EUROFIGHTER R/C JET Dancing to Heavy Metal! ✈️ Freewing 90mm EDF

Headbanging Aeromusical Solo Displays at Club Aeromodelisme Alcarràs in pure 'RC4ever' fashion!!! Watch me fly the 8S Freewing 90mm EDF Eurofighter to a selection of metal tunes at a local event, performances that earned me a few claps from the public... it always feels so good to make a good flight and get rewarded by appreciation! :D

Which flight was your favourite?
Please, let me know in the comments!

I don't usually fly to music but always jump on the opportunity to make public demos with a bit of spice thrown on top... hehehe! I may not be the most accomplished pilot in flying synchronized routines, but I am pretty satisfied and proud of the flights shown here, considering they were completely improvised to begin with! ^^

Also, let me take the opportunity to highlight just how well this jet performs loaded rolls... I've flown plenty of EDF jets, but none excels at flying this maneuver quite like the latest Freewing Eurofighter does!! This 90mm EDF RC jet just drifts ass through the air with a grace and simplicity that never ceases to impress me, regardless of how many times I fly her... This in turn makes flying the Eurofighter a particularly enjoyable ride for me, and it's my preferred bird to bring around everytime I go flying!

The Freewing Eurofighter flies a lot more scale-like than most other rc jets in the same category do, mostly due to its canarded-delta design and unique aerodynamics. Also, this new Eurofighter by Freewing features wingtip twist, which very likely helps in that regard. By 'scale-like' I mean that the flight dynamics of the model make it look more like a full scale size jet than it would otherwise be usual if you know how to pull the moves correctly with a trick or two... the jet just cuts through the air at a positive angle of attack, drifting ass gracefully without wing rocking, stalling or snapping, even when excess sideslip develops. That's a feature that most deltas share, but that the Eurofighter reigns supreme at! Other jet designs like to snap badly if you force too much sideslip during on a loaded roll (i.e. F-18/22), and jets like the Su-35 are so nimble that it doesn't get to drift ass unless you fly it ridiculously slow, at which point it gives a different vibe. So, in short, the Freewing Eurofighter flies bigger than it looks!

Flights 80th t0 83rd on 'Lara'.

Pilot: RC4ever
Airfield: Club Aeromodelisme Alcarràs
Ground video: Luis Ibáñez
Music: Nightwish / Haken / Therion

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SPECS: (Reflecting MY particular modded setup)

Wingspan: 1030mm (960mm)
Length: 1450mm (1400mm)
Weight without batteries: TBD
Batteries weight: TBD (Main + Rx packs)
Take-off weight: TBD
CG: 30mm behind factory marks
Power System: 8S
Electronic Speed Control: 120A with 8A/BEC
EDF: 12-Blade fan
Motor: 4075-1350kv brushless
Servos:
- 4x 9g digital hybrid gear servo
- 2x 9g digital metal gear servo
- 2x 17g digital metal gear servo
- 3x Electric landing gear retracts
- 1x Airbrake actuator
Batteries:
- Main batts: HRB 8S 4200mAh 60C Li-Po
- Rx batt: CNHL 2S 650mAh Li-Po
Material: EPO Foam
Tx: Jeti DS-24
Rx/gyro: Jeti Rex-12A
Current sensor: Jeti MUI-200
UBEC: TGY 8-15A

A note on CG: at 30mm (roughly) behind factory marks under the wings, the model is still noticeably nose heavy. Not too bad, decent enough for most users but definitely not ideal for those searching for the optimal aerobatic performance. One way or another, it's a shame that model aircraft manufacturers suggest such ridiculously over-exaggerated CG settings. There's no way a jet like this will fly any good with CG where they tell you to. At 25-30mm behind the marks, the jet is perfectly stable, with room to shift further aft. Actually, 25-30mm behind the marks is probably a much better spot for a maiden flight. Even then, ssdly the jet still required elevon pitch up trim. As of this moment, my canard offset is about 2mm LE down from the suggested fuselage marks. Will probably increase it further (pitch down) once I move the CG further aft.

SETTINGS:

Long story short: Full mechanical throws with factory linkage setup (although I moved the linkages one hole further out on the canard servo atms to increase canard throws) and very large expo values all around, in the 70% range.

Mechanical offsets/trim:

Elevons: 2-3mm trailing edge up
Canards: 2mm pitch down (LE, root)
Rudder: Centered

Physical throws: YES.


CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Nightwish - Bless The Child
04:37 - Haken - Nil by Mouth
09:20 - Therion - Theme of Antichrist
12:50 - 4th flight - Random music

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