Post-Maiden Follow Up and Redemption Flights | Freewing F-14 Tomcat (64mm)
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 Published On Apr 2, 2024

This is a follow-up video to my maiden flight video, which is viewable here:
   • Really Bad Maiden Flight on the New F...  

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Receiver Discussion
01:07 Center of Gravity
02:03 Demonstration of CG Mark Discrepancy
03:06 Neutral Taileron Position
04:10 Other Thoughts
04:32 Lemon Receiver Installation
05:50 Closing Thoughts
06:42 Flight 2 - Redemption Flight
09:17 Wing Sweep
10:17 Landing (Badly)
11:15 Flight 3
12:20 Experimenting w/ onboard Gyro
13:05 Wing Sweep
14:30 First Landing Attempt
15:05 Second Landing
15:53 Post-Flight Analysis





For those who watched that maiden, you know things did not go great. The plane was incredibly unstable and difficult to control. I barely got it home in one piece.

In this video I review the things I have done to improve my chances at a successful second flight. It also includes the 2nd and 3rd "follow up" flights on this airplane. Unfortunately, the wind keeps being persistent on the days I end up flying, so I'm not sure how much of the bad behavior is the plane versus the environment.

As always, I hope that this video and information was helpful. Thanks for watching.

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