The Most Sought-After Jet, EVER - E-flite F-14 Twin 40mm
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- The E-flite F-14 40mm was the unicorn everyone wanted to see. Does it live up to the hype? It's definitely a unique model, and the only UMX scale aircraft to feature sweeping wings. It's a challenge to fly but it's fun and rewarding. Let us know what you think in the comments.
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0:00 Introduction
1:00 Takeoff w/ Spektrum 2200 4s 30c
1:57 Wing Sweeping
2:30 Landing Advice
3:38 Turbulence Handling
4:08 Half-Sweep Pass
5:23 Landing
6:20 Battery Swap
7:01 Hand Launch w/ Spektrum 2200 4s 30c
7:42 Stall Testing
8:45 Touch & Go
10:20 Landing & Review
11:58 TwoBros Score
12:55 Flight Characteristics
13:30 Landing Advice - Розваги
Awesome model but 300 dollars for a umx f14 is insane. I know it’s edf but edfs aren’t that pricy.
Keep in mind that the Freewing 80mm F-14 we own cost close to $1,200 after upgrading it to fly without being underpowered or being limited to a simple six channel setup. The jet also doesn't come with a receiver. To make ours work well, we had to:
1. Buy two 100 amp ESCs and two 80mm 1920kv inrunner motors - $300
2. Buy an AR10360T receiver and a remote receiver due to all of the metal/carbon in the jet: $200
3. Replace the main wheels - $15
4. Replace the stab servos with Hitec units: $60
Total price: $1200. The E-flite 40mm comes ready to fly once you bind it to your transmitter for 25% of that price. That's a solid deal.
@@TwoBrosRC Didn't know it came with a receiver.
@@velcro62 Yep! It's a UMX jet so it does have an integrated receiver. It's as simple as binding and flying. Much, much less work than the Freewing jet if you want an F-14 but don't want to invest a ton of money into it.
@@TwoBrosRC that is fair but 40mm ducted fans are about 35 bucks each and the ecs are maybe 25 each. Servos are a dime a dozen nowadays and receivers are 50 bucks. Foam and wood to build the plane itself are dirt church too. Also since this is a large company manufacturing they will get better pricing on the products needed to manufacture. It is a good product and it seems to fly great but 300 for a umx is nuts. What makes this as expensive that the f16 tail heavy reviewed while it’s a 3rd the size? I am probably wrong but it just seems insane.
Maybe 175 or 200 seems fair?
Very beautiful indeed but one has to use their batteries because the battery compartment is narrow, especially if one wants to use older batteries. The other thing is it can only be belly landed on short grass otherwise those winghinges pop out and u have to open four screews to open it up each time, to fix it. Otherwise I would buy it, it`s really a lovely plane. By the way, you fly really good, I wished I had a cousin, friend who could fly like you.
The 2200 Spektrum packs aren't very expensive, and you can net up to five minutes of flight time on them. Thanks!
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Nice job Jon. I love this lil bugger, really a fun jet to play with. It gets attention at the flying field.
Definitely does for sure!
Pretty neat little plane, thanks for your review of it.😎
I have one but with limited options I hand launch it without the gear and belly land on grass. After the hype I was initially disappointed with it as it feels fragile and I had a couple of poor hand launches because I couldn’t grip both nacelles well enough. However like others I added a launch grip between the nacelles which made things much easier and can now hand launch confidently every time. I’m really enjoying this jet now and you’re right in that it handles like a bigger EDF with AS3X working its magic. It also holds up to belly landings and the odd bump pretty well too. Having now seen what it can do, I think the price is pretty fair for an accessible F-14.
I understand the work involved to bring a little F-14 to market. It's immense and little of them to choose from. I do like this one but I'm not giving $300 for it. The very limited battery selection hurts it as well. The "frugal" part of me just can't do it. I'd rather have a laundry list of other 30, 50 and 64mm edfs out there, that cost a lot less. I realize most are PNP but who doesn't have a spare rx or 2 lying around.
Great flying Jon, it was really nice to see the F-14 land and take off with the wings swept back. Nice work on the camera Tony. AirHammer out!!
Hi bro am from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 I've got one of those aircraft and I never fly it yet but I live it I'm a new beginner I like looking at you flying them 👋
Welcome aboard!
You fly it way better than me. Only wish it had rudders. It's definitely a challenge to land.
It's not easy to land, but it can be done - just follow our advice and you'll get it down!
@TwoBrosRC like you said nice shallow approached. Steep approaches get nasty. Had to take it apart to reset the wing after my last steep approach.
Nice flight. I was apprehensive to fly it, never used flight modes before, turned out to be well behaved and easy to hand launch. Battery just fits, Zee 4s 2200. Hand launch was surprisingly stable, didn’t have a grip issue. Bit of headwind helps landing.
Performed near vertical wing sweeps, exciting!
I’d link a video but I guess that would self promotion. I watched your vid before flying mine, thank you.
Feel free to link it!
It's actually a good little plane and more durable than you would think. I hit the wing landing and it's designed to just pop off at the joint pretty neat. Plus it's an f14
The wing popping off is a great design choice that saves it from getting trashed on a hard impact.
Ace Combat 3 music?! Epic choice
Very cool looking jet, to bad no retracts
Show me a UMX plane with retracts.
@@fredmdbud I know, right? It's hard to find even a 64mm with them
Jon, I think the reason that this airplane is labeled as level 3 is not only related to the flying skills but also because of the “advanced” radio setup which is more complicated than the usual BNF setup :)
Thanks for another great video 🙏🏻
Man! Glad your hand toss went better than mine. This and the Eflite 64mm F-15 were no fun to hand launch. I’m in Colorado. So, I’d imagine the altitude has something to do with.
Most certainly, thin air is definitely not helpful for aircraft.
This thing will teach you how to fly a wing loaded edf it’s not the most acrobatic thing but it will make you a better pilot. It’s pretty durable and tbh 300$ is cheap in todays economy. I don’t feel bad selling it at the store I work at. My coworker loves his I have no bad things to say about mine other than it can get sketchy if you don’t keep your speed up and pay attention to your voltage callouts like most edfs. Toss it like your life depends on it if you hand launch and good quality batteries are your friend. I may try to y harness twin rudders on one. If I can figure it out there seems to be an open port.
For the price should have had larger fans & added retracts
You're not going to see retracts on a twin 40mm jet.
@Two Brothers Radio Control true, if it were larger maybe they could have had room for them
I mustve missed the alert. I didnt realize you reviewed this. I was at my LHS last week and saw it on the shelf and thought it looked very well put together. Do you find yourself enjoying flying the umx f14 about the same at the fwf14? I love my fw14 and just hope the umx wouldnt become a shelf queen😅
It's not as capable as the Freewing jet, but it's also nowhere near as complex nor does it require expensive 2x6s packs either. We haven't flown it since the vid released, mostly because we're busy reviewing stuff all the time. We'll have to take it out again someday.
You changed my mind on this plane, it's clear that the pilot matters a lot compared to other reviews I saw you show what it can do.
Now I wouldn't call this UMX, the battery alone weighs more than any UMX probably but I like the size. Would have been cool if it had rudders as well, the A-10 has all 3 surfaces and is a lot smaller.
Hope you get a 50mm Habu as well, that's next on my list and really curious what you think and what you can do with it.
At more than 1 pound I'm not sure if this is what I would call a UMX jet, at least not here in Canada. With what's going on up here right now I'll just play it safe and stick with my sub 250 gram UMX A-10. Great video BTW.
It's not literally a UMX jet, but it does use UMX electronics like linear servos. Consider giving it a chance. It's easy to fly and it's an F-14. You're not gonna get an F-14 at this scale or this price elsewhere.
i have a habu 50mm its the only edf i have that i flew many times without a problem my first crashed almost done repairs 2th got underpowerd/not working but i flew it twice pretty nicely im buying the 64mm f15 and the tomcat got any tips for those 2 jets?
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Would this be a good trainer before I fly the bigger twin 64, or 80? Thanks again Jon
The problem with it is that it doesn't really fly like the 64mm or 80mm does. Can't really be used for that purpose.
it sounds exactly like the jets sound like in RF9.5
It's an uncanny resemblance.
Most take offs with this model seem to be pretty long. At full throttle how much runway is needed to get this bird off the ground!
Use a lighter battery and it'll get up faster.
Good afternoon, sir! What size are those 6amp servos from Amazon for ultimate 3d plane..
tinyurl.com/B11DLS
Its a neat plane, but seems too limited to be a real fun one. With being bank and yank and a sweep function, you could probably blow through its appeal before getting your money’s worth.
That said, its essentially one of the few beginner approachable edf’s, and there aren’t even that many small edf planes that do compete at its price and ease of flight.
All in all…I miss the umx Mig-15…
What's the cheapest transmitter that will work with this F-14?
We'd recommend the NX6: bit.ly/3QlIF27
I am going to figure out a way to get rudders on this place. It would make it so much better. Any thoughts on how it should or could be done.
No idea how you'd go about it, but good luck trying! Check RC Groups, they might know a way.
Do you think the receiver would handle it. I know the flight control has 2 more open slot’s but not sure the functions. I’ll keep you updated on how it works
Would love to make it happen and watch you fly it. I’m only about 1 3/4 hours away from you.
@@oldemountainloftmichellean4395 No idea. We don't really modify models with UMX-style electronics. It's not in our realm of info or comfort.
Hey, the link for your discord server In your description is expired. Could I get the link?
discord.gg/VQBt8UBUKy should work. We'll update it. Thanks!
Do you own the UMX A-10? If so would love to see the limits it can me pushed to
Nope.
I think you just need to bring it in with a bit more speed. You were trying to land it, a little to scale I think.
Lets be honest, you can't fly a jet that has flaps in real life, without flaps scale. It's just not possible. I'm sure they considered both, make the wings a bit bigger or wider or something to be able to slow it down, and flaps. They did neither to keep it scale looking, also less complicated thus cheaper for the consumer. Just my opinion.
Most sought after???
Considering it was MIA for a year and people kept talking about it, yeah. Sounds about right.
@@TwoBrosRC 😂
Im sorry, Jon, but .... i am not alone on the total lack if value. If i want a fast fun and inexpensive umx edf.. id buy the Arrows Viper or Baehawk 50mm
If i want an even better edf, id get the Fms Yak-130
This little thing isn't worth the 5million price point
$299 is hardly comparable to five million dollars. It's on the higher side of things but nowhere near as much as the hyperbole would lead someone to believe.
@Two Brothers Radio Control i can appreciate your response, and i fully support your work and channel... respectfully, i disagree with the value. Much like the Draco... horizon made a tremendous effort at an awful value overall
But sir.. of course, i could be wrong.
It's all a matter of opinion - but given that there's no other F-14 at this price point, it's solidly priced from our perspective.
6/10 at best.
It's a matter of opinion. We enjoyed it, it flew well, and it did what it set out to do - be a smaller F-14 that a lot of people could fly which would be within the budget of people who don't want to spend $600+ minimum on a twin 80mm.
@@TwoBrosRC No rudder, no flaps no ailerons....You get all those on a Turbo Timber UMX for less money. No one wants this F-14, its sitting on shelves...
It's over priced... If it had mini retracts it could be considered, but otherwise much better for the price. But hey if you want a mini f14 with sweep, there's nothing else the same size..
It's definitely not overpriced.
@@TwoBrosRC ah yes I checked your (US) prices, it's $300 usd, but in NZ they're $650 nzd or $400 usd. If they were $300usd then I can see the value, dunno why we get stung on the price, other models aren't as bad... Love ya content btw, my fav rc channel, tail heavy close second haha 👍