Freewing 1700mm A-10 Thunderbolt II Flight Review

Motion RC and Freewing Models are very proud to announce the world’s largest and most definitive foam electric PNP A-10 Thunderbolt RC model aircraft in the world! Powered by twin 80mm EDFs, this 1700mm wingspan beast is larger than the two 1500mm wingspan twin 70mm EDF A-10s on the market, while still remaining easy to transport. The Freewing 80mm A-10 delivers the best balance between size, weight, thrust, top speed, stall speed, transportability, rough grass handling, and overall scale fidelity.

[@anonymausfighter1702]

Well detailed a10...

[@vliegendesjakie2452]

ik heb de A10 van rc motion en het is echt supperrr!!!

[@edwill62]

Best A-10 I have seen yet......great presentation guys.....

[@nickcoelho5421]

I can not get over how accurate everything is on this thing. The 23 FG markings look perfect. The badge would go on the other side, but the shark teeth are perfect. Even the armament positions on the pylons are blowing me away. Just the accuracy of the ECM pod is on station 1 and the AGM-65s on 3 and 9. Rocket pods on 2. Lau-105s on station 11, we never flew lives, but for training they were only on the outboard launcher. If there is a litening pod it would go on station 8. Even the dark grey under the fuselage. I didn't see a pitot tube on the right wing but thats just nitpicking. This plane looks so baller. -Nick

[@itzjoeylo4501]

Why did you cut out the footage of running off the runway when landing?

[@steveone9375]

Thanks I have 4 packs of them so I have now placed the order for the plane

[@francisconti9085]

3 yrs later, hey look, Pilot Ryan.. ["SQUIRREL!"]....A-10! LOOK, LISTEN, A-10!!!!!😀👍🇺🇸

[@modeljetjuggernaut4864]

awesome flying man. great jet! p. ryan and cpt mike are truly the hall and oates of edf jets!

[@JeffsCustomRC]

Awsome piloting skills as always Ryan, you make it all look to easy. I have the new tigercat and love it's stable flying ability, this plane look as if it's just as stable...hmmm...may have to add it to stable as well, keep it up guys!!!

[@GuyOnTwoWheels]

Man, I am going to end up with one, I can feel it.

[@tigrismask8450]

Did you ever get one?

[@davinmaki7533]

+Tigris Mask hahaha

[@fern6978]

ARF PLUS 90mm ready for me! Can't wait!

[@lonlouvar6374]

Fingers crossed that pre-order shows next week!!

[@georgeb6909]

Love the realistic jet engine sound

[@PetrincicBrosRC]

Very nice pilot Ryan and Captain Mike. Like always. Beautiful bird and great video. Iam just sorry that you guys dont ship planes to Slovenia. I have many planes that you made rewiews of but I have to buy them all over the world... Anyway keep up the good work boys and see you soon. The best rewiews on you tube. Oh yeah... Greetings from Slovenia. Robert

[@MotionRC]

Robert petrinčič oh yeah! I've been watching your channel, love it. So fun and real. Keep checking on shipping policy. Hopefully someday we ship worldwide oh yeah Best regards Pilot Ryan

[@PetrincicBrosRC]

Thanks guys for kind words. I really deeply respect your professional work on reviews. Stay well Ryan and Mike and greetings from Kostanjevica na Krki SLOVENIA, Robert Petrinčič

[@PetrincicBrosRC]

Oh yeah...

[@Carboncluster]

Fans seem unevenly balanced. The aircraft seems to be wobbly as hell and the coil whining is pretty bad.

[@michaelgentry3521]

I Love the A10

[@GroundControlRC]

Great looking plane and great piloting. Congrats! Loved the video! I've had the real ones do mock gun runs on our Heli. Very lethal looking.

[@pronounceword]

I like your video very much. It's really great. I'll keep an eye on your channel. I am your fan and I will support you.

[@grancanariaaeromodelismo3880]

Beautiful aircraft, nice vídeo!!

[@brianchambers1515]

safe trip brother

[@jimbonito3766]

What a Plane

[@eebarreto]

NICE I got mine on ORDER!

[@psiturbo]

At the pace that am going, I may end buying the house across the street just for my rc planes, LOLz!

[@MotionRC]

We should go in together. Hell, get enough guys and we'll buy our own development

[@markhthompson1]

Take My Money Take My Money , Very Impressed going to have a look who's selling it in England ...... Great video guy's thanks

[@MotionRC]

www.motionrc.com/pages/shipping-policy

[@markhthompson1]

Cheers

[@pjhudson5344]

beautiful, I wonder if it will fit 6s 10kmah tatoos left over from my s900. LOVE these giant scale birds! 1800mm 602nd SOS A-1 skyraider please please! Thanks guys, keep the gatorskin down and keep em coming.

[@calebyoungconductor]

Love the Fort Wayne decals! (I live in FW!)

[@MotionRC]

Caleb Young you should come to Muncie for NEFI weekend of 16-19 June

[@calebyoungconductor]

I might see you all there!

[@neutrno]

Those details look great, and as I can see , it flies very stable on windy days. Landing gears look perfect for all types of runways. Just one single thing that is missing on this airplane are breaks. If they made it with breaks in landing gear it would be the real thing. Do I see 4 servos for flaps? If that is the case, I suppose they are all connected to single channel on receiver with 3 Y cables. How do you center them?

[@MotionRC]

Gorazd Cok junction box style multi port flexible wiring harness for each wing half. No y connectors.

[@Mr.XJ.96]

Gonna be my first EDF FOR SURE! I feel Im ready to graduate from my Carbon Z Cub to this...lol. Ive been Flying the Turbine Models and EDF Models on The Sim and I'm Flawless with them. The A-10 seems to one of easiest airframes to fly for me. I love the scale and i love the how tough this Model is compaired to other brands as well. All these Models from this compamy apear to be fantastic. I seen they have a sound speaker for real jet sounds for a upgrade...How in world does that sound and work? Is it worth it? Anyways Im goin for it as my 2nd aircraft, before I take it up id like to learn about how to set it up amd stuff....

[@flaviosoares4254]

muito, muito bom mesmo. Estou muito tentado a comprar um desse. Flávio (Brasil)

[@drabun1959]

What's the top speed on this airplane

[@MotionRC]

Speed will vary on numerous factors. Are you at high alitude or low? is it hot outside or cold? She will do over 100mph easy, but there is no set number.

[@leejimerson3354]

Hi sir ,what receiver are you using in the airplane? I have a ix12 transmitter and a ar8010t receiver.The servo plugs from the airplane will not plug into my receiver!!

[@MotionRC]

Spektrum RX's are notoriously tight fits. Sometimes you have to take an exacto knife and just take off a bit of the corners of the leads to snug them in. But we use Admiral RX's for most of our videos or Futaba

[@leejimerson3354]

Thank you for the info!!

[@lila.k1811]

What is mm in rc planes

[@Airguardian]

So what did you excatly do to get rid of the bad throttle-pitch coupling tendencies? I'm curious.

[@MotionRC]

Airguardian those tendencies have been designed out. Specifically the relationship between thrust and elevator and their incidence. The details of which I'm not certain. I do know it's a joy to fly not having to worry about pitch effect through the throttle range.

[@Airguardian]

Do you mean passive relationship (Like thrustline incidence and stab airfoil) or active, like transmitter-mixing/gyro or something alike?

[@MotionRC]

Airguardian passive, no radio mix

[@Airguardian]

Thanks, that's what I was trying to understand ;)

[@steveone9375]

Will this be ok on a 4500 mAh 6s battery

[@JHill-hv1po]

they should do a remake of the F18F superhornet

[@rcjetplanes22]

What transmitter do you use

[@MotionRC]

Futaba 10J

[@rcjetplanes22]

@@MotionRC i watch all your flights and i know i have some of the same jets the trans, is the life line, i cant wait to get the mig 29 when it comes back in stock, im excited for that one

[@matthewbrothers2823]

need a sound unit with the BRRRRRRRT! with a small smoke generator puffing the gun smoke out the front. now that would be awesome

[@rickhayes]

Hey guys....thanks so much for doing this model!! I do have one major concern/question. I have an FMS A-10 available to ship from my Horizon Hobby back order list but I have been hesitant to get it. It only flies on a single 6S pack and the flight times have been reported as only 4 to 5 minutes. I was holding out for the Freewing A-10 which carries two 6S packs but after watching this video and hearing you say you had the timer set for 3 minutes......I'm REALLY confused!! What is the max flight time you think is possible with a pair of 6S 7000 Kinexis packs? Thanks in advance for your reply!! Ready to pre order this model right now if I can get some decent flight times out of it.

[@MotionRC]

Rick Hayes I said 3:40 seconds and I flew 4:40. On the big packs you mention 5 minutes definitely sounds doable. As always set timer conservatively and adjust accordingly. You cannot go wrong with this model.

[@rickhayes]

OK.......I'm sold!! LOL!! Thanks for the reply!! Been watching this model for several weeks now!! Looking forward to getting one!!

[@rickhayes]

Any chance if I pre-order now I "might" get one of the first batch or are they all spoken for with existing pre-orders? I see the cut-off date for the first batch pre-order was pre April 1st. Thanks!!

[@1WAYBAD]

Is this the A-10 Capt. Mike put the Vortex whistles in?

[@MotionRC]

WAY BAD yes

[@1WAYBAD]

Awesome! I thought I could hear them... Super excited and a little nervous for mine to come in. As this will be my first EDF. Ryan makes it look easy!

[@offswitch1]

I just can't do 3 mins of flight time on two batteries.

[@MotionRC]

This is an old video, with older power systems. The newer power systems in this plan are far more efficient and pilots get 4-6 minutes. Which is great for any EDF jet

[@offswitch1]

@@MotionRC might have to check it out then! Thanks!!!!

[@theodorejohnsoniii3422]

So I have one on order and was wondering what flight receiver do you recommend with flight telemetry for a spektrum DX 8 G2? I was thinking about the AR8010t is that a good choice?

[@TheHateHarbinger]

Id like to get into RC planes, obviously wouldnt start with this but eventually work up to it.. my only concern with something like this, and the other large, badass models, is how do you transport it? It's obviously very large, and a back seat wouldnt really support it. Do you just kinda surround it with pillows in your trunk or something and hope for the best? Or is taking the wings off then putting them back on the best option?

[@MotionRC]

We have cargo vans but we still have to take the wings off. Make some sort of stand to set the hog on its back and assemble the wings. Takes us about 3mins to setup and fly.

[@TheHateHarbinger]

Makes sense.. thanks! Also my only other question is, I know these get maybe 3-5 minutes of flight.. how do these batteries recharge? When you're out in the field.

[@Mrsonicslash5]

Do you need to run 2 6s lipos or 1. Id imagine only 1 but the website says they recommend 2.

[@Shinobi117]

Please make a new F22 raptor twin 80 or single 90

[@blinkguy4ever]

Here's a buddy what batteries do you use?

[@MotionRC]

blinkguy4ever Admiral 5000's

[@trenches451]

what TX do you use?

[@MotionRC]

trenches451 Spektrum dx8

[@danielburgess7785]

$600? My first two cars didn't cost that much.

[@Rusty2winfan]

So I paid more for the F-14 and had to buy the ordinance but the cheaper jets comes with them..WTH

[@619TommyD]

Seems a little sluggish.

[@MotionRC]

619tommyd your kidding right? This was not a firewall demo, more scale and savory.

[@619TommyD]

Nope... not kidding. I wasn't impressed with vertical performance either.

[@jetthelooter]

the a10 in real life is slow. its a jet designed to allow as much time on target as possible to smoke the enemy on the ground. grab a f16 or f15 if you want fast. the design of this plane and its speed is perfect they could not have done better.

[@malte4949]

that dude speaks like a typical american xD

[@skeetless1677]

Intro like

[@MotionRC]

Super &Gaming thanks!

[@0304051324]

i came