm not trying to take anything away from the F-15....the F-15 is BNF, so kinda apples to oranges ;)

It's pretty good ;) But definitely NOT unlimited!

I see!

Maybe, but the grass has to be short...the plane's stance is short. You could just pull the gear and hand launch and belly land too!

That's a HUGE jump!

Flapperons, yes ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC was it hard to do,,maybe send me the link of you doing this??

I wondered that too....if they want to train jet pilots, why not just train them in the plane they'll be flying???? LOL

It's ment to be a super sonic trainer plane, it is vastly different from the f18