Well done! Just flew my V900!! I ALMOST bought two Zeee packs! Saw reviews saying they puffed up immediately after use. So I went with two Admiral 5000 50C’s. They are HUGE. Only using them in my F22 I think is what I decided.
I've never seen a Zeee pack puff and I fly like a madman. I had one cell on a 1.3 year old pack (that sat in a field for a month because we couldn't find the plane that went down) go high IR recently and it still wouldn't puff when I ran it below 3v to kill the battery. Don't always trust online reviews. The packs are excellent in my experiences. Admiral stuff is way too expensive.
Haha but hey it’s always an alright landing if the plane makes it to the ground in one piece! It’s tough tho cuz it has the stall speed comparable to a jet. And you are essentially landing on a sidewalk
@@cmayrc For sure, that's one of the reasons why I'm not planning to fly it much anymore. The airport I fly at is just not designed with this model in mind. The taxiways work great for full scale aircraft moving slowly to the runway, not so much for high-speed taildraggers.
I maidened a buddies v1200. I do a lot of 3d, & have a couple of speedy planes & consider myself a decent/intermediate pilot who previously flew everything 20 years ago, & returned back to flying 2ish years ago. That being said, i maidened his v1200 on a smart 6s/4000 30c. It was extremely stable in the air, BUT after 5 failed attempts at landings, i made my approach 1/4 mile out, full flaps, & finally got it on the grass. It dont wanna land! 🤷
A quarter mile away almost sounds too close with this model. I'm using 150% flaps and it's still not enough to slow it down. Maybe full span flaps would do it, but then it would run the serious risk of asymmetric stalling at low speeds. It's a handful, man. Every landing has to be perfect if you don't want to scuff it up badly.
Nice flying as usual, Jon. Brings back memories of our club racing similar aircraft a few years ago. As difficult as it is to get that beast of yours on the ground, I only wished my HH Rare Bear would have had retracts and flaps. Not a fan of hand launching and ground sliding landings, but that’s the way it was. Loved hearing the factory drivetrain designed for 4S make a 8x8 sing at 20,000 rpm. I eventually got to 160 mph but it was a long road of upgrades.
I started using Zeee lipos in my planes this year and have had zero issues. The 120c ones have a great discharge for hungrier planes. Cant beat the price.
Damn dude you are an amazing Pilot Sir. Thanks for sharing dude. Man I can watch your videos anytime. Man I do a livestream every Saturdays @ 9pm eastern time man. I would like to have you on the panel someday and come and talk to us a little bit. Have a great day buddy.
If you practice flying the plane as slow as it will go without stalling then you will improve your landings. And you must start you approach farther out so you can be lower in altitude by the time you are over the runway. Then you can throttle up a smidge on approach keeping a constant altitude, 4 or 6 feet off the ground, until you are comfortable to slowly cut the throttle for a calm landing.
Right on, that advice applies to almost any model. Unfortunately, this model doesn't do very well at my airport - the pavement just isn't wide enough to fly it here reliably.
I would recommend turning off the gyro during the high speed passes. At the 3:55 and f5:35 and other points during the flights, the plane was oscillating due to TOO MUCH GAIN. Disabling the gyro just during those passes might give you a mile or 2 per hour more speed. It should also help the servos survive a little longer.
The gyro doesn't need to be turned off during speed passes, it just needs tuned more. The waggling you're seeing is caused by using a throttle to gain mix where the gains are higher at lower throttle settings. Pulling the throttle back too fast results in a wobble at speed.
Spectrum IX 20SE baby. You hear that Nos she sound like a jet when going that fast. You gonna love my videos man of me racing a turbine jet with my V1200
Jon, awesome! I fly the same packs in my v 1200!! I get monster long flights with speed. She is so sweet. I have got really good at smooth rotations!!. I copied you in the silver. I just could not resist. The v-1200 just looks so sexy metallic silver. I added Apple red accents on top and black and blue on bottom, no decals as of yet. I did not even consider that the silver may interfere signal. I did not have any issues. I think shes faster clean with silver paint. My v-1200 had all its decals pealing off so much better smooth!!✌💪👍😍💯 I though the metallic krylon was easy to see. Very shimmery especially with the apple red tips and rudder.
That's awesome! Happy to be an inspiration. The V1200 really looks amazing without the bare foam and goofy decals. Mine weren't sticking out of the box. The paint job took like an hour total and most of it was prep work.
@@TwoBrosRC no doubt. Metallic silver really showed her amazing lines. When I saw yours silver i about crapped. Im not one to copy but when its genius I have to👌💪💯 mine was already painted up differently, so had to put in some work removing everything, old paint scheme, decals, tape, etc.. You have to see a pic of mine😍
@@TwoBrosRC Jon, you are an absolute inspiration. Im loving the stick veiw!! Thanks, I'm getting much better fast, from content in TH-cam from guys like you, especially you. Thanks. Its really amazing because im so comfortable now that I'm really starting to enjoy my high performance models, the fear having left me!! I just got the freewing mig 21 80mm high performance!! Man im loving it!! I am really starting to be able to rip it up and fly smooth with cordination on my Night Timber X and other 3d models in my hangar👌😍💯🎇
That's exactly what I want to see! This hobby isn't going to grow if people only fly in circles. Fantastic work getting through your fears and pushing yourself.
Great 1200 video. I have had two of them before finally figuring out how to take off successfully. I love the plane but the retracts (gears and servos) seem to be the Achilles heel for this plane. I have tried asking Horizon Hobbies for a suitable retract alternative, but the always recommended the stock retracts which do not hold up. Gave you seen any alternative retract solutions for this plane. Thanks
This plane is pretty crazy fast. I noticed when you do flat turns you're not using much rudder if any... For edj's and faster planes would you recommend just good thrust in the turn and bank the wings and pull back a bit elevator without rudder?
I'm definitely not performing flat turns with this model. Coordinated turns aren't really required to get this model to roll without adverse yaw. I use rudder for specific purposes when flying it but definitely don't see much of a point otherwise - it performs really well with minimal rudder input. Sometimes I'll use rudder to kick the nose around where it needs to point, but that's mostly for lower speed maneuvering. The answer is really just "it depends on the model" - some models require coordinated turns to avoid adverse yaw, others need minimal rudder to get around a turn.
@@TwoBrosRC I mispoke, mistyped that is... I meant coordinated turns but you picked up on that no prob. I'll be checking out your vids more. I haven't flown in a few years and have some models in boxes yet to be put together to include one that I couldn't resist buying but will be pretty terrified to fly the Freewing F104 70mm so I need to work my way up to that in addition to just getting back into flying with my basic level planes.
Don't be afraid to bump that thrust reverse a little to get your airspeed down. I do it all the time. Just a little. If you do too much it could be catastrophic
I have eflite extra 300 and I put the motor and speed control from this plane cause mine crashed on maiden. It torqued roll bad and crashed. Nit the extra is super fast and amazing.
very cool airplane, i just bought one V1200 also. question: how did you remove the bleu paint ? , my decals don't stick very good and if i try to take off the decals on the paint, the paint also coming loose at some places ! now i want to remove al the paint, what is the best way to remove the paint ?
Maybe your plane can benefit from some Dubro main wheels. It looks like it's what's on the model to start on the product page but seems like yours might be the normal stiff foam ones that are usually on.
@@TwoBrosRC Yeah they are kind of fat. Sure in a perfect world, we'd all like to be perfect sometimes but for those times we aren't we can use an advantage any way we can get it.
Yeah that V1200 is hard to land and hard to take off you did great. Don’t hit full throttle she torques and the struts are real weak. I just replaced my tail wheel on my V1200 last year. I love my V1200 she is fast too. I race a turbine jet with it and see the V1200 was gonna keep up with it and it did it hang. I beat it going at 185-190mph with the apc 10x10e inch sport prop. Yours will do the same if you put a 10x10e prop on yours. Yours will go over 165mph.
@@TwoBrosRC they you go. Now your V1200 will go over 165mph on a dive. I put a gps speed on mines on straight level flight. 165mph. On a dive I’ve clocked it up at 178mph on a dive.
Practice slow flight (backside of the power curve) while at safe altitude. When you approach, you will add attitude and power to reduce airspeed. It has flaps, too
Could you belly land the v-1200? I do not have access to a runway. I only have sod fields. Also, what kind of upgrades can improve the speed performance? Just curious
Thank you! No primer, just sprayed a few coats of Krylon metallic silver and sent it. The canopy was hand-brushed with a mixture of Testors black enamel gloss and metallic black gloss to give it some speckled sheen.
@@TwoBrosRC U probably heard me mentioning the Dave Brown scale soft foam wheels before. U can get them on their own website or form MRC. Here is what I do if the specific sizes wont fit. its a bit of work. but I think its well worth the effort. diameter: put the wheel on a drill bit. Then sand it down to the size you want. width: if the dave brown wheel is too thin. I just add a few washers. If its too thick, then put it on a drill bit again. and trim it down with a hobby knife. (the dave brown rim comes in 2 parts. you can trim the connecting section to make the rim thinner) wheel hub/hole size: if the hole is too small, then you can just drill it larger to fit the strut. I haven't find the hole to be larger than the struts many times. But if you do, use the stock rim instead. Fitting the soft tire on stock rims: some of the E-flite stock rim cant be pull apart. So to get the soft tire on. you might have to cut the tire around a proper size rim. In order to slip them on to the stock rim. Freewing stock rims always come in 2 parts. They are just very tight. some WD40 will help to pull them apart, note: #1 get a pair extra wheels, in case you damage the wheel hub when you put them on drill bits. (they are only $5 or so. might find other applications in the future anyways) #2 get a couple sizes. in case your measurement is not 100% accurate. #3 wear an eye protection and a mask when you do all the sanding and trimming.
I went to Hangar18's website but couldn't find the battery you used. In fact I could not find the battery category. Is there a search term better than "battery" or "LiPo" to find a battery on their site?
It's GPS (using tinyurl.com/SpektrumGPS) so it's measuring ground speed. Airspeed would be nice but would require a lot of extensive modification to this model to make it work. The pitot tube would probably throw something off aerodynamically if I were to put it on the outboard wing.
I've been flying over 20 years and tried to maiden on recommend throws and gradually increasing throttle and it just wanted to go hard left and i couldn't control it with rudder. Seems like recommended throws are garbage and it needs alot more. Looks like you changed yours, what holes are you in?
Our throws were maxed out mechanically with 150% rates. We don't fly this bird anymore, but if memory serves, all control links were outermost servo arm hole attached to the middle or innermost control horn hole.
Damn this thing is a real handful to land. Takeoffs are also an arse twitching moment! I've flown mine maybe about 25times and every flight feels like its last one. During the flight your just thinking damn I hope I can land it ! I find the beach the best place as there is so much space to slow it down. The landing gear is terrible and I've resorted to belly landing on the grass. v900 is a better plane tbh . You have the skills though ;))
@@TwoBrosRC Well if we did twin scheublers then we could make a 3d printed adapter to go where the existing motor is, and extend out to the sides to hold the EDFs
Sadly I lost my first one in a dive with a high of 162mph. The wing went into a stutter. The wing broke up and tore itself apart and hit the ground at 150+. Total loss. Motor may be fine (still have to test it), but the esc, battery, and most of the wires ripped as the plane was ripped in 3 pieces. The saddest part. Maiden flight. Handled great until it broke up. (was flown with no gyro active)
@@TwoBrosRC I have some good news. After numerous conversations with Horizon, I sent in the shattered remains, and they sent me a new one. I wanted to shout out Horizon, for their great customer service.
Straight talk: It is not the plane that cannot land. It is you who cannot land the plane because you didn't bother to learn the basics of flight. Put simply: If the aircraft has the ability to leap back into the air upon landing, you aren't flying anywhere near the approach or stall speeds. Stop blaming the plane and do some midair exercises. This model has PLENTY of power to recover from approach - to - stall simulations.
I got the E-Flite V-900 and the V-1200. The V-900 has no landing gear, and that's just fast and fine. The V-1200 landing gear is WAY TOO WEAK! I'm a very seasoned RC pilot, but it's almost impossible to land on smooth grass without the gear bending. The V-1200 is a very heavy plane, plus the 6S 4000Mha, it flies excellent, but unusable without a concrete landing strip.
If we ever fly it again we'll probably just cover the model with protective tape to turn it into a belly lander. Pavement landings are just awful with this thing.
@@TwoBrosRC You can't make a belly lander out of it. I got a good look, but the servo arm and servo cover will "grab" the ground and it will definitely end up with damage. And I don't know if throwing this thing will be a success, don't do it, I'm afraid ;) It's a heavy beast, and needs some speed at the start. Should someone throw it, I'll bet it will break out to the left, landing full on the left wing tip. Nice videos mate, keep up the good work!
You must be working some black magic for that kind of speed running - because I haven't seen a single person pull off 180+ on a 10x10 prop. Ali Mach needed a 10x12 prop and a dive to get 200 MPH.
@@TwoBrosRC Ali went 201mph with the 12x12e he cut it down by 10x12. Now with a 10x10e this guy had one like mine and went 198mph I called that 200. I put a gps speed on my V1200 with my Futaba 32MZ I clocked mine up at 188mph on a dive. I went 200 before. I smoke a turbine jet with it
Nice. You have nerves of steel. My knees were shaking just watching you trying to land that plane. I sold mine after two flights.
It just takes practice and time to land - but I can understand why you sold it. I respect people who recognize and act on their limitations.
Hard to believe the camera man was able to keep that plane in frame 100% of the time zoomed in like that .. Amazing. Very intense flying!
Well done! Just flew my V900!! I ALMOST bought two Zeee packs! Saw reviews saying they puffed up immediately after use. So I went with two Admiral 5000 50C’s. They are HUGE. Only using them in my F22 I think is what I decided.
I've never seen a Zeee pack puff and I fly like a madman. I had one cell on a 1.3 year old pack (that sat in a field for a month because we couldn't find the plane that went down) go high IR recently and it still wouldn't puff when I ran it below 3v to kill the battery.
Don't always trust online reviews. The packs are excellent in my experiences. Admiral stuff is way too expensive.
@@TwoBrosRC Ah ok! I’ll try them sometime. I agree Admiral and SMART is very expensive.
Incredible sound at max speed, very scary. Great controlled flight and to top it off, crazy flat spins. 👍🏻
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed.
Haha... "severe injuries or death" that's wicked fast ! Nice work.
I ain't wrong though. I wouldn't want to see what happens if this thing hit someone at full speed.
@@TwoBrosRC no doubt!
Nice flying and awesome landing at the end there man. Thanks for the great entertainment :)
Thanks man! At least one of the landings was salvageable.
Haha but hey it’s always an alright landing if the plane makes it to the ground in one piece! It’s tough tho cuz it has the stall speed comparable to a jet. And you are essentially landing on a sidewalk
@@cmayrc For sure, that's one of the reasons why I'm not planning to fly it much anymore. The airport I fly at is just not designed with this model in mind. The taxiways work great for full scale aircraft moving slowly to the runway, not so much for high-speed taildraggers.
Kind sire, that final approach and touch down was wonderful at around 7.5 minutes, dude! It gave me aesthetic pleasure pleasantly to see it.
I maidened a buddies v1200. I do a lot of 3d, & have a couple of speedy planes & consider myself a decent/intermediate pilot who previously flew everything 20 years ago, & returned back to flying 2ish years ago.
That being said, i maidened his v1200 on a smart 6s/4000 30c. It was extremely stable in the air, BUT after 5 failed attempts at landings, i made my approach 1/4 mile out, full flaps, & finally got it on the grass. It dont wanna land! 🤷
Ive never in my life been so terrified after landing after a flight! But damn it was FUN!!!! 🤪😁👍
A quarter mile away almost sounds too close with this model. I'm using 150% flaps and it's still not enough to slow it down. Maybe full span flaps would do it, but then it would run the serious risk of asymmetric stalling at low speeds. It's a handful, man. Every landing has to be perfect if you don't want to scuff it up badly.
Representing!
Holly cow that sound !!! I love that !!!!! So coooooool bro 🤩
I use Zeee and HRB batteries and all but one are still going strong over a year later! Nice flying as well! I need a V1200 lol
Nice flying as usual, Jon. Brings back memories of our club racing similar aircraft a few years ago. As difficult as it is to get that beast of yours on the ground, I only wished my HH Rare Bear would have had retracts and flaps. Not a fan of hand launching and ground sliding landings, but that’s the way it was. Loved hearing the factory drivetrain designed for 4S make a 8x8 sing at 20,000 rpm. I eventually got to 160 mph but it was a long road of upgrades.
That sounds like a ton of fun for sure.
I started using Zeee lipos in my planes this year and have had zero issues. The 120c ones have a great discharge for hungrier planes. Cant beat the price.
You really can't beat the price. Performance is incredible too. I get plenty of bang for the buck.
Nice transmitter control. Thats experience
Damn dude you are an amazing Pilot Sir. Thanks for sharing dude. Man I can watch your videos anytime. Man I do a livestream every Saturdays @ 9pm eastern time man. I would like to have you on the panel someday and come and talk to us a little bit. Have a great day buddy.
Thanks Adrian! Feel free to reach out to me via email. I can't guarantee anything but I'll see what I can do.
With that roll rate and top speed, itll just about drill through cinder block!! 👍
Good job!
I got the V900 and I painted it with the minwax.I hope to fly it this spring or summer.Right now it's too cold.
If you practice flying the plane as slow as it will go without stalling then you will improve your landings. And you must start you approach farther out so you can be lower in altitude by the time you are over the runway. Then you can throttle up a smidge on approach keeping a constant altitude, 4 or 6 feet off the ground, until you are comfortable to slowly cut the throttle for a calm landing.
Right on, that advice applies to almost any model. Unfortunately, this model doesn't do very well at my airport - the pavement just isn't wide enough to fly it here reliably.
Nice! 👍🏻 Man, don’t blink! 😮
For real, definitely don't do that with this model. You might find it in a place you don't want it to be - like a tree, or a building.
@@TwoBrosRC 😂
I would recommend turning off the gyro during the high speed passes. At the 3:55 and f5:35 and other points during the flights, the plane was oscillating due to TOO MUCH GAIN. Disabling the gyro just during those passes might give you a mile or 2 per hour more speed. It should also help the servos survive a little longer.
The gyro doesn't need to be turned off during speed passes, it just needs tuned more. The waggling you're seeing is caused by using a throttle to gain mix where the gains are higher at lower throttle settings. Pulling the throttle back too fast results in a wobble at speed.
That last take off was almost a Torque Roll to tragedy. Very cool plane.
Very much so. Thank you!
CRAZY ! Was looking at getting one 1 glad I didn’t , I don’t have the skills yet
It's a tough plane to land. You'll get there though!
Spectrum IX 20SE baby. You hear that Nos she sound like a jet when going that fast. You gonna love my videos man of me racing a turbine jet with my V1200
I'd love to see that for sure 😊
Jon, awesome! I fly the same packs in my v 1200!! I get monster long flights with speed. She is so sweet. I have got really good at smooth rotations!!. I copied you in the silver. I just could not resist. The v-1200 just looks so sexy metallic silver. I added Apple red accents on top and black and blue on bottom, no decals as of yet. I did not even consider that the silver may interfere signal. I did not have any issues. I think shes faster clean with silver paint. My v-1200 had all its decals pealing off so much better smooth!!✌💪👍😍💯
I though the metallic krylon was easy to see. Very shimmery especially with the apple red tips and rudder.
That's awesome! Happy to be an inspiration. The V1200 really looks amazing without the bare foam and goofy decals. Mine weren't sticking out of the box. The paint job took like an hour total and most of it was prep work.
@@TwoBrosRC no doubt. Metallic silver really showed her amazing lines. When I saw yours silver i about crapped. Im not one to copy but when its genius I have to👌💪💯 mine was already painted up differently, so had to put in some work removing everything, old paint scheme, decals, tape, etc.. You have to see a pic of mine😍
@@TwoBrosRC Jon, you are an absolute inspiration. Im loving the stick veiw!! Thanks, I'm getting much better fast, from content in TH-cam from guys like you, especially you. Thanks. Its really amazing because im so comfortable now that I'm really starting to enjoy my high performance models, the fear having left me!! I just got the freewing mig 21 80mm high performance!! Man im loving it!! I am really starting to be able to rip it up and fly smooth with cordination on my Night Timber X and other 3d models in my hangar👌😍💯🎇
That's exactly what I want to see! This hobby isn't going to grow if people only fly in circles. Fantastic work getting through your fears and pushing yourself.
@@TwoBrosRC right on.🎉✌💥
Great 1200 video. I have had two of them before finally figuring out how to take off successfully. I love the plane but the retracts (gears and servos) seem to be the Achilles heel for this plane. I have tried asking Horizon Hobbies for a suitable retract alternative, but the always recommended the stock retracts which do not hold up. Gave you seen any alternative retract solutions for this plane. Thanks
Nope, sorry!
The handcam teaches a ton
This plane is pretty crazy fast. I noticed when you do flat turns you're not using much rudder if any... For edj's and faster planes would you recommend just good thrust in the turn and bank the wings and pull back a bit elevator without rudder?
I'm definitely not performing flat turns with this model. Coordinated turns aren't really required to get this model to roll without adverse yaw. I use rudder for specific purposes when flying it but definitely don't see much of a point otherwise - it performs really well with minimal rudder input. Sometimes I'll use rudder to kick the nose around where it needs to point, but that's mostly for lower speed maneuvering.
The answer is really just "it depends on the model" - some models require coordinated turns to avoid adverse yaw, others need minimal rudder to get around a turn.
@@TwoBrosRC Ok, cool. Yes, I'm totally aware of the adverse yaw effect, lol. Don't ask me how I know.
@@TwoBrosRC I mispoke, mistyped that is... I meant coordinated turns but you picked up on that no prob. I'll be checking out your vids more. I haven't flown in a few years and have some models in boxes yet to be put together to include one that I couldn't resist buying but will be pretty terrified to fly the Freewing F104 70mm so I need to work my way up to that in addition to just getting back into flying with my basic level planes.
Always know your limits. That's important, especially to avoid busted models.
@@TwoBrosRC No kidding... I for one like flying way way more than I like fixing.
Don't be afraid to bump that thrust reverse a little to get your airspeed down. I do it all the time. Just a little. If you do too much it could be catastrophic
We retired this model a few months ago, but thanks for the input!
I had the v900 cannot handle it so I'll try it at 12:00
I have eflite extra 300 and I put the motor and speed control from this plane cause mine crashed on maiden. It torqued roll bad and crashed. Nit the extra is super fast and amazing.
Haha yeah the motor in the V1200 isn't designed for 3D aerobatics. It's not meant to swing a prop as big as the Extra's.
very cool airplane, i just bought one V1200 also. question: how did you remove the bleu paint ? , my decals don't stick very good and if i try to take off the decals on the paint, the paint also coming loose at some places ! now i want to remove al the paint, what is the best way to remove the paint ?
We didn't remove it, just painted directly over it with Krylon silver metallic after removing all the decals.
Maybe your plane can benefit from some Dubro main wheels. It looks like it's what's on the model to start on the product page but seems like yours might be the normal stiff foam ones that are usually on.
Nah, they won't fit. Already tried. The struts are very narrow. What would fix it is learning to land this model better, honestly.
@@TwoBrosRC Yeah they are kind of fat. Sure in a perfect world, we'd all like to be perfect sometimes but for those times we aren't we can use an advantage any way we can get it.
This plane lands so hot! Would crow help stabilize and slow it down ?
Not much. I've tried it in the past.
Yeah that V1200 is hard to land and hard to take off you did great. Don’t hit full throttle she torques and the struts are real weak. I just replaced my tail wheel on my V1200 last year. I love my V1200 she is fast too. I race a turbine jet with it and see the V1200 was gonna keep up with it and it did it hang. I beat it going at 185-190mph with the apc 10x10e inch sport prop. Yours will do the same if you put a 10x10e prop on yours. Yours will go over 165mph.
Lol I've already got a 10x10 on it - I don't see how you're getting over 165 MPH.
@@TwoBrosRC they you go. Now your V1200 will go over 165mph on a dive. I put a gps speed on mines on straight level flight. 165mph. On a dive I’ve clocked it up at 178mph on a dive.
@@TwoBrosRC I had a 5,000mah 6s 100c I over power everything.
@@TwoBrosRC I’ve been flying remote control airplanes for 22 years baby
Practice slow flight (backside of the power curve) while at safe altitude.
When you approach, you will add attitude and power to reduce airspeed.
It has flaps, too
This is really old. Watch our newest vids and you should see a big improvement in flying.
Could you belly land the v-1200? I do not have access to a runway. I only have sod fields. Also, what kind of upgrades can improve the speed performance? Just curious
No idea on speed improvements. You can belly land it.
I'm glad my V900 doesn't have landing gear.I would rather hand launch and belly land in the soft grass.
Put a shape charged spinner on it and you could penetrate light armor
Beautiful paint job Jon. Did you use a primer coat before you applied the silver? Keep up the great videos. Thanks
Thank you! No primer, just sprayed a few coats of Krylon metallic silver and sent it. The canopy was hand-brushed with a mixture of Testors black enamel gloss and metallic black gloss to give it some speckled sheen.
Ok. Thanks for your response.
some soft tires will help with the landing.
I couldn't find any tires that would fit the struts. They need a very specific type of tire. It's rather annoying!
@@TwoBrosRC U probably heard me mentioning the Dave Brown scale soft foam wheels before. U can get them on their own website or form MRC.
Here is what I do if the specific sizes wont fit. its a bit of work. but I think its well worth the effort.
diameter: put the wheel on a drill bit. Then sand it down to the size you want.
width: if the dave brown wheel is too thin. I just add a few washers. If its too thick, then put it on a drill bit again. and trim it down with a hobby knife. (the dave brown rim comes in 2 parts. you can trim the connecting section to make the rim thinner)
wheel hub/hole size: if the hole is too small, then you can just drill it larger to fit the strut. I haven't find the hole to be larger than the struts many times. But if you do, use the stock rim instead.
Fitting the soft tire on stock rims: some of the E-flite stock rim cant be pull apart. So to get the soft tire on. you might have to cut the tire around a proper size rim. In order to slip them on to the stock rim.
Freewing stock rims always come in 2 parts. They are just very tight. some WD40 will help to pull them apart,
note:
#1 get a pair extra wheels, in case you damage the wheel hub when you put them on drill bits. (they are only $5 or so. might find other applications in the future anyways)
#2 get a couple sizes. in case your measurement is not 100% accurate.
#3 wear an eye protection and a mask when you do all the sanding and trimming.
What kind Gps and receiver are you used ? I have AR637T , What kind GPS i can used? thank 🙏
Hey man, I'm using tinyurl.com/SpektrumGPS - the receiver is an AR637TA
I went to Hangar18's website but couldn't find the battery you used. In fact I could not find the battery category. Is there a search term better than "battery" or "LiPo" to find a battery on their site?
Zeee batteries are sold on Amazon, not at local hobby shops - generally.
Nice...BTW what do you use to get the speed callouts? Is this GPS or airspeed?
It's GPS (using tinyurl.com/SpektrumGPS) so it's measuring ground speed. Airspeed would be nice but would require a lot of extensive modification to this model to make it work. The pitot tube would probably throw something off aerodynamically if I were to put it on the outboard wing.
Be tough on a cloudy day
Just a tad!
What Minwax product do you have on the plane and how is it applied?
Brushed on Polycrylic gloss in a jar. It's about $20 at Lowes.
Have you ever tried the spray version?
I have. Not a big fan of it.
@@TwoBrosRC that's what I need to know! Thank you!
@Chris Anderson
FWIW, I've found that Varathane is thicker than Minwax by a factor of 3. Appx same price.
Love the silver @Jon!
I've been flying over 20 years and tried to maiden on recommend throws and gradually increasing throttle and it just wanted to go hard left and i couldn't control it with rudder. Seems like recommended throws are garbage and it needs alot more. Looks like you changed yours, what holes are you in?
Our throws were maxed out mechanically with 150% rates. We don't fly this bird anymore, but if memory serves, all control links were outermost servo arm hole attached to the middle or innermost control horn hole.
do you think is ok to belly land it? like the v900?
It's doable.
Damn this thing is a real handful to land. Takeoffs are also an arse twitching moment! I've flown mine maybe about 25times and every flight feels like its last one.
During the flight your just thinking damn I hope I can land it ! I find the beach the best place as there is so much space to slow it down.
The landing gear is terrible and I've resorted to belly landing on the grass.
v900 is a better plane tbh .
You have the skills though ;))
It's definitely the toughest-to-fly HH aircraft currently on the market that I know of.
What is easiest to fly planes with prop or EDF
Clarify?
Good lord
Crazy, innit?
Jon you should put a scheubler on this one rotfl
Lol where the hell would it go?
@@TwoBrosRC Well if we did twin scheublers then we could make a 3d printed adapter to go where the existing motor is, and extend out to the sides to hold the EDFs
@@reeceengineering That's an interesting idea. I'd imagine it would run a 70mm EDF?
Sadly I lost my first one in a dive with a high of 162mph. The wing went into a stutter. The wing broke up and tore itself apart and hit the ground at 150+. Total loss. Motor may be fine (still have to test it), but the esc, battery, and most of the wires ripped as the plane was ripped in 3 pieces. The saddest part. Maiden flight. Handled great until it broke up. (was flown with no gyro active)
That would have been amazing to see.
@@TwoBrosRC I have some good news. After numerous conversations with Horizon, I sent in the shattered remains, and they sent me a new one. I wanted to shout out Horizon, for their great customer service.
Straight talk: It is not the plane that cannot land. It is you who cannot land the plane because you didn't bother to learn the basics of flight.
Put simply: If the aircraft has the ability to leap back into the air upon landing, you aren't flying anywhere near the approach or stall speeds.
Stop blaming the plane and do some midair exercises. This model has PLENTY of power to recover from approach - to - stall simulations.
Congrats, you've successfully commented on an old video!
I got the E-Flite V-900 and the V-1200. The V-900 has no landing gear, and that's just fast and fine. The V-1200 landing gear is WAY TOO WEAK! I'm a very seasoned RC pilot, but it's almost impossible to land on smooth grass without the gear bending. The V-1200 is a very heavy plane, plus the 6S 4000Mha, it flies excellent, but unusable without a concrete landing strip.
If we ever fly it again we'll probably just cover the model with protective tape to turn it into a belly lander. Pavement landings are just awful with this thing.
@@TwoBrosRC You can't make a belly lander out of it. I got a good look, but the servo arm and servo cover will "grab" the ground and it will definitely end up with damage. And I don't know if throwing this thing will be a success, don't do it, I'm afraid ;) It's a heavy beast, and needs some speed at the start. Should someone throw it, I'll bet it will break out to the left, landing full on the left wing tip. Nice videos mate, keep up the good work!
The plane just sounds too quiet. I put a different prop on for good speed and sound
Sound isn't my biggest concern here, just speed.
Not bad but I got 152 MPH with a stock Duraflly EFX Racer.
Speed isn't something we really care much about these days, but nice work regardless!
Mine V1200 was faster then that. I went 200mph on mine on a dive on straight level flight on mine was clocked at 165. On a little dive 178mph
You must be working some black magic for that kind of speed running - because I haven't seen a single person pull off 180+ on a 10x10 prop. Ali Mach needed a 10x12 prop and a dive to get 200 MPH.
@@TwoBrosRC Ali went 201mph with the 12x12e he cut it down by 10x12. Now with a 10x10e this guy had one like mine and went 198mph I called that 200. I put a gps speed on my V1200 with my Futaba 32MZ I clocked mine up at 188mph on a dive. I went 200 before. I smoke a turbine jet with it
I thought you aren't supposed to exceed 100 mph?
Why would Horizon Hobby sell a plane that breaks FAA regs?