Windy Evening Flight of the E-flite 2m Opterra(✅️Subscribe🔔) 

I think a launcher or a cart would be safer. I'm going to goof around building a launcher next

You can still purchase them. Amazon and I think HH. I just looked at them the other day. Just remember quite a few guys have cut hands and tendons. Maybe build a launcher or have someone throw it for you and don't hit the power until he's clear

All parts are still available too I think after a few guys got cut up the sales slowed down I've got a Buddy wirh one. I bought the eagle from XFly, it's EDF jet powered and crazy as hell to fly!

@@HciContractor nice! 4 months ago they were unavailable 👍

@@dronepilot260rc oh I didn't know that. I've got a Buddy that has one, I toss it for him and I became interested and thought about buying one. I ended buying that XFly Eagle. It's crazy as hell. Nothing like his wing. It'll flat spin so fast you can't count the rotations! Differential thrust on the rudder Channel. Its really a handful and I saw 93mph

Welcome, and thanks! Yes me too, it's like flying a Radio Controlled Kite, very enjoyable when other planes wouldn't be so stable! 👍🏻

Welcome back to the RC Hobby! 😃 It's only gotten better in many ways! These are exciting times to join or pickup where you left off! 👍🏻🙂

Interested to hear that you use 4s, Did you upgrade the ESC or running 4s on stock setup? 🤔 I know what you mean about being cautious, I've heard some bad stories about pusher prop and hand launching. Another friend of mine installed retract and would take off and land! With retracts, the 2m Opterra looked like a Unmanned B2 version or something with his flat black paint job! Pretty cool but with the added weight it was a bit tricky and it met a sad fate. 😢 But I am with you... They say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure... so if it means selling the 2m Opterra to invest in something safer, definitely understandable! 😏 I was flying alone one day and tried a DLG launch with the 2m Opterra...😁 and let's just say, my wife didn't miss much by not being there with a camera! Haha! #Fail. It wouldn't pull out of the spin.. But it survived! 😅

@@HappyRCFlyer Stock ESC. It has so much more punch with a 4s. I actually broke the plane the first few attempts to fly it. I still refuse to spin the motor up before throwing it. I just throw it as hard as I can while in safe mode, punch that throttle as soon as the plane leaves my hand. Just installed a speedybee f405 wing in it and am going to experiment with the auto launch feature. I have had success with my test plane I hope it works well for the opterra

Good to know, I haven't tried to thermal yet! 😯 How does it do compared to a typical DLG?

Thanks for stopping by the channel and Welcome to the "2m Opterra Club"! 😃 Yes, I must have mis-spoke! 🤔 Weights come out for jumping the battery size! And prepare for some REAL flight time! 😁 Don't forget to Subscribe and come back to share your thoughts after you try a bigger battery! 😃👍🏻 (Ps. Remember to check CG before launching with the new pack.)

Thanks, I'll have to try that! More power =more smiles! 😃

Is the motor good for 4S or you replaced that as well

@@theavi4140 I’ve never had any issue. I just added a 50 amp ESC out of another 4S plane i had sitting.

Yeah, this is actually version 2 for the E-flite 2m Opterra, so I believe it was discontinued for a time(not sure how long) and than re-released with an updated RX(not sure of the date) I believe everything else is the same and I know the Airframe is the same since I have the V1 also. And I agree that it's maybe not the most scale or realistic in appearance or maybe one that a person would enjoy flying day after day as an only plane... But wow, it does so well in a breeze and on high wind days! It's just nice to have one for when it's too windy for other planes! The FMS 3m Fox is another one of my Go-To planes for a windy day. I just flew it last evening after the sunset and it does so well on calm or windy days! If you get an 2m Opterra, I think you'll enjoy it.. and just practice the tips and you'll never get hurt launching it! Thanks for your comment and for the Subscribe! 👍🏻

Haha.. I haven't seen that but I'll take your word for it! 😄

Nice! Yeah, the 2m Opterra has some weight and size to it... primarily because I'm running a larger battery too. I did try a DLG launch once but that wasn't a success and unfortunately no one was around to run the video camera so it wasn't recorded and that's probably okay.. haha! It wasn't much to see although I didn't expect it to survive but it did without damaging anything so that was impressive. It just didn't have enough rudder to recover from the DLG and continued to spin regardless of full throttle! 😅 I have a friend who installed retracts on his but the added weight was significant and I think it messed up his CG so he only got about two flights before it drove in the ground. 😓 I haven't yet tried mine on 4s yet... I wouldn't mind it having more power though! If you try 4s, let me know how it goes and if you like it or if things heat up. 👍🏻

With stock motor? Cheers

@@M4rkmcc21 yes

Nice! I'll look into it, I'm sure I have an extra ESC I could throw in it! Do you guys go with a higher amp rating or just step up to a 4s ESC? I've personally been thinking about 6s but I'm not so sure how the wing structure would hold up to very much G force. I have been testing with some ideas have have experienced some challenges which maybe I'll disclose in a future video. I tend to feel like most airframe engineers/designers have promoted the aircraft in its happy medium setups of wingload, handling, power, and most importantly the price point. Much modifications in one area can leave areas of lack in others, but that's the fine of exploring in RC Aviation. 🤔😃

@@HappyRCFlyer 60amp skywalker is what i use . It only goes up to 41amps at 100% and almost unlimited vertical

Thank you!

@@HappyRCFlyer It was fun, let's continue to enjoy RU-vid together.😊

Fpv is awesome! I fly mine 700size md500h with headtracking as well! Flying acro, inverted flights is the coolest

@@robertlunatic I met Robert (the motionsic guy) when I bought his unit as it was pretty close. Not clear if I monitored when he flew inverted or heard the other young kid screaming I'm getting dizzy. I can't wait I fly basic aerobatics. Do you fly rather smooth or do all those crazy 3d. Wonder if it is even possible. Kids always beat my imaginations, so I'll wait for someone uploads crazy 3d heli.

@@turboromy to fly crazy 3d i hard as you cant really see what youre doing from outside. Onbord camera should anyway be locked to horizon. But flying around trees in forest and stuff like thats is really cool with head motion, but it takes time to get used to it. You can see some clips on my page

@@turboromy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gM6U3xoC6AI.html

Agreed, I've never had any close calls by using that method! But one accident can ruin all the fun pretty quickly!

We’ve had at least 2 members of my club make trips to the hospital due to full throttle launches that result in forearm cuts!!!

Hmm... did you mean that comment for this video? 🤔😁

Thanks for your comment! I haven't setup mine with FPV but I hope to soon! I'll watch for signal issues and see how it goes. Have you only experienced signal issues with one particular AirUnit or do you use the same Camera/Transmitter combo in different aircrafts? Just wondering if it's possible you picked up a defective AirUnit or maybe having High-Temp power cutoff? You do know it comes factory with that enabled and most guys I know will install a cooling fan and disable that setting. Although if you disable that, it can be "easy" to overheat if it's just setting on the ground with no air flow, like before or after a flight. Maybe you have thought of these things already but didn't think it would hurt to mention. Sorry to hear you're having issues, by the way.

@@HappyRCFlyer Thanks for response. Yes, no heat issues as I mounted everything on outside except the camera. I tried my Air Unit on another FPV plane and it worked fine. Just something weird going on with this big wing. It was funny, it did the same thing with the old 5.8 analog system as well. I will try some different antenna config. and maybe that will help. If not, I will just pull the FPV gear and enjoy flying it line-of-sight. Thanks again and good luck with your FPV set-up.

@MrVerno1960 ; Very Interesting! When I get mine setup and test it, I'll let you know how it goes and maybe shoot another video on FPV Setup. Thanks again for the info and heads-up! Much appreciated! 👍🏻

Sounds like vtx over heating .

I'm not so sure it's a design flaw as much as it might be the Give-And-Take of me using a bigger battery to achieve longer flight times. Maybe more testing and tinkering is in order and maybe a future videos with better explanation. 🤔

No canard as an extra point of possible failure needed, thanks.