HSD 105mm F-16 EDF Jet

[Evan D]

Stall?

[subhan.nasir]

Gents, on my last flight on the HSD F-16, she suddenly went into a self-induced roll. it was pretty windy that day however i somehow managed to recover it and land without damage. I fly mine in elevon configuration with a bit of aileron for roll and yes with a gyro. The normal roll is nowhere near as fast as what I experienced and I’m puzzled about what caused it. Could it have been signal loss, a servo malfunction, or something else? I’d appreciate your input

[Aros]

Ugh, that sucks. Definitely contact them for sure.

[EDF-Jetpilot]

Oh... on flight 11, after consistently soft landings and touchdowns on the main landing gear on the runway, as seen in the video, the nose landing gear broke off. The adhesive surface of the plastic bracket simply but completely broke away. The sad thing is that this caused the landing gear door and its bracket to be ripped off, as well as the landing gear servo cable and the nose section, which is completely destroyed for the first 10 cm, since the F-16 rolled off the runway and stuck on the grass strip. Ugly... and all because of the carelessly glued nose landing gear! Thanks, HSD! I had checked it after unpacking it, and it was still holding then.

[Aros]

That Viper livery has my attention.

[DCORSAIR]

That is awesome, I will take the Aggressor livery myself if I was to get another F-16, but that Viper livery looks great though.

[EDF-Jetpilot]

https://www.facebook.com/EssentialRCDaily/posts/rc-news-new-turbineedf-f-16-from-hsd-jets-to-be-released-soon-nice-scheme-/1320601482956895/

[EDF-Jetpilot]

Ooooh sweet

If that's true, I'll freak out and buy a second one in the Belgian livery (Dream Viper).

[DCORSAIR]

Ooooh sweet

[Aros]

Looks like HSD might be coming out with a couple new liveries. I spotted these on a random website yesterday.

[EDF-Jetpilot]

I've had 3 of those HSD F-16's and 3 of the HSD T-33's, they are great flyers. That seems to be a common problem with the F-16, I reinforced mine as well and no issues after that. I have now sold all my EDF jets and big helicopters but kept one of the HSD T-33's, I really enjoy flying the big T-33 for now anyway, I don't get out to the runway much anymore these days and only check in here once in awhile, I got into model trains and seem to be enjoying that, I didn't know they were that expensive though, I may get back into flying more, I think it's cheaper....

[DCORSAIR]

I've had 3 of those HSD F-16's and 3 of the HSD T-33's, they are great flyers. That seems to be a common problem with the F-16, I reinforced mine as well and no issues after that. I have now sold all my EDF jets and big helicopters but kept one of the HSD T-33's, I really enjoy flying the big T-33 for now anyway, I don't get out to the runway much anymore these days and only check in here once in awhile, I got into model trains and seem to be enjoying that, I didn't know they were that expensive though, I may get back into flying more, I think it's cheaper....

[EDF-Jetpilot]

I haven't had that issue with the 3 models I've had from V1 to V2. And Hugh Wiedman gets pinches for that Aros Factor remark even though it's true!!!

If the CG is dialed, it's a nice flyer and easy to land. Not incredibly fast but scale looking. Great size, looks and sounds great. I'm sure I'll get #4 next year. I can't seem to quite this model. I just wish they had more livery options to choose from. Not that that's a deal breaker for me since I like to paint my models anyways.

If you were around, I'd have you paint all my jets... I can't and don't have the drive.

[Aros]

I haven't had that issue with the 3 models I've had from V1 to V2. And Hugh Wiedman gets pinches for that Aros Factor remark even though it's true!!!

If the CG is dialed, it's a nice flyer and easy to land. Not incredibly fast but scale looking. Great size, looks and sounds great. I'm sure I'll get #4 next year. I can't seem to quite this model. I just wish they had more livery options to choose from. Not that that's a deal breaker for me since I like to paint my models anyways.

[EDF-Jetpilot]

This is my 3D printed cockpit and a pilot with movable arms that fits perfectly.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/hsd-f-16-cockpit

[EDF-Jetpilot]

@Hugh Wiedman: Here, this is the part with the screw (front main landing gear cover) where the small plastic part was glued back in place and reinforced with fiberglass. The small screw sits in this plastic part and stabilizes the front main landing gear rod to the bulkhead. Heavy braking during landing ripped the thing out. Now it should hold.

[Hugh Wiedman]

Thank you. Yes, the plane is really fun to fly and is the perfect size for me. However, I need to reinforce the main landing gear at the bottom of the front fuselage mount and glue it better. Braking with the wheels seems to be putting a lot of pressure on it, and it tore the small plastic part out of the EPO. But otherwise, the new model seems solid. This photo is from the internet, but I tried to narrow down the problem area. Has anyone else had this problem?

I think it's called the Aros factor! Not on this but on others, usually the door is binding (slightly) somewhere. I usually try to straighten out any rods and clean any paint/debris on the hinges if it is binding. Remove the rod and see how free the door swings. Those gear door servos have as much torque as a wet noodle! I've even had a gear door that was slightly binding and not opening completely and it stopped the retract from coming fully down, another wet noodle!

[EDF-Jetpilot]

Well done! Great flight and landing! Happy to hear she presented no issues for you. Thanks for sharing and continued many happy landings!

Thank you. Yes, the plane is really fun to fly and is the perfect size for me. However, I need to reinforce the main landing gear at the bottom of the front fuselage mount and glue it better. Braking with the wheels seems to be putting a lot of pressure on it, and it tore the small plastic part out of the EPO. But otherwise, the new model seems solid. This photo is from the internet, but I tried to narrow down the problem area. Has anyone else had this problem?

[Aros]

Hello Aros
I've finally been able to fly my big plane. The video below is the 7th flight on Saturday. I had three previous flights on Friday evening. All in all, a wonderful airplane that flew perfectly from the very first flight. I only had to tune the left aileron 3 clicks and the left rudder 3 clicks, and that was it. After the trim flight, I immediately switched on the gyro (all values of my settings from the Freewing F-16 V2 8S 90mm), and it worked perfectly. Sometimes you need a little luck.

Video: https://youtu.be/oEHTtxjxyF4

Well done! Great flight and landing! Happy to hear she presented no issues for you. Thanks for sharing and continued many happy landings!

[EDF-Jetpilot]

[QUOTE=Hugh Wiedman;n434491]

Beautiful aircraft, such a smooth flight and landing! Outstanding!

Thanks, it's really fun and flies almost like a big turbine-powered plane. I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun with this HSD F-16.