E-flite F-18 80mm Shakedown Flights 

Im impressed on how far these aircrafts have came. I remember one my grandfather had in the 90s. That was the last one I had seen so I am blown away on this fighter jet and the technology involved.

Don’t ever stop doing your reviews. Love your emphasis on battery positions,flight time, remaining percentages. Size of battery. Take off flaps etc . Thanks again Ryan.

I like the little flash back to the studio clarifying the Flap to Elevator mix. This is a huge help

The passion you guys have for this hobby is really cool.

This thing sounds so damn amazing and looks absolutely perfect, especially with the afterburner, I love it!

Your commentary is hilarious and very entertaining. Absolutely gorgeous jet, I know it takes a lot of work to get these up. Well done and thank you for your service to this great hobby!

I loved watching Ryan getting excited flying this F18. Thanks Ryan for making flying videos fun again

ONE OF THE BEST EVERYTHING HERE FOLKS REALLY SOMETHING SOUNDS AMAZING

Nice flying as usual Ry. Pretty awesome little jet. You did a stand out job presenting the aircraft. The way you always do my man. Killed it bro.

Ryan, you have the best videos bud. Appreciate all the hard work you guys put into this.

Man I’ve seen this video about 5 times and I can’t get over the performance of that F-18A Hornet 🐝!!! That thing is ferocious! I love it👍👍🛫✈️

Great job buddy! I am going to have to snag me one of these. LOVE the scale compression gear! Looks like a great jet...Cheers!

Awesome jet and a great review as always guys , much appreciated . All the best guys ........................

I just discovered your channel while looking at some warbird videos and man brother...i...am....psyched. You are one hell of an rc pilot I've been flying for almost 3 years and nowhere near your caliber. You get me pumped up about everything you fly and then i want to buy it that's awesome keep it up brother love it.

That was awesome guys. Looks great and fly's great. Brilliant piloting skills man ✈️👍😊

That looks like a great flying jet!! Nice flying Ryan. Wish it wasn’t so expensive. Super nice.

Great flight Pilot Ryan and supper zooming Bobby, fantastic F18, Jeff in LA USA

I can tell you were having fun dialing it in Ryan! 💨🛫✈️👍

Nice flying Ryan. It's a great looking plane and the afterburner look amazing.👌👍

Ryan , you are correct. If the nose gear was a little bit longer it would give the plane a more positive wing incidence which would in turn would help shorten the take off run. Great flights. Put on some of those nerf whistles Bobby !

The sound is huge, clean scale and performance edf jet

Such a sweet video. The hornet looks amazing against that backdrop! Good advice on the flaps. Great job

Great flight Ryan! I love the scale landing gear on this one.

Wonderful flights....well done mate!

Man i gotta get me a fighter....these look sooooo fun. Buzzzzing the tower a must man. Thanks for giving us battery placement hints bro on ALL your videos. Excellent bro!!!!

Nice Job Ryan!! Thanks for making it look so easy my friend!! :-)

This looks so fun!!! I could stand out there all day doing that

Great video guys keep up the great work! Keep

Ryan, You REALLY Tore it up. Awesome sound, gear and FLIGHT. Thumbs Up, … WAY Up...!!! Excellent Video. Helped me with a question I had going. Kudo's Dude......

Great flying and video. Awesome flying plane. Little to fast for this Old Man. ✈️😀💝

Thanks for the great review too🤘😁

That sound!! I think after watching your flight, I just might have to sneak one into my hanger. Great flight!

Sure glad you weren’t taking off the other direction on the initial flight. Thanks for all the good information on setup and batteries.

that thing is sweet! thanks for the review.

Very nice looking.

Love the way you pilot these birds. Noted the general struggle to get her to rotate on takeoff. In fact the real Hornets have always had this issue, which is why you see them use fully toed-in rudder on takeoff - this was a McDonnell Douglas workaround applied to the flight control logic from early days. Many people would wonder why the heck any aircraft would increase drag on the most critical part of a flight and the reluctance to rotate is why. Keep it up guys, beautiful stuff!

Love the way you show off these birds. That takeoff, that rotation, may have been less sudden than expected, but it looked so real and life-like when it was airborne - just like the real thing. Not a direct up take-off, but a sliding thru the air take-off as it continued to build up speed with its landing gear still down. That looked awesome. In the air, outstandingly fast! The landing - well what can I say......reminded me of a quick drop aircraft carrier type landing. Only thing missing was the hook and towline to bleed off speed, and of course, the Top Gun sound track to cap things off.

I really really want to like this better than my Freewing F18 but I’ll choose the Freewing over this one most trips. It has great features and flies good but the Freewing one is just better. Maybe I’ll change my mind when I get more flights on the eflight but after 2 flights each with long rotations, I’m just not sure 🤔 I will. Great video gentlemen

Simply awesome. If I was not already getting a Gaming computer for Christmas I would be on this bad boy like white on rice. Very nice flying. Am stuck with my MAMBA QQ300 and the TIMBER X lol

Yeah man 👍🏻 what a jet A !!!! Love it ! With the burner guys 😎 ooooooh' yeahhhhhhh ! AWSOME Ride

We have come along way with EDF what a beautiful jet model with jet sound.

We have been waiting for the maiden ...great job guys!

Also "high rate" should always be used for slow speed / takeoff to compensate for the low airspeed and airflow. Actual jets reduce flight control deflection as the aircraft increases speed to help maintain a constant "feel". Best to have 3 rates. Takeoff and landing rate, low rate (smooth maneuvers) and high rate (aggressive maneuvers) but less than T/O and Landing rate.

wow!! esta increible! hermoso y muy muy rapido!

I like this a lot Ryan! With the mlg so far aft of cg,it is not going to rotate like most of the other edfs,instead it kind of lifts off instead of rotates.Flaps help a lot,but still not going to rotate like the others.Great flight,and hope to see more!

got one, haven't had it up as of yet. Have been flying my F15 to jet use to the Jet mode. Nice to always watch you. Give us good advice.

I always love Ryan's enthusiasm. Love this channel. I never buy a plane until Ryan shakes it down on the review.

Fantastic video of a great jet. I might need to finally join a club with a runway!

Man that bird looks amazing on approach with gear down. I love that look. If I flew it I may never put the gear up and just shoot approaches 😂😜. Awesome job Pilot Ryan and Capt. K. Keep em comin. #stickemmonkeypants

dude that was awesome 👍

Love the burners!

Ryan, great flight, awesome after burner. PS love the new logo

The full-scale F/A-18 has both rudders canted full inward on launch to create drag above the c.g. This helps rotation on takeoff. Maybe the model is more scale than we thought.

The runway would not go all the way to the end if you weren't supposed to use it. That was AWESOME. Let's see some more, and don't forget to compare pros and cons with the 90mm FW.

Thanks Ryan for the tip

Great Jet - Great Pilot

What a beauty!

That last landing had superb throttle control to maintain your descent rate. NICE! I didn’t want to leave only criticism for my replies. LOL

Great show guys jets use high rates cause small control surfaces the only minor prob is rear wheel well have to keep readjusting l gear very cool looking bird

That was fun .

Twistshhhhhssrrppss and turn.. Airplane gets wet. 😁✌ Nice video, great flight

I think in one of the HH videos they said that it really needs flaps to take off. Also, I think they also said something about the 5000mah battery in the back strap only. I'll have to go look for that again.

Wow, that thing is rock solid. It is fast

Hi Ryan, I wonder what expo-ratio you applied for front steering wheel/rudder function in order to keep on track with center line when taking off ?

That take off gave me the chills lol hahaa I was like nooooooooo

Way to go and wish our maiden turned out as good as yours. Upcoming video in a few.

Great Flying Ryan, awesome job! I really appreciate the tips as I am getting ready to maiden mine. I have a quick question, on the last take off was that with takeoff flaps or landing flaps ?

Glad you stuck with it!

pretty sick stuff gotta get one

Woww well done ryan and bobby k...sticker monkey pant's loll..Awsum flight review well done and..another great flight review..

Can someone make this guys a sound board? "The sayings are hilarious! Mamma Jamma, Im sucha Fool..., Spooked, CLEAN, Holy Slow Flight Batman, How Locked in is this!, Holy Smokes!"

You forgot to add the word "Freakin" in front of AWESOME!!!!!! Fantastic guys.

Great flying looks cool slow or fast

Nice job! It sticks on takeoff because of the scale gear. When the gear is compressed the rotation point is really close to the elevators and pretty far from the CG. Topical of all F-18 models with scale gear. Flaps is definitely key.

Nice.

sucks that it has been discontinued. or at least I can't find it anywhere.

That scale flight make your hair stand in end 🤛

I want one!

E-flight!!!! Im in, GOING TO GET ONE!!!

I’ve seen the Su-30 and the F-18A Hornet video 🐝 I’m thinking the F-18A is a little more impressive from the standpoint that it seemed more aggressive with the acceleration during fly by🛫✈️ Still can’t get over either one of these planes because they are awesome👍😎👍😎👍

I'm going to buy one.. hopefully keeps me busy during this bs that's going on. How long do they normally take to ship to Canada?

It is an awesome looking bird. Nicely flown sir👏. But it’s $1k here in Australia 😱 🙃🙃👍🏻👍🏻

If you had to choose between the elite f18 or the 70mm f35 for easy stable ride which one would you choose?

Nice

Well done!! How is the starting and landing performance on Gras? Can you tell me, if it is possible to start on Gras? Thanks

good to know I had the same problem on take off

6:15 Awesome maiden landing! Great piloting and beautiful bird.

I’m not sure why people don’t like Eflite with AS3X. They fly so good and you don’t have to worry about setting up a gyro wrong.

I wonder if the stock power system could handle 7s? Would need the motor and esc specs and a watt meter.

I set a record in the sport of RC Flying by building the Freewing 80mm a-10 and not maidening it for 18 months. The Eflite F-18 was built right after this video and forgotten about. (Again, that fear of crashing thing) That’s like 4 years since this video was shot? That’s just sad. I wonder if all the electronics still work?

I have a feeling this one will like a much more aft cg and closer to neutral elevator buddy... F-18s typically do. They fly MUCH lighter that way too.

Lord have mercy that thing is cooking

I'm jealous pilot Ryan

Hi Pilot Ryan, what's the most fun rc plane you have in your hangar right now?

My f-16 80mm sounds a little better.. But this is awesome... great flight 🤘👍🇦🇺

sounds amazing; why his sounds different from others

Super jelous Pilot Ryan!!! That thing looks amazing!!!

Bro!....I'm not into planks..BUT!...That was some goooood flying bro. Looks good sounds great! Cheers!

How fast does this thing go? That is awesome!