G&C Hobby F-16 64MM EDF Jet In Action

Picked this G&C Hobby F-16 up from NitroPlanes.com. This is my first EDF jet, and only my fourth flight on it. The plane is great, no complaints for the pricepoint. A rudder would've been a little nicer and landing gears for easier takeoffs/lands. The only unusual flight characteristic is the elevators are too sensitive, even when reducing the servo throw. You can see in the video on straight passes how the jet twitches from the elevator sensitivity.

This plane has taken some abuse and still flies great. I've already had to make several repairs on it. However, given that:

THIS IS NOT A BEGINNER PLANE!!! If you attempt to fly this as your first plane, I assure you that it won't last more than one flight. Ailerons, the twitchy elevators, fast speeds, and required speed needed to provide lift make this jet for more experience pilots.

Specs:
Wingspan: 540mm (21.3 in)
Length: 830mm (32.7 in)
Flying Weight: 500g (17.6 oz)
Drive System: 64mm Ducted Fan (Powerful Outrunner Brushless Motor)
Servo: 4X 9g high speed micro servos
Speed Controller: 25 Amp Brushless Speed Control
Battery: 11.1V 1300mah 20CLi-Polymer

Available at www.NitroPlanes.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• g&c
• f-16
• f16
• remote
• control
• airplane
• hobby
• falcon
• edf
• electric
• ducted
• fan
• engine

[beverke7]

Could it be that it was a bit nose heavy ?

Just a thought but otherwise nice vid, well done.

[thechoosendude]

In this video it's running a 1300mah, which gives it almost perfect CG... so there wasn't much to improve with GC in this video.

The only way I was able to solve the twitchy control surfaces was programming them with a programmable Tx. It's just the nature of this plane to be so twitchy and agile.

I've since added a 2200mah lipo, which has compromised some nose weight, and performance... but it's a fair trade to go from 3 minutes of flight time to over 6 minutes.

[thechoosendude]

If you checkout my other video, you can see what it looks like since this video:

/watch?v=YmYHeBkOehE

Thanks for the comment!

[air1989]

whats the music brilliant video! :)

[hamburgrd]

Great flying. I think I am going to get another one in the thunderbird colors.