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Thanks Jim for sharing. You have made a great job of your plane, well done. I have the same plane 23 years now and during the summer i misjudged the top of a hedge when coming into land and damaged both halfs of the wing. Im now in the process of repairing the wing and recovering it. Im also now thinking about recovering the entire fuselage and tail and keeping it the Tuskeegee airmen scheme with the red tail. I like the job you did with the pilot, im thinking of doing the same as to keep the plane authentic. Kind regards Aidan.

To repair crushed foam, to straighten it out, I heat up pieces with hot wet rags. I get them wet, heat the rags in my microwave, and apply to the foam for a few minutes. I often spend an hour repeatedly applying newly heated rags. Once the foam expands, I twist and pull it into the former shape. I use white Gorilla Glue usually to set the pieces along with toothpicks and wooden BBQ skewers and blue painters tape. Gorilla Glue doesn't stick it much. I also use a glue like Foam-Cure or Foam-Tac, if it isn't bent or crushed, depending on where it goes.

I bought some spare 304 Stainless Steel Dual Hook Tension Springs on eBay for the landing gear doors. I seem to lose them a lot. The size was Dia 0.4 x 4 x 15mm. The 4mm is the diameter of the spring. The 15mm was the length.

7.128 max trust, not very impressive. But your FA-18 90mm is!

Why would replace the fan and motor with one that produces less overall thrust??

Are you think right?? TheFMS is going to spin SLOWER thatn the Freewing fan!!!

Hi Jim, I do lots of motor upgrades. I prefer to buy kits and install my own components. A couple of issues here. You interpreted the KV of the motors incorrectly. It was obvious that the FMS would be less powerful from the basic spec. The Higher the KV the more thrust. But with a downside of consuming more power, And requiring a larger power ESC. The FMS has a lower KV but would be more efficient given if using the same fans. The other factor you need to consider is the pole count of the motors. Some ESCs you can actually specify the pole count. Others you can only adjust the timing. You would need to match the Freewing ESCs timing with the Motor required timing. ideally you should have swapped the ESC as well. If the aircraft was underpowered after reviewing the specification of the EDFs you would have been better placed swapping to the 8S EDFs and ESCs from Freewing. They are a direct swap for the 6S versions.

Jim i hope you complete you goals and never back down

I fly foam warbirds and still don’t know a lot about the outrunner motors, but I feel that the KV on the new motor was lower, thus, your RPM are going to be lower and create lower thrust. I wonder if you could’ve gotten a bigger motor with a higher KV, if it would’ve given you the extra thrust that you were looking for. Either way, I love the data!

Awesome video! Very clear how-to on this swap.

I have a static test stand that I use to measure fan/motor thrust output. It sure comes in handy !

Hey i hope your TH-cam channel turns out being good and if you ever become famous i will still believe in you Jim♥

This is an excellent explanation. I'm getting back into RC after many years, and I was at the time mostly flying 3 channels without airlerons. This is helpful in understanding adverse yaw and downwards movement that I'm not used to and never understood

NICE WORK 👍

But I don't have a fancy radio to use as a "instructor" radio. The old days "cord" was better......

Thanks, I didn't know how to configure my ESC from the transmitter and you saved my life.

Two items you did not mention: First, the glow plug, which sometimes needs to be replaced. Last ones I bought were 10 USD each. Not cheap! Also, you have to have a battery to clip onto the glow plug when starting. Second, safety: Starting and adjusting a nitro engine requires you to be close to the prop. This is not the case with electric. I feel much safer with the electrics, especially with the throttle cut feature that is available. I used to bad-mouth electric airplanes. Then about 5 years ago, I got one. Never flew nitro again.

Is your website down?

Jim I like your channel but I have to ask. If you knew on takeoff that there was a problem why fly for 3 minutes and then crash. You keep saying you have to stop crashing so much but you had plenty of time to land the plane in the 3 minutes why not land and try to figure out why it is lacking power? This one didn’t sneak up on ya. You just didn’t listen to the plane begging for help.

Warbirds are not going to dead stick well, if it was a Cub or Cessna you would have just had a hard landing. Having a bit of bad luck lately Jim. Will watch with interest, thanks for your video.

Wow. Finally someone shows the whole process to setting up a plane. My question is, is there a way to set up a template (generic plane with flaps) with your preferred settings and switch selections, bind to a specific plane, tweek the settings, change the name, and still retain the original generic plane for future planes? Do you have to save the original on the memory chip and reload it each time?

put fluorescent wingtips on it orange fluorescent wingtips and then you can tell she better and don't dump them it in😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Easy hand launch.

A internal combustion engine power output is effected by a number of things such as barometric pressure, temperature, humidity etc. Most HP ratings are based on perfect conditions which almost never occur. While certain extreme conditions can effect electric motors generally under normal conditions they can and will put out there max rated HP. This is the reason for the power disparity. A interesting exercise that shows this is portable generators most of which have IC engines with 2 to 3 times the HP ratings of the output of the generator.

super helpful...just needed that dsm paramater (to bind).. mine was on auto and it wasn't working but your value does. thanks much

Oh man that is so sad! Interesting forensic analysis and I hope you can rebuild and demonstrate again. I'm a relatively newby to RC and soaking up as much knowledge and experience from others as I can.

That is a win. Likely try this out sometime on a similar craft.

Thanks Jim, Well explained and easy to understand. It helps with this "hobby".

Thanks, Jim. When using NX 7e and have selected a plane which was already flown , do I have to rebind it if I change the rate and expo or throttle cut? I'm thinking, no.

information in many cases, a sudden loss of control is a result of servo glitching. servos glitch when there is 'too much' vibration. the most common source of excess vibration is at the prop/motor. when there is excess vibration from the prop there is usually also excess prop noise. in this case, however, prop noise was not excessive. so, idk if there was something else that caused glitching. servos can glitch because there is an electro-mechanical position sensor inside them. that is, a center-tapped pot. potentiometer.

It's very obvious to me that the tree has positioned itself in front of your aircraft initiating the crash, those darn trees, if the trees will co-operate you will have more success :)

very nice job 👍

Very Professional ! Nice job Jim ! ❤😉🙃😎 NZ

That went perfect Jim, I would suggest that's a win.

A lot of work for something that is easy to hand launch but then I guess experimenting is part of the fun. If an overhead hand launch doesn't work try a discus type launch, I have used this on some planes that have a body too wide to grip comfortably.

been flying for about 50 years had my share of crashes,,but in your case lm more inclined to think the rudder pulled loose not enough glue on hinges

sorry to see that jim, i had one of these some years ago and it flew great, i did however glue the dive brakes in position as they were a bloody nightmare and looked "not fit for purpose" best of luck if you do rebuild it, although they are quite cheap models, i would just buy a new airframe. cheers

I have one of these VQ Dauntlass although so far it has only had one flight. While it flew well I did find it had a tendency to drop the right wing when levelled out after a turn, easily recovered but rather unexpected when it happened. I was using a new engine that was unhappy at lower power settings needing the low speed needle leaned out so this may have had an effect. Got it down OK although the landing was probably a bit faster than ideal. No chance to est out dive brakes or the flap.

Bummer brother. It doesn't seem like a VQ problem though? Or was it?

Well, thats a hard day at the office Jim. The most important thing is that you seem to get enjoyment out off the hobby and that's the most important thing.

Hi Jim, sorry about the crash. Unfortunately it happens to us all. If i can be so bold, id like to make a suggestion. I used this ca on hinges for many years. I now use a product called Super Phatic by Deluxe Products out of the U.K. The glue is readily available. The big advantage is that you can coat the hinge itself and also add a few drops into the hinge slots. This stuff soaks in much better than ca since it gives you a bit of time to adjust things around. A can assure you, you'll never pull that hinge out unless you take the wood with it. Give it a try sometime. I think you'll like it. Best of luck.

WOW sorry about your crash , I would definitely rebuild and get rid of the dive brakes like you said maybe just flaps to slow you down- I think a good couple weeks you could be flying that thing around again

Nice looking bird Jim she’s a good flyer nice job 👍

VQ builds some great, tough ARF's.

Awesome to see the progress and maiden flight.

Oh Jim, I'm so sorry. I've been watching your build while i'm building mine. Looks like it flew nicely prior to the mishap. Keep your chin up, you can rebuild it!

I hate to say it to you jim, especially when you have crashed such a nice model. I’ve been watching you almost since you started on you tube. I have to say your flying models way beyond your skill level . You need to get some instruction. Anybody who still crashes trainers after 20 years of flying obviously needs help. You said in one of your videos you way beyond trainer aircraft I actually don’t think you are. Let’s face it you have crashed almost every model you have. Your own son according to you even said same thing. Don’t get me wrong I love watching you put them back together but it must be soul destroying. Do yourself a favour and get some instruction. I’ve been been flying since 1978 I stopped in 2004 came back to the about 2/3 years ago. Jim your even using safe and as3x. Get yourself some help. Bob.

I'm confused by the use of the word "build". This is a ARF, correct?

nonostante il crasc hai sempre il sorriso sul tuo viso questo e' positivo forsa Jim ce la puoi fare

I have been watching your build Jim, great effort. I thought the power was ok. Anyway, congratulations.