F-22 Raptor ✈️ Pushing the Limits!
34Been flying the Raptor quite a lot lately and I have taken a liking to flying it in inverted high alpha. The plane doesn't 'like' normal high alpha but it totally owns the game when inverted, even without thrust vectoring, so that's remarkable! :)
Tuckie was kind enough to shoot some video of the flights, so thanks to him! :D
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These were flights 58th to 59th on 'Scarlett'.
Pilot: RC4ever
Ground video: Tuckie
Airfield: Club Els Cards
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 Panther 2x 4S 3000mAh 75C
- 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!
Link to the product page (8S Freewing F-22 Raptor):
https://www.motionrc.eu/products/freewing-f-22-raptor-ultra-performance-8s-90mm-edf-jet-pnp
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