I saw one of these crash at my club with the same crazy up and down before the crash. I think this may be the result of the elevators plugged into the contorl box/gyro in the wrong location. See the Motion RC video where they specifically talk about this situation and how to check to see if the gyro is moving the elevator in the correct direction when you point the nose up or down. A simple swap of the two elevator plugs solves the problem.
Did you make sure the elevators were level? The way it was swimming up and down like a dolphin reminded me of one of my big mistakes because the elevators weren't the same.
Seemed like all the up and down that it was either nose heavy wanting to dip forward and you were having to pull backward to leave it. Or elevators set too much down are other things to consider.
Ouch ! Sorry to see this crash. You mentioned "cheaper receiver" in your video. Did you have a successful range check? I don't know what you really have - but some time ago I bought a receiver on line that looked just like Spektrum. Later, I found that some of these were listed as using 'after market parts' or something to that effect. Well, what I had was a cheap copy of a Spektrum product - and I did range check it before putting it in a plane. My results were that it would only range check out to about half the distance that my good spektrum receivers had. So - I have never trusted this receiver enough to fly it.
Sorry to see you have a drastically bad maiden. You are not the only one to experience this as nearly everyone eventually encounters this situation if you are in the hobby long enough. It is part of the build, setup, crash, repair (if possible) and repeat process of flying RC anything. Props to you for not being afraid of sharing your failure to us all. I have destroyed many aircraft over the years due to just about every reason you can think of. ESC failure, radio failure, of course pilot error and improper setup which I suppose is a part of pilot error, but all end in a bad way for the most part. Keep on flying and know there will be plenty of great days with your stable of airplanes this Spring and Sunmer to come!
Hate to see this happen 😕 wonder why still 😕 i would never take off with the gyro on to start though. Seen others dip hard on takeoff, starting like that is never easy. Testing the rx well, making sure its up-to-date too. Range check it. So many things to wonder about.
The F14 is a complex aircraft with elevons, wing sweep, etc. However, it is doable. I have the 80, 50, 40 versions and love em. I am very confident with the right receiver and the plane configured properly, it will be a great flying plane and will be one of my favs due to its size and awesomeness. Don't let my experience dampen your experience with this awesome plane. I've ordered all the parts to repair it and there will be a redemption flight as soon as the nose cone is in stock!
I have a lemons 10ch and im not a fan of the gyro so im going to disconect and put a spektrum rec with as3x and safe in it, i dont like the gyro motionrc has
Sorry for you bud. Another crash for the books. They need a V2 for this one already to fix all the problems.
I saw one of these crash at my club with the same crazy up and down before the crash. I think this may be the result of the elevators plugged into the contorl box/gyro in the wrong location. See the Motion RC video where they specifically talk about this situation and how to check to see if the gyro is moving the elevator in the correct direction when you point the nose up or down. A simple swap of the two elevator plugs solves the problem.
No, I went through the elevators thoroughly and did have to reverse them initially. Elevator and elevon worked as expected on the ground.
But was the gyro correcting in the right direction? Not just moving in the right direction to control movements...
😢what about the 4th possibility that the C.G. indicated, is incorrect?
@@angelofmusic477nope, checked right before the flight - just slightly nose down.
@@angelofmusic477 Or did the battery shift in flight?
Did you make sure the elevators were level? The way it was swimming up and down like a dolphin reminded me of one of my big mistakes because the elevators weren't the same.
Seemed like all the up and down that it was either nose heavy wanting to dip forward and you were having to pull backward to leave it. Or elevators set too much down are other things to consider.
Ouch ! Sorry to see this crash. You mentioned "cheaper receiver" in your video. Did you have a successful range check? I don't know what you really have - but some time ago I bought a receiver on line that looked just like Spektrum. Later, I found that some of these were listed as using 'after market parts' or something to that effect. Well, what I had was a cheap copy of a Spektrum product - and I did range check it before putting it in a plane. My results were that it would only range check out to about half the distance that my good spektrum receivers had. So - I have never trusted this receiver enough to fly it.
Sorry to see you have a drastically bad maiden. You are not the only one to experience this as nearly everyone eventually encounters this situation if you are in the hobby long enough. It is part of the build, setup, crash, repair (if possible) and repeat process of flying RC anything. Props to you for not being afraid of sharing your failure to us all. I have destroyed many aircraft over the years due to just about every reason you can think of. ESC failure, radio failure, of course pilot error and improper setup which I suppose is a part of pilot error, but all end in a bad way for the most part. Keep on flying and know there will be plenty of great days with your stable of airplanes this Spring and Sunmer to come!
Great post
Hate to see this happen 😕 wonder why still 😕 i would never take off with the gyro on to start though. Seen others dip hard on takeoff, starting like that is never easy. Testing the rx well, making sure its up-to-date too. Range check it. So many things to wonder about.
I've seen now there have been several crashes of this plane.. I do have one on pre order but not confident about it.
The F14 is a complex aircraft with elevons, wing sweep, etc. However, it is doable. I have the 80, 50, 40 versions and love em. I am very confident with the right receiver and the plane configured properly, it will be a great flying plane and will be one of my favs due to its size and awesomeness. Don't let my experience dampen your experience with this awesome plane. I've ordered all the parts to repair it and there will be a redemption flight as soon as the nose cone is in stock!
Very lucky you didn’t hit a car or person, flying in an area like that, jeeez
He diden't have control of it..Thats why.
@@Troops-y6h no, you don’t get it, you should not be flying this shit in an area like that
It’s arrogant, ignorant and dangerous
@@anonymus6810 Tough shit.. Dont Cry.
@Trooper101st ow , clever, did you think of that all by yourself ?
@@anonymus6810 Boo hoo Babba?
Have you tested the Spektrum 8ch receiver before in a different plane, especially and EDF? Yours is an old receiver.
No, bought it brand new from Spektrum site on Amazon as I planned to use FW gyro/self-level.
@@Zek1701 That 8Ch receiver is at least ten year old product from Spektrum FYI
@Zek1701 You bought a fake rx , that rx is like 10yrs old and been discontinued.
@@Mikeylikesit1968 Sounds about right
Porpoising is a tell tale sign of the gyro, I would run the same setup as two brothers Rc and just by pass the gyro
Wrong, looked like it was tail heavy
I have a lemons 10ch and im not a fan of the gyro so im going to disconect and put a spektrum rec with as3x and safe in it, i dont like the gyro motionrc has
Why in the world are you using a receiver like that in such a beautiful plane? Your friend Marty from Canada 🇨🇦 🛩 🛩
Don't see any problem running Spektrum receiver. Possibly the gyro response on pitch was reversed : th-cam.com/video/N2aF5AVoeeU/w-d-xo.html
@@edwen303tested self-leveling on ground and it looked right.
Spekjunk is the worst on the market
Looked SUPER nose heavy from the start as well
Passed CG tested per instructions.
@Zek1701 Correct. The manual cg is very nose heavy. I'm about 1/2" aft and it's neutral.
Ahhh man 😢 sorry about that .. this is like the 4th one I see crash .. something might be up with them 🤔🤔
While I can't confirm, I think it was the receiver.
@@Zek1701 🤔🤔
@@Zek1701Why people use Spekjunk in there expensive planes.
I would not fly there...trees and close by roads. It looked liked you just about put it down on a busy road.
This is like 3rd one of these I’ve seen crash on here. There’s def some issues with this model that need to be resolved.
I have had 5 flights on mine, 4 by FPV all stock. I'm sure most of the issues you have seen are user related. www.youtube.com/@tomhuntFPV/videos
I've seen quiet a few crashes with this same f14...Its cursed lol.
I think your RX let you down. I had one and it always had a lot of packet losses
I have been told AND witnessed that the AR8000 is the only Spektrum product that has been unreliable in the last 12 years.