MAD PILOTING! ✈️ Exploring the Limits of the Raptor's Flight Envelope!
37Check these few crazy RC Jet Flights with the Freewing 8S 90mm EDF F-22 Raptor, performing radical and unconventional aerobatic maneuvers at low speeds and beyond the stalling point to explore and find out where the limits of the Raptor's flight envelope truly are!
This video is also pretty special because it marks achieving the 200 flights milestone with the F-22 (Although I have already nearly reached 500 flights, but the editing queue is long, lol).
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These were flights 199th to 203rd on 'Scarlett'.
Pilot: RC4ever
Ground video: Luis Ibáñez
Airfield: Club Els Cards
Chapters:
00:00 - Flight 200th
03:22 - Flight 199th
06:56 - Flight 201st
09:42 - Flight 202nd
13:24 - Flight 203rd
SPECS (Reflecting my setup):
Freewing F-22 Raptor Ultra Performance 8S 90mm EDF Jet - PNP
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:
2x 9g Digital hybrid gear
2x 17g Digital metal gear (Later replaced by Promodeler DS150)
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: HRB 2x 4S 4200mAh 60C (around 800g combined)
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 the pilot figure and nose gear light, installed a HE A3S3 gyro (which required physical servo reversing of one stabilator servo, inverting the motor and potentiometer wires), added a green LED to make a fake HUD reflection effect, airbrushed the canopy to make it look golden-tinted, like the full-scale one. Need to pick the sun at the right angle to show up though!
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