9+ minute flight time with X-Fly Su-27 twin 50mm EDF

[dominicm]

I wouldn't have thought long flight times were possible with an EDF jet. Seems I was wrong!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrIq7ZYHqGw

[mkennard]

The aircraft looks very unstable, maybe that was the wind. I could see the direction finder but not the distance to you in the HUD, where was that?

[turboplanner]

18 minutes ago, mkennard said:

The aircraft looks very unstable, maybe that was the wind. I could see the direction finder but not the distance to you in the HUD, where was that?

RC aircraft have a much greater power to weight ratio than the real thing so things happen a lot faster.

This is a first flight so there may be bell crank changes, but also some pilots are better than others at modulation, and some are not trying to imitate real flight appearances.

[dominicm]

Bad cross wind on that day and we get turbulence off the top of the trees at that location. I was focussing on reading the telemetry more than smooth flying most of the time. Some improvements still to make. Not sure why distance to home wasn't showing in the telemetry. I will look into that. And because I'm using a flight controller I will on future flights take advantage of the gyro stabilisation.

[mkennard]

Thanks, since flying Ultralights I don't have time to fly RC anymore which is a pitty because I loved it. I love watching your videos.

[facthunter]

A lot of leading edge sweepback has to make control touchy and need gyro  stabilisation anyhow.  Nev