My dad took me to watch the planes flying at this field all the time when I was a kid in the 80s. We didn't have enough money to fly back then but I always wanted to. Now about 30 years later I'm building an FT Flyer with my 6 year old son. Hopefully we'll go for our first flight this weekend.
@@MattPriceGuitar Oh wow.. I didn't expect a reply to a 7 year old comment at all...let alone just 2 min later. It was great hearing your story. I used to watch a group of gentlemen flying their gassers at a field near my house all my childhood but never had the financial resources to but even the most basic electronics as they would cost me my family's monthly income. So I built gliders out of packaging foam, cardboard and paper. I've been saving up for quite a while and finally close to buying my first radio (a cheap Chinese one). I'm thinking about building a Trojan or a Beaver as I've heard they make great trainers.
Did a little research for you on this plane, You are correct the kills flags are a little off. there should be 4 more, this pilot shot down 34 Japanese aircraft in air to air combat. The pilot was very highly decorated with a Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, silver Star... etc... So you can feel confident about the numbers of kills in the flags.
good review, thanks! you guys are the best in the rc plane review business. to be better, throw in some general need to know stuff for the noobs such as is the a plane for noobs or for advanced or intermediate and also throw in some stats for the tech minded RC geeks such as how many oz thrust the stock setup offers, motor KV, possible quick upgrades, etc....
David McCampbel downed over 30 planes in an F6F, but I think he was the only one. The F6F was the plane that made the most US Aces F8F Bearcat was the next "cat" plane from grumman good review
Actually the amount of kills is indeed the amount that pilot shot down. He was the Navy's leading ace, Commander David McCampbell. Just thought you would like to know. :)
In World War II many aces were born on both sides. One of the best known is Maj. Erich Hartmann of the Luftwaffe, with 352 kills is the world's highest scoring ace to date. Highest Allied ace is said to have been Moma Stankovic of Air Force of Kingdom of Yugoslavia with 126 kills.
What radio do you guys use? I am still on FM. All my stuff is JR and I want to get into 2.4 without an arm and a leg. What's a good radio to get for a good price? At least 6 Ch.
This model is actually missing 4 kill flags, the total should be 34. Captain David McCampbell was the third highest scoring US ace of WWII and the highest scoring to survive the wars end. Anyway this looks like a nice flying model and I'd like to buy one so I have a cheap foam version to chuck around without worry. Unfortunately Hobby King is only carrying this one in their AUS and DE warehouses... It's a good thing FMS planes are so easy to find elsewhere. ;)
Dude, git this we ripped the little 750kv motor off this beast and put a 1100kv motor on it and then we put in a 40amp esc and put in a 2600mha 4 cell. Man this thing rips through the sky. It flys great. We pulled the landing gear off. these planes do not fly veary well with the gear on. this plane rocks!!! we painted the bottom of the wing white so we could see it better from far away!
Must be sweet having a public flying field around, especially one that nice and with a runway. It's hard enough just finding a basic flying field here in northwest Ohio. Only found one within reasonable distance and they require AMA membership and prefer you pay to join their club too. I've never even seen an RC field with a runway, just grass around here. Really sucks having to hand launch anything smaller than a .40-.60 size model. Even then ground handling is crappy at best.
I'd be stressed out flying there. Too many planes, too many distractions but that's the LA area - too damn many people! I grew up in Orange County back when it actually had orange groves.
Do you order the planes anonymous or does HobbyKing send you extra checked planes? I just wonder because there hasn't been a real quality issue or something negative about a presented plane...
I have basically the same aircraft, older version, no steerable tail wheel, motor was smaller (burnt out by me prop error, doh) same basic airframe, this version is updated. I can tell you it flies great. Broke my landing gear on a heavy landing so its now hand launch only. I also broke the prop before she flew :( It's pitch sensitive, I still use the fm non computer radio will put a ar in it soon. Flies great! turnigy 1650with an 8x4e and 35 amp esc now 13-1800 mah. Sweet, check it in my vids
I'd suspect that the dislikes are from mobile users missing the 'full screen' and hitting the dislike icon accidentally. I've done it myself. Keep up the good work guys!
The Hellcat and the Wildcat are two completely different planes from each other. The Hellcat had a 19 to 1 kill ratio, and produced more American Aces and is such tops in these two categories of US Planes. In some important respects is even larger than the P-47. This model looks and flies great like the real plane.
When they were looking for a name for the new plane, Mr. Grumman wanted to call it the Tomcat. The powers that be thought Tomcat was too risque so it it became the Hellcat.
The markings on the plane are from one of the most famous planes from ww II flown buy David Mac Campbell´s "Minsi III" Hellcat; he had a total of 24 actual kills. Love this plane looks sweet. Great review guys.
@schugabe I know what you mean. It's like when you order a plane from HK you're like "I hope THIS one doesn't have a bad ESC or motor" I've got 3 HK planes and one had a faulty ESC that ruined my receiver and killed one cell of a 3-cell pack. A little more quality control wouldn't hurt but it may raise the prices but I'd rather have one that works right for more money.
ha no kiddin i go to the apollo airfield and i always get nervous being around the people and when i fly, i was always afraid of hitting of another persons plane
Josh i would like to ask something...I just got a yak-plane that is Balsa Wood i crashed it on the 1st flight lol..The thing i cant find is were can i get the front part that holds the motor and frame that holds it to...If you like you can look on my youtub page and see the pic that has the pic of all the parts and it is the one that is between the wings.Thanks and keep on making the good vids
Where can this cat be purchased ? Ive looked at MANY Hellcats but most have a horrific non scale paint scheme - this one seems to be one of the only one's with a legitimate color scheme.
Title should read " Flite Test Hellcat - INFOMERCIAL" Hell you can see the Hobby King president trying to get out of the way at 9:29. I've got no problem with Hobby King but be honest.
My dad took me to watch the planes flying at this field all the time when I was a kid in the 80s. We didn't have enough money to fly back then but I always wanted to. Now about 30 years later I'm building an FT Flyer with my 6 year old son. Hopefully we'll go for our first flight this weekend.
Wish your kid Happy Birthday for his 13th....how far have you guys progressed in 7 years
@@harshg.9896 We're still flying, actually went to Flite Fest in Ohio last year!
@@MattPriceGuitar Oh wow.. I didn't expect a reply to a 7 year old comment at all...let alone just 2 min later.
It was great hearing your story. I used to watch a group of gentlemen flying their gassers at a field near my house all my childhood but never had the financial resources to but even the most basic electronics as they would cost me my family's monthly income. So I built gliders out of packaging foam, cardboard and paper. I've been saving up for quite a while and finally close to buying my first radio (a cheap Chinese one). I'm thinking about building a Trojan or a Beaver as I've heard they make great trainers.
He's pack his lunch and he's in there for good! Josh Scott rocked these videos even if Bixler didn't let him talk much.
Did a little research for you on this plane, You are correct the kills flags are a little off. there should be 4 more, this pilot shot down 34 Japanese aircraft in air to air combat. The pilot was very highly decorated with a Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, silver Star... etc... So you can feel confident about the numbers of kills in the flags.
@smorgardsboard Yes, we can. Maybe that'll be a future episode.
Grumman Cat Series:
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Grumman F7F Tigercat
Grumman F8F Bearcat
Grumman F9F Cougar
Grumman F9F Panther
Grumman F9F, F-9 Cougar
Grumman XF10F Jaguar
Grumman F-11 Tiger
Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger
Grumman F-14 Tomcat (Yes, as in TOP GUN!)
(give ya one guess what company I work for)
It's really amazing for this game, steady and passionate about work.
I used to go there when I was younger with friends who had planes. Just over the hill from Santa Monica.
@TheJay5959 About 65-75mm back from the leading edge at the point where the wings enter the fuselage. I have mine balanced there and it flies great.
Love the video guys! Keep up the good work. Now i just need the plane in stock so i can buy it.
good review, thanks! you guys are the best in the rc plane review business. to be better, throw in some general need to know stuff for the noobs such as is the a plane for noobs or for advanced or intermediate and also throw in some stats for the tech minded RC geeks such as how many oz thrust the stock setup offers, motor KV, possible quick upgrades, etc....
i thought that was hilarious...j.scott is something else...that dry humor is priceless
F6F was a complete new design not an upgraded F4F.
Nice plane. Love your guys videos. Very very helpful: )
evan lang lucky :)
I have this 1100mm bird...its made by fms been discontinued for a while...
on monday i won the f6f hellcat form nitro plane am still waiting for it to get here this plane look cool i cant wait for it to be here
David McCampbel downed over 30 planes in an F6F, but I think he was the only one. The F6F was the plane that made the most US Aces
F8F Bearcat was the next "cat" plane from grumman
good review
did you need a AMA to fly there,you said Public and Such,,Just wondering....?
I sure would like a Spot like that...
Actually the amount of kills is indeed the amount that pilot shot down. He was the Navy's leading ace, Commander David McCampbell.
Just thought you would like to know. :)
In World War II many aces were born on both sides. One of the best known is Maj. Erich Hartmann of the Luftwaffe, with 352 kills is the world's highest scoring ace to date. Highest Allied ace is said to have been Moma Stankovic of Air Force of Kingdom of Yugoslavia with 126 kills.
guys I'll tell you that you convinced me. that's a great looking plane; my order is in for my first warbird :)
What radio do you guys use? I am still on FM. All my stuff is JR and I want to get into 2.4 without an arm and a leg. What's a good radio to get for a good price? At least 6 Ch.
This model is actually missing 4 kill flags, the total should be 34. Captain David McCampbell was the third highest scoring US ace of WWII and the highest scoring to survive the wars end.
Anyway this looks like a nice flying model and I'd like to buy one so I have a cheap foam version to chuck around without worry. Unfortunately Hobby King is only carrying this one in their AUS and DE warehouses... It's a good thing FMS planes are so easy to find elsewhere. ;)
looks like another quality EPO plane - very nice indeed! :)
i have a really important question is the battery used in this video the one from the RTF?
SWEET!!! I like the flying before the talking :)
Dude, git this we ripped the little 750kv motor off this beast and put a 1100kv motor on it and then we put in a 40amp esc and put in a 2600mha 4 cell. Man this thing rips through the sky. It flys great. We pulled the landing gear off. these planes do not fly veary well with the gear on. this plane rocks!!! we painted the bottom of the wing white so we could see it better from far away!
Must be sweet having a public flying field around, especially one that nice and with a runway. It's hard enough just finding a basic flying field here in northwest Ohio. Only found one within reasonable distance and they require AMA membership and prefer you pay to join their club too. I've never even seen an RC field with a runway, just grass around here. Really sucks having to hand launch anything smaller than a .40-.60 size model. Even then ground handling is crappy at best.
How funny. I think I saw this field on an episode of "Operation Repo". Looks like mayhem out there with all those people and planes in the air!
I'd be stressed out flying there. Too many planes, too many distractions but that's the LA area - too damn many people! I grew up in Orange County back when it actually had orange groves.
Do you order the planes anonymous or does HobbyKing send you extra checked planes? I just wonder because there hasn't been a real quality issue or something negative about a presented plane...
I'd love to get my hands on both an RC Hellcat, and a RC replica of it's rival, the Mitsubishi Zero
OH MY GOD I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT AIRFIELD!!!
they should see if they can find a F8F Bearcat
@TheJay5959 you can just say CG :p and it's usually 33% of the wing back from the leading edge
Is Josh II learning to fly ??
I have basically the same aircraft, older version, no steerable tail wheel, motor was smaller (burnt out by me prop error, doh) same basic airframe, this version is updated. I can tell you it flies great. Broke my landing gear on a heavy landing so its now hand launch only. I also broke the prop before she flew :(
It's pitch sensitive, I still use the fm non computer radio will put a ar in it soon. Flies great! turnigy 1650with an 8x4e and 35 amp esc now 13-1800 mah. Sweet, check it in my vids
I'd suspect that the dislikes are from mobile users missing the 'full screen' and hitting the dislike icon accidentally. I've done it myself.
Keep up the good work guys!
The Hellcat and the Wildcat are two completely different planes from each other. The Hellcat had a 19 to 1 kill ratio, and produced more American Aces and is such tops in these two categories of US Planes. In some important respects is even larger than the P-47. This model looks and flies great like the real plane.
@schugabe flitetest is HobbyKing.
When they were looking for a name for the new plane, Mr. Grumman wanted to call
it the Tomcat. The powers that be thought Tomcat was too risque so it it became
the Hellcat.
The markings on the plane are from one of the most famous planes from ww II flown buy David Mac Campbell´s "Minsi III" Hellcat; he had a total of 24 actual kills.
Love this plane looks sweet. Great review guys.
@UtRadioGuy Spektrum DX6,7 or 8
@schugabe I know what you mean. It's like when you order a plane from HK you're like "I hope THIS one doesn't have a bad ESC or motor" I've got 3 HK planes and one had a faulty ESC that ruined my receiver and killed one cell of a 3-cell pack. A little more quality control wouldn't hurt but it may raise the prices but I'd rather have one that works right for more money.
ha no kiddin i go to the apollo airfield and i always get nervous being around the people and when i fly, i was always afraid of hitting of another persons plane
Josh i would like to ask something...I just got a yak-plane that is Balsa Wood i crashed it on the 1st flight lol..The thing i cant find is were can i get the front part that holds the motor and frame that holds it to...If you like you can look on my youtub page and see the pic that has the pic of all the parts and it is the one that is between the wings.Thanks and keep on making the good vids
Can i get this one in austria?
Does anyone know the C of G for this plan?
you have never seen a public park before? i guess in iowa there is so much space no one needs a park.
Where can this cat be purchased ? Ive looked at MANY Hellcats but most have a horrific non scale paint scheme - this one seems to be one of the only one's with a legitimate color scheme.
hey guys dont forget are f7f tigercat
1:31 PROP squeeked his ass off while trying to sound cool, LOLZ
What is expo?
Flitetest has a FliteTip about it
can a beginer start out w this?
No. Start with a 3 channel.
The plane looks great, although wish the commentators knew the history behind the planes they review a bit better.
@scolen3 Naw, I liked that part.
there's a guy who fly's the full scale one of this in my town :)
So many ppl dislike cuz this plane is constantly out of stock and all they can do is watch others do the flight demo LOL
So its not meow but its more like MEOW! lol
XD the hades cat :D
bixler: 'much more armna'. 2:17
Your suppose to yell "LANDING" when you bring it in.
I guess it´s because he forgot the two letters "RC" in the headline. This is not an F6F Hellcat, it´s an RC-modell of the F6F Hellcat.
The hellcat took about 74% of kills in the pacific
There's only 9...
THIS EPISODE IS SO LOUD
THE THUNDER CAT llllllllLLLLLOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Title should read " Flite Test Hellcat - INFOMERCIAL"
Hell you can see the Hobby King president trying to get out of the way at 9:29.
I've got no problem with Hobby King but be honest.
This is pretty much the exact same plane as the parkzone t - 28 trojan
people started giving dislikes when they found out they were gay...
4:47 no purpose dont click on it