Flying at RACBSA is always really refreshing for me, particularly for flying EDFs, thanks to its beautiful landscape, wide flight box and paved runway.
This airfield lends itself much more to low altitude flybys, knife edges and other similar maneuvers. Not having the hill with the forest from my other club right in front gives me quite some freedom to experiment with different flight routines! ^^
Earlier that day it was a bit windy so I flew a bit faster than usual to accommodate but these flights were carried out more towards sunset day and the air was calmer which allowed me to lower my safety altitude and get some really cool shots with the mountainous background :)
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These were flights 158thrd to 162nd on 'Scarlett'.
Pilot: RC4ever
Ground video: Luis Ibáñez
Airfield: RACBSA
SPECS (Reflecting my setup):
Freewing F-22 Raptor Ultra Performance 8S 90mm EDF Jet - PNP
12-Blade EDF power system (installed)
4075-1390Kv inrunner brushless motor (installed)
150A ESC with EC5 connector (installed)
Electronic retractable landing gear (installed)
Servos, LED Lights (installed)
Model Scale: 1/13th
Wingspan: 1060mm
Length: 1500mm
Empty Weight: Around 3100g (w/o battery)
TOW: Around 3900g
CG: +160mm from the leading edge of the wing at the root
Material: EPO
Motor: Stock 8S 4075-1390Kv Inrunner
ESC: Stock Freewing (Hobbywing) 150A, HV
EDF: Stock Freewing 90mm 12-Blade
Servos: (All stock)
- 2x 9g Digital hybrid gear
- 2x 17g Digital metal gear
- 6x 23g Digital metal gear
Landing Gear: Electronic retractable with all metal shock absorbing struts
Receiver: FrSky X8R, using 12 channels so far (user choice)
Gyro: Hobby Eagle A3S3 (added as a mod)
Separate UBEC: TGY 8-15A (added as a mod)
Receiver battery: Rhino 2S 500 and 610mAh (added as a mod)
Main battery packs: (All weighing around 800g combined)
- HRB 2x 4S 4200mAh 50C
- Turnigy Nanotech 2x 4S 3300mAh 70C
Mind that although most of the jet is stock, I performed several modifications. Removed the infamous Blue Box and wing ribbon wires, passed individual leads to wing servos, mixed them all separately, removed pilot figure and nose gear light, installed a HE A3S3 gyro (which required physical servo reversing one stabilator servo, inverting motor and pot wires), added a green LED to make a fake HUD reflection effect, airbrushed the canopy to make it look more golden, like the full-scale one. Need to pick the sun at the right angle to show up though!
More details on my setup coming (soon?)!
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5 мар 2023
