Volantex Ranger 2400 757-9
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2018
- BANGGOOD link- bit.ly/2L8N37j 2.4m wingspan Ranger. Very well designed with good components, tough plastic fuselage and enormous wing area. Removable big wheel landing gear and steerable tail wheel. Designed to carry large batteries for long flight times. Finished weight 1750g, flying weight 2300g with 2 x 3000 4S. CG marks at 70mm
Specs from Banggood product page
Volantex Ranger2400 2400mm Wingspan Professional FPV Carrier RC Airplane Glider 757-9 PNP
Features
Special airfoil design for carrying big weight
5-channel control
Duration 40mins
Plastic fuselage of space for carrying large batteries
Specification
Wingspan: 2400mm
Overall Length: 1230mm
Flying Weight: 1.7kg
Prop Size: 10”Propeller
Motor Size: 4023/1000 brushless motor
Speed Control : 40A Switch-mode BEC brushless ESC
Servo 9-gram Servo * 6pcs included
Recommended Battery: 14.8v 5000mah lipo
Charger: Balance charge+Power adaptor
Flaps: Yes
Retracts: No
Radio: 2.4Ghz 5-Channels
Minimum Age Recommendation: 14 years
Experience Level: Beginners ~ Expert
Recommended Environment: Outdoor
Assembly Time: Less than half hour
Is Assembly Required: Yes
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Been waiting for a proper video of this plane!! Can't wait for the flight video! Keep up the good work Andrew!
Looking forward to the flight testing, Thank You for sharing!
Great aeroplane Andrew and very helpful video . I like this plane.
Thats awesome! It sure does look at, even at the larger size.
As you say
Real stuff is the way we progress and it was a large compliment after watching other stuff on youtube
another as it is video Andrew, i do enjoy the no frills style of your video. looks a good plane and im looking forward to the first flight
Thanks Julian, I'm no good a padding or small talk
That looks amazing Andrew, looking forward to the maiden mate.
What a big cream puff Andrew. A large pusher is ideal for LR FPV. I'm liking this one mate. Keep warm.
Looking forward to seeing it fly.
Great video. Loved the info, also great palne
Nice one Andrew. I am looking forward to the flight video.
Haha 2.4mtrs!!! it's going to glide FOREVER!! very interesting vid :-) looking forward to the flight!!
Not coming soon enough! LOL So looking forward to this! Fantastic work as always Andrew. Can't say how grateful I am for all the time, effort, energy, passion and insight you put into this channel. Thank you!
Uploading now, thanks BG
Can't wait to get mine in the air!
Great video Andrew [as always]. Can't wait for the maiden. Finally getting cool fall weather here. Last 90 degree day was [probably] yesterday.
Greetings Florida USA.
We had 82F here today, perfect
Andrew, if folks don't have the right size drill bit to alter the servo horn hole, a good way is to gently heat the end of the push-rod and use that. Gives an exact size for no slop. Look forward to the flight video. Thanks once more.
Excellent tip, one I use myself
Rather nice. 👍
I will steal your foarm-block-battery-holder idea.
Just so you know ^^
Also you have a new sub.
Welcome and Go the foam block!
Andrew, great stuff, looks like you will be first one to do a flight video, well done mate
Uploading now, amazingly efficient, long flight times ahead
Have ordered one due any day
Just looks ideal on a large property
Oh yes, that's what it's designed for.
I am making the same plane as you.
Your video is a great help to me.
Thank you
Excellent, good luck
Amazing looking plane my friend. I have just ordered 2000mm one but I must check this baby also. Great video, thanks for posting and big salute from Slovenia, Pilot Robert
I like the 2000 better, much easier to handle. The 2400 is good for long distance and carrying heavy gear.
@@AndrewNewton I hope that I will get it today my friend. Cant wait to test it.
Man alive, it looks like you’ve shrunk! That’s a big un.
Haha, yes it's insane
Nice servo tips as well:) I bet a lot of new folks might not know about mechanical differential.
2400!!!!?????? Mental!!
Now that definitely won't fit in my backpack :) I'm not sure I'd fancy hand-launching it either. But it is a bit special
It's ridiculous, and I'm excited
oh no... now I feel inadequate as a RC plane nerd without a pair of z-bend pliers
Maybe Bruce can buy you some for your birthday
Andrew Newton lol
I am looking at this and I am wanting digital metal gear servos with a flight controller to get the flight down as smooth as butter. I can imagine that this plane can sail like it's on glass.
Hello Andrew!!! Thanks for sharing this video, let's go to the next flight? ... Best regards ... What's new on my channel? A video with flight details of the Volantex FPV 757-3 ... its 2 meter wingspan results in a smooth and fairly stable flight in reasonable wind conditions ... this was another certification test of my 757-3 with Arkbird on board ... you are always welcome !!!
Excellent tip on avoiding adverse yaw. Would love to give this beast a try but not sure about transporting that long fuse in my cramped boot. Does the tail assy. also remove easily for transport?
Not easily. 4 screws that would eat out the plastic with repeated screwing, and 2 push rods.
@@AndrewNewton Aha. Thanks
I like the bushplane style undercarrige, looks boss. Take off from the beach then slope soar. I'll be keen to see how durable the tail wheel is.
I think the mains are mounted too far back to be useful, flies so much better without them
Hey Andrew, been watching a bunch of your videos recently and loving them, really impressed with how knowledgeable you seem to be with gliders and planes.
I come from racing drones for a couple of years now and have just gotten (after a failed wing experience) my first plane, a Ranger 2000. Loving it, such an easy platform, but I’m struggling to diagnose flight characteristics.. it seems to not want to come back to level once you start banking to turn, it almost wants to pull itself over the wing and keep rolling, end up on full deflection to manhandle it back to level.
Should I be looking at CG still? Or is this possibly something to do with not enough air speed?
Thanks again for all of your videos, they’re helping a lot and very entertaining
Thanks Cody. Strange, you should be able to fly with tiny little stick corrections. Where is your CG and how much movement do you have on the ailerons?
Andrew Newton cg is almost bang on the markings on the wing, I left it a touch more nose heavy as I’ve heard that is always safer than tail heavy, especially for beginners. Ailerons would have maybe 35 degrees of travel, I did think this seemed a little low, but since it’s such a large model and I’m planning some long range flights, I thought this might equate to a more stable and less touchy flight?
Thanks for your help!
Have you tried folding props with these motor glider style planes? Just wondering how much practical difference they make. Bet they are harder to balance.
Not really needed and they just add complication.
Was wondering about the folding props too
Probably not a bad price for such a long range capable plane. I wonder how efficient it is, especially if those wheels were configured to be dropped.
Looks great! Can you put more than 10" propeller there? And how much KV for this motor? I wonder if I could add more weight so the flying weight will be 3000-3500 gram.
Hello Andrew.
Would you use differential adverse yaw tip to use the plan in Inav?
I have not used it with INAV, but all you need to do is increase the MIN value for the aileron servo in the Outputs page. eg change from 1000 to 1250
Hi Andrew, when you fitted the horizontal and vertical stabiliser did you give it some hot glue love ?
Not yet, seems to be fine
Thank you
Hi Andrew, I am trying to setup mechanical aileron diff on my new P2Kv2, using a single channel for both ailerons, but my ailerons are moving more down than there are up, please could i have your guidance? I did angle the servo arm, the same as in your video, towards the front of the wing.
More angle on the servo arm, and you can move the control horn back from the hinge as well.
Does it makes sense to apply that part with the mechanically differential aileron at the servo horn position for the ASW 28? You doesn"t mentioned this on your ASW build up video, but I think it could be beneficial for the ASW 28 too. However I would be glad about your opinion about this :-)
Yes, many models would benefit from this
@@AndrewNewton Thanks a lot for your fast reply! If I have further questions or issues about my ASW built I will post it on your ASW Build video.
Thankfully regards
Waiting for my monster ranger 😀
Excellent, it's impressive.
Nice done video, Andrew! I also have seen your other videos about this Model. And i think that is really a "great" Bird, not only in size! I have the Ranger 2000, also a good model. Do you recommend to buy the big brother? Thanks and Cheers, Frank
Only if you need the extra capacity.
I'm sure it will live up to it's junior brothers excellent performance. My only concern is shipping damage. My 2000 got the same wing damage as most others reported. I think 2400 is starting to push the Australia post friendship, with the Mondayitis dropkick stompfest even more likely..
Mine was mostly OK, wing tips were a bit bent up. But yes the box is not enough
At least the Volantex foam self repairs fairly well with 55 degree water.
Hello Andrew, hope you are doing well.
I would like to change the stock motor.
I just revived a new esc: hobby wing 60a.
Gonna fly digital with a 4 s pack battery.
Which motor would you suggest considering ranger 2400 motor mount ?
Greetings
Something the fits and has the same thrust. I didn't change mine.
@@AndrewNewton thank you Andrew!
Hello! Nice and well done video, but i have a few questions aboute the plane. You are putting in 2x 4S 3000 mah batteries in youre plane. How long flight time do you get out of this setup. I am wondering if you qould have some bigger batteries in there whitout messing with the CG. And what flight time would that add up to. 60 min with a 10 000 mah battery? Also, this video is 4 years old, is the plane still relevant or is there a new plane comming soon?
Thanks Samuel. Watch the maiden video for all that information. Just have to move bigger batteries back to keep CG. This is still the best big motor glider available.
@@AndrewNewton Thanks Andrew for youre quick response!
Enjoyed the video review although it's four years ago. Volantex is still making this model. Did you ever make a new motor mount for the 2400?
Have you thought about 3D printing one so that a larger prop could be used?
Thanks. No I thought the stock setup was fine
Thanks for you timely reply. Keep up the good reviews.
I would like to have it as light as possible (for soaring). From cg point of view, can I fit only 1 lipo 3s 3000 mAh ?
Not enough nose weight I suspect. I needed 2 x 3000 4S
hi Andrew im watching your videos with great pleasure ! they are very useful. thank you.
I've been a FPV airplane pilot for a long time. I recently traveled 60 km with Skywalker 1880.
but I want to fly the glider model for thermal. And I decided to change my plane. Ranger looks good. I think is enough for me.
and I ordered R 2400 today. I'm sure the motor esc is good.
but I am not sure of the quality of Ranger 2400 servos. hmm Is it enough for 2.5 kg flight _?
I will use 2x 6000mah lion batteries for long distance flights.
sometimes I'll do thermal pleasure flight with single 6000 lion battery.
what do you recommend quality servo brand ''digital or analog '' unaffected by 1.3 video frequency?
thank to you for your answer
Servos are plastic 9g. I would change them all to Analog metal gear. Something like Turnigy MG9018 or Tower Pro MG90S
Thanks for your reply ! all right and would you suggest Hitech hs 65mg and ES08MAII Emax servo _?
@@-McFly- Yes, both perfect choices
regards Andrew
Andrew, did you have adverse yaw on your Moth? This one is interesting... But I have no room. :(
Yes I did, needs rudder to look good. It sure does need some room, but it fits in my SUV easily with the wings on
I bought a mini van for it. $36,000 just so I can fit a foam Moth in with the wings on. LOL We are nutz... ;)
Excellent, I chose the Tucson for the plane carrying space too. Downloaded XPlane after seeing your images. Do you use a joystick?
Yep!!! This one... www.pcaviator.com.au/store/product.php?productid=400630 Twist for the rudder and XPlane supports it. You're gonna love XPlane. Lots of Australia stuff!
Have you considered setting up crow braking? I think I'm going to try that on mine.
Flaps are enough for this one. Crow for gliders
What a monster, cant wait for the flight..
Do you think it will get off the ground with you on it though ????? :)
Oh the humanity!
Keeps us sane!!
Hello, great video. Can this plane carry a SONY NEX camera?
Yes, it will carry anything
Andrew, do you have any theory as to why the Ranger 2400 costs almost twice as much as the Phoenix 2400? The Ranger would seem better suited as an FPV platform because of the motor location, but from a manufacturing standpoint there seems to be obvious reason why the Ranger is so much more expensive. Hopefully the price difference is not mainly attributable to the useless landing gear and tundra tires that everyone will be throwing in the trash anyway...
This info on Bangood says 14.8 volts. Seems like 3S, so your 4s may draw too much current for the ESC. Just a thought.
ESC is 2-4S and the plane specs say 4S, but I think a 50A ESC would be safer
its massive u could maybe use is for catching thermals??
Easily
Can you tell me how much space is for the batteries?
178 mm
52 mm
53 mm
I put it ? THX
I don't have it now but it would probably fit 2 of those easily
@@AndrewNewton OK THX
How do you compensate with the cog not being achieved even with battery all the way in front?
Bigger battery or add a second battery like I did in the video
@@AndrewNewton I found some weights to add in the front. Maiden flight I didn't expect the COG to be SO off on a new airplane. Seems like they would have mentioned that in the manual. The plane went straight UP in the air, then I let off the power, and it went straight DOWN head first into the ground. No damage. Now I see the COG is so OFF, it's balanced on the COG line, seems SO nose heavy to me. But, off I go to maiden flight 2, let's hope it takes to the air. !!!! Jerry ( yes, I normally check the COG, but didn't on this one because it's so big, I just assumed it would be correct with mounting a battery in the battery tray somewhat centered )
CG can go back to 85mm
@@AndrewNewton well, tried all afternoon to get it up, no luck, went all the way down the runway and no lift off at full power, nose so heavy it would not take off, took out 1 weight at a time and still nose heavy. No luck. Wonder why the manual didn't address this. I'll try cog at the point you mentioned. This plan so far won't fly. Or goes straight up. By the time I get it figured out, my not have a plane! VOLANTEX should have put out a immediate revision.
@@jerryfaughn4495 For runway takeoff I would use half flaps. Also make sure you have the prop on the right way, numbers facing forward. Are you using 4S battery?
Do the wings fit the ranger 1600?
No, too big to fit
@@AndrewNewton That's to bad. Thank you for the fast reply!
Some of the fields you fly from look quite tricky
A few obstacles but we are quite lucky really
I set my flaps up so that they can also go up acting like spoilers.
Spoilers are more useful than flaps for floaty and fast models
I ordered mine from Banggood before Chinese New Year and they *just now* sent me an email saying that it was returned by customs. Two weeks wasted. It failed security check for some reason (too large?). Another person on RCGroups reported the same problem. There seems to be an eBay seller out of Hong Kong offering it for a substantially higher price, but I hesitate to order it for fear of the same problems with customs.
Looks like a Ranger 2400 is not in my future :-(
I want something that can carry at least 1.2 to 1.5 kg of batteries and still have fairly short landing distances. (large wing area, flaps, etc)
I guess I have to look elsewhere.
Very disappointing! What country are you in?
@@AndrewNewton I'm in the US. I've been looking at some of the bulkier twin motor planes better suited to mapping like the X-UAV Clouds and Believer, but I still really like the simplicity, easy launch and slower landing capability of the Volantex Ranger series.
I sent an email to Banggood asking them to stock it in a US warehouse. Of course, that's not going to happen for awhile.
I need the official product specifications. How can I find it?
What have you tried so far?
can i tie the grandkiids to the bumper like i do my suburban
Haha, they would love it
Batteries in Parallel??
Oh yes, otherwise it would be 8S !
Sell the undercarriage...buy a new stool with the money! 7:51
Looking forward to the first flight. Should thermal well.
Hahaha, well said.
HD Camera between those undercarriage legs Andrew..?..so you dont molest that lovely canopy.
C.A.R.....Coupled....Aileron.....Rudder.....On a switch for when manual flying, you will need it, guaranteed.
Flight Controller won't need it for GPS Modes, it will use Aileron AND Rudder anyway.
You dont have the G2 Ranger in that Family photo...?
Or A.R.M? Aileron Rudder Mixing? Anyway it definitely needs a CAR or an ARM. Yes I did forget the G2 for the photo, realised as soon as I put them all away.
Will it Slope?!?!?
Yes
Undercarriage? Chuck everything!!!
I agree!
Of course
Dear friend,
I have exactly that airplane: Still use the original motor and ESC, just changed the prop but same size, just APC style.
I Have been running with 3s battery and flies good.
I bought some " Lithium 35A 21700 3100mah" cells and after watching yours videos im thinking in making 4s battery packs. However, im afraid to overload the ESC or the motor and burn one or both (cause i have done a lot in the past) !!
So, do you think its safe with this setup to run 4s pack?!
Thanks
Best regards
4S is no problem at all for this one
@@AndrewNewton nice!
Thanks for reply!
Best regards
Your reviews are totally un american and always full of the real stuff
Haha, I'll take that as a compliment. Talk is cheap Real stuff is important