Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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It was about time to make a new split screen video showing my hands on Tx while flying a jet! Many interesting things can be derived from this but note that the apparent 'shaky fingers' is not just a matter of jitters/adrenaline, but some of my flight commands and corrections actually do look like that (as in, several short-duration impulses instead of a prolonged stick deflection). Notice the fingers only 'shake' at certain parts of the flight, not throughout the entire thing ;)

Anyway, this was a pretty radical flight demonstration with the Gripen so it made for a perfect demonstration of what I'm doing down on the ground.
From cobras, backflips, loaded rolls and snappy maneuvers to upright and inverted flat spins, high speed slow rolls, high alpha, etc.

Hope that's helpful to some!
The video plays first in slow motion to better appreciate stick movements, then it's played back in real time to get a better grasp on duration of the inputs and throttle management.

Another cool thing to be appreciated in this video is gyro operation on canards as you can see them pitching down at many point where I am not physically pushing the nose down. I've explained that in more detail over the forums (Hobbysquawk/RCGroups), so you can find more info there.

Sit back and enjoy! :D

CG in here must have been around 32mm aft of what the manufacturer recommends.

Again, I am using an upgraded 8S 80mm Jetfan EDF with a 1865kv HET motor. I had to cover the cheater hole with a mosquito net to protect my expensive investment from an otherwise inevitable FOD considering the conditions of my gravel-dirt runway so the jet isn't even displaying it's full thrust potential. This obviously has an effect on performance and current draw. Sadly this setup is too amp hungry and can only get two and a half to three minute flights with throttle management and 3Ah packs. The batteries also struggle to deliver the amps, despite being Panther packs that are pretty heavy/capable. Overall the Jetfan is indeed an improvement in performance over stock setup, but the short resulting flight time kinda defeats the purpose, need to go to higher capacity batteries, and using lower-C packs to keep the weight in check.

These were flights 75th on 'Jana'.

Pilot: Airguardian
Ground video: Luis Ibáñez
Airfield: Club Els Cards
Music: Ethan Meixsell

SPECS (Reflecting my setup):

Model Scale: 1/9th
Wingspan: 882mm
Length: 1613mm
Weight: 2350g (w/o batteries)
TOW: 3400g
CG: 25-30mm aft of factory recommended position (molded into wings)
Material: EPO
Motor: HET-1865kv inrunner motor
EDF: 9-blade 80mm Jetfan
ESC: Freewing/Hobbywing Flyfun 150A 8S
Servos: All stock servos, 9g hybrid digital
Landing Gear: Electronic retractable w/ aluminum trailing link struts
Receiver: FrSky S8R gyro-stabilized receiver
Canards gyro: GWS PG-03 (added as a mod)
Separate UBEC: Freewing 8A (added as a mod)
Receiver battery: Rhino 2S 610mAh (added as a mod)
Main battery pack:
- Turnigy Nanotech 2x 4S 3300mAh 70C

More setup details:
rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=46318505&postcount=2099

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