Freewing 64mm F14 FPV flights and mods

First FPV flights of my Freewing 64mm F-14. also the changes I made to the model. some video supplied by @Jays_rcgarage, thanks Jay! Model was flown at the wingnutz field in Calverton NY, less than a mile from the old (now closed) Calverton NAS where 750+ F-14's were built!
more video of this model over at Jay's RC Garage • Flying the ICONIC new ...
Thingiverse files for what is talked about here and the new multi purpose pylon found here:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:655...
FPV equipment used:
CADDX vista VTX with nano digital camera
DJI V1 Goggles (NLA, V2 may still be around)
JX servo PDI-9180mg 180 deg pan servo
FPV mount of my own design (not on thingiverse yet)

[@Jays_rcgarage]

Finally had time to sit and enjoy the video. I didn’t realize you changed the tail! Wild to me motion RC botched that on production. Tom.. your knowledge is 🤯

[@tomhuntFPV]

Thanks 👍

[@motionsic]

It’s awesome to have a full scale Tomcat engineer to help us make our models more authentic in looks and behavior. Thanks Tom😁

[@tomhuntFPV]

Thanks Robert! I spent the better part of my first 15 years with grumman on the f14!

[@motionsic]

@@tomhuntFPV I learned that from our phone conversation. I think more modelers should know, too😁

[@eqrc7587]

Awesome Tom !!!! Great job on the correction. The FPV is perfect brother 👍🏻✌🏻🖖🏻

[@johnlancaster1960]

Great mods and flying as always Tom.

[@AntoniusBlack01]

Nice work! I was just looking at this model - nice mods!

[@tonyyimbo]

Looking forward to your next upload bruh . Your content is sick too. Your fpv maiden was my experience as well , thought my plane was gone but I managed to get it back down .

[@AntoniusBlack01]

@@tonyyimbo I justttttt got back in the game - work was a bit

[@tonyyimbo]

@@AntoniusBlack01 hype! Can’t wait man. I got my yak130 fpv now I gotta get on your level with mods and fc .

[@mattyboy47]

Epic Tomcat Tom, great FPV, as you know I'm a dyed in the wool F-14 fan. Having designed my own back in the day, these foam cats have come a long way and for sure would be proud to have one. Nice size, single battery, perfect!! Saving hard for mine, it's a must have for sure, really nice too to see your pilot viewpoint. Can't buy here until Motion RC have them in Europe anyway... My dream jet! Thanks for the great video!

[@tomhuntFPV]

This is my third F-14 in 40 years! First two were scratch built. First one was a little smaller than this but had a glow engine in the nose. Painted it like #7 (mostly white with red and blue stripes). flew great! my second was a 1/10th scale that was started by Bob Kress of Kress Jets (RIP on both) and RK-40's and os max rear rotor .46. Only flew once (briefly) when a fan exploded shortly after take-off. I got her down ok, minor damage but when I replaced the fan the other one blew up on a run-up in my back yard and I shelved the project. I still have the model, hanging in my basement! This one is a joy to fly and I can't wait to get her out again!

[@raeme105]

Great job Tom looking forward to my one when it arrives down under to me i would like to get the angle tool stl files from you if they are available to buy hope to here from you Regards Bill

[@tomhuntFPV]

oh crap. I forgot to add that to the other files here: www.thingiverse.com/thing:6557837 I'll add that in a few minutes

[@raeme105]

Thanks mate found it and your other things fantastic thanks again would like to know more about setting up fpv in my planes@@tomhuntFPV

[@tomhuntFPV]

@@raeme105 thanks for the tip! It's hard to do anything with fpv on KZbin these days as the technology is changing so quickly

[@spidersugar_fpv]

Hey man I hope you see this message! Ive been dabbling in scale FPV planes for a while now and your comment about yer canopy treatment peaked my interest, what exactly are you using and what is the application process? Ive just been dealing with slightly foggy canopies, and even dabbled in making my own "glass" with overhead projector sheets, but those sheets man...HUGE PAIN haha. thanks man! (subbed!) ( I should also note that Id rather live with a little blur than get rid of the "glass" all together)

[@tomhuntFPV]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoekkHhnq8mSj9E

[@spidersugar_fpv]

@tomhuntFPV hell yeah thanks !

[@SpiritofFlight.]

Hi Tom, ive been thinking about trying the FPV system. What system are you using? Id like to replicate what you have. A list of the components would be very helpful. Thanks Chris

[@tomhuntFPV]

I have updated the description Chris. Thx,

[@madsloper]

Nice Tom. Did you notice a shift in the CG with the wings swept back? What do you think about adding a "pull pull" system to move a sliding lead weight which would be activated by the sweep wing servos or an additional servo? The guys slope racing F3F use to employ it for precision angle of attack which results in less control surface deflections thus less drag. I'm just picking your engineering brain. lol

[@tomhuntFPV]

I have not checked the CG with the wings aft, but considering how light they are and the fact that I needed no "up trim" with the wings fully aft, I can't believe the CG is moving farther aft than the center of pressure does. I see no reason to manipulate the CG with wing sweep on this one. I do wish we could vary the gyro gain though between wings fwd and wings aft though. She does have a bit of a "rock" in roll with the wings aft that is not there with the wing fwd.

[@ozzieparky]

Did you have the taps fully open with the wings swept back? It looks a bit jittery and I believe on swing wing planes they need to be going faster with the wings swept so maybe it's the same on this one?

[@tomhuntFPV]

At times, yes, I did have the throttle at full with the wings aft, but she flies fine a bit slower. I don't think the model goes that much faster between wings fwd and wings aft. The wings on the full scale F-14 don't sweep back until a very high mach number (by the computer, they can be overridden) , and we don;t get anywhere near there with our models!

[@tonyyimbo]

This was awesome . How did you do the mirrors ?

[@tomhuntFPV]

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KU7XVVC

[@tonyyimbo]

@@tomhuntFPV @tomhuntFPV thank you ! I’ve been following your set ups since the tiger cat and my start in the hobby has been in fpv dji and caddx vista . I’ve maidened my yak 130 70mm with great success and I’m always excited when you upload cause you have a well of knowledge! How spy you reduce canopy glare in the cockpit and how did you clear up the plastic ?

[@tonyyimbo]

@@tomhuntFPV thank you Tom !

[@tomhuntFPV]

@@tonyyimbo Tony, I used to use a pledge product but it is no longer made. I followed this guys advice kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3jLi2hsf9Vnndk and bought some but have not tried it yet. I still have enough pledge for at least 3-4 more canopies. hope you can get it where you live! oh and continued good luck with your yak!

[@7BlackJack8]

I have a special request: if you put a stopwatch in front of DJI camera, is it possible to take a photo of both the real time and the dji glass to measure the latency? I'm really curious...

[@tomhuntFPV]

at 25frames/sec (the way I have my goggles set) you would never see the latency in a stopwatch. it's less than a tenth of a second.

[@7BlackJack8]

@@tomhuntFPV Thanks. So, to keep things simple, let's assume is 1 tenth of second so 100ms. If i've understood, dji could have this latency (minutes:seconds:millis): Real time: 01:01:00 DJI time: 01:01:10 RIght? With 25fps as refresh rate obviously.

[@tomhuntFPV]

@@7BlackJack8 DJI quotes 30ms latency with their older V1 and V2 goggles and 25frames/sec. DJI Avata (goggles 2) are supposed to be at least that good at 50frames/sec

[@7BlackJack8]

@@tomhuntFPV thank u very much for your support!

[@GALLUS_PRIME]

I’m currently saving up for the 80mm model and a fpv setup. If I can manage, your weapon stations mod is something I’d like to also implement. Did you or anyone have advice on this?

[@tomhuntFPV]

I am designing a new Multi-purpose pylon for this 64mm version. I don't plan on scaling it up for the 80mm

[@GALLUS_PRIME]

@@tomhuntFPV I’ll be sure to stay tuned for more content. Im very grateful that I have found your channel!