Official Freewing T-33 Shooting Star 80mm EDF Thread

[Cws]

I have a 80 mm fan from my late Eflight F4 phantom. Does anyone know if it will drop in fit the T 33 without modifications??

[crxmanpat]

The best way to calibrate the ESC to your TX throttle stick:

1. Turn on the radio, move the throttle to full.
2. Plug in the battery, and as soon as you hear the first beeps stop from the ESC, move the throttle stick to off.
3. Unplug, turn off everything, then back on to test. You should be good to go from there.

[Mizer67]

I have a T-33! I love it was a little Disappointed in the speed. Is there a way to calibrate the ESC. I am running a gen ace 45c 5000 pack. It just does seem to perform like the video with the speed. Any suggestions would be great

I'd stick it on a watt meter first. Make sure to rule out the batter(ies) especially under load.


You can calibrate the ESC. Look at the Hobbywing ESC manual. Basically, plug the battery into the model, turn the radio on with the throttle on high and wait for two beeps if I recall correctly, then reduce throttle to zero. It should be calibrated. There should be a manual for the T-33 in the support section on the MRC web page. If not, check another plane that shares the ESC, they're all the same for the 100A's.

PS - I've tested my "good batteries" against my "bad batteries". Both brand new, or nearly so. The "good batteries" are good for 7 more mph on the top end. I didn't expect that kind of a difference, but it's there. If you have really poor batteries it could explain the issue.

[ClintonStrate]

I have a T-33! I love it was a little Disappointed in the speed. Is there a way to calibrate the ESC. I am running a gen ace 45c 5000 pack. It just does seem to perform like the video with the speed. Any suggestions would be great

[tab28682]

Many people at my field and at events I attend remark on how fast the T-33 is.

Are you sure the batteries were up to the task?

[Wild Man]

I always do an ESC throttle calibration on every plane I have prop or EDF. Just one more of the things to add to your pre test flight check list, before flying IMHO

[timmybeetle]

Hans,

ESC programming guide is located in the Support tab of each plane that uses it.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/10...iles/fwesc.pdf

Hi

Not true checked it for both eu and states

https://www.motionrc.eu/collections/new-rc-airplanes/products/freewing-t-33-shooting-star-usaf-80mm-edf-jet-pnp#support-tab

https://www.motionrc.com/collections/new-rc-airplanes/products/freewing-t-33-shooting-star-usaf-80mm-edf-jet-pnp?lshst=collection#support-tab

grts Hans

[crxmanpat]

Something is definitely not right then, the T-33 is a speed demon.

[Wrthog]

Programmed esc , still pretty weak IMO, not my plane just thought it would be faster than my FMS viper but it’s not even close in comparison. 🤷♂️ Just had me thinking the twin mig29s I have in order are gona be dogs as well

[MikeT]

Anyone else not impressed with the 80mm 9 blade fan combo? My buddy just got one of these and it’s not very fast, not that it’s suppose to be a speed demon but it really isn’t that impressive.

Not sure what your looking for speed wise. Everyone here thinks mine is pretty quick. .
Mike

[crxmanpat]

Hans,

ESC programming guide is located in the Support tab of each plane that uses it.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/10...iles/fwesc.pdf

[WarPug]

Mine was very impressive! Do a little troubleshooting. Loved that jet :(

[timmybeetle]

ESC Manual

Well, Freewing should have mentioned in there manual about this specific ESC how to calibrate it and how to adjust it if necessary ore wanted by the pilot.
The manual can be found I thought some where here in this threat.

grts Hans

[xviper]

Mine is quite fast but then, I did the throttle calibration.

[T-CAT]

Yeah, I have yet to meet anyone that has said the T-33's performance isn't impressive on the stock power system.

[James]

For a PNP unit, one draws roughly 100A, and that is reasonably priced, I have been impressed with the performance of the new 80mm EDF 9-blade 1920kv inrunner motor system.

This may sound obvious, but can be easily overlooked, but did you calibrate the ESC's throttle range?

Sounds like the classic non-ESC calibration. The T-33 can boogie

[T-CAT]

For a PNP unit, one that draws roughly 100A and that is reasonably priced, I have been impressed with the performance of the new 80mm EDF 9-blade 1920kv inrunner motor system.

This may sound obvious, but can be easily overlooked, but did you calibrate the ESC's throttle range?

[Wrthog]

Anyone else not impressed with the 80mm 9 blade fan combo? My buddy just got one of these and it’s not very fast, not that it’s suppose to be a speed demon but it really isn’t that impressive.

[Turbinefancy]

Flight speed and amp draw.

at my last flight today I was testing how slow I could fly with my T33.
I knew I could fly easily at 20-22 amps, but today I managed to fly at 15 amps, see below



Grts Hans

Nice chart and stall speed test. Very useful info indeed. I flew FPV on my buddy's rig which has ASI. We were approaching at 40kts and touching down around 30. Good to know we have some safety margin left. Thanks a bunch.

[crxmanpat]

I might have missed it but could someone tell me how hard it is and where the weights are that you guys are removing. I'd like to try some of those RT 6250s.

See this post:

https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc-airplanes/rc-military-jets/225884-official-freewing-t-33-shooting-star-80mm-edf-thread?p=239998#post239998

Takes about 20 minutes and is really easy to do. I fly with the same pack, and before I took the weights out I had it pushed all the way to the back of the battery area. After taking the weights out, I push it all the way to the front.