@@BrianPhillipsRC I´m a master of repeating mistakes of the past... But on the club I see also "professionals" in the hobby do some almost silly mistakes that cost a lot. So, it´s just "part of the hobby"...
@@ficosk8 I’ve been in the game since 2004. I saw that live stream with you your wife and Ryan. My first plane was a damn jet. I was stubborn. And it wasn’t foam. It was an HET f16 thunderbird Fiberglass. Needles to say it met the earth in holy matrimony. I flew it with a basic cheap radio with no programming. Then I got an art-tech ef-2000 from banana. Much success. From there it sky rocketed. I became super proficient. Then I worked at a hobby shop in south Florida. Paradise hobbies. I can tell you now in the world of rc flight there are many who think they never screw up. Best part of crashing is rebuilding and flying it like you don’t care which eventually makes you a better pilot. Lookin forward to more content BPRC. 🤜🤛
@@SONICBOOM-117 Hi Sonic! I suppose you were answering Brian, or both !? That´s a cool story! I would have been cool to see that HET! I suppose those fiber glass planes were sturdy for flats landings but meeting the ground on a steep angle and the were totally broken. Start I think just with bungee? I have seen a couple here in Germany also a jet with gas ducted fan :) I´ve been flying almost 2 years and I did not thought I would find by coincidence a hobby that would make me forget cycling and sport in general. It´s a great hobby and indeed I enjoy repairing my smashed models. It´s sad to see them totally broken but it´s also very nice to give them a second life :D cheers!
Brian I love your channel hence why I’ve been subscribed to you for a long time. Now I admit I’ve crashed some planes it is part of the hobby, but people come to you to learn about the hobby. Your recommendations, thoughts, opinions are important. The issue is that you’re always pushing your batteries beyond what they are manufactured to do, and those bad habits are perceived by the new pilots, which can bite them in the ass. Remember you are sponsored by companies that provide you products at no cost, however some people can only afford one or two planes at most. Just my two respectful cents of course. Keep up the good work sir.
Firstly, thanks for being here with us, and for a long time too. I *think* we get it! Losing a plane like this would be a HUGE issue, if we weren't in the position we're in, but you have to remember, we've been there too! I would behave differently if this was my only plane, but I'd also suggest nobody have this as their only plane. Also, we kinda have to "push it" to show these planes at their BEST, and sometimes beyond, but also, we're subjected to the same issues everyone else has, i.e. when a packs that die 10% quicker than we expected, but admittedly, this too is a factor that I COULD have caught, if I were flying this plane more, and not reviewing another 50-100 planes SINCE we got it. Most people will have TIME to nurture a plane like this, and to really refine the timers, and the tolerances of throttle management. To be honest, this pack (5000mAh 6S 100C Gen2 or Gen1) might have lived a long and terrible life, BUT I pointed that out in the video. Also, keep in mind, I have personally paid for HUNDREDS of lipos, and not every one was sent for review. We were blowing through $10,000 - 15,000 per year, or more, for many years before we got our first "free" plane, which is what we've always shared, so not sure what that has to do with anything. We show the products as we would use them, and sometimes we used them to DEATH...like many other RC enthusiasts, but admittedly, the HIGHER consequence planes (like this one) tend to still make me nervous. Also, many RC enthusiasts have much wider and longer runways, with clearer paths from which to final. This again, is MY choice, and not an "excuse" but it is what we face, and it's the SAME for most of the planes we review, which is why we do it this way - it gives YOU and the audience, a basis for comparison. I agree that we need to be fair and honest about showcasing these items, IF and when we share them in unrealistic situations, but we go to GREAT lengths to qualify much of what we do, and assume you'd be seeing this as you watch. P.S. If you can't afford to crash a plane, then you need to fly less expensive planes. This is a VERY hard reality for most of us normal, working class types. That being said, I'm not going to say, plan to lose every plane, but if you have to be so careful that it's no fun, then get a slower, simpler plane, and LOVE it...don't get into something that's going to bankrupt you (BTW not saying you, I'm saying it generically). This is something we talk about a lot, and hope people are listening. Most people don't listen to my WHOLE message, and I get it, but it's frustrating to be "held accountable" for NOT saying what I DO say, when many just really aren't listening to me say it. Does this make sense to you?
Dang it! I'm not really a Jets fan. But you really made this plane look great. From the straight as an arrow takeoff to the scale like flying. Not to mention the sound.
Thank you Brian and C C. Amazing flight review as usual. Even after your crash ,your still teaching……teaching R C pilots how to deal with the trauma of loosing a £6/700 aircraft. Your reviews are good…… very good. 🇬🇧🤝😎
Yep, EDF is 1 thing I always use telemetry on, bcz I wanna squeeze every sec of joy out of short available flight by setting beep @ 3V each cell & not @ 3min timer. U got lucky it didn't get stuck above tree. But I was surprised u attempted against the wind landing in mayday situation. Just as u lost power, all u had to do was to bank left & that would've not only avoided the tree but also slipped plane r8 above the road, & dropped altitude down to touch down level too, then all u would need would be just 1 rudder input to align nose to runway & flare, and lastly take a looooong 1km walk to bring it back - which u didn't want !!!!
DOHHHH!! (Said like homer Simpson) dude, you were having fun and got caught up in the moment. If any pilot in here says they haven’t done that then they are lying. Lol. I think you might like trying SMC high voltage batteries. I have four of them and they are the best batteries I’ve ever had. All four are 6S, two 6200s and two 5300s. My philosophy is send it! fly it like you stole it and put it away sweating from the experience. Lol honestly, if people aren’t flying like you do Brian, then they aren’t really flying lol.
I too way thinking Dohhhhh! To your point - I agree, fly it and love it, and HOPE for another flight - Admittedly, that's more reasonable position for those of us who have a few hundred planes waiting for some special attention ;)
Brian it takes a man to admit mistakes and not to get to hurt about it let alone show it on UA-cam, love how real all your content and you guys are never change.❤️❤️
CG is the reason why this plane kills batteries, not the twin fan setup. I added 170g of weight to mine, which made it much tail heavier than the book CG, and it flew more agile, cruised at lower throttle, and left my batteries warm rather than scalding hot. still flyable without gyro too. But it was a lot of modification work to get there
That is a big bummer. But, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain what was happening, real time. And even though there may have been some "colorful metaphors" used off camera after the crash, you remained calm and handled the aftermath in a way that sets a good example. I get really PO'd at myself, when I make some mistake that causes a less than perfect(😊) landing. But, I tend to refer back to your example for flying- and crashing- in those moments. And I hope other viewers do, too. Sorry for the long comment. Sorry about the J11. But, great video. Great camera crewing, as always. Live to fly (and grease landings on) another plane. Thanks!! 👍
Thanks! It's tough to lose them in such a dumb way, but it's kinda part of the hobby. I'd love to have larger safety margins on lipo power for TWINS like this, but as mentioned in the video, they're pretty much gonna be battery chewers, and they don't give much grace when you get to or over the timer...in this case, I must have set my timer for a 7000mAh pack, or I was flying on a COOOOOOOLD day, which might have been the difference! Now that I mention that out loud, I will look into this. Heat changes the times, and can do so somewhat significantly. It WAS COLDER!!! I had a coat on that day!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I wasn't pushing the time, since I had just lost the SU-27 due to a mfg defect on the linkage! Dang it, that's almost certainly what happened. I was using the timer for a cool day, and it was NOT a cool day, thus I lost a small percentage of battery life, and this is how it ended - one BRANCH reached out and grabbed my missile rail, and flipped an already slow moving plane into a FLAP SPIN (not flat ...flap, like flap jacks - LOL), and then the rest is history - Ohhhh well. Gotta say though - What a LOOKER! This plane steals the show with it's looks. Now how to get it NOT to eat my packs for breakfast - maybe some SMC HiVoltage packs???
@@BrianPhillipsRC as I mentioned I would try some Molicel LiIon 9000 or 10000mAH 6S1P packs depending on how big the tray is. Max thrust should be around 10% less but more flight time or reserves. Weight depending on the holders starting on 840g :))))) I really like this plane too but I have seen videos were gras ops are more difficult so I assume she would need the hole 420 feet of our runway and have taken distance of this model although it looks gorgeous!
That's an amazingly detailed plane and looks even better in the air. It's tough to experience the agony of defeat, but at least it was of your doing. My last two crashed was the fault of my very popular and extremely over priced receiver...very frustrating!!
Yeah, I'll take a self induced crash any day over that type of failure! I've only had maybe 3-4 Radio failures in all my time flying so many planes, so I consider myself very fortunate in that regard.
Beautiful beautiful plane, in fact I like the SU27 / J-11 so much I already have it in various sizes. Sadly this flight didn't end very well but repair is possible and once in the air, where it looks so gorgeous, you won't see a little dent.
Good morning, I just purchased this model and I have some questions about centering. apart from the recoil of the battery, did you put weight on the rear to obtain the correct VG? Should it be centered at 145 mm with the landing gear extended or retracted? excuse my english thank you for your reply
Center of Gravity should be as marked in the manual, but I do not have that off the top of my head, however, we do share this in our UNBOX, BUILD, and RADIO SETUP (another video in this playlist - FYI). As for adding weight, I didn't. The Battery is used to make the CG work out. If you need more weight than the battery can make up, I'd suggest making the battery move more BACK, if necessary, by removing foam, or changing the location of the Receiver, if and when possible. Adding dead weight will make this already heavy plane loose a lot of fun ;) As for gear up or down...I always suggest with GEAR DOWN. You want to fly a plane, and NEED to land it, so get the CG right with gear down...ready to land, BUT in the manual calls it out differently, you'll want to take note. I don't recall a plane that called for gear UP for CG in all the years we've done this channel. Good luck, and thanks for the question!
merci Brian, je vais suivre tes instructions à la lettre. j'étais dans l'incertitude avec tout les vidéos indiquant des CG complètement diffèrent à chaque fois. Encore merci et à bientot.😀
Nice real life flight :P Would she have landed on the tree and and would she stayed there, there wouldn´t have been almost none damage. Maybe also if you would have flown straight into the other property, but probably also some damages (also to the gear) and there was no visualisation of the ground. You were almost over that tree to make it a perfect emergency landing! :) But as you told, this damage is 100% repairable. I had an F-16 with a destroyed fron fuselage because it´s less sturdy than this one. It was some much work to repair at the end and still flying awesome. Just the optics need some filler and paint. For reforming the foam and giving it strength again I use hot air. Steam almost doesn´t do anything for me. And hot water I tried just once almost without improvement. The downside of hot air is the foam popping out. But with a spoon I can (now) keep that in a acceptable margin :) Great plane and great review! PS: that are a lot of amps for just one 5000 pack. I would try some Molicel LiIon 9000 or 10000mAH 6S1P packs. Max thrust should be around 10% less but more flight time or reserves. Weigth depending on the holders starting on 840g :)))))
I use voltage callouts on my jets every 20 seconds. I realize you don’t want the extra background noise but I and most of your watchers don’t mind. I’m actually interested in what the battery voltage vs flight time is. Thanks for the videos, even the ones with difficult outcomes.
Thanks! As for call outs, I wouldn't be opposed to that, but just haven't made the change. I would LOVE to have mAh call-outs! that would be sweet! Plug in how large the pack is, and calculate a percentage for safety margin, and that would be perfect!
These transmitters have a minijack for audio out. A single ear bud could be telling you whatever you want to know, and Megan’s mic will not hear it. Having that receiver and capability and not using it makes no sense. Fly smart.
When I saw you go past 3 mins flight time I was starting to get worried, when you got to three and a half I was screeming land, land now. !!!!!!, no land on the house drive, oh sh............ . If you took out the air brake servo and gear , save the weight and go to a non smart 7000 mah 50c or similar lipo weighing the same or 50gms more than the now duff Spektrum smart lipo you might get the 4 mins ! If you go hv is the J11 esc hv capable ? perhaps leaving about 12% left in the battery will reduce the chance of puffing ?
I wonder if I set my timer to 4 minutes when it was cooler, and possibly I WAS using the 7000mAh 6S, and I just had forgotten, like an idiot still...BUT, it made for a fun video of my suffering - LOL ;)
It does take the sting out of a big crash when you have many planes, and no $ tied up in them. I would have to stop flying for months to rebound from that :) 4Min on a 5000 is pushing it on twin 70's ...I just got a J-11 Great video !
Sure, ONE plane...maybe, but I'll be working for an entire lifetime to pay for what you see on this channel. You probably aren't looking at the numbers correctly, so I will give you some slack...but I can assure you we're over a million dollars deep in this extravaganza, and not by a few bucks, hundreds of thousands over and much of it borrowed. We will have to do this for decades JUST to hope to catch up, if we ever do. I could have paid cash for every single item we've ever reviewed, and come out WAY ahead. Remember, we've got 10 years of our lives invested into this...not just "free time" - we make time. My WHOLE family puts up with this...not just our 4 kids, but my extended family. We are ballz deep in this, and it's not for the faint of heart. Enjoying the hobby as a "pass time" is where it's at. Don't think anything else. Hope this message is well received, and you get where I'm coming from - not trying to be mean, just want to help you understand a little bit better. I could spend 3-4 days just going over the details of what and how we did what we did and are doing, and will be doing to get into a situation to "take the sting out of a crash"...
My friend actually just crashed into that very tree tonight!!! Now his maule is beeping in the dark, saying - Why me..................Why me................Why me.............LOL
Brian what about having x2 4000 6s lipos in parallel but evenly spaced out? Maybe one in the air brake area and one in the battery bay? I'm sure the airframe can handle it if the CG is close.
I was thinking just to plop them up front, but NOT in parallel - split the ESC's apart, so that when and if you lose a motor, you'll only lose one...but this plane is already heavy, and I bet ONE EDF would result in a crash either way...who knows, I just don't want to puff 100C packs, especially GOOD packs. Still, just pilot error, after all, and possibly exacerbated by GETTING AFTER HER at the beginning of the flight...I was being pretty aggressive compared to my normal flight style with EDF jets.
@@BrianPhillipsRC It does have Reflex V2. I'm definitely not going to be doing any maneuvers for at least the first year! Since I'm a newbie to flying RC.... I just love a smooth flight and a nice landing. I just ordered the AR620 from your link so that I can have that option available if I decide to go that route, which it sounds like I will. I still have to maiden the blue 182 and the Green 1800 Ranger so the Beaver is 3rd in line. I've been flying my smaller ones to get my skills up. Also attempted to purchase the 850 to practice but they were out of stock. This weekend I'll be practicing with the Yellow FMS Ranger 1220. I'll send you the link to my RC youtube when I get my first video uploaded. lol...Appreciate the advice! Thank you very much! -Lou from Jersey-
@@RCTaxi-dr7sh I just crashed my FMS Ranger today pretty hard as I am a newbie total beginner flying it RTF with the supplied radio and I took it off by myself with my instructor standing next to me no buddy box, just watching and not really giving me any instructions as I guess I was doing OK up to that point for the most part. Got bored with pattern flying and figure 8's and said I wanna work on landings and on my first approach came in too hot and since I have never done any simulator and this was like my 5th flight ever, I for whatever boneheaded reason shoved the elevator stick forward and nose dived it into the ground in like 1.5 seconds. Sickening feeling. I think it will all be OK with some hot glue and or ca or other adhesives and live to fly again. Just really loved the plane and bummed it's in pieces now but I also know it's part of the hobby and won't be the last one, of that I am sure. I also have the blue FMS 1400 Sky Trainer 182 new in box for later and recently picked up both an Arrows Trekker and a 1450 mm Tecnam 2010 so I have other options as well. Congrats on the 1800 Ranger. I may look to add that down the road as I am a huge top wing Cessna style trainer fan. They are so nice to fly. Good luck and Happy Landings.
Awesome low passes, stinks it went down… but like you said when first started 2 years ago, if you’re not taping or gluing you aren’t flying enough! 🧑🏼✈️
I wonder if I was using a 7000mah last time - if so, DANG IT...but honestly, it wasn't so far off, but I was really wailing on it for this flight. I only caught one missile rail this time, and it that would have popped off, I bet I could have gotten her down on the strip ;(.... oh well, fly, crash, repeat - still loved this plane, so it did kinda hurt a bit.
We’ve all been there Brian, EDF’s teach you discipline for flight times and I always keep the last minute in reserve. I often land with 45% plus but just throw the battery into a STOL plane or similiar to finish them at storage. Hey 1st world problems right 😅
WOW - you'd only be flying for 1.5 -2 minutes on this plane (to land with 45%+ left) !!! That's one of my major complaints with TWIN EDF's. I just flew 24.5+ minutes on a single 4S 4000mAh 30C smart pack in my 1800mm Ranger (video coming soon for the Ranger 1.8m, not this PARTICULAR flight), which was AMAZING, and it was JUST starting to alarm from my voltage alarm. I want more time in these jets...and if you take too much time, or push too hard, you too might give a tree a "high Five" and end up in the ditch like I did - Live and learn, I guess :)
@@BrianPhillipsRC I’ve got the blue sister SU27 and go 3.50 on a 4 min timer with very conservative throttle on a 100 c /5000 and I’m averaging 35-45% as I said. It why I’m migrating to turbines. Yep my big Carbon Cub is like the Ranger, floats around forever. Keep up the great vids- we love them👍
That sucks. I always use a 6200 in my Su-30. 5000 is just too marginal. I set timer for 3.5 min and RESPECT that time. I always land with enough reserve and that's with a go-around or two. If i use SMC HVLi 6200 packs then i will go 4 min on the timer but no more. These twin 70s are not forgiving with timer inattention.
Crashed my FMS BAE Hawk on maiden last week. Complete epic carnage. Salvaged the gear and edf esc and all of the servos and parts. Got spares for my next bae. Oh and yesterday I got in a hurry to land my eflite twin 64 a10 and forgot to put the gear down😂. Basically no damage from the grass belly landing. Not even a scratch except two ordnance pulled out at the glue joint. 30 second fix. Stupid huh? Lol
That is CRAZY!!! No damage, except a couple rail adapters - you lucky dog!!!! This J-11 was one missile rail hooked on a branch - DANG IT!!! Oh well, makes for fun content, watching others crash stuff, I guess ;)
10 lbs for a plane is too much for an edf.. ive watched this thing at my local field and its just too heavy for what it is.. Im curious if it was a 90mm 8s if the weight reduction would assist
I kinda want to try an SMC pack to see if the Higher voltage pack makes a difference. I bet the couple extra volts would help a LOT, although, I could just land with time to spare too - but honestly, where's the fun in that??!?!?! LOL ;)
@BrianPhillipsRC true, the smc packs are really better quality 6s batteries over the spektrum smart packs I love the 3s 2200mAh in my Ultrix 600mm... and the 4s 2200mAh in my Viper 50mm... but just not interested in 6s spektrum packs.. i get you have to sell the products.. but .. maybe smc off cam ?
I’ve seen some good reviews on the SMC HV packs. Might have just been a sales pitch. But, they do look Peppy! Good point on your earlier reply, Brian. Cold day Vs Hot day may have made a few seconds of difference. Those seconds allowed for that evil tree branch to get in touch with its inner Womping Willow (probably trademarked- sorry JK😊) and reach out to snatch that beautiful J-11 right out of the sky 👍🏼
I love small warbirds.. I have two old mini birds. I have a GWS Spitfire and a corsair from alfa models. I love flying low and fast. I think both are over ten years old. Never been damage. I often flying my midwest hotts 2, powered by a O.S 46fx. that plane I have flown for over 20 years. I fly my planes at the edge, inverted and scraping the horizontal rudder at the runway. I don't get it, that people crash so often. One of my theory is that people don't have time to get known with the model, before they fly the heck of it. 😂😂. I only owned one edf jet. It was a J-10, it did fly so bad, that i gave it away.
You're assessment is true for me for sure, since we do fly so many planes, like you said, I can't get really familiar with them. This is definitely a double edged sward. I love flying lots of new planes, but you really get to know a plane after loads of flying...that is if you don't do stupid things like run them out of battery and/or crash them into trees - LOL/cry
@@BrianPhillipsRCDon't cry for destroying rc planes. 😂. You just live by quote, like they said in the first Top Gun movie. ( I just wanna feel, the need for Speed ), I think it was something like that.. 😊😊 my next dream rc plane, is simprop Speed Cobra. It is old, and maybe out of production. Think i must build it from scratch. I have built many airplanes from drawings. My biggest issue in life now, is what engine to use on my latest airplane. It's a tiger moth. ARF ( 140cm span ) camo version from VQ models
No surprises here just a classic Brian Phillips running the shit out of the battery until it bites him in the ass…. Then spends the next 30 minutes, telling us exactly what he did when we saw exactly what he did and did not do. lol 😆
I really commend you on showing your mistakes indstead of editing them away. I t ia actually helpful to people to see the true hobbie. The good and the bad so we can get the whole picture.
100% - It's embarrassing to screw the pooch like this, but if I'm gonna lose a beauty, I want to help others avoid loosing theirs ;) This plane is just plain amazing, but it is a BATTERY CHEWER!!! Twin 70's might just need TWO batteries, so we can drain them more like other planes. I wonder if I'd have to run the Rx on a THIRD, smaller Rx pack?
I should have done that exactly. The perfect touch and go would have been a GREAT time to do just that, right?!??!?! DOHHHHH - oh well, she's honestly probably pretty fixable, but not sure what I'm gonna do yet.
The tree became your air brake lol man it’s horrible when you have crash I’ve got three in hanger I’ve still not fixed fully on all of them but it’s half the fun fixing them up , you can send to me in uk I’d love to fix it lol Christmas is coming lol 😂 your flying up to accident was on fire Brian 🤘
Yes, and I think I set this timer in the COLD WEATHER...and this was a HOT DAY....DANG IT!!!! I should have adjusted it a BIT, but also, this particular lipo has had a long and rough life ;( Oh well, she was fun to crash!!!
yeah, but the pilot was only made of plastic, so he survived...kind of ;) LOL Life happens....you know if you don't ever crash, you're not flying, which might be a bit of a cop-out, but some truth too it. If this was my only plane, I'd fly so much more conservatively. I just spend the better part of the night, and last part of last night, on an extension ladder, fully extended into a tree, with my "stick of shame" paired up with a broom handle, helping my friend, Esteban, who crashed a Maule in that SAME tree, about 4/5 way up!!! Now that's NOT fun, but it is a tradeoff, and what makes a greasy, delicious landing worth it all! When we fly, there's always a certain amount of risk, difficulty, skill, JUST beyond what we had yesterday, and even as you advance through the ranks of RC skills, and get better and better, THIS can still happen! That's just one small part of what makes it all so sweet! I mean, it sucks to lose a beauty, like the J-11, but it helps form our very REAL experience. This can't be understated. We aren't playing video games, and we're not just watching a cool video - we're REALLY flying a REAL plane, only small in these real circumstances! You know how they say, "it's the SPICE of life" - difficulty, heart ache, let downs ;)
Man, you guys have planes overflowing into the family room. I have seen your basement videos and how you have them stored down there. I guess eventually you run out of room even down there
We have reached out, and just haven't connected yet. This is a good idea, and we hope to investigate this for some of the more demanding TWINS, like this and the Arrows F-15 which is also a battery chewer.
Yeah, it's painful to lose a beauty, but she IS fixable, and only got nose damage...really, she will fly again. Everything works, except the nose gear door, and only since it broke one of the two necessary pivot rings.
@@BrianPhillipsRC the reviews and in depth chat with these birds is priceless. Generally don't buy a bird unless you have reviewed it. Mint setup with the " runway " to
I was wondering that you fly a little bit too long for EDF sucker... 😂 Max flight time is 3.5 min with reserve. You can fly longer but that you must fly like grand dad... 😃
I mean, its very scale like flight performance, it even recreates the same maneuver we see happening all over ukraine and Russia now by going down unexpectedly...
Typical of garbage and overpriced Spektrum batteries, they are some of the worst performers on the battery load test comparisons on rcgroups. Sorry for the loss Brian, maybe it's time to switch to premium batteries for your edf's, such as SMC, Admiral, Roaring Top, CNHL G+, or Gens Ace/Tattu.
Yes, I say and do things that are rude to my wife from time to time, as do all human beings. This is not to say that I shouldn't try harder to be kind to my wife, and be a better husband.
@@BrianPhillipsRC but that is a professional job were decisions and actions must be taken fast, it´s not rude. On the other side if it´s rude, she probably is rude to you too. Just normal human beings...
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you think im in time?
Camera crew at 3:38 priceless! Great camera work great content as always
She's a keeper ;)
3:36 Camera crew has other ideas about how to get the blood pumping? 🤣
I love how you share your experience and own up to it. We all appreciate it. By the way I died when you said “a big glube of tue”
Awesome ;) Mistakes are part of everyone's experience, but if they're NOT, then you're just better at hiding them ;) OHHHHHH YEAH, get her flying!!!
@@BrianPhillipsRC I´m a master of repeating mistakes of the past... But on the club I see also "professionals" in the hobby do some almost silly mistakes that cost a lot. So, it´s just "part of the hobby"...
@@ficosk8 I’ve been in the game since 2004. I saw that live stream with you your wife and Ryan. My first plane was a damn jet. I was stubborn. And it wasn’t foam. It was an HET f16 thunderbird Fiberglass. Needles to say it met the earth in holy matrimony. I flew it with a basic cheap radio with no programming.
Then I got an art-tech ef-2000 from banana. Much success. From there it sky rocketed. I became super proficient. Then I worked at a hobby shop in south Florida. Paradise hobbies. I can tell you now in the world of rc flight there are many who think they never screw up. Best part of crashing is rebuilding and flying it like you don’t care which eventually makes you a better pilot. Lookin forward to more content BPRC. 🤜🤛
@@SONICBOOM-117 Hi Sonic! I suppose you were answering Brian, or both !? That´s a cool story! I would have been cool to see that HET! I suppose those fiber glass planes were sturdy for flats landings but meeting the ground on a steep angle and the were totally broken. Start I think just with bungee? I have seen a couple here in Germany also a jet with gas ducted fan :) I´ve been flying almost 2 years and I did not thought I would find by coincidence a hobby that would make me forget cycling and sport in general. It´s a great hobby and indeed I enjoy repairing my smashed models. It´s sad to see them totally broken but it´s also very nice to give them a second life :D cheers!
@@ficosk8 actually my friend hand launched it for me 😅 it worked. Till I crashed lol
I have found that with my efds in some cases increasing the size of the battery adds weight and that cancels out the length increase of the flight.
Brian I love your channel hence why I’ve been subscribed to you for a long time. Now I admit I’ve crashed some planes it is part of the hobby, but people come to you to learn about the hobby. Your recommendations, thoughts, opinions are important. The issue is that you’re always pushing your batteries beyond what they are manufactured to do, and those bad habits are perceived by the new pilots, which can bite them in the ass. Remember you are sponsored by companies that provide you products at no cost, however some people can only afford one or two planes at most. Just my two respectful cents of course. Keep up the good work sir.
Firstly, thanks for being here with us, and for a long time too.
I *think* we get it!
Losing a plane like this would be a HUGE issue, if we weren't in the position we're in, but you have to remember, we've been there too! I would behave differently if this was my only plane, but I'd also suggest nobody have this as their only plane. Also, we kinda have to "push it" to show these planes at their BEST, and sometimes beyond, but also, we're subjected to the same issues everyone else has, i.e. when a packs that die 10% quicker than we expected, but admittedly, this too is a factor that I COULD have caught, if I were flying this plane more, and not reviewing another 50-100 planes SINCE we got it. Most people will have TIME to nurture a plane like this, and to really refine the timers, and the tolerances of throttle management.
To be honest, this pack (5000mAh 6S 100C Gen2 or Gen1) might have lived a long and terrible life, BUT I pointed that out in the video. Also, keep in mind, I have personally paid for HUNDREDS of lipos, and not every one was sent for review. We were blowing through $10,000 - 15,000 per year, or more, for many years before we got our first "free" plane, which is what we've always shared, so not sure what that has to do with anything. We show the products as we would use them, and sometimes we used them to DEATH...like many other RC enthusiasts, but admittedly, the HIGHER consequence planes (like this one) tend to still make me nervous. Also, many RC enthusiasts have much wider and longer runways, with clearer paths from which to final. This again, is MY choice, and not an "excuse" but it is what we face, and it's the SAME for most of the planes we review, which is why we do it this way - it gives YOU and the audience, a basis for comparison.
I agree that we need to be fair and honest about showcasing these items, IF and when we share them in unrealistic situations, but we go to GREAT lengths to qualify much of what we do, and assume you'd be seeing this as you watch.
P.S. If you can't afford to crash a plane, then you need to fly less expensive planes. This is a VERY hard reality for most of us normal, working class types. That being said, I'm not going to say, plan to lose every plane, but if you have to be so careful that it's no fun, then get a slower, simpler plane, and LOVE it...don't get into something that's going to bankrupt you (BTW not saying you, I'm saying it generically). This is something we talk about a lot, and hope people are listening. Most people don't listen to my WHOLE message, and I get it, but it's frustrating to be "held accountable" for NOT saying what I DO say, when many just really aren't listening to me say it. Does this make sense to you?
Dang it! I'm not really a Jets fan. But you really made this plane look great. From the straight as an arrow takeoff to the scale like flying. Not to mention the sound.
Thank you Brian and C C. Amazing flight review as usual.
Even after your crash ,your still teaching……teaching R C pilots how to deal
with the trauma of loosing a £6/700 aircraft.
Your reviews are good…… very good.
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Yep, EDF is 1 thing I always use telemetry on, bcz I wanna squeeze every sec of joy out of short available flight by setting beep @ 3V each cell & not @ 3min timer.
U got lucky it didn't get stuck above tree. But I was surprised u attempted against the wind landing in mayday situation.
Just as u lost power, all u had to do was to bank left & that would've not only avoided the tree but also slipped plane r8 above the road, & dropped altitude down to touch down level too, then all u would need would be just 1 rudder input to align nose to runway & flare, and lastly take a looooong 1km walk to bring it back - which u didn't want !!!!
...1km walk to bring it back ;) LOL very nice!!!
"shibbity balls".... classic Brian Philips in all his glory...
DOHHHH!! (Said like homer Simpson) dude, you were having fun and got caught up in the moment. If any pilot in here says they haven’t done that then they are lying. Lol. I think you might like trying SMC high voltage batteries. I have four of them and they are the best batteries I’ve ever had. All four are 6S, two 6200s and two 5300s. My philosophy is send it! fly it like you stole it and put it away sweating from the experience. Lol honestly, if people aren’t flying like you do Brian, then they aren’t really flying lol.
I too way thinking Dohhhhh!
To your point - I agree, fly it and love it, and HOPE for another flight - Admittedly, that's more reasonable position for those of us who have a few hundred planes waiting for some special attention ;)
Brian it takes a man to admit mistakes and not to get to hurt about it let alone show it on UA-cam, love how real all your content and you guys are never change.❤️❤️
Thanks for the kind words!
CG is the reason why this plane kills batteries, not the twin fan setup. I added 170g of weight to mine, which made it much tail heavier than the book CG, and it flew more agile, cruised at lower throttle, and left my batteries warm rather than scalding hot. still flyable without gyro too. But it was a lot of modification work to get there
That is a big bummer. But, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain what was happening, real time. And even though there may have been some "colorful metaphors" used off camera after the crash, you remained calm and handled the aftermath in a way that sets a good example. I get really PO'd at myself, when I make some mistake that causes a less than perfect(😊) landing. But, I tend to refer back to your example for flying- and crashing- in those moments. And I hope other viewers do, too.
Sorry for the long comment. Sorry about the J11. But, great video. Great camera crewing, as always.
Live to fly (and grease landings on) another plane. Thanks!! 👍
Thanks! It's tough to lose them in such a dumb way, but it's kinda part of the hobby. I'd love to have larger safety margins on lipo power for TWINS like this, but as mentioned in the video, they're pretty much gonna be battery chewers, and they don't give much grace when you get to or over the timer...in this case, I must have set my timer for a 7000mAh pack, or I was flying on a COOOOOOOLD day, which might have been the difference! Now that I mention that out loud, I will look into this. Heat changes the times, and can do so somewhat significantly. It WAS COLDER!!! I had a coat on that day!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I wasn't pushing the time, since I had just lost the SU-27 due to a mfg defect on the linkage!
Dang it, that's almost certainly what happened. I was using the timer for a cool day, and it was NOT a cool day, thus I lost a small percentage of battery life, and this is how it ended - one BRANCH reached out and grabbed my missile rail, and flipped an already slow moving plane into a FLAP SPIN (not flat ...flap, like flap jacks - LOL), and then the rest is history - Ohhhh well.
Gotta say though - What a LOOKER! This plane steals the show with it's looks. Now how to get it NOT to eat my packs for breakfast - maybe some SMC HiVoltage packs???
@@BrianPhillipsRC as I mentioned I would try some Molicel LiIon 9000 or 10000mAH 6S1P packs depending on how big the tray is. Max thrust should be around 10% less but more flight time or reserves. Weight depending on the holders starting on 840g :))))) I really like this plane too but I have seen videos were gras ops are more difficult so I assume she would need the hole 420 feet of our runway and have taken distance of this model although it looks gorgeous!
That's an amazingly detailed plane and looks even better in the air. It's tough to experience the agony of defeat, but at least it was of your doing. My last two crashed was the fault of my very popular and extremely over priced receiver...very frustrating!!
Yeah, I'll take a self induced crash any day over that type of failure! I've only had maybe 3-4 Radio failures in all my time flying so many planes, so I consider myself very fortunate in that regard.
Beautiful beautiful plane, in fact I like the SU27 / J-11 so much I already have it in various sizes.
Sadly this flight didn't end very well but repair is possible and once in the air, where it looks so gorgeous, you won't see a little dent.
Good morning,
I just purchased this model and I have some questions about centering.
apart from the recoil of the battery, did you put weight on the rear to obtain the correct VG?
Should it be centered at 145 mm with the landing gear extended or retracted?
excuse my english
thank you for your reply
Center of Gravity should be as marked in the manual, but I do not have that off the top of my head, however, we do share this in our UNBOX, BUILD, and RADIO SETUP (another video in this playlist - FYI).
As for adding weight, I didn't. The Battery is used to make the CG work out. If you need more weight than the battery can make up, I'd suggest making the battery move more BACK, if necessary, by removing foam, or changing the location of the Receiver, if and when possible. Adding dead weight will make this already heavy plane loose a lot of fun ;)
As for gear up or down...I always suggest with GEAR DOWN. You want to fly a plane, and NEED to land it, so get the CG right with gear down...ready to land, BUT in the manual calls it out differently, you'll want to take note. I don't recall a plane that called for gear UP for CG in all the years we've done this channel.
Good luck, and thanks for the question!
merci Brian, je vais suivre tes instructions à la lettre. j'étais dans l'incertitude avec tout les vidéos indiquant des CG complètement diffèrent à chaque fois.
Encore merci et à bientot.😀
Nice real life flight :P Would she have landed on the tree and and would she stayed there, there wouldn´t have been almost none damage. Maybe also if you would have flown straight into the other property, but probably also some damages (also to the gear) and there was no visualisation of the ground. You were almost over that tree to make it a perfect emergency landing! :) But as you told, this damage is 100% repairable. I had an F-16 with a destroyed fron fuselage because it´s less sturdy than this one. It was some much work to repair at the end and still flying awesome. Just the optics need some filler and paint. For reforming the foam and giving it strength again I use hot air. Steam almost doesn´t do anything for me. And hot water I tried just once almost without improvement. The downside of hot air is the foam popping out. But with a spoon I can (now) keep that in a acceptable margin :) Great plane and great review! PS: that are a lot of amps for just one 5000 pack. I would try some Molicel LiIon 9000 or 10000mAH 6S1P packs. Max thrust should be around 10% less but more flight time or reserves. Weigth depending on the holders starting on 840g :)))))
I use voltage callouts on my jets every 20 seconds. I realize you don’t want the extra background noise but I and most of your watchers don’t mind. I’m actually interested in what the battery voltage vs flight time is. Thanks for the videos, even the ones with difficult outcomes.
Thanks! As for call outs, I wouldn't be opposed to that, but just haven't made the change.
I would LOVE to have mAh call-outs! that would be sweet! Plug in how large the pack is, and calculate a percentage for safety margin, and that would be perfect!
These transmitters have a minijack for audio out. A single ear bud could be telling you whatever you want to know, and Megan’s mic will not hear it. Having that receiver and capability and not using it makes no sense. Fly smart.
Classic.. bummer tho. But hilarious.
"Shibital balls! Looks like I'm going to have to use my own coupon code"
😂❤
It's almost like daja vu ;) LOL (...think SU-27...shibityballz!!!)
When I saw you go past 3 mins flight time I was starting to get worried, when you got to three and a half I was screeming land, land now. !!!!!!, no land on the house drive, oh sh............ . If you took out the air brake servo and gear , save the weight and go to a non smart 7000 mah 50c or similar lipo weighing the same or 50gms more than the now duff Spektrum smart lipo you might get the 4 mins ! If you go hv is the J11 esc hv capable ? perhaps leaving about 12% left in the battery will reduce the chance of puffing ?
I wonder if I set my timer to 4 minutes when it was cooler, and possibly I WAS using the 7000mAh 6S, and I just had forgotten, like an idiot still...BUT, it made for a fun video of my suffering - LOL ;)
@@BrianPhillipsRC I suspect you need a little voice saying "20 seconds, land or you are toast !!! whatever capacity battery you use🤣
Hope the tiny pilot survived. He was a good guy. Knew him well.
LOL - He definitely died!
J-11 Killing Zone? Thanks for sharing you guys are the best!
Man, that sucked! Great flying until the tree moved and hit the plane! 😂 Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
LOL - Moved and hit the plane - THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!! LOL LOL LOL
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It does take the sting out of a big crash when you have many planes, and no $ tied up in them. I would have to stop flying for months to rebound from that :) 4Min on a 5000 is pushing it on twin 70's ...I just got a J-11 Great video !
Sure, ONE plane...maybe, but I'll be working for an entire lifetime to pay for what you see on this channel.
You probably aren't looking at the numbers correctly, so I will give you some slack...but I can assure you we're over a million dollars deep in this extravaganza, and not by a few bucks, hundreds of thousands over and much of it borrowed.
We will have to do this for decades JUST to hope to catch up, if we ever do. I could have paid cash for every single item we've ever reviewed, and come out WAY ahead. Remember, we've got 10 years of our lives invested into this...not just "free time" - we make time. My WHOLE family puts up with this...not just our 4 kids, but my extended family. We are ballz deep in this, and it's not for the faint of heart.
Enjoying the hobby as a "pass time" is where it's at. Don't think anything else.
Hope this message is well received, and you get where I'm coming from - not trying to be mean, just want to help you understand a little bit better. I could spend 3-4 days just going over the details of what and how we did what we did and are doing, and will be doing to get into a situation to "take the sting out of a crash"...
nice flying, sad ending. You able to land it safely if the wing haven't caught by those tree. dang it.....CHOP DOWN THE TREE...
My friend actually just crashed into that very tree tonight!!! Now his maule is beeping in the dark, saying - Why me..................Why me................Why me.............LOL
Brian what about having x2 4000 6s lipos in parallel but evenly spaced out? Maybe one in the air brake area and one in the battery bay? I'm sure the airframe can handle it if the CG is close.
I was thinking just to plop them up front, but NOT in parallel - split the ESC's apart, so that when and if you lose a motor, you'll only lose one...but this plane is already heavy, and I bet ONE EDF would result in a crash either way...who knows, I just don't want to puff 100C packs, especially GOOD packs.
Still, just pilot error, after all, and possibly exacerbated by GETTING AFTER HER at the beginning of the flight...I was being pretty aggressive compared to my normal flight style with EDF jets.
AWESOME!! received this one from FMS a few weeks ago, hoping to Maiden it soon, this helps a lot, bummer about the crash!!!
It's a great plane!!!! Glad you got one! Enjoy!!!! Watch out for trees - they'll jump out from NOWHERE - LOL
@@BrianPhillipsRC LOL I sure they will LOL
Brian! advice please! Got the Beaver2 today! AR8020T, AR637T, or AR8360T ??? I have all 3 in hand. Which one would you put in it?
Hold on, do you have Reflex V2??? If so then
Without AS3X/SAFE...
bprc.me/AR410
bprc.me/AR620
@@BrianPhillipsRC It does have Reflex V2. I'm definitely not going to be doing any maneuvers for at least the first year! Since I'm a newbie to flying RC.... I just love a smooth flight and a nice landing. I just ordered the AR620 from your link so that I can have that option available if I decide to go that route, which it sounds like I will.
I still have to maiden the blue 182 and the Green 1800 Ranger so the Beaver is 3rd in line. I've been flying my smaller ones to get my skills up.
Also attempted to purchase the 850 to practice but they were out of stock. This weekend I'll be practicing with the Yellow FMS Ranger 1220. I'll send you the link to my RC youtube when I get my first video uploaded. lol...Appreciate the advice! Thank you very much! -Lou from Jersey-
@@RCTaxi-dr7sh I just crashed my FMS Ranger today pretty hard as I am a newbie total beginner flying it RTF with the supplied radio and I took it off by myself with my instructor standing next to me no buddy box, just watching and not really giving me any instructions as I guess I was doing OK up to that point for the most part. Got bored with pattern flying and figure 8's and said I wanna work on landings and on my first approach came in too hot and since I have never done any simulator and this was like my 5th flight ever, I for whatever boneheaded reason shoved the elevator stick forward and nose dived it into the ground in like 1.5 seconds. Sickening feeling. I think it will all be OK with some hot glue and or ca or other adhesives and live to fly again. Just really loved the plane and bummed it's in pieces now but I also know it's part of the hobby and won't be the last one, of that I am sure. I also have the blue FMS 1400 Sky Trainer 182 new in box for later and recently picked up both an Arrows Trekker and a 1450 mm Tecnam 2010 so I have other options as well. Congrats on the 1800 Ranger. I may look to add that down the road as I am a huge top wing Cessna style trainer fan. They are so nice to fly. Good luck and Happy Landings.
Awesome low passes, stinks it went down… but like you said when first started 2 years ago, if you’re not taping or gluing you aren’t flying enough! 🧑🏼✈️
Exactly!
For how well that flew on a single 5000, I'm pretty impressed.
Now you have me wanting this EDF. 🤣
Why did you set the timer so high and then go passed the timer? You can’t tempt fate on jets like you do on your planes.
I wonder if I was using a 7000mah last time - if so, DANG IT...but honestly, it wasn't so far off, but I was really wailing on it for this flight. I only caught one missile rail this time, and it that would have popped off, I bet I could have gotten her down on the strip ;(.... oh well, fly, crash, repeat - still loved this plane, so it did kinda hurt a bit.
@@BrianPhillipsRC thanks for showing people what can happen though. Sorry for your loss. 😉
Wouldn't you hate to loose a plane in all that corn? Thanks for showing us that you are human. So sorry for your loss.
We’ve all been there Brian, EDF’s teach you discipline for flight times and I always keep the last minute in reserve. I often land with 45% plus but just throw the battery into a STOL plane or similiar to finish them at storage. Hey 1st world problems right 😅
WOW - you'd only be flying for 1.5 -2 minutes on this plane (to land with 45%+ left) !!! That's one of my major complaints with TWIN EDF's. I just flew 24.5+ minutes on a single 4S 4000mAh 30C smart pack in my 1800mm Ranger (video coming soon for the Ranger 1.8m, not this PARTICULAR flight), which was AMAZING, and it was JUST starting to alarm from my voltage alarm. I want more time in these jets...and if you take too much time, or push too hard, you too might give a tree a "high Five" and end up in the ditch like I did - Live and learn, I guess :)
@@BrianPhillipsRC I’ve got the blue sister SU27 and go 3.50 on a 4 min timer with very conservative throttle on a 100 c /5000 and I’m averaging 35-45% as I said. It why I’m migrating to turbines. Yep my big Carbon Cub is like the Ranger, floats around forever. Keep up the great vids- we love them👍
That sucks. I always use a 6200 in my Su-30. 5000 is just too marginal. I set timer for 3.5 min and RESPECT that time. I always land with enough reserve and that's with a go-around or two.
If i use SMC HVLi 6200 packs then i will go 4 min on the timer but no more.
These twin 70s are not forgiving with timer inattention.
There went your dining room table's centerpiece...
LOL - I know, and it was a nice centerpiece!!!!!!!!
Crashed my FMS BAE Hawk on maiden last week. Complete epic carnage. Salvaged the gear and edf esc and all of the servos and parts. Got spares for my next bae. Oh and yesterday I got in a hurry to land my eflite twin 64 a10 and forgot to put the gear down😂. Basically no damage from the grass belly landing. Not even a scratch except two ordnance pulled out at the glue joint. 30 second fix. Stupid huh? Lol
That is CRAZY!!! No damage, except a couple rail adapters - you lucky dog!!!!
This J-11 was one missile rail hooked on a branch - DANG IT!!! Oh well, makes for fun content, watching others crash stuff, I guess ;)
@@BrianPhillipsRC yup, thanks for crashing that plane for our enjoyment. 😂
10 lbs for a plane is too much for an edf.. ive watched this thing at my local field and its just too heavy for what it is..
Im curious if it was a 90mm 8s if the weight reduction would assist
I kinda want to try an SMC pack to see if the Higher voltage pack makes a difference. I bet the couple extra volts would help a LOT, although, I could just land with time to spare too - but honestly, where's the fun in that??!?!?! LOL ;)
@BrianPhillipsRC true, the smc packs are really better quality 6s batteries over the spektrum smart packs
I love the 3s 2200mAh in my Ultrix 600mm... and the 4s 2200mAh in my Viper 50mm... but just not interested in 6s spektrum packs.. i get you have to sell the products.. but .. maybe smc off cam ?
I love this plane but have a hard time with orientation on this plane
What ? No flying in front of the house.....hahahahaha.
Still in front of the house, but this one needs just a TID BIT more runway than 275 feet, that we normally use
@@BrianPhillipsRC Just jerkin` yer chain.
Hy. Do you repair these kind of crashed planes? What do you do with them?Do you Sell them?
I’ve seen some good reviews on the SMC HV packs. Might have just been a sales pitch. But, they do look Peppy!
Good point on your earlier reply, Brian. Cold day Vs Hot day may have made a few seconds of difference. Those seconds allowed for that evil tree branch to get in touch with its inner Womping Willow (probably trademarked- sorry JK😊) and reach out to snatch that beautiful J-11 right out of the sky 👍🏼
I agree, and we have been in contact with SMC. I'd like to give it a whirl ;)
Oh and Im gonna try the SMC HV flight packs for my edfs. Smc are the best batteries out there right now.
We really need to do that too!
@@BrianPhillipsRC I have some of their speedrun packs for my speedrun cars. They are extra spicy 250c
...being used to flying FPV, I'd be nervous the whole time about what my battery was doing flying LOS, like this.
I love small warbirds.. I have two old mini birds. I have a GWS Spitfire and a corsair from alfa models. I love flying low and fast. I think both are over ten years old. Never been damage. I often flying my midwest hotts 2, powered by a O.S 46fx. that plane I have flown for over 20 years. I fly my planes at the edge, inverted and scraping the horizontal rudder at the runway. I don't get it, that people crash so often. One of my theory is that people don't have time to get known with the model, before they fly the heck of it. 😂😂. I only owned one edf jet. It was a J-10, it did fly so bad, that i gave it away.
You're assessment is true for me for sure, since we do fly so many planes, like you said, I can't get really familiar with them. This is definitely a double edged sward. I love flying lots of new planes, but you really get to know a plane after loads of flying...that is if you don't do stupid things like run them out of battery and/or crash them into trees - LOL/cry
@@BrianPhillipsRCDon't cry for destroying rc planes. 😂. You just live by quote, like they said in the first Top Gun movie. ( I just wanna feel, the need for Speed ), I think it was something like that.. 😊😊 my next dream rc plane, is simprop Speed Cobra. It is old, and maybe out of production. Think i must build it from scratch. I have built many airplanes from drawings. My biggest issue in life now, is what engine to use on my latest airplane. It's a tiger moth. ARF ( 140cm span ) camo version from VQ models
Again!!?
Awe Man!!.
Well at least you still have plenty to play with.
Yes! Verrry true
No surprises here just a classic Brian Phillips running the shit out of the battery until it bites him in the ass…. Then spends the next 30 minutes, telling us exactly what he did when we saw exactly what he did and did not do. lol 😆
You should mix in some FPV, would be cool! Love the vids.
Can't do it legally, sorry! I can DO it, but I can't share the video, which is INSANELY STUPID, but true.
I really commend you on showing your mistakes indstead of editing them away. I t ia actually helpful to people to see the true hobbie. The good and the bad so we can get the whole picture.
100% - It's embarrassing to screw the pooch like this, but if I'm gonna lose a beauty, I want to help others avoid loosing theirs ;) This plane is just plain amazing, but it is a BATTERY CHEWER!!! Twin 70's might just need TWO batteries, so we can drain them more like other planes. I wonder if I'd have to run the Rx on a THIRD, smaller Rx pack?
That was a cool jet! My heart was pumping hard lol
You're always hard on your lipos land in good time and stick in another one.
I should have done that exactly. The perfect touch and go would have been a GREAT time to do just that, right?!??!?! DOHHHHH - oh well, she's honestly probably pretty fixable, but not sure what I'm gonna do yet.
The tree became your air brake lol man it’s horrible when you have crash I’ve got three in hanger I’ve still not fixed fully on all of them but it’s half the fun fixing them up , you can send to me in uk I’d love to fix it lol Christmas is coming lol 😂 your flying up to accident was on fire Brian 🤘
"Damn it Jim"
You have a great attitude, next time make it a point to get your inner "Scottie" to set your timers just a little more conservatively.
Yes, and I think I set this timer in the COLD WEATHER...and this was a HOT DAY....DANG IT!!!! I should have adjusted it a BIT, but also, this particular lipo has had a long and rough life ;(
Oh well, she was fun to crash!!!
Jeez, making me afraid to fly my Eflite SU-30 70mm again. 😅
They are fun to fly, but you have to respect the flight time. I don't fly any of my 6s jets over 3 minutes, just to be safe and preserve my batteries
Dhhhaaamm Brian you were literally inches from making that turn 😢😢😢
Sorry about that brother 😢
Dang hate to see that, when she drops she drops like a rock 😳
yeah, but the pilot was only made of plastic, so he survived...kind of ;) LOL
Life happens....you know if you don't ever crash, you're not flying, which might be a bit of a cop-out, but some truth too it. If this was my only plane, I'd fly so much more conservatively.
I just spend the better part of the night, and last part of last night, on an extension ladder, fully extended into a tree, with my "stick of shame" paired up with a broom handle, helping my friend, Esteban, who crashed a Maule in that SAME tree, about 4/5 way up!!! Now that's NOT fun, but it is a tradeoff, and what makes a greasy, delicious landing worth it all! When we fly, there's always a certain amount of risk, difficulty, skill, JUST beyond what we had yesterday, and even as you advance through the ranks of RC skills, and get better and better, THIS can still happen! That's just one small part of what makes it all so sweet! I mean, it sucks to lose a beauty, like the J-11, but it helps form our very REAL experience. This can't be understated. We aren't playing video games, and we're not just watching a cool video - we're REALLY flying a REAL plane, only small in these real circumstances!
You know how they say, "it's the SPICE of life" - difficulty, heart ache, let downs ;)
@@BrianPhillipsRC 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻✌🏻
Nice Brian
Man, you guys have planes overflowing into the family room. I have seen your basement videos and how you have them stored down there. I guess eventually you run out of room even down there
It's getting a bit TIGHT...and we haven't done a video in the basement (dungeon) lately...
As with the other one I will offer to take that jet of your hands for a reasonable fee of your preference of course lol
The crashed one? If you're interested, hit us up on an email (In the about tab). Thanks!
@@BrianPhillipsRC done! Email sent.
Beautiful…❤
Thank you! This plane is a looker!
Now if it leaks fuel and the motors are highly underpowered it will be just like the junk-11
LOL ;)
You just don't have the greatest location to fly jets. Sweet plane for sure.
I can't believe how long you kept flying! Even when mentioning it's a short flight time. 😕
I like you BPh! You are the best!
Thanks!
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NOOOOOOO!!!! Since you like to stay up in the air, try the SMC high voltage pack.
We have reached out, and just haven't connected yet. This is a good idea, and we hope to investigate this for some of the more demanding TWINS, like this and the Arrows F-15 which is also a battery chewer.
Congrats 👏 showing what not to do lol 😮
Well , shibaddy balls !
Sorry brother 😕👍
SUPER Shibbbbity Balls!!! It was fun while it lasted - thanks for being here!
Ball sort puzzle level 112
Great insight video as per. For a weeks salary tho.. damn
Yeah, it's painful to lose a beauty, but she IS fixable, and only got nose damage...really, she will fly again. Everything works, except the nose gear door, and only since it broke one of the two necessary pivot rings.
@@BrianPhillipsRC the reviews and in depth chat with these birds is priceless. Generally don't buy a bird unless you have reviewed it. Mint setup with the " runway " to
Hey I'm #1 Again? 🤣🤣😁😎 Zoom-Zoom DOOM... 😲🤬 *I See A Long "Lube Of Goo" Repair Video Cumin Soon? 🤔😜🤣🤣
It's ok to cry lol
I have crashed so many
yes ;)
I was wondering that you fly a little bit too long for EDF sucker... 😂 Max flight time is 3.5 min with reserve. You can fly longer but that you must fly like grand dad... 😃
yeah, but I was flying in cold before, and I wonder if I was using the 7000mAh then - either way, it was cool to watch!!!! ;)
Man how do you manage to crash one of these every single time 😂
LOL - you know me too well - LOL ;)
damw i hate crashes
I think you’re just trying to whittle down any opposing forces. 3 less planes for the other guys!
LOL - Exactly!!!!!!!
Maybe your just having bad luck with the communists planes..just saying.
LOL - LOL - LOL - LOL!!!
I mean, its very scale like flight performance, it even recreates the same maneuver we see happening all over ukraine and Russia now by going down unexpectedly...
EDFs suck the amps rapidly, time is time, sorry it’s gone😢
yepers....oh well, it was fun to watch anyway ;)
@@BrianPhillipsRC but how much fun was you having though😍
Typical of garbage and overpriced Spektrum batteries, they are some of the worst performers on the battery load test comparisons on rcgroups. Sorry for the loss Brian, maybe it's time to switch to premium batteries for your edf's, such as SMC, Admiral, Roaring Top, CNHL G+, or Gens Ace/Tattu.
GNB are good too
You are rude to your wife sometimes eh?
Yes, I say and do things that are rude to my wife from time to time, as do all human beings. This is not to say that I shouldn't try harder to be kind to my wife, and be a better husband.
@@BrianPhillipsRC but that is a professional job were decisions and actions must be taken fast, it´s not rude. On the other side if it´s rude, she probably is rude to you too. Just normal human beings...