E-flite F-18 80mm Shakedown Flights

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[@mitchellknight2538]

Im impressed on how far these aircrafts have came. I remember one my grandfather had in the 90s. That was the last one I had seen so I am blown away on this fighter jet and the technology involved.

[@SuperMagnum2011]

Don’t ever stop doing your reviews. Love your emphasis on battery positions,flight time, remaining percentages. Size of battery. Take off flaps etc . Thanks again Ryan.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Thanks a lot for the comment

[@mikekennedy9174]

I like the little flash back to the studio clarifying the Flap to Elevator mix. This is a huge help

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Are you getting one?

[@mikekennedy9174]

no, I still havent flown the 90mm one yet but I think I want the 80mm F4. Yours on the auction block yet?@@PilotRyanMedia

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Mike Kennedy that’s what I thought. Mine is long gone. Sold it to one of the Timber Bros kids at a show

[@lawrencewilliams1477]

ONE OF THE BEST EVERYTHING HERE FOLKS REALLY SOMETHING SOUNDS AMAZING

[@DruideRC]

The sound is huge, clean scale and performance edf jet

[@mjh4892]

The passion you guys have for this hobby is really cool.

[@PhilBender612]

This thing sounds so damn amazing and looks absolutely perfect, especially with the afterburner, I love it!

[@DeucesWildRC]

I can tell you were having fun dialing it in Ryan! 💨🛫✈️👍

[@CarlosRodriguez-qr3yq]

I loved watching Ryan getting excited flying this F18. Thanks Ryan for making flying videos fun again

[@scottthompson2481]

Awesome jet and a great review as always guys , much appreciated . All the best guys ........................

[@chrissmarduksrccarcarnage4940]

Thanks for the great review too🤘😁

[@MegaControltv]

wow!! esta increible! hermoso y muy muy rapido!

[@langstonwilliams8979]

Man I’ve seen this video about 5 times and I can’t get over the performance of that F-18A Hornet 🐝!!! That thing is ferocious! I love it👍👍🛫✈️

[@TrueDuckFan]

This looks so fun!!! I could stand out there all day doing that

[@josephramsey124]

Very nice looking.

[@WildBillFlysRC]

that thing is sweet! thanks for the review.

[@Bellairvideo]

Wonderful flights....well done mate!

[@Wingman-ls4bs]

Thanks Ryan for the tip

[@JeffinLowerAlabama]

Great flight Pilot Ryan and supper zooming Bobby, fantastic F18, Jeff in LA USA

[@tedturner9054]

Love the burners!

[@ToddBreda]

Great job buddy! I am going to have to snag me one of these. LOVE the scale compression gear! Looks like a great jet...Cheers!

[@ComedycopterDrake]

We have come along way with EDF what a beautiful jet model with jet sound.

[@kevinferros4797]

Sure glad you weren’t taking off the other direction on the initial flight. Thanks for all the good information on setup and batteries.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Man you are welcome. I love to do it. We will have it totally dialed in when we take it back out.

[@rickhayes]

Nice Job Ryan!! Thanks for making it look so easy my friend!! :-)

[@Ahkeys82]

Ryan, you have the best videos bud. Appreciate all the hard work you guys put into this.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Thanks Adam!

[@Ahkeys82]

That looks like a great flying jet!! Nice flying Ryan. Wish it wasn’t so expensive. Super nice.

[@billymartin7027]

That sound!! I think after watching your flight, I just might have to sneak one into my hanger. Great flight!

[@PilotRyanMedia]

I think you’ll enjoy it

[@valderja]

What a beauty!

[@speedtwin5t]

Ryan , you are correct. If the nose gear was a little bit longer it would give the plane a more positive wing incidence which would in turn would help shorten the take off run. Great flights. Put on some of those nerf whistles Bobby !

[@Georgewrigley]

That was awesome guys. Looks great and fly's great. Brilliant piloting skills man ✈️👍😊

[@joehabeeb3462]

Great video guys keep up the great work! Keep

[@RCFlyBy911]

Yeah man 👍🏻 what a jet A !!!! Love it ! With the burner guys 😎 ooooooh' yeahhhhhhh ! AWSOME Ride

[@JohnHill-jm7tm]

Great flying and video. Awesome flying plane. Little to fast for this Old Man. ✈️😀💝

[@SkipBuiltRC]

Ryan, You REALLY Tore it up. Awesome sound, gear and FLIGHT. Thumbs Up, … WAY Up...!!! Excellent Video. Helped me with a question I had going. Kudo's Dude......

[@nad_chario]

Great Jet - Great Pilot

[@mrt1035]

I really really want to like this better than my Freewing F18 but I’ll choose the Freewing over this one most trips. It has great features and flies good but the Freewing one is just better. Maybe I’ll change my mind when I get more flights on the eflight but after 2 flights each with long rotations, I’m just not sure 🤔 I will. Great video gentlemen

[@dkalwishky]

Great flight Ryan! I love the scale landing gear on this one.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Dave Kalwishky it’s pretty cool. Can’t wait to get it up some more. At the end of the day we were flying 4000and could really slow it down

[@jt200drivr]

Such a sweet video. The hornet looks amazing against that backdrop! Good advice on the flaps. Great job

[@mattdean8136]

Nice flying Ryan. It's a great looking plane and the afterburner look amazing.👌👍

[@tonyrebel63]

Simply awesome. If I was not already getting a Gaming computer for Christmas I would be on this bad boy like white on rice. Very nice flying. Am stuck with my MAMBA QQ300 and the TIMBER X lol

[@drewrodaniche1541]

Your commentary is hilarious and very entertaining. Absolutely gorgeous jet, I know it takes a lot of work to get these up. Well done and thank you for your service to this great hobby!

[@IAMREIKI]

That was fun .

[@janglin5505]

Man i gotta get me a fighter....these look sooooo fun. Buzzzzing the tower a must man. Thanks for giving us battery placement hints bro on ALL your videos. Excellent bro!!!!

[@GoneDigital_ca]

We have been waiting for the maiden ...great job guys!

[@PilotRyanMedia]

There you go my friend

[@kencyr5653]

got one, haven't had it up as of yet. Have been flying my F15 to jet use to the Jet mode. Nice to always watch you. Give us good advice.

[@nr552]

Glad you stuck with it!

[@PilotRyanMedia]

The take off?

[@DavesRc]

Nice flying as usual Ry. Pretty awesome little jet. You did a stand out job presenting the aircraft. The way you always do my man. Killed it bro.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Thanks my friend

[@RobertSmith-hr6cr]

I just discovered your channel while looking at some warbird videos and man brother...i...am....psyched. You are one hell of an rc pilot I've been flying for almost 3 years and nowhere near your caliber. You get me pumped up about everything you fly and then i want to buy it that's awesome keep it up brother love it.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Hey that’s great! Thanks! If you go shopping use those links in the description it definitely helps the channel

[@RobertSmith-hr6cr]

@@PilotRyanMedia Will do let me know any other ways to help you and the channel.

[@stone10473]

Also "high rate" should always be used for slow speed / takeoff to compensate for the low airspeed and airflow. Actual jets reduce flight control deflection as the aircraft increases speed to help maintain a constant "feel". Best to have 3 rates. Takeoff and landing rate, low rate (smooth maneuvers) and high rate (aggressive maneuvers) but less than T/O and Landing rate.

[@chrisa9163]

Great Flying Ryan, awesome job! I really appreciate the tips as I am getting ready to maiden mine. I have a quick question, on the last take off was that with takeoff flaps or landing flaps ?

[@planeaddicted]

I think in one of the HH videos they said that it really needs flaps to take off. Also, I think they also said something about the 5000mah battery in the back strap only. I'll have to go look for that again.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Makes sense

[@n3cr0sc0pe]

Fantastic video of a great jet. I might need to finally join a club with a runway!

[@PilotRyanMedia]

It’s worth it

[@ChrissiRC]

Well done!! How is the starting and landing performance on Gras? Can you tell me, if it is possible to start on Gras? Thanks

[@PilotRyanMedia]

I do not know yet. We will try it soon. Subscribe and stay tuned

[@paulhatcher9767]

Wow, that thing is rock solid. It is fast

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Yeah it’s a cooker

[@mikessi]

The runway would not go all the way to the end if you weren't supposed to use it. That was AWESOME. Let's see some more, and don't forget to compare pros and cons with the 90mm FW.

[@ricchatrc]

Love the way you show off these birds. That takeoff, that rotation, may have been less sudden than expected, but it looked so real and life-like when it was airborne - just like the real thing. Not a direct up take-off, but a sliding thru the air take-off as it continued to build up speed with its landing gear still down. That looked awesome. In the air, outstandingly fast! The landing - well what can I say......reminded me of a quick drop aircraft carrier type landing. Only thing missing was the hook and towline to bleed off speed, and of course, the Top Gun sound track to cap things off.

[@rideronthewhitehorse2012]

dude that was awesome 👍

[@thenickfoxx]

I'm going to buy one.. hopefully keeps me busy during this bs that's going on. How long do they normally take to ship to Canada?

[@dondread7363]

Nice.

[@CarlosRodriguez-qr3yq]

I always love Ryan's enthusiasm. Love this channel. I never buy a plane until Ryan shakes it down on the review.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Carlos Rodriguez thanks for that comment. Means a lot

[@stone10473]

That last landing had superb throttle control to maintain your descent rate. NICE! I didn’t want to leave only criticism for my replies. LOL

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Thanks man

[@JP-ts3ym]

Hi Ryan, I wonder what expo-ratio you applied for front steering wheel/rudder function in order to keep on track with center line when taking off ?

[@robbroy]

Love the way you pilot these birds. Noted the general struggle to get her to rotate on takeoff. In fact the real Hornets have always had this issue, which is why you see them use fully toed-in rudder on takeoff - this was a McDonnell Douglas workaround applied to the flight control logic from early days. Many people would wonder why the heck any aircraft would increase drag on the most critical part of a flight and the reluctance to rotate is why. Keep it up guys, beautiful stuff!

[@ajdvra8857]

Twistshhhhhssrrppss and turn.. Airplane gets wet. 😁✌ Nice video, great flight

[@joeys5429]

Great show guys jets use high rates cause small control surfaces the only minor prob is rear wheel well have to keep readjusting l gear very cool looking bird

[@stephenmarinshaw3912]

The full-scale F/A-18 has both rudders canted full inward on launch to create drag above the c.g. This helps rotation on takeoff. Maybe the model is more scale than we thought.

[@johnthejinx4675]

pretty sick stuff gotta get one

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Link in the description my friend

[@giannimoscotto7386]

Nice

[@Mrtcoltpilot56]

Way to go and wish our maiden turned out as good as yours. Upcoming video in a few.

[@jettechdonatkins]

I like this a lot Ryan! With the mlg so far aft of cg,it is not going to rotate like most of the other edfs,instead it kind of lifts off instead of rotates.Flaps help a lot,but still not going to rotate like the others.Great flight,and hope to see more!

[@1991yodaddy]

Man that bird looks amazing on approach with gear down. I love that look. If I flew it I may never put the gear up and just shoot approaches 😂😜. Awesome job Pilot Ryan and Capt. K. Keep em comin. #stickemmonkeypants

[@classifiedunacknowledged.9878]

If you had to choose between the elite f18 or the 70mm f35 for easy stable ride which one would you choose?

[@ricchatrc]

You forgot to add the word "Freakin" in front of AWESOME!!!!!! Fantastic guys.

[@factinator33]

E-flight!!!! Im in, GOING TO GET ONE!!!

[@PilotRyanMedia]

BNF here www.hobbyzone.com/eflite/airplanes/EFL3950.html?AFFID=420234

[@kevinferros4797]

I’m not sure why people don’t like Eflite with AS3X. They fly so good and you don’t have to worry about setting up a gyro wrong.

[@ProKr3w]

That take off gave me the chills lol hahaa I was like nooooooooo

[@iflyem3582]

Nice job! It sticks on takeoff because of the scale gear. When the gear is compressed the rotation point is really close to the elevators and pretty far from the CG. Topical of all F-18 models with scale gear. Flaps is definitely key.

[@MrFishface5]

good to know I had the same problem on take off

[@S1KRRJay]

John Knopp if you use flaps on take off you’ll rotate smoother. Flaps help create lift.

[@brandenboatright2309]

Great video!! Do you know how long your runway is? Just trying to figure out if I have enough pavement to get into EDFs. Thanks!

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Branden Boatright 280’ thanks

[@whatever52h]

Hi Pilot Ryan, what's the most fun rc plane you have in your hangar right now?

[@STANG-us2mz]

Hey Ryan, I really like the Hsd 105mm f16 but for now bc of high price I really like this eflite f18... So a few questions: 1) Since your flights on it, have you had any linkage issues with left or right elevators? 2) How do you like this to the f16 70mm eflite t-bird is this any better or solid over the f18? Is the 3) is the 80mm for the f18 really much more noticeable in speed over the 70mm f16 t-bird? Thank's if you get back to me with an idea of just a few things I have....

[@davidking8968]

Great flying looks cool slow or fast

[@RCANDY195]

great channel, i would love to see if it will go of your grass patch as i have just purchased one

[@PilotRyanMedia]

We are hopefully filming grass ops this weekend. Stick around and turn on notifications and be one of the first to find out.

[@RCANDY195]

@@PilotRyanMedia Nice one Dood, Will look and look forward to it. Oh and the SU30 when you get it ;)

[@Rekzihilal]

sounds amazing; why his sounds different from others

[@daleyoung87]

Mine sounds identical

[@walrathaviation5351]

Ryan, great flight, awesome after burner. PS love the new logo

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Walrath Aviation Thanks!

[@jetman899]

What's the elevator mix mm with landing flap?

[@PilotRyanMedia]

FrankV not sure since I just followed the books callouts which were percentages.

[@thecannabisgrower4669]

How fast does this thing go? That is awesome!

[@fern6978]

I have a feeling this one will like a much more aft cg and closer to neutral elevator buddy... F-18s typically do. They fly MUCH lighter that way too.

[@fern6978]

That's how my 70mm FMS F-18 ended up as well and that baby's LOCKED in.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Yeah I think so too. Half flap on TO is a huge help. Nice jet!

[@fern6978]

@@PilotRyanMedia Can't wait to get mine up and dialed in this weekend!

[@langstonwilliams8979]

I’ve seen the Su-30 and the F-18A Hornet video 🐝 I’m thinking the F-18A is a little more impressive from the standpoint that it seemed more aggressive with the acceleration during fly by🛫✈️ Still can’t get over either one of these planes because they are awesome👍😎👍😎👍

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Can’t go wrong with either.

[@michaeldeitchman6590]

Flew my first flights today. Weather was in the mid 50’s winds 2mph gusting to 10 mph right down the asphalt runway. Beautiful flying plane, but I suggest all view pilot Ryan’s maiden of the EFLITE F18 for some helpful hints. My experience aligned well with Ryan. Definitely use high rate elevator and mid flaps for takeoff. I used a 5000 mAh battery weighing 740g placed 1 3/4” aft of the forward lip of the battery compartment. CG approx at 78mm from where the leading edge meets the fuselage with gear down. As a Ryan indicated the recommended elev mix with flap is negative on the DX8G2 not positive as shown in the manual. Even with the elev trim horn adjusted full forward I still required some nose up trim on my radio to maintain level flight flaps up at mid power. Not sure I want to move the CG further aft not knowing how much margin remains, but maybe with more flights under my belt I’ll give it a try.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Thanks great write up!

[@birdwing98]

6:15 Awesome maiden landing! Great piloting and beautiful bird.

[@runaway2me80]

Lord have mercy that thing is cooking

[@sheriffjohn2498]

Question Pilot Ryan: I didn't understand what you meant by a negative value to get your up elevator mix on the flap. Would you explain it in a different way? Also, I just picked up this jet from my LHS yesterday and I had a insert for page 7. It shows 10 degrees for 50% flap and 15 degrees for 100% flap. My manual is like yours, it says 6% and 10% elevator. Did you get that insert? think the 10% and 15% would help on the roll out? Seems logical. Thanks. SJ

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Just make sure that the elevator moves up when you deploy the flaps. Also make sure you set your elevator neutral by the book

[@sheriffjohn2498]

@@PilotRyanMedia Uh, OK good. I was going to set the flaps up with elevator mix my usual way, which is how you explained it this way. I thought I understood the first way, but wasn't sure. Want to be positive before maiden! Ha! Yes, will do the elevator neutral too. Thanks! SJ

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Super jelous Pilot Ryan!!! That thing looks amazing!!!

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Lol Thanks man

[@crawfordmediacompany1249]

Can someone make this guys a sound board? "The sayings are hilarious! Mamma Jamma, Im sucha Fool..., Spooked, CLEAN, Holy Slow Flight Batman, How Locked in is this!, Holy Smokes!"

[@martyevanson8661]

I'm jealous pilot Ryan

[@sheriffjohn2498]

your video was/is very complete! I appreciate that you mention issues as well as the highlights of the plane. It helps me a lot to decide how it handles and acts so I can determine how it will perform in relation to my other planes. For example, if the plane needs differential ailerons to turn properly, it's good to know and know how to respond to it. Doesn't mean that it's a bad flying plane. Just like the rollout on this one. Good to know before hand. I for one don't want all my planes to fly the same. Another question: I can see that it flies well, but how does it compare with the comparable priced 90mm F-18C and 90mm F-22 Raptor? Faster, slower, more stable, carves the turns, etc. Not looking for "good or bad". I'm sure you know what I mean. This is my first E-flite jet. Got it a few days ago so I've only looked it over. I'll say that it competes with the competition. Few things are different, like control surface hinging and the way the wings plug electrically together. Can't say that either way is better/worse, just different. Can't wait to fly it! SJ

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Right. Different is cool. I have the FMS 70 FW90 and now this F18 all our great. The Raptor is in its own league. Nothing will fly as slow and feel as light.

[@PilotRyanMedia]

It’s nice being able to fly lighter packs like 4000 in the 80. I wouldn’t want less than a 5000 in the bigger FW one

[@sheriffjohn2498]

@@PilotRyanMedia Thanks!

[@Rhoedision]

Woww well done ryan and bobby k...sticker monkey pant's loll..Awsum flight review well done and..another great flight review..

[@matk4731]

It is an awesome looking bird. Nicely flown sir👏. But it’s $1k here in Australia 😱 🙃🙃👍🏻👍🏻

[@PilotRyanMedia]

Dang

[@cut27]

I want one!