Huge Crash - E-Flite F-16 Thunderbirds 80mm RC EDF Jet

[@dalebettenson4619]

I don’t see crashing my f16 a big deal I’ve done it 4 times and just hot glued it back together again and take off. “Don’t be blue, get the glue” that’s my motto lol. Great vid guys.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!

[@ederdmann7347]

I'll tell you what killed it. The ESC Low voltage cut off is set to 3.4 volts , which is dumb. It shuts the plane down. I set mine to 3.0 volts, I'll puff the battery pack before I crash it.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks for watching Ed! Cheers!

[@ramsandrzr3706]

Couldn’t agree more I’d rather buy a new battery then a new bird every time 👍👍👍👍

[@jeffgagawood3741]

Dude I love your enthusiasm but it was a fault you could have stopped from happening!!! I’m sorry but power assistance shut down what did you have the volts set at

[@davidgerlach1132]

Hey Mr. HH, at 05:56 much MOJO your way brother from another mother, it's all part of this crazy hobby. I dumped my Commander 1.4m mPd yesterday getting cocky in high winds. Rookie mistake but that's how I, we learn. At least your meeting of the turf's postmortem is salvageable. Mine is USDA carnage -- nose first! 🙂After 40 years in the hobby and it's all about the joys of flying... keep those running shoes on.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man Cheers!!

[@jbrundt]

Heartbreaking....but we've all been there. I've been doing this for almost 40 years now and it's still never easy losing a plane. Even more so when it's a beautiful plane like the T-Bird. Try not to let it get you down and keep pushing on.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you man I really appreciate that! Cheers

[@jasonrigneyakae4dragongunn30]

Huge props for the honesty and real world example that sometimes everything goes wrong. Love your vids guys. Well done. Onward and Upward.

[@jettechdonatkins]

Sorry to see that after things were going so good.Haven't seen you two in a while,but hope to see you back flying real soon.Che' peace to you and Ashley!

[@bushythebird]

I hate crashing too man. Unfortunately, that’s how we learn. Can’t wait for the re-maiden video. Thanks for sharing.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!! Cheers

[@kb8wsf]

The excitement in the first part of the video keeps you going. Keep it up man! Like they say if you’re not crashing you not flying

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you!!

[@dogfoodking]

Damn Che..... nothing that won't buff out. You guys are still killing it!

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!! We will make her airworthy again!

[@PepperPete11]

Thank you so much for not blaming the jet. So many people start screaming about bad packs or bad whatever's. It's an F-16. They do not really enjoy flying that slow without extreme caution. And you admitted that. Much respect. We have ALL done it.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Cheers!!

[@redbeardreviewsrc]

That SUCKS bro!! LIVIN ON THE EDGE!!! Ashleys enthusiasm is AWESOME! TOTALLY cool you have a support crew like her!!

[@jefferyturner517]

Excellent composer & containing your inner fury. Well done 👍 at least for the video.

[@lvincentg]

Was a really good flight until that stall, it sucks am sorry for ya but your response had me laughing out loud. You have the right attitude, glad to see cool people like yourself in the hobby, it is so much fun! Yea crashing sucks especially when takes you by surprise like that.

[@hamiltonshangar]

For sure man thank you for watching!!

[@IJustGotHere]

Thanks for sharing! Crashing is the worst for sure. This hobby is an adrenaline rush until this happens. I know all too well. 👍

[@hamiltonshangar]

Definitely Gary!! Thank you for watching! I will get her fixed up for sure!

[@mikepi660]

Thanks for the video,, sorry about the crash,,, BUT you and I have learned something,, keep speed up on turns,, Keep vids coming fella,,,,

[@hamiltonshangar]

Speed it your friend!!!

[@TwoBrosRC]

Looks like a stall from an aggressive bank. So sorry to see it - but you'll get it back up!

[@hamiltonshangar]

Definitely!! 😭 I will have her back up soon man thanks for watching!

[@RandallTeater-ip9sh]

Great upgrade, congratulations on a great remaiden flight.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Could’ve been better! Could’ve been worse too lol thanks for watching!

[@blackhawktim1259]

I have this same bird. At our field we have tall pines circling the field and still don't know what happened except my depth perception was off and I was further out than what I thought and smack the tallest pine there and trees DONT give!!there wasn't a viable control service left on it, But I got the arf plus and she's back together and I did the maiden on her yesterday. Really fun jet to fly!! Even though crashing is part of the hobby , it's a tough pill to swallow!! Good luck!

[@romeomesina7696]

Look at the bright side, your film crew is very supportive of you. You can loose an RC jet, and replace it but you can never replace her. LoL I really don't know your relationship with her, but man I wish my girl would come with me to fly my planes.

[@chettaylor7550]

Sorry about the crash, you had what’s called an accelerated stall. Most people don’t realize that you can stall an airplane at any airspeed, it’s actually about angle of attack of the wing. In most general aviation airplanes we use airspeed as an indicator (some do have an angle of attack indicator, buts it’s not common) when you’re turning the stall speed increases with bank angle. There is a lot if literature out there on this topic. PS. I just got the grey version of this plane, looking forward to flying it.

[@PiggoNZ]

How is your F16 going?

[@chettaylor7550]

@@PiggoNZ Hey Pete, it wasn’t my F-16, I was just suggesting a possible cause from what I saw

[@tughillrc6327]

It happens, You and Ashley do a great job! I enjoy watching and am sad to see the crash.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks Tughill!! We really appreciate those kind words. Have a great day today!

[@mikebird8290]

HI SIR REALLY HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE WELL. LIFE IS TREATING YOU KINDLY SIR. PLEASE TAKE CARE AND EMBRACE WHAT THE WEEK HAS HOLD FOR YOU. SALUTE FROM ENGLAND SIR 🇬🇧🇺🇲🕊️✌🏼👍🏼

[@bobturner3388]

Watched this 3 more times and have come to the same conclusion, You have every right to be upset.

[@oldschoolrc1288]

It is always the ones you like the best! Good luck with the repairs

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you!! Cheers!

[@DadsRCHangar]

Arrrrrg, she was looking so good buddy, oh Che’ I feel you pain buddy. Like you say, another fuselage and she great. You took it on the chin buddy 🫡

[@hamiltonshangar]

Chris! Thanks man! Tough one here but we will get her fixed up. Thank you!

[@JeffinLowerAlabama]

Che Darn, glad you can fix it, sorry to see this, great flying and video Ashely, Zoom zoom thud, Jeff in LA USA

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!! Cheers

[@braddarnell3372]

That was a odd stall, it seemed like you had enough speed to me. Enjoy watching you guys.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Too much elevator prolly lol thank you!

[@LoveRC]

I hate when I crash too! Get her back together soon! I didn't keep the power up in the turn with my Arrows Marlin and she nosed right over the same way. Only at 5 inches off the ground did I start getting her back but it was too late. New fuselage and she is back in the air now.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks for sharing that with me man! I plan to get mine fixed up real soon and get her back up in the air. Thank you for watching as well!

[@LoveRC]

@@hamiltonshangar I love your wife! She's not only very pretty but she is also so supportive of your hobby. Mine just tolerates it. Good flying!

[@KB_RC]

Ah man sorry Che. Hope you get it fixed or a new one! You love that airplane I can tell so it looks like it’s definitely worth fixing!

[@hamiltonshangar]

That's the plan bro!! Cheers and thank you!

[@KB_RC]

@@hamiltonshangar Of course man! I need to get back to flying myself 😅 been a while

[@reckemroysrc3764]

Dang bro. You just told yourself power in the turn. Bummer BRO been there many times myself. Now you have a project 👍😎👊✌️

[@SteffenRC]

What a gut punch... Sorry for your loss.. Hope you can get her back up in the air soon....

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you we will! Cheers!

[@goldendredger]

My son and I are very very into pre flight and doing everything as good as we can do there is never any crashes. But once and awhile it happens. You just do your best to make sure it's not a mechanical error or something else you could have prevented. Then if it happens it just did. But it's just one plane and you can get parts so it will fly again. But it tears my heart out when this happens to anyone. If you care about the hobby and what it means to you it's hard hit to take a crash. This hobby is my son and I together out enjoying a fine thing of flight together. That means the world. I am sure it's the same for you folks with the comments of nearly in tears. It's not the plane crashing its that it's hard on the person flying it happened to. You don't want them to feel bad when doing something so great.

[@DeucesWildRC]

Yep gotta keep enough speed through the turns especially on the down wind turns, a lesson we’ve all learned the hard way, nice flight though 👍👊

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks Mike!! Definitely a hard lesson but she will be back up again. Cheers

[@TheFrenchPug]

Man it seemed more like a system glitch than a speed issue.

[@GBLynden]

I am sorry to see that brother!

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!!

[@RaGeRC]

Damm bro this hurts my soul. I know we've all been there but it just hurts that much more when it's one of ur favorites. Hope u can get her back up in soon but as I'm sure you already know pull out another plane and just keep flying!

[@hamiltonshangar]

I flew right after this lol!! Cheers man thank you!

[@tdmaker85]

i hate crashing to you guys do a great job posting vids thank you for what you do

[@oncemore7116]

Best F16 you’ll ever buy will be the 70MM - try it!. I’ve plowed 2 of these into the dirt.

[@msj143]

So sorry my friend. Looking forward for the re-maiden.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you!!

[@joshhulsey8047]

I have watched 4 of your crash videos now and they all have one thing in common. You are banking to the right low speed and seem to tip stall You should make wider turns and keep your speed up. These are jets and need a lot of air flowing over wings to keep them up. Bank to sharp at low speeds and into the ground you will go. Jets don’t do knife edge at low speeds.

[@ltfadl1]

You know I keep telling myself the same thing bro! But yet I seem to not put the power in when needed sometimes and bam! 4 flights on my T7a samething busted all to hell 🤦‍♀️ Can't wait to see you bavk in the air with her! Keep up the awesome work guys!

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!! She will definitely be in the sky again!

[@hamiltonshangar]

And you should buy another t-7. I would if mine went down!

[@ltfadl1]

@@hamiltonshangar I was thinking about waiting on there 80mm to drop. Looks like mine can be recovered, but I might need to remove my afterburner and soft main wheels. Seems like it doesn't get enough ground speed then it wasn't as fast as I assumed it to be in the air

[@CoachD386]

Ahhhh damn! It’ll be back though 💪🏾💯

[@hamiltonshangar]

You know it! Thanks bro l!

[@natecougoule9468]

that right pull from the gear door is real on the F-16 gotta be careful. Oh well learning moment for everyone

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks bro! Definitely a learning experience. A bird worth fixing though! Cheers and have a great day man

[@ederdmann7347]

Did you check the voltage of the battery after the crash. I timed the flight looks like it was only 3:30. Which is about right for the pack you were using. Which makes me think it was the low voltage cut off. I’ve seen a few plane crash because of it with these smart ESC’s.

[@jiang8192]

I have this jet too which is the original grey paint version. It’s a quite heavy bird and i feel 50% throttle can barely make it cruise. Definitely need more power when making a turn.

[@gazza4230]

Ohh man soz for crash 💥 dude such a lovely jet 🛩 I hate it to it’s the worst anyway big salute for not lying on floor and crying I think that’s what I would be doing lol , Gaza 🇬🇧

[@hamiltonshangar]

haha! Cheers man! She will be airworthy again!

[@warmiceUT]

Sorry for the crash, it was a great flight and very nice jet. However, as usual for EDF jet on maiden flight, we would always not to push the flight to 3 minutes; as this is a maiden flight. I would always put the 1st flight to 2 minutes or at most 2.5 minutes at most; and check the battery after flight, to judge the proper flight time. .. always keep some battery as insurance ;-)

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you! I will keep that in mind

[@juliansawyer9845]

Were you too slow I'm thinking with that heavy pack you have to keep up speed in turns .I have the same jet but I never fly with the heavy pack I love the 5000 pack flies perfect.I don't think the trade off is worth it for a few extra minutes of flight

[@ironmover5800]

Wow looked great ! Sorry to see it go down ,

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you! She wil be air worthy again soon!

[@geckowingman]

my man bro please dont be mad its literally supposed to happen i hope you get her back up soon :)

[@hamiltonshangar]

Always bro!! Thanks!!

[@dronepilot4life]

I feel your pain brother. I almost lost my 70mm T - Bird due to pilot error on landing.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Dang man sorry to hear!! Cheers and thank you for watching!

[@tonios2000]

Sorry for you man... On mine when i drop the gear, i've a tailerons mix, because at low speed the ailerons do not respond.... And the front gear door is a real rudder.... Kiss from France ;)

[@hamiltonshangar]

Well I did not realize that about the gear door. You are the second one to tell me that. Thank you!

[@rotormasher]

Man that sucks sorry to see guys

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you!!

[@sodjazero]

Keep flying dude!! Good vid

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!! We are definitely going to keep flying!

[@wash-rc]

Wow, that hurts.. this is simply an amzing plane. I have one. But ive had some rough landings , the last one it flipped over , wing got a bit broke. All glues back but i noticed i lost the thing that you screw the wing to the body. I dont know what its called or where to get one. Does anybody know. Its the white plastic part that has the nut protruding from the body where you screw in the wing (front one)

[@gooniac33]

ouch..... this happened to me too... But mine was dumb thumb.... zigged when I should have zagged... With the gear down the plane will pull right and you need to be careful on elevator too. Yanking all that throw is for sure not recommended... Sucks man and hope you can get it all back together soon...

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks bro!

[@danvance2025]

It looked nimble, hope all the electronics are salvageable!

[@hamiltonshangar]

Super nimble man this really sucked LOL!! But she will be airworthy again soon!

[@SmokeyMountainRcTravisThompson]

Dang bud I hate that. I just crashed my trojan and Bigfoot. You will have it looking awesome again before to long

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man and sorry to hear that!

[@jsean13]

Did this on my F-18... Now I keep my nose up in the turn when I go downwind..

[@reginaldwashington764]

I FEEL YOUR PAIN !!!!! BELIEVE ME !! I put an EFlite SU-30 nose in , all because I had safe fully on , in a 10 mph wind , at dusk . In result, it got out farther then I thought , down wind pass . Was trying to turn back with not enough power ( throttled too low in the turn ) . When I realized was happening , she was so far away , it was so dark , I couldn’t make out the nav lites in her position . Hoping for the best , I chopped throttle . Same time found the safe off switch, pulled back elevator . I saved it ! Throttled back up full , dropped a wing in a stall , nose first 😢😭 . Glad to see U2 back ! Last time I saw U2 , we were all waiting to see the new edition to the family. How’s the baby BB -BG ?

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks Reginald!! She is one now! We appreciate your support and kind words!

[@reginaldwashington764]

@@hamiltonshangar 1 yrs old ?!?!?! Already ?! Geessshh !!! I’m so slippin !

[@rayskocaj8499]

Sorry bud ! Everything was great loved those speed passes they are the best ! And then 😮crap ! Sorry !

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks Ray!! This really sucked but I will fix her up!

[@Zek1701]

Sorry to see it go in like that. Been there , done that many times…but that’s just part of flying JETs(yea Jets!)

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!! I couldn’t agree more. Cheers!

[@kevinmaxwellwilkin4915]

Sorrye about your jet man, did not look slow in the video. Stay positive!

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you!! Just slow in the downwind turn and we dropped a wing!

[@cottonmouth8782]

You were flying her so smoothly… Did the battery just die?

[@hamiltonshangar]

I think she stalled in the turn still cause I use the same battery sometimes and it’s just fine

[@JustEnoughRC]

Uhg 😞 so sorry guys. Feeling your pain 😪

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you!

[@sendit_rc]

Bummer dude😩

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks bro!

[@nathanielthompson1504]

Che I need your help. I have the eflite 80mm f16 Thunderbird and I need help setting up the reverse thrust. I have a spektrum dx8 G2. HELP!!!!

[@hamiltonshangar]

Nathaniel, did you get this issue resolved?

[@craigbeaven8445]

Dude , That's been my hole season , lost two models , OUCH !! Hard for me to replace them these days for me anyway , Feel ya Bro ..

[@hamiltonshangar]

Sorry to hear that Craig!! Cheers!

[@mickydee6550]

Damn, it didn’t seem like you were going that slow. Did you have the flaperons enabled and deployed? Anyway, thanks for the video, it gives me some good info for when I get mine in the air. Good luck!

[@s_cutt]

What sim do you use

[@hamiltonshangar]

I actually don’t have one but I would recommended real flight! I should get that soon too lol

[@ljhobbylife]

First like 👍🏼 sucks that you crashed the F16 but you’ll have that up and going soon!

[@hamiltonshangar]

Heck yeah bro she is definitely getting repaired! Thank you!

[@KenSprouseJr]

Dang Che, sorry to see that, happens to the best of us Bro. 👊

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks Ken!!

[@buddy1065]

Weirdest crash I've seen. Was it the cg? That first near crash made me wonder about the jet. You seemed to be doing everything right but the jet did not seem air worthy.

[@Davidjones-sk4vf]

Telemetry is your friend. Know your voltage always.

[@JohnVHRC]

Well shit.Thats a bummer.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Heck yeah! But she will be airworthy again!!

[@lawlav]

Try a car battery next time in the flying packing material.

[@hamiltonshangar]

haha! Cheers and thank you for watching!

[@shirleymunoz5536]

it looks like it was a nose heavy too.

[@krisakers8568]

Sorry bro. That's rough.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks bro! Definitely fixing her!

[@ghoustanable]

That suck bro. Not a big fan of crashing either but like you said it's a part of the hobby. Cheers 🍻

[@hamiltonshangar]

Garfield! Thanks for watching man! Cheers and happy flying!

[@elijahjackson1134]

Excessive nose heavy bit you. Elevator has to fight against nose weight to maintain level flight,which is predicated on having enough airspeed. This nose heavy condition will stall the aircraft well outside of its actual limitation.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks for watching!! Cheers

[@twincitymoo7141]

How is it excessively nose heavy when Che had the 6000 all the way to the back with an afterburner too?

[@jetman899]

Sorry to see that HH.

[@insurancemann1]

I was thinking you were flying it like it was the 70mm Eflite F-16, which doesn't drop wings. Very sorry for your loss. Why do new models crash so much more often?!

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you!! Cheers!

[@davidsnyder238]

Ouch, sorry guys. Happens to the best of us.

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you man it was totaly my fault!

[@natal777]

Crashing sucks belive me I know the feeling ! You can fix it and it will fly again 👌👌

[@hamiltonshangar]

Definitely man thank you for watching!!

[@Jeffnc84]

Damn man. What happened. By the way you were flying. Looks like you may have cooked the battery. Or did it tipstall?

[@hamiltonshangar]

Too slow in the downwind turn and she dropped a wing unfortunately! Thank you!

[@JonathanGurgul]

Pulled too hard and exceeded the critical angle of attack.

[@bobturner3388]

I can honestly say it appeared you had enough speed in that turn to maintain lift and since your timer ran out I have to agree with the gentleman who spoke of the esc shut off settings. I had experienced my esc shutting down on my v900 after a speed run. I didn't crash but I easily could have

[@helicopter234]

Nah, he was pretty slow for that tight turn with that much bank angle, you can see it stalls out as he pulls the elevator. Shit happens but I doubt it was a technical fault.

[@alexgonzales1855]

It looked like 90 degree bank at slower speeds.

[@PiggoNZ]

I agree, I have this jet and that was unexpected

[@luismariscal3006]

Que pena, cuanta frustración!!!!! 🤦🤦🤦

[@jcb6713]

sorry...hope all works out....like my mentor said, "speed and altitude are your friends" ...

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks JCB. I said the same thing in the video minus the altitude lol. Cheers and thank you for watching!

[@nirlachman007]

Sorry about that guys :( this aircraft is not forgiving

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!! No she is not as we have seen. But it was a learning experience!

[@nirlachman007]

@@hamiltonshangar hope you’ll get it back in the air soon :)

[@hamiltonshangar]

@@nirlachman007 we will! Thank you!

[@alexniepagen2136]

RIP

[@guerian84]

Sorry bro I feel the hurt for u

[@boss2234]

Bummer

[@denney5168]

Battery is empty ! ESC cut it off.

[@denney5168]

3 minutes is enough !

[@denney5168]

2:20 to 5:36

[@hamiltonshangar]

I actually had 39% left in the battery. No power issues and the ESC did not cut off. I can fly for 4 minutes on this 6000 MAH battery. Thanks for watching.

[@denney5168]

@@hamiltonshangar Is ESC setup that anyone call under 3.7V will cut off power? And I know the battery 0% is 3.5 V.

[@victorrcjets7660]

dude! not the new F-16!

[@hamiltonshangar]

I know man!! 😭 I will make her airworthy again though thanks for watching!

[@sethgreenberg7725]

That f in sucks so sorry I been there and done it

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks Man!

[@HieuTran-vr8ex]

The last crash was better 😂

[@hamiltonshangar]

Lol yes it was! Cheers

[@mauriciobarros5222]

I hate crashers ! 😅

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks for watching!

[@brent4770]

OUCH $600!

[@stevemeyer1852]

that wasn't too bad could have been alot worse still sucks

[@hamiltonshangar]

Heck yeah it could have been a lot worse! She will be airworthy again! Cheers and thank you for watching!

[@charlesrestivo870]

Have this jet I did reset low voltage cutoff to 3 volts also don't fly longer then 3 minutes Sorry for the lose of your jet .

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mikebird8290]

SO SORRY SIR 🇺🇲✌🏼☹️

[@hamiltonshangar]

Thanks man!! Until next time!

[@rafaeltorres2886]

Not to give crap but your wing loading is high and when you bank in that turned you were flying too slow that caused your plane to stall and crash . flying slow in a turn use less ailerons more rudder to keep the air flow moving over the wing for maximum lift. honestly start flying cheaper planes if this is the way you learn .