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Freewing F/A-18 4S High Performance 64mm EDF Jet "Royal Maces" - PNP Reviews

4.6 Rating 137 Reviews
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I have not actually flown this one yet...having said that I have several other EDF's in the 64mm size that fly great...they're easy to transport in one piece for quick flights when time is an issue, seem to buck the wind quite well...( better than expected) the only thing is that they are sorta small so depending on the color they can, in certain attitudes get hard to see quickly is too far away. Otherwise they're great fun for a rather small investment...
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Posted 5 years ago
Great flying Plane love it. Only gripe is with the Elevator setup if you start out with having them level to the ground you'll be adding plenty of up trim, but once she's trimmed out she's a blast. Not super fast but she's far from slow...
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Posted 5 years ago
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Looks so good. Sounds great and flies really well even with 3 cell 2200 With 3 cell it needs some runway and sky and power management, but still my favorite., Could use a rudder and I can't wait to try 4 cell. But still a must have.
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Posted 5 years ago
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What to say? It was nice from the first moment, mounted as raccomanded by the istruction, set dual rate and take of!! Not a singol problem! After 10 second in the maidem flight I was already doing loop and rolls! A really good model for entering the edf scene! If I had to say something negative it’s that It isn’t The most powerfull model. But anyway capable of 100km/h and more! Really a good model!
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Posted 5 years ago
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Bought this last year, but due to weather and covid its first flight was last night....Build was easy and very smooth with high quality fit and finish. definately a cut above other foamies.As others have said, guesswork required for the tailplane neutral position. I assume the leading edge to follow the horizonal mould line on the fuselage which proved to be correct.Installed a newish 4s Turnigy 2.2 (think 30-50c burst) lipo and cg was spot on.First flight last night in perfect conditions, light breeeze, off a long, firm grass runway (grass was cut short)Thrust felt good at stand still but acceleration was sluggish and the take off run Very very long! It struggled into the air and eventually gained a little airspeed. Flight characteristics were excellent, minimal trim correction required, nicely harmonized controls but very sluggish performance. I only did a few circuits before landing, again handled nicely with surprising good low speed handling.Got it down safe and well. Thinking perhaps i had an issue with the battery, i tried another, more well used example that i know to be ok. That did not even have the power to get it off the ground.I can only surmise that i will have to invest in a significantly higher spec battery before the next flight!In summary, it is a very nice quality kit with good flight characteristics, however even this high performance spec is Very marginal on power (gawd knows what the std one would be like?!)
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Posted 5 years ago
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First flight was a disaster. Way too much aileron throws. Had to replace whole body. After repairs second en following flights were great. Beautiful little edf! Could have a little more power though.
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Posted 5 years ago
Done very well
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Posted 5 years ago
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcMlGvBmKP0I bought this jet for my son who is all into jets now. He has been flying for about 1 and a half years. He told me that this jet is very easy to fly and very stable. This jet is not a speed rocket but it is still very fast! The assembly was very easy. It does require a little bit of gluing for the vertical stabilizers, front nose and engine exhaust. The wings are just held on by screws and so are the elevators. Overall, this jet is beautiful to look at in the sky as well as on the ground! If you are already comfortable with flying 4-channel planes and want to get into jets, then this is a great start!Here is the maiden video link!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcMlGvBmKP0
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Posted 6 years ago