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Freewing T-33 Shooting Star USAF 80mm EDF Jet - PNP Reviews

4.8 Rating 262 Reviews
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Excellent plane - much anticipated - very well made, sturdy and an excellent flyer! Arrived In perfect condition. Really pleased and did not disappoint!
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Posted 6 years ago
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The plane arrived in excellent condition and service was great. The plane is fantastic!
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My plane arrived in perfect condition, no packing damage, no shipping damage. Went together with a few screws - quick and easy. Bound it up to receiver - everything works. Wheels a little squeaky but a bit of oil has fixed that. Main gear doors (spring loaded) were sticky but some oil on the hinges fixed it. Haven't flown it yet so answer to last question is a guess.
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I'm a vintage jet/warbird RC flyer primarily. As soon as the T-33 was announced, I preordered it. The preorders arrived at the factory and were shipped out over a week in advance of the predicted date. When the PNP kit arrived, it was well packed and without any defects to either the finish or the electromechanics. I assembled it as quickly as was promised in Motion's T-33 Assembly YouTube video. There were not difficulties or surprises as I assembled the plane. The one mod that I did make was to remove the blue box and wing-interface multi-connectors, as I prefer to run the control-surface servos (especially the ailerons and elevator) directly to the receiver, and very seldom do I remove the wings. The blue box is not needed to operate this aircraft; it's simply a convenience. The maiden flight was easy, requiring very minimal in-flight trimming. The ailerons were very touchy though, and prior to the second flight, I'd mechanically reduced the throw and increased the expo from 30% to 40% for the ailerons, and that tamed the T-33 very nicely for the second, third, and fourth flights that day. The T-33 is a breeze to fly. It has a very capable power train which allows for speedy flight, and as expected the T-33 flies very well at slow speed, too. It flies so well at slow speed, in fact, that I overshot my landing all four times. I just not used to flying a warbird/jet that is as floaty as this T-33 is. My flight day had very low winds, but I could imagine the T-33 getting bounced around on windy days; so, a 3-axis stabilizer may help on windy days, especially for landing. Although the price is slowing rising on Motion's aircraft, I felt that I got my money's worth with the peppy power train and stout oleo gear. I'm very, very happy with the T-33, and am glad to have grabbed one from the first batch to arrive at Motion.
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Posted 6 years ago
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Doesn’t take much time or effort to make flyable. Almost everything bolts together. Really like the servo less doors.can’t wait to fly it.
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Great EDF - I fly at altitude and this jet flies awesome. Very quick and stable. Love it!
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Posted 6 years ago
This should be any one new to edf's, their first plane. I flew mine 6 times the first time I flew it, it is just real solid in the air, easy to see and slows to a crawl with flaps to landing. I don't know that mixing of elevator to flaps is necessary as I moved the cg back a little from the recommended one. This flies as well as the Avanti as far as flight characteristics. I would definitely suggest buying this one
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This a very good kit very easy to build Would fall into categories of advance pilot
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