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Freewing F9F-8 Cougar Super Scale 80mm EDF with Gyro - PNP Reviews

4.7 Rating 120 Reviews
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2nd, yep.. Cougar 1 was purchased as an ARF, I purchased the recommended fan, motor and ESC. Beautiful fit and finish, construction was without issue. Maidan flight went without incident, no gyro in the plane. The subsequent 8-10 flights over the next two weeks were great. The jet flew like it was on rails, slowed down for nice easy landings, really a joy to fly. The incident- so, 2 minutes into a normal flight I lost all power to the aircraft, no flight control or thrust. I watched it go in nose first. The fuselage was really the only damaged part of the airframe. I considered just buying a new fuselage and transferring everything. I would have likely wound up with the same results. Many people looked over the crash, no one had a good explanation. So I just purchased a new Cougar, PNP. To date I have 5-6 flights on it. This Cougar came with the gyro setup, it’s really a great EDF to fly. I went with 4* just due to the electrical issue on the first jet.
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This is a wonderful scale looking 80mm. It’s powerful and smooth. Using a Pulse 5000 50C, it takes off very quickly on grass. I achieved very scale takeoffs pretty easily. I found the jet to be easy to see despite the color. The best landings required a bit of power all the way down. Although it didn’t happen to me in many flights, I can see how a hippity hop can develop if you’re careless so get it slowed down. I flew it with and without stores and couldn’t see a difference other than it slowed down better for landings. I never needed reverse so haven’t tried that. My battery placement was exactly where Wesley had his and that was perfect. I needed very little elevator trim and that was it. Flight time on the 5000 was 3:20. I also flew a Pulse 5500 70C at the same location on the tray and it still balanced surprisingly. Now the best - the sound. It’s hard to describe but the howl is unlike anything I’ve heard from an EDF jet. Easily five stars for me.
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A fantastic model tha fly fast and slow. One of the best Freewing model I had (the other is 90mm F22 Raptor). Moreover the model is very beautiful with all the scale details (including the lights)!
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Everybody's been talking about how good this plane flies, I found out for myself today. No trim flew like it was on rails that gyro is really doing the job. It's like flying a sports car. Thumbs up, Is what definitely recommend for intermediate flyer.A+++
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Really nice flyer. Mine has really strong pitch down with full flaps which was easy to mix out. Lands real nice, but something I haven't seen others mention is the gear is a bit narrow and it can get tippy during rollout. Not a big deal, just keep it straight until it slows down. I made a video of aerobatics this plane does well.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW15ElFBk2Q
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Great product. Everything fit perfectly
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Ottimo servizio e molto professionali
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Zero problems, flies great. Lands even better!
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