Hellcat716

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Just finished up my E-Flite F-86 Sabre. Waiting for batteries and pilot. Hope the maiden goes well. ,A real joy to assemble.

giddyuperic

I bought mine last week well put it on layaway with the delta fan set up from them too. I can't afford to buy it right out, because I am a disabled vet and only make so much per month. I love this bird. How was the build? Was there and trouble you ran into? Sorry about asking you all of this but I would like to know before I start mine. So what did you run into? I have the BAE Hawk they say this is the faster of the habu,Bae hawk. We will see what battery are you going to run in her? I found a site that has the 3700mAh 25c for 69. bucks. Please keep us posted I would like to know how she flies and all that. I also ordered the new E-flight Extra 300 much bigger then the 260 and bigger motor. I really like E-flight birds. Thank you and hope to hear more. Eric from so ca The pilot is just the guy from the park zone T-28 or you could use something else if you like. I put the park zone guy in my Hawk

Hellcat716

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The build was pertty straight forward. Great instruction manual. The one thing I did not like is the linkage to the ailerons. You have to bend the rod at a 90 degree angle to the horn and if you do not get it right ther aileron will not line up with the wing. There is no adjustment once you put the bend in the rod. Mine came out real close, but no perfect. I have ordered the Thunder Power 3250 Mah 4 cell 45 c battery. Make sure the battery you order will fit because there is not much room between the cockpit deck and the thrust tube. I did order the Habu pilot. The other tricky part is inserting the clear plastic tube into the tail which attaches to the fan motor.. It took a while, but can be done. Once I get the batteries I will give you a flight report. The fiberglass fuselage is a thing of beauty. Well done, looks fantastic. One other thing I should mention is to open up the control horns with a xacto knife before you install them on the elevators for the control rods to slide through eaisly. If you glue them on the elevators you can not get to the inside ones due top being to close to the fuselage. The other thing I do not like is the aileron servo hatches. You can not use the supplied ones that come with the wing due to the thickness of the servo's. You have to use the plastic ones that are raised and putting the supplied decals on is very difficult if you want them to look very good. Other than the above comments it is a great model.

giddyuperic

Cool thanks. What servos did you use? I think I am going with 65mg and 65hb.

fastturbinejets

just ordered mine from myatomic.com. Please post any video and flying characteristics please.


Sincerely,

Eddie

stoneenforcer

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a good hp 4s set up will do this one well. keep the wing load low and shell fly for days.

Hellcat716

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I am using the E-Flite servo's that they recommend. They have to be really small to fit. They recommend a bigger servo for the elevator. I purchased the JR sport servo that they show in the manual. Still having a problem finding a 4 cell battery that will fit with the cockpit installed. The thunder power 4 cell 3250 45c is still to thick to work with the cockpit installed.

P51ACE

maidened mine yesterday,flying it on a Spear 6 cell motor and eflite fan with 2250 45c 5 cell,flew great and landed nicely,around 90 mph or so on 700 watts,gonna fly it again Sunday and will try for video,love this jet,feels light in the air and very quiet

giddyuperic

Hello Sounds great. How long to you get out of her on the 2250 battery? Also may I ask where you got the motor and what the specs are on it just the can size and shaft size please? Because I would like to run a diffrent motor too as I have the BAE Hawk and they say F86 will only go a little faster the the Hawk. Thanks Any bad flying on the air frame? I wold think that it is pretty good flier right?

Hellcat716

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Did you balance your'at the rcommended CG? I heard of one that was real tail heavy at the recommended CG.

fastturbinejets

Where is the video?

fastturbinejets

http://www.youtube.com/user/TinkerManRC

found one. exciting landing attempts...lands like an e-flite. I think I am going to mix the ailerons to try to slow it.

lear31A

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I used all HS65 servos, SAPAC MB1 motor and fan and ICE 100 ESC. It screams on a 5 cell. I am using a 4 cell 4000 ma and a 5 cell 3300 ma. Great plane for sure!

fastturbinejets

I received mine yesterday. E-flite has out done themselves. This is by far the best edf arf I have purchased in a long time. The attention to detail and the hardware was packaged was done very well. I will post video of the maiden after this weekend.

Sincerely,

Eddie

mydartswinger

Hello all,
I just finished up mine tonight (well, last night, as it's nearly 1 am now). I'm using all of the recommended gear (E-Flite S75 servos for aileron, rudder, and nose gear, JR Sport MC35 servo for the elevator, E-Flite 15DF motor @ 3200kv, E-Flite Delta-V 15 fan unit). She's finished in the Shirley's Texas Tornado scheme. I'll likely be ordering a ZIPPY or Turnigy 4S within the next week or so for the flight battery. I used a TP 2100 3S for binding and radio setup. I couldn't resist the urge to run the throttle a few times. Even on the 3S, it seems to have a good bit of power. That being said, I wouldn't trust it for flight.

The build took me about 3 evenings to complete. Most of the build was straightforward, though there were some trouble spots. As mentioned before, the aileron setup is a bit tricky to get right. To do the decals over the plastic aileron servo covers, I used the entire decal included on the decal sheet, started by aligning it with the corresponding pre-installed decal on the wing, and worked my way over the cover using an Exacto knife to allow it to work it's way around the curves of the cover. It didn't turn out great, but does look decent. Another trouble spot is the nose gear strut. When installed, it does press into the intake just enough to create a visually detectable bulge on the inside of the intake. My only concern about this is that it theoretically could wear through the intake tube. Another previously mentioned trouble spot during the build was the exhaust tube installation. Though not overly difficult, it does take some working to get it right. The aileron linkages did put up a bit of a fight, as it took me 2-3 tries to get the left aileron correct. I would personally prefer threaded rod with a clevis and fuel tubing to make adjustments and installation a bit easier. The elevator installation did provide me with a bit of a fuss. Every time I pulled the elevator out (from making the marks to peel back the covering to glue it in place), I would snap the elevator back into 2 pieces, requiring a re-glue and re-marking to insure proper cutting.

Other than that, I do have a few "nit picks" about the construction. As I mentioned above, the ailerons could've used a threaded rod with a clevis and fuel tubing. IMHO, there is way too much clear tape to hold things together (fan unit access panel, aileron servo covers, cockpit mounting, and exhaust tube mount to the fan unit). These could've had screws to hold them in place, making repeat access a bit less messy (residual glue from the tape). In addition, due to the tight space created by the ducting, the Rx and ESC are a bit less accessible for future repairs.

I'm by no means an expert builder, so this plane was a bit of a challenge to build for me. I was able to accomplish the build with minimal verbal color. I am, however, impressed with the quality of this plane. I do like the rudder hinge system, the scale appearance (a few spots of off colored panels, true ducting), the ducting system itself is impressive in appearance when looking down the nose of the aircraft, the fiberglass fuselage is a nice touch, and the added benefit of choice in markings through 3 different sets of decals (Jackie's Jag, The Huff, and Shirley's Texas Tornado).

I'm eagerly looking forward to my first flight with this beautiful airplane.

Regards,
Shannon

MANFRED

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I love the HUFF

Tony Pacini

Has anyone found a way to install retracts in this bird? Man, that would be COOL!

Hellcat716

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There is a You Tube video of one flying with retracts.

Capt G

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Observed a maiden flight yesterday of this F-86. The nose wheel steering had to be reduced to minimum rate to prevent over controlling on the runway causing the plane to tip over and skid on the wingtips. Once this was fixed tracking was ok. The plane leaped into the air and required a good bit of nose down trim to stabilize. It then tracked quite well and was fast. The battery was installed at the aft (6 1/8) recommendation but the plane was extremely nose heavy in this configuration and would not hold level flight inverted even with full nose down elevator. Otherwise, it flew quite well. Rolls were good and a loop was fine on low rates. The pilot lost orientation while maneuvering for landing and that, coupled with the nose heavy CG caused a crash which more or less destroyed the plane. A friend has one of these which is ready to maiden so we measured and ran the numbers using http://adamone.rchomepage.com/cg_calc.htm . This verified that the recommended aft CG of 6 1/8 resulted in a computed static margin of aprox 23% ( quite nose heavy). This of course will cause reduced elevator authority at slower speeds. A better CG resulting in a static margin of 15% (within the recommended range) calculated out at about 7". The plane also has the same markings top and bottom. While giving a nice scale look, it's silver color and small size make orientation awareness difficult. Some changes will need to be made before the next maiden. Hope this helps some.

Rob B.

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I just completed the test flights of my E flight F-86. I think it is the best E flight jet yet. I had the CG at the mid point of the recommended range. HET 2W fan with a 4s 3200 30c pack. I was really surprised how fast it was, vertical maneuvers were huge. On take-off, it tracks better if you gradually add power to it (I think the nose gear strut bends if you slam on full power, and I have the wingtip scrapes to prove it.) Other than that, it flies beautifully, a bit of down elevator was required for inverted flight. Landings require a long, flat approach, it slows nicely in the flare. I tried a knife edge, but it has some roll and pitch coupling issues that require some radio programing work. Overall, a fine machine, but its definitely not a good choice as your first EDF jet.

Rob B.

giddyuperic

Hey guys can you show some photos of your birds please. Well I should be picking mine up my off lay away on the 1st. What I would like to know has any body put a mighty might Hoffman in her and if so how did it go? Thanks and lets see some photos of these birds? Please and thank you. Eric

mydartswinger

Here's a few pics of mine. This will be in several posts due to the size of the pics (2+ mb each).

mydartswinger

Some more. The 3S battery is just being used to keep the nose down while I'm waiting on a 4S.

mydartswinger

Couple more.

mydartswinger

Last ones. Figured I'd throw in a pic of my electric plane fleet for comparison. Parkzone Bf-109 (with E-Flite Power 25 motor, 40A ESC, and APC 12x12E prop), RICCS (Hobby King) F-15 (twin 64mm fans), E-Flite F-86, and Parkzone Micro Sukhoi Su-26.