Funjet at 200mph screaming past

The now deceased Funjet of doom.. let down by a faulty throttle stick on a brand new DX8, after 4 years of reliable 200mph flying on the old DX8. Crashed after launch a few weeks after this video.

[@AndrejSturm]

Awesome takeoff and the speed is insane!

[@james66872]

That little red and blue plane Struggling to stay up at the end of the video was hilarious

[@tomsunhall]

Love the launch technique. Up she goes!

[@mopar_shawn939]

Good flying skills and great eye balls.

[@51im]

Great bit of flying. That thing is quality. Sorry to learn of it's destroyment. 😖

[@bycosqun]

What is esc,motor and others?

[@mountaindewdude76]

Well done, Rupe's! Always impressive speed!

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Thanks buddy, hope you are keeping well.

[@mountaindewdude76]

Yep...doing well here. Still not flying as fast as you do, but I'm getting there, Loving my FPV Skyfun!!!

[@JamesHurd]

Its crazy the motors can handle all that power. Topthumbs.

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

And some, I think the motor can take more. :-) ..but I always think that till there is fire :-) Hows the Radjet?

[@johnm360]

Man oh man any info on what went wrong with the throttle stick.. issues/signs to look out for?

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

It was just a loose indent ratchet on the throttle stick, so once I had launched, the throttle stick fell down! I tighten them up a bit now, and it has never happened again .i only had one other failure which was esc/battery not plugged in properly and the motor cut out. But other than those 2x incidents, it has been a 100% reliable launch method.

[@johnm360]

@@OMEGOOLIEBIRD yeah i'm used to seeing them launched like that, first time I saw a launch like that it was MicroJet with NEU motor on 4s at least 16 years ago.

[@goodguy40]

That's just amazing

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Thanks!

[@dynomike11]

Amazing! I'm working on setting up a Funjet Ultra 2 for 6S with Turnigy 3659 1900Kv motor and APD ESC. Can you tell me what propeller drive collet/adapter you use?

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

hi, motor shaft is 5mm, Graupner/speedline prop hub centre is 8mm, so you need a 5mm to 8mm collet adapter. Use a regular nut not a 'nosecone' style nut, they won't balance well enough.

[@dynomike11]

@@OMEGOOLIEBIRD Thanks - appreciate it.

[@iancresswell3012]

Fast thumbs you have.

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Fast legs you've got...missed you by seconds at Ragley!

[@iancresswell3012]

OMEGOOLIEBIRD bah yeah, BMX bandits at raggers. Alex was telling me bout your 14kw bike, sounds interesting any bids of it?

[@user-rn9jb4nj8q]

好快，時速破250哦。👍。

[@ryanclarke2161]

Hey Dude, really impressed by the strength of your vid signal on your raw cam feeds. what freq, power and antennas are you using for video? Those spitfire vids were beautiful.

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Many thanks Ryan, here is a build video of my spitfire which shows the freq, antennas and ground station. I use the same gear in most of my builds.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKq8hZaHjMSFkJY

[@ryanclarke2161]

thanks man

[@JDspeedandFab.]

HI RUPERT, DID YOU HAVE A 3674 ON THIS AIRFRAME AS WELL?. SEEMS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN YOUR OTHER BUT STILL A HAND FULL.

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Hey Jeff, no this is the Hobbyking SK3 3659 1900KV with a Graupner 7x7. It is much slower and much more quiet than the leopard!! Still just makes 200mph though, and plenty fun LOS..Please, please send me a video when you get flying with the Leopard! I love the noise of them!!

[@bruceyv83]

Ah mate, sorry to hear of its demise.

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Sad times this year! Just make a faster one :-) hope you are well buddy.

[@bruceyv83]

OMEGOOLIEBIRD yeah all good mate thanks. 1 year down, 2 to go

[@mikestevens3570]

Nice man!!! How many amps is that and what battery? I think I’d like 2 minutes at 150 mph. I could travel several miles FPV in that time lol

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Hey Mike, It is around 180-200 amps with the 7x7 prop on it. About 1 minute at full throttle and its time to bring it down. The battery is a 3000mah 6s Graphene with the cover and G10 plates removed. (saves 35g) Li-ion is the way to go for speed and endurance.. See my 'Tesla Funjet' videos, that will hold 130mph for 10 minutes. Total flight of 80km at a lower throttle too.

[@mikestevens3570]

OMEGOOLIEBIRD Holy wow!!! I’ll look that up!!! 👍🏼

[@olliea6052]

Seriously....how do you keep on top of something like that?

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Just hang on, wiggle your thumbs and hope it doesn't hit you..

[@charliechimples]

Can I have a go?.. Ha

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Errr...first thing I thought when I took the gear out is: 'Charlie'd have that' hehe, probably turn it into some biplane with 3 motors and end up in the canal! Miss you lads.

[@mountaindewdude76]

Alex....you know that we all love you but can you imagine the hole in the ground you could make with a plane like this??? I'd probably feel the shock waves over here, in the States, lol.

[@streetlugechris]

It's been a while lol thought you where back.So what's next now the spitfire has gone and this.

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Yeah, some gravity fodder this year... just a chance to make better / faster stuff!!

[@vvalerabox]

Ти найкращий! Я пишаюся тобою!

[@fljugamaur5668]

great speed! still running the leopard on 6s and 7x7 props? :-)

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

hehe, the Leopard is still alive and perfect! It is amazing that it has not burned. This plane has the SK3 1900kv on 6s with a 7x7, just so that you can fly for more than 10 seconds! The Leopard kills the batteries, maybe 10 flights and they are finished...

[@fljugamaur5668]

amazing! and nothing to help with flight stabilization? he looks amazingly stable on those low passes!

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Thanks, no gyro/accel on this one, it would be very difficult to tune with current processors, the refresh time is too slow. I think a very fast processor would be required to effectively react in time. I just wiggle my thumbs and hope for now... :-) Thanks for watching.

[@fljugamaur5668]

you're the man! ;-)

[@JakeBullit123]

WICKED!!!

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Thanks!

[@CoyoteFPV]

Hehehehe frekkin mental !

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Thanks Coyote! She is a handful!

[@olliea6052]

😲

[@fatratvlog809]

I hope my one is slower!!!!

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

Well..actually, they are more fun when they fly for more than a minute :-)