I bought this plane on a whim since I wrecked my FT F6F and the credentials looked good. I am very pleased with this plane, although I wrecked it for the first time today.
I am getting 10 minutes on the 300mah 2S battery supplied for this. That is at 50% throttle and no wind. I even put a 1000mah battery in it (54g) and it flew well. It had to be launched with about 75% power however to take off from my hand.
For flight gear I am using a Flysky X6B receiver connected by Sbus to a Radiomaster Byme-A board. This provides really good launches. I have this setup in all my planes and these are bound to a TX-16S transmitter. What is really nice about this setup is the telemetry available. I fly on battery telemetry (rxbatt) set at 7.0 volts. The radio alerts me when it gets down to 7.0 volts I generally land it at 6.8 volts. The battery quickly rebounds to 7.2 volts generally. I also use range telemetry(RQLY) since I have had some near flyoffs. (another story)
I would recommend this plane to anybody. However, I think you should fly this with a gyro. The plane is fast and light and can get really out of control fast. I have trouble flying on intermediate since I am a fairly new pilot (Jan 2022).
Today when I crashed it I was on a short final since it was windy and I had to go around one more time. But the ESC started to hit cutoff and I went on a short final. The plane hit the side of the building as it slide through the grass. Not much damage except the motor mount broke free. AS I said, this is a great plane and well built.
I am getting 10 minutes on the 300mah 2S battery supplied for this. That is at 50% throttle and no wind. I even put a 1000mah battery in it (54g) and it flew well. It had to be launched with about 75% power however to take off from my hand.
For flight gear I am using a Flysky X6B receiver connected by Sbus to a Radiomaster Byme-A board. This provides really good launches. I have this setup in all my planes and these are bound to a TX-16S transmitter. What is really nice about this setup is the telemetry available. I fly on battery telemetry (rxbatt) set at 7.0 volts. The radio alerts me when it gets down to 7.0 volts I generally land it at 6.8 volts. The battery quickly rebounds to 7.2 volts generally. I also use range telemetry(RQLY) since I have had some near flyoffs. (another story)
I would recommend this plane to anybody. However, I think you should fly this with a gyro. The plane is fast and light and can get really out of control fast. I have trouble flying on intermediate since I am a fairly new pilot (Jan 2022).
Today when I crashed it I was on a short final since it was windy and I had to go around one more time. But the ESC started to hit cutoff and I went on a short final. The plane hit the side of the building as it slide through the grass. Not much damage except the motor mount broke free. AS I said, this is a great plane and well built.