F-117 Nighthawk - I HATE This RC Plane!!! Find out why!

[@gpaull2]

Those were flaperons, not elevons. You had them set up backwards. You were dumping lift on the wing whenever you pulled up elevator, so your wing was fighting any up or down elevator input. Flaperons are used a lot in gliders and DLGs. You want them on a switch or slider, not coupled to the elevator, and ideally adjustable in flight (slider or stick input). On a glider or dlg the throttle stick is commonly used to drop the flaperons and throttle is put on a switch.

[@peteroman4297]

My apologies but the reason why it failed was all you. 1) the low battery. 2) the configuration of the controls on the craft. 3) you didn’t bother to change the servos out knowing that they were damaged. 4) all the crashes it took and you didn’t bother to check everything and make sure to do all the preflight checks before taking it out to fly.🤷🏻‍♂️💯👍

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I love these comments. You do realize your kinda alone on this.

[@maszkalman3676]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 at 10:1 ratio looks like he doesn't alone in this one...

[@Interweblurker]

@@maszkalman3676 its now 17:1

[@GBLynden]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798He is totally right sir.

[@mracer8]

Even if he is alone, the truth matter!

[@s737500]

I have one of these, and it flys pretty good.....have destroyed the lading gear though. I just set it up as a delta wing. Rudders are normal rudders, and the wings are just delta elevons like a Mirage or Concorde

[@TylerNally]

My understanding of the f-117 fighter is that it was intentionally overpowered to be able to make it fly. Because of the angles ( to make it stealthy) of the skin of the plane it could barely fly with underpowered engines. So they needed to overpower it in order to give it enough lift to get it into the air. Doesn't surprise me that you had trouble with this particular plane as it just doesn't fit the normal aerodynamic Bernoulli effect with normal wing configurations.

[@Blizofoz45]

And these gyro-stabilized flight controllers we use these days are the same type of tech they used in onboard computers to keep the F-117 and B-2 from falling out of the sky.

[@pitcheung5354]

yes, and the real plane can fly, but very slow.

[@juki6377]

also the real one is not designed to fly, but for stealth its packed with servos to allow it to fly but another childhood favourite i would have gone crazy seeing an rc one :)

[@grim4this]

Yup, and then you wack a camera on it just to make sure it has no chance.

[@gort8203]

No such thing as an overpowered airplane, but even if that were true, you can't say the airplane is overpowered if it needs that power "to be able to able to make it fly". By the way power (thrust) doesn't provide lift, it opposes drag. Lift is provided by the wing of this airplane in the same way as other wings. The airplane has a lot of drag and is unstable, but that has nothing to do with lack of lift or too much thrust.

[@jeffwoodard]

LOL. I had a blast watching this. Glad you posted this video. Made my day!

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnroussos1348]

I just watched your video and I feel for you. I bought this plane as a Christmas gift to myself a couple of months ago and it’s exactly the same crap as yours. Gear doesn’t work right and bomb doors don’t open. The servos are the worse I’ve ever encountered and it makes me wish I bought the kit version rather than the pnp one. I’ve bought a 6 channel RM elrs receiver and I’m going to replace all servos. I’m determined to get this thing up in the air at some point. Keep up the good work and I look forward to more of your videos!

[@thebunkreport]

That's something I learned after buying PNP jets. Better off buying the kit and putting your own power plant in. I have to laugh at how these companies market these jets as something you can have put together and be flying an hour after opening. I haven't come across one jet that I haven't had to go all through and make modifications before maidening. I'm sure you know exactly what I mean.

[@papapsadventures6119]

That's why it was called the Wobbly Goblin!

[@SubZ3ro907]

I love that plane. I have actually looked into buying this exact model over the weekend. If you crash it again and still hate it, I'll buy it from you, Steve. LoL

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Looks great in the air, but you really have to handle it as if it were made of high end breakable china

[@SubZ3ro907]

@CAPTAINDRONE798 I will be buying the setup that allows me to install by own radio gear, in which, I will be using spektrum SAFE tech...because im a noob to airplanes. LoL

[@Loulovesspeed]

Hey, the real F-117 is so unstable in its flight design that it absolutely would not be capable of human controlled flight without its computerized flight stabilization system. Why would a miniature be any different?? Advice: get a more conventional design R/C aircraft and have fun instead of fits!

[@FarrellMcGovern]

Looks like your F-117 was a tempermental as the real one! Add to that it was not a stable aircraft to fly, and needed a lot of computer-assist to remain stable. I bet that if it had SAFE like other planes have it would be easier to fly.

[@dondupuis4007]

Thanks!

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Wow! Thank you very much!

[@toolbaggers]

Not only is EPS foam lighter and stiffer than EPO foam, for this plane is very scale. The full size plane is very fragile and has very delicate radar absorbing material on it's skin so any hangar rash replicates damage the full size plane would suffer. The full size also flies like crap.🤣🤣

[@divingfalconfpv4602]

Omg omg omg. I use to have f-117 game on commodore computer. Loved that jets look

[@fishdude666ify]

I REMEMBER THAT GAME!!!

[@gileslaney5263]

That was a hilarious video, with you narrating all the problems you kept having trying to fly that plane. Thanks for the laugh!

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

My pleasure! And my frustrations!

[@gileslaney5263]

@CAPTAINDRONE798 Keep doing what you're doing, I enjoy your videos, you deliver useful information and make it fun and educational, and I look forward to the next video!

[@dougg1075]

“ I’ve got a lady walking the dog” She’s got a guy flying a toy plane:) Really enjoyed it the video. That’s a cool plane man.

[@fpvbuilds2023]

This plane isnt a complete piece of crap as you put it, you are just not that familiar with the modifications that are needed to properly fly this plane. This plane needs an experianced rc airplane flyer and builder, while i agree it should work out of the box without any modifications, most foam rc planes require some modifications to work properly, as an example if you had a voltage monitor or beeper you wouldnt keep crashing due to low voltage, that isnt the planes fault, you need to respect the fact that they tried to make a cool model that no other manufacturers make.

[@larsulrich3356]

Elevons(pitch and roll mixture) are generally never placed on rudder control surfaces. They're placed on the wing(aileron) surfaces. I got a couple elevon planes and it's best to do it this way. The tail should only be rudder(yaw control). You should remix it and let me know how it goes.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Did you write this before you watched the entire video??? All the mixes were removed in order to get it to fly correctly. It flies by keeping the ELEVATORS as ELEVATORS and the AILERONS as simple right and left AILERONS.

[@larsulrich3356]

The f117 tail section doesn't have elevators or a horizontal stab. I just did my research and it works on an elevon system. So the pitch and roll are both set to the wing section control surfaces like other fighter jets use. However fighter jets have extra surfaces than the f-117 because the tail is in all 4 parts. The tail is just a rudder in real life. What they tell you to do is incorrect.

[@lewiemotorsports3616]

Yeah ive yet to put mine back in the air, the foam is pretty oldschool on these models. Suprised you reviewed this one tbh because this model is atleast 7 plus years old now lol

[@tomfuller7401]

Steve, You have to admit this video on the F-117 has to be one of your most entertaining video reviews I have watched on your site. With all that said, It sure looked cool while it was in the air.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thank you!

[@robertv1273]

Thanks for the honest review.

[@jtkent28]

It’s definitely a cool looking and pretty scale looking model F-117. Too bad it was such a POS but I give you props for giving it several tries to try and make it work!

[@larsulrich3356]

It was discontinued a while back. I got one but haven't flown it yet.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Oh, you can certainly still buy this baby. I think they made way too much stock and are still unloading it.

[@larsulrich3356]

Yeah I bought mine right before it was listed as "discontinued" in red font on their site. Interesting because I wasn't going to fly mine but was going to attempt to copy the geometry and functionality of the aircraft instead of flying it until I ran into your video on youtube. I bought a couple backups of RC planes that were discontinued due to the rapid discontinuing of RC planes as of lately.@@CAPTAINDRONE798

[@MTBPerspective]

Wow! I'm surprised you didn't intentionally nose dive that pile into the blacktop at full throttle just to enjoy the end of it!

[@toolbaggers]

Use your Tx to slow down the retract deployment speed.

[@Didjeridoolove]

I’ve never seen a review by you, that’s had me screaming with laughter Steve!!! Kudos though for your dedication and determination to get that thing in the air!!🤣👍🏼👍🏼

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Didjeridoolove]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 always sir!!!

[@daniel.pendzich]

Lol! This title caught my eye because I'm so used to seeing your "This plane is great, buy it!" videos. It's fun to add in some of your negative experiences as well!

[@willrine8614]

Fun video ! 😃 You have far more patience than most of us . What a nightmare !!! 🤣

[@dougcooper4917]

Excellent, and funny video. Thank you Captain Steve.

[@hubertthong7405]

Highly entertaining !! Good fun as always. Totally enjoyed it.

[@sergeantbilko7070]

I have flown quite a few different drones and I had one which always gave me problems and that was the Yuneec Breeze. It's not that it was a bad drone, it was the controller that I mainly had problems with. I just couldn't get used to using that game pad. Maybe if I would have had some gaming experience it might have helped.

[@danflom1271]

The unofficial name of the F117 was the wobbly goblin.

[@normjacques1176]

How did you know I needed a good laugh this morning. Sorry it was at your expense. Thanks for the chuckles.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@arcboy2011]

This is perhaps the funniest video you have put out so far. Loved the video. I wondered how well this plane would translate to r/c anyway, seeing that the original full scale plane wont fly or glide without many redundant inboard flight systems to assist the pilot in keeping it under control.

[@markgiles8527]

That’s the coolest RC Airplane I’ve ever seen. 😂

[@dondupuis4007]

Is Worth it, even got my wife laughing..

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thank you Don!

[@SmokeysOutpost]

Thanks for your honest review on it. Would you be willing to part with it? Would love to have it as a tribute build to an old friend that worked on a similar project. This would make a great “static” display model. Keep up the great videos. And again, thanks for the stickers sir.

[@Dog_Botherer]

They called it the hopeless diamond for a reason. No reason to believe a miniature would be any different. My condolences, its a lovely plane but belongs on a shelf now.

[@randyleazenby2351]

This is not a plane for inexperienced pilots. I've flown 30 yrs and have worked to make this model do well. I added elec. retracts and a gyro. (suggest one of the new safe spek. receivers to save space. I also upgraded the motor to a better outrunner.

[@215cyclone]

What retracts did you use ? drop in fit ?

[@thebunkreport]

Great looking plane but doesn't seem to sturdy. Seems hard to believe that a $280 plane would be that poor. Honestly, I would have set it up as the instructions said to. Once you get a feel for the plane you can make control surface adjustments. Also, and I like your videos, but you really didn't set yourself up for success on this one. A better video title might have been "What not to do when you maiden an RC jet."

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Decent set up enjoy the week

[@larsulrich3356]

Is your elevon mix set to aileron/elevator(wing control surfaces)? Do you have yaw/rudder controls?

[@Glenrsi]

Have to admit it really looks nice. 👌

[@JS-vk7ek]

Needs Benny Hill theme music, Classic

[@misskcricroufpv]

Best test ever !

[@gregm9638]

I have to say I really enjoyed this review! Dramatic to say the least! I was cheering for you both! I think you should do a few more like this becz the crashing and repair cycle and your patience was amazing. I hope to see you fly this thing again in 2024!

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@maddercat]

Idk, that plane looks pretty cool. I think half the problems you had with it was where you were flying it.

[@fabioppires1]

Stop faulting the F-117. My favorite plane!!!!!! 😂😂😍😍😍😍😍 I'll still buy this one from BananaHobby! 🙏🏼🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@steelheadking123]

Lots of excitement with the flight, nice nice

[@mdesgro3692]

It's a rebranded LX plane (jet) made of EPS foam. Most of their products are problamatic.

[@rickcoleman8903]

That thing is above my skill level of flight, good job with it.

[@julianmclean3869]

Holy crap Captain!!!, I think you are being a bit hard on this amazing beast!; what more could you ask for!; A magnificent Car Park "drift plane" !; Stunt plane (crash / burn / glue and off you go again!) and better still! : Daymare on Mower Street for Tractor Man!; its the quintessential all round Foam fixable !; oh, and dare I say it, an Arborists dream with its tree trimming ability's !!!!

[@bigbellyflyer]

Well… that was actually a lot of fun watching you battle fly that plane ! Did find your camera?

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Yes… the camera that fell off is the same camera that provided the flight footage. Had I not found the camera, there would have been no footage to add to the video

[@ememeable]

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2024

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Merry Christmas

[@philippebaudon]

suggestion : this plane in the trash and forget it !!! smile !!! very funy video. HI from France

[@newtoodrones5568]

You have the patience of a saint Cap, so funny this video.

[@deucefpv5247]

That was comical Steve

[@GBLynden]

While this was entertaining, you may want to leave RC Plane reviews to experienced RC Pilots, not “Drone Pilots” 😜

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

The crazy thing is that the majority of my RC PLANE videos often exceed the views that a dedicated RC Plane KZbin channel gets

[@SeasparrowDD979]

It looks like it has so much potential..... You should try bombs with parachutes from a higher altitude.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I just may try that, thanks.

[@dondupuis4007]

Needa snow ski in the front.. I'll shut up now, sorry couldn't resist..

[@dondupuis4007]

This is comical, loving it, one of my favor videos 😊😊😊

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mattyltd]

Hi! it looks like your mix made it so the wing looses lift, instead of gaining(flaps); Combined with high angle of attack, low speed, and a swept wing on the flying fridge, it looks like you stalled on the first flight attempt. I've been flying rc planes for over 10 years and it's okay, things like this happen. I totally think that the quality of the plane is garbage, but it's important to crash, *Learn*, fly, repeat. Tail heavy productions have a couple of videos on these topics. you should check them out. I really like your channel and I think everyone should learn from things like this. Have a nice day :)

[@MrNorthstar50]

That's the kind of plane if a new flyer buys it and brings it to the field for you to test fly you would surely dread.

[@chrisogrady4810]

Great vid very funny and intertaining

[@thedolt9215]

That’s why they are called the wobblin goblin!

[@andrewdrone]

The real F-117, while awesome, is actually a really bad airplane from a "being an airplane" perspective. It can't fly without constant computer correction because the shape isn't great for flying. If that failed it wouldn't fly for very long

[@waddac2]

So much for a STEALTH air craft 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 Great video Steve.

[@notoo7]

I am glad I resisted the urge to try one. 😂 I did get their B2 which I haven't flown yet.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Hope you have a successful uneventful flight with the B2

[@fishdude666ify]

To be fair, that plane is an aerodynamic nightmare in real life and only flies at all with the help of a fly-by-wire computer system. I'm surprised it flies at all, honestly.

[@patrickoneill1011]

Nice fighter jet the F-117 Knight Hawk! Just curious, what is the radio frequency binded to the R/C?

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I am using a SPEKTRUM radio Transmitter and in the plane I placed a SPEKTRUM receiver. Frequency is the Standard Spektrum frequency for their gear.

[@patrickoneill1011]

​@@CAPTAINDRONE798Thank you! Great video and channel 👍😊

[@lynsmith1096]

Good review Steve

[@pjberens1]

that thing looks awesome

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

It looks nice I like the black

[@mobilehomer7582]

It's living up to the Wobblin' Goblin nick name!!

[@alghpert1753]

Hey Cap. you really cracked me up on this one I was thoroughly entertained. I would truly love to take that plane off your hands since you hate it so much lol and have it up as a display piece. You did give our green friends a good scare I could see them trying to get out of your way dwl lol, you BAD man you. Anyway, you keep them coming Cap. and I'll keep watching. Save the TREES dwl lol dwl

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Glad to hear you enjoyed the vid

[@joshengland5251]

laughed till the end of the video and had to watch it again....love ur reviews...if ur not liking the plane all that well i would love to take it off ur hands???? my dad used to fly them back in the day, and would love to have that for a shelf queen/ some memories,trying to get my hands on one for awile,,,,,thanks steve,,cant wait for the next review

[@robertkirby3158]

Good effort when you consider the real one was a box of the usual bits, plus some, designed to be invisible to all but the mark one eye ball. This is what happens if aerodynamics takes a back seat. The real one had a lot of flying time before it saw daylight so why not fly this one at night ; cannot be that much more difficult.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

What could possibly go wrong 😆

[@danbark4937]

Well, if ya don't fly it, do some nice weathering airbrush work on it, it could be a nice static display to hang from the ceiling! Lol

[@oh-brothers]

Can you turn it into a leaf blower? Maybe you can tape a hockey stick to it and use it this fall. It might do a better job at that !!! lol As always with planes it was due to pilot error from the get-go !!! lol

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Good afternoon captain really cool channel

[@bogsalano6033]

hey capt drone how easy to fly a edf jet and what do you recomend for the first timer ? thanks

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

You can’t fly an EDF jet as a beginner, you need some experience either flying propeller planes or glides for at least two weeks so that the brain and hand/eye coordination kicks in. Then you can start on beginner EDF jets.

[@mark120964]

Hi captain, that was hilarious, nice rant sir 😂😂

[@Archon-Luke]

Haha great vid. I enjoyed watching you slowly destroy it one flight at a time. Subbed!

[@louislawson9512]

Pilots call it "The wobbly goblin" during the test phase of the program.😅

[@juki6377]

great review and montage, hmm not so great model but i'm happy to see a f117 (you needed an assistant like jedi steve)

[@roadstar499]

This plane needs a landing gear fix ,power upgrade and a good rc flying field with a good pilot that enjoys these type of edf planes...then it could be fun if you like edf planes..i have over 10 edfs,but i enjoy my prop jets and front prop planes that i hand lanch in grassy field and belly land..

[@LostCloudx4]

While granted this PNP thing is probably less than awesome. It's pretty obvious you aren't up to the level of flying a fast edf like this. I had a cobra years ago that had similar flight characteristics fast, touchy, stally and fragile. There is very little envelope for error

[@mobilehomer7582]

A good candidate for a full power straight down encounter with the parking lot. Purely in the name of scientific experimentation.

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Sorry about the crash

[@robertpawlusiak]

Thanks for this Vedio on showing how Bad the Plane preformed, all in all the countless ways you tried to improvise in trying to get it in the air, obviously this is Bad Servos that were on the Plane and I believe that the EDF fan should have been my powerful a possible bigger ESC could have solved the problem, to make it go faster.

[@JakeTony101]

I've had one of these for years now, after putting it together I found out how cheap it is so I just use it for decoration😂

[@JakeTony101]

Also love your videos and nice jeep!

[@dandunlap8638]

I imagine that thing needs gear up configuration to perform well

[@Knight2-rk8tq]

😲it looks cool

[@RenderElectric]

super entertaining!

[@djwak59]

It DOES look nice on the flyby though ! Almost looks like a real one in the sky.

[@henrytaaffe7058]

awsome video sir

[@fpvMazerolle2607]

But ot looks so cool this was my favorite plane groying up well this and F14 my dad was a big airforce we use to see these fly over white sands loud as crap!

[@jasonthompson6809]

That plane looks amazing in the air! Too bad it is such a problem child.........

[@jdnic1]

this is a real old f117 model. and it use to have a lot of issues mostly the electronics. *edited aditional info* .This plane was reviewed by Alishanmao on KZbin 12years ago, that's how old this plane is. And the guy knows how to fly, and it crashed when the servo failed.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

It is old, but due to being 12 years old the electronics are updated. That is one point I made in the video that it is sold as an updated version with new electronics because they could no longer get the old electronics 😁

[@Slithh]

Well, on the bright side, it was pretty cheap! lol Actually when it was airborne it seemed to fly quite nicely. Kind of cool looking in my opinion. But with the landing gear and the battery door, it was pretty crappy as far as build quality. It was good for entertainment value though so no complaints here!

[@dandunlap8638]

It does look really cool in flight