Esky F150 V2 Airwolf Review & Flight Test

[@quantumphaser]

As the box slides open, the theme song starts playing in my head.... Very nice.

[@michaelramsey82]

This video convinced me to buy one of these! Lovely little heli, and almost exactly the right size to match HO scale trains. For the battery, I just cut a partial bit of fine velcro (it was included with my Blade 70 S, which of course is a 150 V2 clone) and stuck it on the upper part of the mounting area, letting the nose hold the forward end of the battery in place. The biggest annoyance is the dead zone in the controls, which is fine when just flying around but makes it really annoying to attempt precise spot landings. One workaround I found was to set the trims all the way to one side on the right stick, and then fly it with constant pressure on the stick, thus moving the dead zone away from the effective center point. It is more difficult to fly overall that way, but gives you finer control when landing. I do still fly it with the trims centered most of the time, though. It's surprisingly good outdoors too, especially in high rate mode, and actually handles the wind a lot better than my old (much larger) Blade CX2.

[@ruipires7954]

I smell a Porsche in the vicinity.Nice !!!

[@thebrowns5337]

Yeah, but what is with the cloth(?) under the tyres?

[@JQUICK21]

@@thebrowns5337 probably puts something on his tires & don’t want it on the concrete

[@Rchelicopterfun]

@The Browns It's foam insulation to help keep tire flat spotting to a minimum while it's in storage on the heated floor.

[@Doggeslife]

LOVE the large scale birds. I didn't like the way the F150 flew. The huge dead zone in tail rotor control does not suit me at all. So I put the works from a Blade MSR-X inside the body shell. Unfortunately I could not get the works from a 3D micro heli to fit in there like the Nano CPX. Cool videos. Happy flying!

[@jackielee5815]

I like the small helicopter model is very nice and cute little helicopter i like it

[@steve0826]

9:56 flying starts

[@ambrosekillpack4841]

Just hope Moffett's ghost doesn't infect it and make it go kaboom XD. Only fans of the show will get this reference.

[@kenmcleod8618]

Nice Porsche!

[@emmettrowe5164]

Well hello my friend I think that was an excellent excellent review 4 Pros as well as beginners really like your review this is my first time observing yet not yet a subscriber I'm using with the RC tanks but Airwolf always gets my attention love your review..😊😊👍👍👍

[@patrickwalsh2086]

You could use Blu-Tak instead of the double sided sellotape 🙂

[@thewatersavior]

Thanks for sharing! I didn't know they made minis this small! Chase scene with the Porsche coming next?

[@videosquevocegosta2395]

Amei esse brinquedinho!

[@ljaysperspective1775]

I had no idea esky made minis i still have my Green esky 450 pretty modded. Enjoyed the review and the Porsche look sweet too lol

[@brianharris4144]

Wish these were still available!

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Agreed Brian. It was a good micro scale Bell 222 heli and mine is still flying great; I've had no issues with it. Their 300V2 (the replacement for this) is a better flying heli, but it's not as good for indoor flying like this little rascal was.

[@johnharris2683]

Wish it was fpv !!!! Thanks for the video !

[@ThatEvilGod]

Awesome

[@005AGIMA]

Ah Porsche Boxster. 986 if I'm not mistaken? I have a 987 Cayman S myself. Great cars.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Good eye - you know your P cars! I'm sure your 987S has been a joy to own & drive as well. We've had our little 986 since 2001 and in those 20 years, it has never missed a beat. I do all the service on it myself. Had a 73 911T before, kinda wish I kept it with the insane prices air cooled 911's are fetching now, but the 986 is better performing, more refined, and way more fun to drive 🙂

[@005AGIMA]

​@@Rchelicopterfun Nice :) Yeah anything aircooled has gone ballistic. I'm only recently into P cars to be honest. Spent my life chasing the Ferrari dream and never quite got there. Now that I have my Cayman S, there's a Ferrari 348 for sale that I "could" afford, but I'd have to sell the Cayman....and I wont. That says volumes. I'll always love Ferrari, but, the way I put it, the Cayman is "the most Ferrari thing Porsche have ever done". Re spotting it in your video, funny story. I was literally just thinking "I wouldn't fly that thing in MY garage in case I hit the Porsche", and at that moment, you panned round and I spied the Boxster wheels lol. Classic.

[@alexanderking9820]

I ordered one , i receve in march .

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Happy flights 🙂

[@fnordrabbit1156]

How do I take it apart and put it back together when putting a new skin

[@MegaControltv]

Buen video gracias por compartir

[@Ron-im6mj]

I would be bouncing that thing against every wall in the garage and end up totaling it against my wife car....lol

[@dennychannel1723]

Good job

[@terrenceacathan2450]

VIDEO IS VERY GOOD MATE ,,Can get more batteries that will take more amps will it fit?? and where can one if so.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Not that I know of. Battery size & thus capacity on these micro's is more or less fixed since there is so little room up in the canopy.

[@terrenceacathan2450]

@@Rchelicopterfun okthanks mate3

[@terrenceacathan2450]

Sorry for the delay but thank you for your reply

[@caballoviejo6736]

MUCH BETTER THAN HORIZON 120S,

[@bobsalvesen2070]

John I appreciate if you could get back to me on this. running out of ideas. I have a 550 XL power heli that I want to place the H1 into. But I can't find a receiver that will work with DX9 I'm using the orange 920 which I'm use to tried the AR10100T that couldn't didn't help me... your thoughts?

[@jeffkraus1457]

Would have been a home run with brushless motors...

[@e30kitty]

I have a question :D Is it possible to use the F150 blades on the Blade 70 S? I use a huey body on my Blade 70 S and the heli could use some more uplift.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Not the F150 V2 blades as the rotor direction is reversed and thus the leading and trailing edge are reversed as well. The 150 V2 however can because it's the same heli as the 70S. Regardless however, blade size and shape is identical between the 150 V2 and 70S are also identical so no lift gains would be had.

[@e30kitty]

@@Rchelicopterfun Good to know, thank you very much sir. So i have to stay with 1 minute flytime :D

[@Flight6677]

What a nice machine. I have ordered one last week. I also got the pod and boom but in BNF mode. What is the best way to pair it with my DX18? I have a few spare DSMX Satellites available.

[@carrboro_chapelhillfpv2442]

wow a cc3d flight controller I still have a few of them.

[@lewismcgarry1349]

I got one and it never saved any data. I spent months and realised it didnt work

[@motivationnation4390]

Do you think it would be okay to go from 450 and 700 scales to flying this or would it be smarter to start with a smaller one? Not sure if it's harder to fly because of the size. Thanks!

[@shahariarfahim5211]

Not bad but good

[@My_AviationChannel]

Awesome! That thing is huge! To an ant

[@emmettrowe5164]

Question my friend can you make a video showing how to replace the canopy to this many Airwolf helicopter because I need to change it out and put on a new one..???

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Canopy removal is covered in detail on my F150 V2 review page on my website: www.rchelicopterfun.com/esky-f150-v2.html

[@aeroalan2570]

show de bola ..! ele parece ser menor que o xk k110

[@integrationofmanandmachine4714]

hey what is this car

[@nich9327]

Hi John Gray video I don't understand the pitch, exp settings. I really would like to fine tune my xk124. I would really appreciate your help.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

All covered in detail in my setup & tips for collective pitch RC helicopters eBook: www.rchelicopterfun.com/rc-helicopter-tips.html This video I made on radio setup might also help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWKvYaqur9Skhbc

[@dannyc50]

just got one and I hardly to control it sticky in one place, it's always floating and drifting around(indoor) , is it normal? I've another indoor fly quad-drone, it got optical flow positioning , it will always sticky in same place not drifting, can F150 perform the same?

[@phapnui]

Trim it out.

[@shiblyahmed3720]

Just curious, you could get a real one if you want it right?

[@Bagman57]

Your link to Zonda Hobby shows the price as $699.90. That must be a typo. Are they really asking that much for it? The one at Banggood is $78.74.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Yep, typo. Should be 69.99. I've contacted them to fix it.

[@maddmavic]

Wait first he says it's easier and better then the boom style then says start with boom style this is trickier

[@Rchelicopterfun]

What I actually said is it's more stable in a hover than the pod & boom version, but the pod & boom version has better flight characteristics and it's not as fragile.

[@wltoysrcdrift3318]

can f150v2 mount fpv camera? How much load can it bear? Thank you

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Too small and not nearly enough power to lift any extra weight.

[@Togetherness80]

Just out of curiosity......what if you added a little weight to the right side to get the lean out?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

You would have to add a lot of weight (in relation to heli mass anyway) and the helicopter would then drift right. It's leaning left to counter the right tail rotor translating tendency (RTRTT). Leveled out, it would no longer be able to do that and the heli would no longer be in a state of hover equilibrium.

[@suhudisuhudi5915]

How many meters is the distance? How many meters is the height?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Like most RC aircraft, RF range is greater than visual range (i.e. if you can see it, you can control it). On a small dark micro heli like this, practical controllable visual range is at maximum 50m (160ft) if you have really good eyesight. Personally, it gets too small to see/control for me at about 30m (100ft)

[@jimawhitaker]

Nice video, did you ever get it to bind to a hobby grade radio with module?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Still haven't tried.

[@jimawhitaker]

@@Rchelicopterfun I've tried but can't get it to bind and I'm sure it's me and not the radio.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

What multi-protocol module are you using?

[@jimawhitaker]

@@Rchelicopterfun the jumper 4-in-1 that comes with the jumper t12

[@AV8R_1]

why is there a laser pointed at the floor of the garage?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

To gauge car position when parking

[@AV8R_1]

@@Rchelicopterfun cool

[@ranimedia4257]

Very nice 😍😍😍💟💟💟😍😍😍

[@fnordrabbit1156]

How do change modes if you accidentally chose a different mode? Do you have to return and wait for another or is there a way to change it?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

You mean switch dual rates on or off? If so, you simply push the button to change from one to the other and you can do it on the fly. There is no visual way to tell what D/R selection you are in but you can certainly feel what level of D/R you have selected when flying.

[@fnordrabbit1156]

@@Rchelicopterfun If that’s what there called. Then okay, but if that’s something else then what I mean is the type of way I want my controls set up. The up, down turn left, turn right, control to the left side or right side, and the throttles to go forward, backward, left, right on the left side or right side of the controls. The throttle controls are on the left side and the controls to go up and down, turn left and right are on the right side. When I used to have that, I had the controls on the opposite sides which I enjoyed. So is there a way to fix it? Sorry if I sound rude, quarantine’s got me unsure on how to start convos since I barely talk to anyone.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Ah, you're referencing the radio (transmitter) stick mode type - understood! Specifically mode 1 vs mode 2. No way to change that with these little low cost transmitters I'm afraid. That is why there is a mode 1 version of the F150 V2 and a mode 2 version. The heli is the same, the radio it ships with is different (mode 1 version with throttle on the right elevator on the left, mode 2 version with throttle on the left and elevator on the right). Two options I can think of without returning/exchanging it would be to pair it to a computerized OpenTX radio with multi-protocol module that allows you to change stick modes in the radio (a costly and complicated fix). That or find someone in the same bind with the stick mode you want and you with the mode they want and swap transmitters. 🙂 I suppose a third option would be to see if you can mod the radio to swap the gimbals around along with the wiring so the correct gimbal is controlling the correct channel. I have no idea if that is even possible as I no longer have the little radio that came with mine, I fly it with an OpenTX radio now.

[@yamimahmed2328]

wow

[@dippy830]

how much is that i'll buy it

[@user-jh2ix2io3t]

Battery type? ph2.0?

[@ModellbautechnikSalzkammergut]

Which battery do you use?

[@stuartoakley4784]

Hi John. I can't find additional batteries on the Banggood site for this heli. A very challenging live chat eventually told me they are out of stock however they don't even show up on their list of batteries. Can you suggest a source for these? I won't but if I can't get more batteries. Thanks. I am in Canada so limited as some websites don't ship here such as Zonda.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

If you Google search "esky airwolf battery" there are several that come up. Amazon.ca used to have a 6pk set, but it doesn't look they have them in stock anymore. There is an eBay seller that has the same 6pk. Aliexpress also shows one. Likely more, but that's what I quickly found.

[@stuartoakley4784]

@@Rchelicopterfun Thanks. Ebay seller doesn't ship to Canada and the Aliexpress is pricy so maybe will wait for a bit. I think I will go with the XK123 scale heli RTF with 4 batteries. I don't have Futaba have Spektrum so need the radio for that. Your review of it kind of sold me on it.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

The ebay seller I found them at (hobby-in-world) shows the 6 pk LiPo set ships worldwide ($5 USD economy shipping charge).

[@stuartoakley4784]

@@Rchelicopterfun You are much better at this than I appear to be. On their site they show 0 results when you search. Thanks I will keep looking.

[@ninobrown5385]

Nice🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁

[@deandaniels203]

Would you class this heli as toy grade.

[@Rchelicopterfun]

No, because you can get replacement parts for it; which is my main criteria that separates toy from hobby grade.

[@fergusoncj8089]

Worth it buying?

[@Flight6677]

ScottishRCZone Yes if you want an indoor heli that is fixed pitch and easy to fly. Mine arrived and it’s very cute and small. I also have the 150V2 pod and boom which is the same heli as the Blade 70s. I believe ESKY makes the Blade heli for Horizon.

[@larryjlleavittll794]

There's a ton of variations so which one is the whole pagage

[@Rchelicopterfun]

There are only 2 versions. One with a mode 1 TX (throttle on the right stick) & one with a mode 2 TX (throttle on the left stick).

[@locmang7098]

Hello, I see it's at a slight tilt when flying. Any ways to fix that issue? Or it's normal for the scale heli?

[@bryceh2163]

I have one that does the same thing, real helicopters don’t do that but I don’t see any issue with the tilt

[@way2tall1979]

As a Rotorcraft CFI I can attest to the fact that real helicopters do slightly tilt in flight. It’s due to something called “Translating Tendency” or the helicopter’s tendency to drift in the direction of tail rotor thrust. Helicopter designers can correct this in the design or how the controls are rigged. However most people like myself learn to fly in the Robinson R-22. In the Robinson it is the pilot correcting it with a slight left cyclic input at all times. It’s noticeable on initial takeoff into a hover, but you don’t pay attention to it as you fly.

[@MrAgentHyper]

wow! I need this, thei're still selling?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Yes they are - links in the description.

[@runnerbean1980]

amazon over £100 uk pownds

[@bernardedette]

Can you fly outside or is it too hard with wind?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Small fixed pitch RC helicopters like this require very calm conditions. My full review of this helicopter on my website covers wind handling ability in more detail: www.rchelicopterfun.com/esky-f150-v2.html

[@Ionisus]

only minus is the runtime of the battery ..4 min...

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Pretty standard time for any micro heli.

[@Ionisus]

@@Rchelicopterfun didnt know that.. its my first micro heli..the micro heli e129 from eachine gives a 15 min runtime it seems

[@coldfirebeat4903]

It can flip? Or fly in reverse or up side down

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Nope, fixed pitched helicopters can't fly inverted.

[@coldfirebeat4903]

@@Rchelicopterfun but what is the between 4ch and 5ch?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Ch5 on the F150 V2 & 150V2 control what stabilization mode is activated (easy self level with more dual rate or normal gyro with less dual rate). The other 4 channels are your primarily flight controls (throttle, yaw, pitch, roll).

[@coldfirebeat4903]

@@Rchelicopterfun oh okey sir thank you. I just bought a second hand e130 eachine. Its a 4ch sir right?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

No idea.

[@hendrycraft]

Link buyy

[@nickcadwell1094]

To bad the wheels don't retract.

[@unorthdoxcleric6953]

Do you still have to use Trim when flying this ?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Like all single rotor RC helicopters with swashplates, if you have cyclic drift (ie. swashplate is not level), you can use the radio's aileron or elevator trim, or adjust the pushrod linkages. If you have tail rotor drifting, your only option is using the radio trim. Trim is pretty good out of the box for the most part.

[@Kietanimus3d]

This one you can up side down?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

No - it's fixed pitch.

[@areimotovlog5949]

What's name songs please?

[@htutaung7533]

I like this how much

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Link in the description to check current pricing.

[@sergeysergeyev4462]

Ничего не понятно - но очень интересно. Хотелось бы в общих чертах понять, чего хочет иностранец.

[@devil-lh6nk]

What is range of this chopper

[@Rchelicopterfun]

No idea. I lose practical control sight long before RF range.

[@scoutdandan]

Is this heli fixed pitch or collective pitch ?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Fixed

[@huilin2044]

How much is it

[@Rchelicopterfun]

For current pricing, see links in description.

[@KatDrivtx7]

lol excellent

[@asagiriasagi6243]

Is this hobby grade? Or just toygrade?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

I would classify it Hobby Grade since you can get all the replacement parts to maintain/repair it.

[@user-bo5sv8ni9h]

can exten and rect landing gear?

[@bsg-wrencha-snake2676]

No

[@jahidrayhan6661]

how much price

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Check description

[@truckerray7533]

Paint that tail rotor white

[@rachaelnyrenda1251]

How much for it

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Link in description for current pricing.

[@vernoncunanan105]

Where can i buy like that

[@Rchelicopterfun]

I have the product link down in the description.

[@syedshahid3965]

Price???

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Check description

[@bestamerica]

' how come american dont want to makeeing their own R/C mini-helicopter... airwolf was a full american made helicopter in history

[@sherwinsalvatori6997]

that not a Airwolf . it a buzzing mosquito. where my electric zapper

[@avatardugarry]

je doit tout demonter et metre les cles USB avans de jouer

[@mistytherat8430]

Is it easy to fly?

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Fairly, but still need to practice.

[@mistytherat8430]

@@Rchelicopterfun ah ok I'm just learning to fly helicopters and was looking for something easy to fly and is cheap

[@Rchelicopterfun]

Suggest their (Esky's) normal 150 V2 then (same thing as the Blade 70S). It's more robust because it's not got as many fragile scale details, and it flies a little better too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHvSgoh9obKKZ8U

[@mistytherat8430]

@@Rchelicopterfun thanks for the advice but I think I will stick with drones for now because I will probably end up crashing it and breaking something

[@angelorossi6777]

auguri di buona pascqua ma e meglio la tua auto dell elicottero ahhah

[@glasttube9312]

AIRWOLF

[@avatardugarry]

nul ya meme pas les roquettes et mitrailleuses

[@jamandaskevlani5003]

Ret kiya

[@KKK-dg4rh]

😍😍😍😍☺☺

[@anilkumar-uh1yx]

He is mad why he open helicopter parts

[@salwasalwa427]

Nippon yg

[@taimoorkhan8203]

it resembles a baby toothless

[@gamingwithbarno4264]

Gift me that toy plss

[@avatardugarry]

J'ai acheter cette merde sur EBAY et je sait pas monter ce jouet