HSD T-33 120mm

[lmramos44]

Just received mine yesterday. Anyone else out there set theirs up yet? I will be updating.

[Lcacing]

I did the maiden last Sunday!!!!


https://youtu.be/91rt_K9tjRE

[lmramos44]

I did the maiden last Sunday!!!!


https://youtu.be/91rt_K9tjRE

Tell me about it!!

[Lcacing]

Here is what I did,

Turn off throttle/elevator mix
Turn off flap/elevator mix and use TX mix instead, small amount of down elevator with full flaps.
Remove gear delay timer to 0
CG to 190mm gear up
Timer set at 3min using RT 5500 45c lipos
For RX power 2, 2s 1300, I do 4 flights with plenty of juice left

The only thing to keep in mind is during landing if not smooth she will bounce on you. I would suggest if it’s starts bouncing don’t force it. Full power and go around.

As you can see in the video, she is smooth and majestic. Not a speed demon on gps shows 107mph. Full throttle amp dram is just over 125amps. The video was about 4min and it used just over 4000mah.

[Aros]

Nice looking bird...I bet it flies sweet. Love the size. HSD sure loves that throttle/elevator mix don't they?

[Lcacing]

Ha,Ha. They do, not sure why, I can only guess that they like to fly nose heavy and the mix compensates for that. For the T-33 the manual CG is 180, today did 3 more flights at 190 and still think I can go a bit further back.

[lmramos44]

Lost mine on the maiden. Signal loss....

https://youtu.be/CS2fJdnxyGk

New one ready to go!

[Aros]

Ugh that sucks! Sorry to hear that man. New one ready? Niiiiice.

[Aros]

As an aside, and I am only bringing this up because I read through the comments in your video and there is a lot of Spektrum-bashing going on. Not that I have any stock in their company financially-speaking but I do have loyalty spanning over a decade which translates to tens of thousands of flights ranging from micros to giant scale composites and I have only lost signal or had issues that were guaranteed to be caused by Spektrum maybe three times in that period. Definitely not saying there isn't better tech out there but in all my years and thousands and thousands of flights it's been rock solid for me. Just a friendly PSA for those who are thinking Spektrum is unreliable.

[Twowingtj]

+1 with Aros on good reliability record with Spektrum. An all orientation range check, good receiver and antenna placement will eliminate most "signal loss" issues.

[Gringotuerto]

This thread has been quiet for a while. How are you guys liking this plane? I recently got the Me-262, and like it enough to consider the T-33. I don't know of anybody else making foam 120mm EDF other than this one, so it seemed like worth trying. I have a 120mm EDF Avanti XS, but that is fiberglass and significantly heavier. It is not an "everyday" kind of airplane.