FREEWING F-14A TOMCAT TWIN 64MM RADIO SETUPS & X-PLANE ? by FGFRC

This plane is and was a nightmare for me. I harvested it for the few good parts it had and the other 90% is now in the local landfill. I just wish I never hit that buy button. I lost $500!!!!!

[FatGuyFliesRC]

FINALLY GOT THE RIGHT RECEIVER IN!!! and a surprise!!!!

[RMC]

Nice looking plane! Easy to see in the air too! Thanks for including the speed of these planes in your videos!

[notoo]

I have had similar adventures with this plane including installing the connection on the receiver upside down. Moving forward I will no longer order planes until I have researched them more. Due to my stubbornness, I have bought a total of three of these, first one crashed due to electronics and ESC issue. Second one, pilot error, my buddy volunteered to repair and test fly it. The third one I installed an Spektrum AR10360, so it has SAFE/AS3X, what a pain to program, hope to test fly it this weekend, pending on weather.

[cybersecuritydeclassified]

I did the same thing on my 10T lol. Thought I was going crazy, I'm used to light colored facing up!

[Mikeylikesit]

You should use flight modes for flap Elevator mix so you can do it while flying. Also I flew my friends and didn't need the mix. I did the maiden with gyro off, 2nd into the flight I put the as3x mode on and was fine

[ShadowVFX]

Best of luck. Might want to check your CG on the fuselage marks instead of the wings, just to be safe. On my plane I got wildly different balance from one versus the other.

[Gatorboydc]

Did you test the CG with the fuselage marks? Freewing Engineering China has suggested this is more accurate.

[kolbyblaine]

This plane does not need the flap-elevator mix that the manual recommends.

I have a good two dozen flights on mine with 4000-5900mah packs. I have yet to figure out how Freewng concluded needing the mix.

[Gatorboydc]

On the flap offsets it's not 1 and 2%. It's 1mm and 2mm down elevator

[twincitymoo]

Where are you placing the antennaes for the RX? I have the same RX and would like to place the RX and antennaes in the same spot as you.

[smoke]

Is there any concern when putting the clear coat on that it gets in an area it shouldn’t be? Curious if it would bind anything up.

[braddarnell]

My Spektrums have the tiniest plus and minus on them. We are about the same age and I almost need my glasses and a magnifier to see it.

[AerospaceMatt]

Hey I have a question that you might be able to answer. I recently purchased an AR10360T for my 80mm Motion Tomcat and for whatever reason it won’t arm. I’ve updated my NX10 and checked for an update on the RX. It binds, and sends telemetry. But when I plug in the battery I get the initial beep, followed by the cell count beeps, and no arming beep. The controls don’t move. I contacted horizon and they sent me another one. That one also does the exact same thing. I’ve done everything I can think of (including watching your video on AS3X/Safe setup) and after fully setting it up it still doesn’t work. It should act as a sport RX even if AS3X isn’t set up. Any ideas? Thanks!

[SafetyThirdRC]

I have watched three separate maiden flites with this airplane.
One was near perfect.
The other two ended in disaster.
Do not get this bird low and slow.
No high alpha on approach.
The three mistake rool turns into one big mistake.
Role out don't pull out.
Best of luck to you.
Cheers

[itzjoeylo]

Mathematically, your mid rates s/b 85% not 80%. 70% low - 85% mid - 100% high rates