I have watched a few videos of this plane before mine arrived. You guys were the first to identify that achieving the CG required significant weight being added to the nose. And, yes, I found that I had to add some lead to the cowling to achieve the proper CG. I also found that I had to change out the servo arms on the rudder and elevator to be able to come close to the manual throws. The elevator is still short of desired.
Jon you're a great pilot buddy. Man that was a lot of weight needed to CG the plane. I never owned one of these 800 size warbird they seem to fly a bit squirrelly. You made it look easy Jon. Thanks buddy
Thank you! The FMS F4U 800mm that I flew three weeks ago required no weights and balanced well on a 3s 1000mAh. I think its just this particular FMS model. All the reviews I read all had the same feedback.
I had to set reverse on both my aileron and elevator servos...she looks as 8f she flys well I have 20g more weight than you have so mine might not be so tail heavy..good flying
Had one but it was before gyro was something I knew about and it didn’t last long. Started buying 1200mm series warbirds. The small planes are good to transport many of them but if you don’t bring them back. Do you have a FMS 1100mm Zero? I’ve even took a 1400mm FMS Zero and mod it into a Kate torpedo bomber, Flyzone Zero into a Vale Divebomber and one into a 1145mm Oscar. All w/droppable bombs and torpedo 😃👍🏻✌🏻🖖🏻
Thanks! The ESC lead is actually a red "JST" connector. If you skip to 05:41 of the video when we open the hatch, you can kind of see the ESC lead. The 3S 1300mAh LiPO that we used actually had an XT-60 connector so we had to buy an XT-60 to JST connector to make it work.
It is 790mm I have one and measured mine...problem I have is I had to add a lot of weight to the nose....70g of nose weight stuck under the cowl.. to get 40mm mark, using a 1000Mah 3s......thanks for this video as until now I thought I had made it wrong.....
Thanks! Yeah. We weren’t too crazy about the mods either. But, the good news is she taxis straight unlike my FMS F4U and once she is in the air she is a blast to fly (once trimmed out).
I got this the other day and tried several times to fly it with no luck. Not sure what I need to do but even with all the weight in the front it was still performing horribly. Not flying it with a giro and with a 2s battery like it was recommended. What do i need to do to make this plane fly right? I’ve crashed this every time I’ve put it in the air. Help😢
Cut the power and look at the glide rate then you'll know if your cg is good your thrust angle could be off creating up thrust under full power. Before adding weights consider installing a heavier battery pack instead it would be more useful if there is enough room for it.
Specs 01:15
Build and challenges: 03:24
Maiden flight: 08:29
25 seconds in the air and Jon did a low double roll on the first flight, I can only dream of being that good.
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I have watched a few videos of this plane before mine arrived. You guys were the first to identify that achieving the CG required significant weight being added to the nose. And, yes, I found that I had to add some lead to the cowling to achieve the proper CG. I also found that I had to change out the servo arms on the rudder and elevator to be able to come close to the manual throws. The elevator is still short of desired.
Well presented & flown guys.
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Awesome video buddy 👍 your a natural on camera and flying 💯
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Same problem i had with the 1100mm version. The reviews reflected that problem, t'was nice to get a "heads up"
Jon you're a great pilot buddy. Man that was a lot of weight needed to CG the plane. I never owned one of these 800 size warbird they seem to fly a bit squirrelly. You made it look easy Jon. Thanks buddy
Thank you! The FMS F4U 800mm that I flew three weeks ago required no weights and balanced well on a 3s 1000mAh. I think its just this particular FMS model. All the reviews I read all had the same feedback.
Great information guys and great flying Jon - you do make it look so easy.
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Now that’s how you show off a new model. Great video and even better info, can’t wait to get mine in the air!
Thank you! It really is an awesome model!
AWESOME GUYS! as many have already said Jon, you make it look easy.
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love your show ....listen to your Dad jon dude is awsome
[Eric] Thank you! I tell that to Jon all the time! :-)
@@JonsRC lol
Nice flight.
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Great Maiden guys 👍
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I had to set reverse on both my aileron and elevator servos...she looks as 8f she flys well I have 20g more weight than you have so mine might not be so tail heavy..good flying
Had one but it was before gyro was something I knew about and it didn’t last long. Started buying 1200mm series warbirds. The small planes are good to transport many of them but if you don’t bring them back. Do you have a FMS 1100mm Zero? I’ve even took a 1400mm FMS Zero and mod it into a Kate torpedo bomber, Flyzone Zero into a Vale Divebomber and one into a 1145mm Oscar. All w/droppable bombs and torpedo 😃👍🏻✌🏻🖖🏻
Nice review and awesome flight Jon 🔥👍✌️
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Beautifully presented I will use your settings for my Durafly Zero (same w/s).Diolch yn fawr, Den (Cymu (Wales)
CAN YOU JUST USE A HEAVYER 3S BATTERY LIKE A 2200 3S INSTEAD OF ALL THAT WEIOGHT?
I saw your review on horizon hobby about this plane. I did the link and now I’m here! Also what’s the lead? Xt90 or xt60
Thanks! The ESC lead is actually a red "JST" connector. If you skip to 05:41 of the video when we open the hatch, you can kind of see the ESC lead. The 3S 1300mAh LiPO that we used actually had an XT-60 connector so we had to buy an XT-60 to JST connector to make it work.
@@JonsRC ok thank you very much! New subscriber now.
It is 790mm I have one and measured mine...problem I have is I had to add a lot of weight to the nose....70g of nose weight stuck under the cowl.. to get 40mm mark, using a 1000Mah 3s......thanks for this video as until now I thought I had made it wrong.....
Thank you for the clarification!
A little too fast for me. Good price though. Love the sound it makes.
I really hope I can be as good as you one day. Great info, she sounded nice as well 👍🏻
Thank you!
Did you add the engine sound effects (starting @ 9:19)? If you did, they're great!
Lol! No. That engine sound in the background was actually a large RC heli doing some stunt flying behind me!
@@JonsRC too funny, at times the maneuvers matched the sound!
I didn’t need to add any weight and that’s using both 1300 2s and a 1300 3s I prefer the 3s though!
We will try the 3S 1300 mAh. Thanks!
Good job john, adding all that weight kinda tells me to stay away from it, not a fan of fms micros that need extra work to fly correct
Thanks! Yeah. We weren’t too crazy about the mods either. But, the good news is she taxis straight unlike my FMS F4U and once she is in the air she is a blast to fly (once trimmed out).
just came across your channel, you guys are great, just had to subscribe : ) SlowJo
Thank you!
I got this the other day and tried several times to fly it with no luck. Not sure what I need to do but even with all the weight in the front it was still performing horribly. Not flying it with a giro and with a 2s battery like it was recommended. What do i need to do to make this plane fly right? I’ve crashed this every time I’ve put it in the air. Help😢
Cut the power and look at the glide rate
then you'll know if your cg is good your thrust angle could be off creating up thrust under full power.
Before adding weights consider installing a heavier battery pack instead it would be more useful if there is enough room for it.
Thanks for the tip! Yeah we are going to look for maybe a 3s1600 and see if that will work.