RC Jet PERFECTION - Freewing F-14A Tomcat Twin 64mm

That is jolly Roger's sign on plane. Uss Nimitz. My dad was in vf-41.

Some people like the time of the landing gear sequence.
Also, is Dubro going out of business?

A most excellent review. Mine is all set up and ready for maiden. Just waiting for winter to end. Mine will be stock, using a Lemon 10-ch RX with no gyro activated, mounted at the front just ahead of the battery bay. I also have the FW 80mm F-14, which flies very well, no gyro, set up using much of RC Geek's parameters. (With this new 64mm, I think the 80mm will be discontinued.) Although there have been several crashes, there have also been many successful flights (on stock plane). I believe many of the crashes were from those who aren't as good as RC pilots/builders as they say they are. They don't understand how gyros work, how to test them before flight. It seems some don't understand what "gain" does or how that works. They don't understand the nuances of receiver brands, function, placement and testing thereof. (Like the fellow who uses CA to coat a thread that is wrapped around a plastic ball end - really?) This model is marketed for "intermediate/expert" RC hobbyists. Just because you've flown 200 planes does NOT necessarily mean you have progressed beyond "beginner", particularly when you lack the understanding of some of the aforementioned topics. I look forward to FW's Blue Bridge unit so that we can tweak the supplied gyro/flight controller (being able to tweak the gyro will help this plane fly better - the pre-set gains are inadequate for many flyers). The APP is already here. We just need that dongle to make it work.

Very good video, and it could be a good setup portion of the video if you're using a Spektrum transmitter. For those of us that are not using Spektrum transmitters it would have been nice if you included information about the throws such as how many millimeters or degree a throw should be set, so that way we can set it for our non Spektrum radios.

Jon there’s to different CG marks on this airplane “wings area or fuselage “ wich is the right one, if I do wings and then check with fuselage it will be nose heavy if I do wings and then confirm with fuselage mark it will be nose heavy. Wich is the correct CG in this airplane, THANKS IN ADVANCE

Great review. Love the detailed setup guide. Thank you!

is it true that one gets a shorter flight time on a higher c rating battery compared to a lower c rating battery with the same throttle usage? Since higher c rating batteries have a higher discharge.

Day 3 freewing f4

Hey Jon, when I leave the E20 gyro connector disconnected the gyro is defaulting to gyro on(green). How did you disable the E20 gyro?

You guys are much better and more realistic than other channels.

Dang it . I just got the 80mm setup and flying…haha.

Thanks for a great review. Im thinking of getting this one, but not sure how large a flying area it needs.There is is a football field near home and it is 150 × 150 mtr in size do you think that is enough space for a plane like this, or shalI find a more open space ? I have flown scale planes forever, this is my first jet.

I cant find the app on android ANYWHERE to turn off the stock gyro

Been flying this bird for 2 weeks now. All the problems I had was the nose wheel steering linkage come loose over time. Other than that, this jet rocks!

Hi love the review,
Have you a link to the wheels and receiver?
Regards

On the KMRC afterburner how can it be attached to the 2949-2500 motor as the 3 holes are all on one side?

At first i thought you skull on the tailfin is how it should be but that goes just for the let side (if u look at it from the front) the other is totaly out of place and angled like 30-40°. I don't get how freewing can mess this up so hard

Jon what do you think about the agfrc b13dlmv2 servos for the stabs instead of the hitecs?

Really useful video, thank you. I have more than enough EDF Jets already, four of which are Freewing! However, based on past experience and your video I've pulled the trigger on this one. Added bonus: With the wings folded, it should fit neatly in the car in one piece, so no need to assemble it at the flying field :)

You should do a video on the FlyFans Su-27 twin 64mm. I fly many of the jets seen on your channel and the FF su-27 is the most agile and lightweight one I have. The fit and finish is nowhere close to Freewing but the handling makes it worth it

Hey Jon, thanks for the video. Love watch the mods you do to all your planes. I purchased the Du-bro wheels but I realize the rod needs to be much longer for those wheels. Did you find a rods that fits or did you just used a rod with the same dia. and a collar? Thanks

I would pay extra for the twin 80 if it was built robust out of the box like we have to do to upgrade it to be flight capable. 80mm needs to be updated to a version 2 and I would buy it for sure if it had all the fixes, like the landing gear are very week even with grass opps upgrade. The trunions on the retracts are very week for the weight of the plane. They get loose very quickly allowing tons of play

Freewing owes us$500 and an apology.

What do you think about the hitec d85s instead for this jet

Hi. This is a great review. I'm going down the AR10360T route but your link to discord appears to have expired. Can you resend the link please. Thanks

Hey Jon, I’m in apex, where are some good places to fly? Thank you.

Topgun maverick

I’m about pick mine up and I just have a question re land configuration. My field has a fairly tight approach and I did see a video of someone saying that with the wings half swept it was much easier to land as apposed to zero sweep and full flaps. Any thoughts??

great review. I want to use a spektrum 10 channels as3x/ safe rx, and I was wondering if I can still use the stock board just for the gears and the wing sweep? and ail/ele/rud stabilized on my spektrum rx?

Hey man! About the Dubro tires- did you have to do any mod to make them fit?

I like the slower realistic landing gear

That landing gear got a 4?

bypassing the stock gyro be like: LEft ENGINE OUT RIGHT ENGINE OUT WE'RE IN A FLAT SPIN MAV!

Ok, I was NOT expecting this right off the start, but so glad it happened. "Finally! A fighter jet to fit Tom Cruise!" Shots fired! 😂👏

My friend and I took the wing to belt sander made the bottom flat reshape the top of the tip and I put wing fences on it so much better. It was always a good in takeoff and flying it’s second to none but that landing was always such a pain even getting it right it could still bite you now it’s tame and a very predictable airplane. I recommend.

Love it but you have too many mixes for a 4 minutes flight .

what is a gyro? Can someone please tell me what is a gyro and it's function? Is the gyro equivalent to the "SAFE" mode as on an Eflite f14 tomcat twin 40mm where the plane will self level?

What is the problem with the original stock servos you replaced with Hitec HS-85MG?

if i want it as my first one becuase i want to put an fpv head tracker in it. and what im hearig is thats a bad idea

Now that is a complicated setup...my brain hurts

Wondering if you had to open up some space on the elevator servo pockets to get the hitecs to fit since the servo extension plug would have to be near the servo pockets with new servos compared to the stock servos that had extra long leads joined straight from the servo body

I must be a dumbass, I cannot figure out how you made the AS3X gains variable on your F14, PS I have the NX10 with the expanded channels a 10 ch rx with the ailerons as flap/spoilers. Help! Roy PS a vid would be awsome.

Confused about one thing, with the throttle based sweep mix, does that mean when you flick switch 1, when the wings are fully extended at low throttle, that they'll still have reduced roll?

I got to say I like the way the rc f 14 tomcat flies (especially in midair).

is the 40mm model is more easy to fly and land? thanks

What is the website or app that you used thing the set up guide?

I got the low bounce wheels, much needed, but the pin is too short for them to fit. How did you correct this? Thanks for great reviews and all your help!

Thanks Jon for another great video!
Im using Frsky S8R stabilayzed receiver and I want to shutoff Freewing gyro without replacing all servo leads. Is that possible?