Freewing F-16 90mm V2 maiden flight

[@highalpharc]

I always have a gyro off option, I had a gyro go bad on the Mig-29 and I had to shut AS3X off completely. It kept moving the control surfaces randomly

[@highalpharc]

Let me add it moved them with the gyro on. It worked normally once I turned it off!

[@ricardopr54]

Happy New Year, my friend 🎊🎉😁 Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much-appreciated comment! After those flights, I reprogrammed my AS3X/SAFE receiver and enabled the R-knob to control the gyro gains. I can now increase or decrease the gyro's sensitivity and can turn it off entirely at will. The plane now flies beautifully. 😁 I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 😁 Have a great rest of your night 🌙 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵👍🏾😁🇵🇷

[@JeffinLowerAlabama]

Ricky fantastic maiden and such great landings with a fantastic smile 😊. Zoom zoom zoom Jeff in LA USA

[@ricardopr54]

Thank you very much for your always-appreciated comment, Jeff 👍🏾 😀 I'm glad that you liked my video...😁 I just posted another video of my new F-16 V2 90mm and Oscar's Freewing Eurofighter Typhoon 90mm RAF flying together. 😁👍🏾 Have a great rest of your night, my friend 😁👍🏾 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵👍🏾😊🇵🇷

[@BillWaggoner-sk4ci]

Very nice just ordered my 8s trying to watch vids seeing what all I wanna do with her, definitely tailerons as I do on all my jets

[@ricardopr54]

@BillWaggoner-sk4ci Congratulations on your new jet. I wish you many great flights. 🙏🤞🏾😊 Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much-appreciated comment. I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos. 👍🏾 😁 Have a great rest of your evening. Greetings from Douglas, Arizona. 🌵 👍🏾 😊 🇵🇷

[@waynesrc1958]

Nice maiden Ricky, glad you got the oscillation figured out. I put gains on my R knob easier for me to adjust in flight. great flying & landings.

[@ricardopr54]

@waynesrc1958 Thank you very much for your always-appreciated comment, my friend. I'm glad you liked my video. 😁 That's exactly what my friend Oscar told me to do. But since I used the AS3X + default settings, I couldn't adjust them in flight. I'll switch the gains adjustments to the R-knob for future flights. Have a great rest of your night 🌙 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵👍🏾😊🇵🇷

[@frankflyrc]

Sweet maiden day! Man, I wish I had a paved runway!:D

[@ricardopr54]

@frankflyrc Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much-appreciated comment. 😀 That place, sir, is our city's municipal airport. We have permission to use it from the city and the FAA. We have a year-round NOTAM advisory of our operations and always monitor nearby aircraft traffic via radio. 😀 We usually fly from another location within the airport, but sometimes with large, fast aircraft like this one, we use the taxiways or the main runway to avoid running out of space on landing.😁👍🏾 Thank you again for your comment 😁👍🏾 I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 👍🏾 😁 Have a great day 😊👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵👍🏾😊🇵🇷

[@frankflyrc]

@@ricardopr54 Will do! Subbed! Many more happy landings fellow flyer!

[@ricardopr54]

​​@@frankflyrcThank you again!...I subbed to your channel as well!Subscriber #342👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾Have a great rest of your day 😁 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 😁👍🏾🇵🇷

[@ficosk8]

Looking forward for this Video :D

[@ricardopr54]

Maiden flight completed 😊👍🏾

[@ficosk8]

@@ricardopr54 FELICITACIONES hermano!! Y que duermas muy bien! Alcancé a mirar los dos primeras partes, que voy conduciendo a una pequeña conferencia del trabajo a 300 km y al momento voy a 170 km/h así que el resto del video más tarde:D

[@ricardopr54]

@@ficosk8 Maneja con cuidado amigo. Q tengas buen dia😊

[@ficosk8]

@@ricardopr54 gracias hermano ✈️

[@ficosk8]

@@ricardopr54 comenzando a disfrutar con la Mirage kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5_XiXSqZ8ypfpI&si=NA_Y-DjdcRUbsSEz

[@ficosk8]

Congratulations Ricky! Este o mejor dicho estos (!) han sido geniales vuelos. Todo muy controlado desde el comienzo con ese aborto para regular el gyro dos veces pero pese a las oscilaciones extremas mantuviste la compostura y la aterrizaste de manera espectacular 👍🏼 El último vuelo también precioso y todo bien! Dos “Anmerkungen” se diría en alemán, o sea notas o mejor aquí preguntas: 1 el gyro no lo puedes apagar o regular con un máster gain? Yo he estado volando casi todo sin gyro luego de mis primeros aviones. Le puse un réflex a mi pequeña futura para el viento y perfecto. Pero el gyro en l Viper me descolocó un poco como a ti pero mucho menos y a pesar de regularlo preferí apagarlo… 2 el ESC no estaba calibrado? Pq Oscar te preguntó y luego lo pones en el texto. Te faltaba algo de punch final? La verdad que esa calibración hay que controlarla de vez en cuando creo porque hay veces que se pierde. No me preguntes por qué 🤣 Tu ESC al final te lo cambiaron? Esperando si el análisis luego del video con tu experiencia y comparación de los modelos :)). Igual se me ha quedado pegado el internet en el estacionamiento de la carretera en 6:24 pero creo que viene solo la foto. Yo tengo que revisar mi F-16 grande, pero debería ser del tamaño de la tuya. Espero que te peso pueda volar de paseo igual. Como venía sin Edf le compré uno nuevo al vendedor que al parecer es el 3670 de la Viper90 o de la Avanti 90. Quizás nada del otro mundo para esta gran F-16. Así que estoy pensando en volarla con una batería de litio súper liviana de 500g 7S (que es más o menos 6S Lipo o un poquito más) si es que el centro de gravedad se me ajusta… a ver qué hago . O voy al aeródromo asfaltado… que como están volando ustedes no hay nada mejor!! FELICITACIONES y que vengan muchísimos más vuelos hermano!! 👌🏼 A ver cuando está ave comienza a hacer una rutina de guerra con Barrel Rolls, back Flips, Cobra 🐍 s etc 🤣 Disfruta!!

[@ricardopr54]

Gracias hermano x tu siempre apreciado comentario. Te dire q el problema del gyro fue mi culpa. Debí de haber dejado los gains en el R-knob para poder ajustarlos en pleno vuelo y no haber tenido q aterrizar cada vez para ajustarlos. Eso ya lo acabo de corregir...😁 El ESC descalibrado, también fue mi culpa, x que asumí q estaba bien como vino de la fábrica, gran error, es bueno siempre calibrarlos cdo son nuevos antes de un maiden flight. En definitiva, esos casi fatales errors fueron todos mi culpa... lo bueno es q pude mantener la calma y aterrizar el avión sin percances, hasta q logre ajustarlo bien... A todos nos suceden estas cosas, especialmente si se está nervioso antes de un maiden flight...😱😊 Lo bueno es q el avión sobrevivió para otro dia de vuelos y mis nervios ya desaparecieron... 😁 Este avión es igual de grande q el nuevo q tienes tu. Es el mismo avión, diferente color es todo. Vuela igual q el q tengo q es 80mm. Eso si, te recomiendo un lugar con asphalt o concrete, x que donde vuelas t, a menos q éste bien cortito el grass, vas a arruinar/romper el landing gear. El EDF unit q agarraste le va a quedar my buen a tu avión ya verás. Ya luego de esos vuelos iniciales, volamos muchas mas veces,pero esos videos los voy a subir mas tarde durante la semana...😁 Q tengas un excelente dia 😊👍🏾 Saludos desde Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵👍🏾😊🇵🇷

[@ficosk8]

@@ricardopr54 eres un Campeon! Pero luego me dices que invierta en buenos Receivers hahaha El esc hay que calibrarlo siempre para obtener el mejor resultado. Porque cada radio tiene un recorrido quizás distinto del throttle Stick. Y a veces también se pierde la calibracion en el esc. Así que no está malo revisarlo de vez en cuando :) Y lo de los gains es cosa de gustos. Yo por seguridad dejaría algún switch para poder apagarlo por completo. Imagínate que por alguna tontera este cambiada la dirección de las correcciones y no puedes contra corregir…. Eso sucede aveces también. Obviamente se puede evitar al revisar al tés del vuelo, pero errores se cometen siempre:)) He visto los videos y están geniales!!

[@ricardopr54]

@@ficosk8 ​Asi es hermano, tienes toda la razón. No se como pude haber olvidado cosas tan básicas antes del vuelo inaugural 🤦🏾‍♂️... Lo bueno es q solo fue una experiencia mas para recordarme q no se pueden olvidar los chequeos básicos antes de cada vuelo y especialmente en un vuelo inaugural...😁 No fue culpa del receiver lo q sucedió aquí, mas bien fue mi culpa, x que no lo ajuste como debí de hacerlo... Lo bueno es q luego ya quedo buen ajustado y los demás vuelos fueron my bonitos. Acabo de publicar otro video de ese mismo dia cdo ya estaba bien ajustado todo volando junto a mi amigo Oscar y si Eurofighter Typhoon 90mm RAF...😁 Q tengas una excelente noche 🌙 / dia... Saludos desde Douglas, Arizona 🌵 🌵👍🏾😊🇵🇷

[@ficosk8]

@@ricardopr54pues ya lo he visto y comentado Hombre!! 🤣 pero no era el mismo que el otro con los vuelos al revés? Porque Oscar hace ese pass con gusto Kamikaze y luego cuando vas a aterrizar dices tu que serás el primero… quien es el camarógrafo? Pues hace buen trabajo y habla español también? Oscar solo inglés no? Ese Eurofighter está muy bello también. Pero Oscar es de aquellos que les gusta mantener el Stick bien arriba 🤣 🤣 A mi me gustaría probarlo en ese estilo high Alpha que hace al aterrizar. Se ve que flota bastante! Buenas noches hermano!!

[@ficosk8]

@@ricardopr54 son gajes del oficio! Hasta a los más profesionales les pasan cosas similares. Es nada más la costumbre que es nuestra peor enemiga. A un amigo se le cayó el Bronco OV-10 de 2,8m por no revisar el voltaje de las baterías antes del despegue. Le duró nada más una semana ese avión que fue uno de los primeros en que decidió comprar un ARF caro. Porque es de aquellos de la antigua escuela que construyen de madera. Le regalé en invierno una pequeña futura 64mm porque me ha ayudado mucho y se ha enamorado de estos jets también. Pero el tipo como es un capo pasa puro haciendo acrobacias y tiene un vuelo suave y genial. Es un gusto verlo. Me ha dado muchos consejos y ayudado a no estelllar más aviones de lo que ya he hecho. Pero aún así cometió un error que le costó $2000. Nada más por no tener la costumbre (de la gente joven) de usar un Lipo checker siempre (!) antes de volar :( :/

[@MiCasaestuCasaMayra]

Ese avión esta bien bonito, me encanta como suena. Me gustan mucho tus vídeos porque además de profesionales y entretenidos como que me relajan🥰

[@ricardopr54]

@@MiCasaestuCasaMayra 😁😁😁 Muchas gracias x tu comentario hermanita linda😁 So esta muy bonito ese avión, y también no esta fácil de volar como te diste cuenta en el video. Lo bueno es q puede ajustarlo y luego ya voló como Dios manda. 😁 Q tengas un excelente dia😁 Saludos desde Douglas, Arizona 🌵 🌵😁👍🏾🇵🇷

[@SmokeyMountainRcTravisThompson]

Great maiden buddy. Once you get used to the jet, you will be able to move the battery way back on it. It flying alot better with the battery moved back. On 6 and 8 cell batteries. Have a great day brother

[@ricardopr54]

Thank you very much for your always-appreciated comment, Smokey 😁. I'm glad that you liked my video. I flew her more or less eight times that day, and every time I did, I liked it more and more. I posted another video of me flying her, and my friend Oscar was flying his Eurofighter Typhoon 90mm RAF.😁 Have a great rest of your night 🌙 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 😁👍🏾🌵🌵🇵🇷

[@SmokeyMountainRcTravisThompson]

@@ricardopr54 you to buddy. I'll check it out

[@patrol7]

Ricky, 1st flight was pretty scary with the oscillations, but you had a great landing. 2nd and 3rd flights were awesome.

[@ricardopr54]

Thank you very much for your always-appreciated comment, Lee...😁 Yes, sir, that oscillation took me by surprise 😱😱😱 Thankfully, I was able to bring her back down in one piece. After everything was properly set up, the plane flew like a dream...😁 Have a great rest of your night 🌙 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵 👍🏾 😊 🇵🇷

[@jettechdonatkins]

Great job Ricky.That looks and flies great.

[@ricardopr54]

@@jettechdonatkins Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much appreciated comment 😀 I'm glad that you liked my video 😁 I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 👍🏾😊 Have a great rest of your night 🌙 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵👍🏾😊🇵🇷

[@SlowFlyer85]

Great flying and nice looking F-16👍👍👍

[@ricardopr54]

@SlowFlyer85 Thank you very much for your always-appreciated comment, my friend. 👍🏾 😁 I'm glad that you liked my video. 😁 I'm happy that her maiden flight day went through just fine.😁 Have a great rest of your night 🌙 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵👍🏾😁🇵🇷

[@tonydarst8211]

I’m not sure of all radios can… but Spektrum allows the AS3X gain to be variable and assigned to a knob on the transmitter, making them easily adjustable in flight. Once dialed to satisfaction, they can be locked in, which removes the knob control.

[@ricardopr54]

To be honest with you, I completely skipped that part and removed the knob from the equation before testing my gains settings. Big mistake...I'm enabling gain adjustment on that R-knob again for my next flights. Somehow I got confused about the SAFE enabling procedure and disabled the adjustments via the R-knob and substituted them for the factory-fixed ones. I need to reprogram that feature on all my planes that enabled AS3X+ recently. Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much appreciated comment 😀 I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 👍🏾 Have a great rest of your day 😁 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵👍🏾😊🇵🇷

[@davidgerlach1132]

I have this Freewing F-16 90mm V2 too. I made a mistake, should have gone with the lighter E-flight Thunderbirds 80mm. Same size plane, about 1lb/448g lighter, makes a big difference. Also, I like the Navajo, Hopi, and Pueblo peoples -- Thunderbird.

[@ricardopr54]

@davidgerlach1132 Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much-appreciated comment 😊 I own both F16's, the 80 and this new V2 90mm, and they both fly great. The 90mm has a bit more power, and it has air brakes... They both have reverse thrust, and they both look great. You aren't missing anything by having this V2. I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 👍🏾 Have a great rest of your night 🌙 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵 👍🏾 😁 🇵🇷

[@davidgerlach1132]

@@ricardopr54 We can agree to disagree. The Freewing F-16 90mm V2 is a flying PIG!

[@M4rkmcc21]

I always have 3 flight modes. One for safe. 1 for as3x fixed gains and 1 for a lower rate as3x which is also adjustable by the RKnob for only that flight mode. Thanks for the upload. Where were your gains once u were happy?

[@ricardopr54]

Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much-appreciated comment. 😀 To be honest with you, I don't remember the exact gain values I set. However, after that day, I factory reset my receiver and started the AS3X/SAFE programming from scratch. On this occasion, I did set up my AS3X gains as adjustable with the R-knob. The next time I fly my jet, I'll be able to adjust the gyro gains while flying. I posted another video from that day flying tandem with my friend's Eurofighter Typhoon 90mm...I invite you to check it out...👍🏾😊 Have a great rest of your night 🌙 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵😊👍🏾🇵🇷

[@colintamplin303]

Loving the Trump sign, can't wait to maiden my F-16 V2❤

[@ricardopr54]

@@colintamplin303 Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much appreciated comment 😊 I'm glad that you liked my video 😊 I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 👍🏾 😁 Good luck with your maiden flight 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 Have a great day. Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵 👍🏾 🇵🇷

[@thinano]

And finally, what are your settings ? .....

[@ricardopr54]

@thinano Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your question. For starters, I factory reset my receiver and started reprogramming AS3X+ from scratch. On this occasion, I assigned the R-knob to control my plane's gains. Dual rates are as follows: For ailerons and elevator, (H) 125% / (L) 90%, both with 40% expo. For rudder, (H) 100% / (L) 90% with 40% expo. Flaps mix: Switch B: Pos 0 = Flap 0% / Elev 0% Pos 1 = Flap 45% / Elev -8% Pos 2 = Flap 75% / Elev -14% I assigned the airbrakes to Aux 5 and adjusted their travel to the maximum 150/-150. I assigned a 3-position switch for my airbrake, switch C in my case. You can go to servo travel and adjust the travel on each switch position to your taste. In my case, it ended up being as follows: Pos 0 = 104 Pos 1 = -46 Pos 2 = -150 Again, this could be different in your case. Adjust it to your taste. I didn't create a flap/airbrake mix, but I combine them during landing. Lately, I prefer half airbrake with full flaps, then full airbrake once touched down. I hope this information suffice your inquiry. 🤞🏾 I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 👍🏾 Have a great rest of your day 😁 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 👍🏾 🌵 😁 🇵🇷

[@thinano]

@@ricardopr54 Thanks a lot

[@Soontobeusbp]

Trump 2024, hermano?? Maybe there is a flying garbage truck you can find. #DiosYLaVirgen

[@ricardopr54]

🤣🤣🤣 Thank you very much for your always-appreciated comment, Richard. 😊😁 Yes, sir, Trump 2024 all the way! 😁😁😁🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷... I need to find a garbage plane for the club...🤣🤣... Sorry that you live in a blue state, my friend...🤪 LOL🤪 I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other video of this jet flying in tandem with Oscar. Have a great day. Beyond Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵 👍🏾 😊 🇵🇷

[@Wyrmkilla]

@@ricardopr54i dont know about a dump truck, but freewing makes the al37 airliner….some paint, some stenciling and….Trump Force one! 😉👍 great flying! Nice plane 🇺🇸

[@ricardopr54]

​@Wyrmkilla Graphics for the Trump-Force One AL-37 Airliner are on the way from Callie Graphics. 🤪 Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your very appreciated comment. I'm glad that you liked my video...I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 👍🏾 Have a great day 😁 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵👍🏾😁🇵🇷

[@trash2treazures]

Clicked for Trump flag, stayed for bald eagles.

[@ricardopr54]

@@trash2treazures 😁👍🏾👍🏾Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much appreciated comment 😁 I hope that you liked my video. 🤞🏾🤞🏾 I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 😊 Have a great rest of your day 😁 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵 😁 👍🏾 🇵🇷

[@Sivaneswaran]

Assign gains on the knob

[@ricardopr54]

@Sivaneswaran Thank you very much for visiting my channel and leaving your much-appreciated comment. 😁👍🏾 Yes, sir, after that third flight, I figured that out, and actually, that's what I did. I can't believe I made such a rookie mistake when I programmed AS3X+/SAFE on this plane 🤦🏾‍♂️ Now the plane's gains are controlled via the R-Knob. Here's another flight on that same day with that mistake already fixed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYnCpqqdlLWDmc0si=41SghWFAI4Ma0Amt I invite you to visit my channel again and check out my other videos 👍🏾 Have a great day...😁 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona 🌵🌵😁👍🏾🇵🇷

[@Sivaneswaran]

​@@ricardopr54 Amazing

[@ricardopr54]

@@Sivaneswaran Have a blessed day 🙏