FLEXJET SUPER PNP

[Stirstik]

Thanks for the reply. I have flown with several A8's and get along with it fine. I flew my first Hobby Eagle the other day and that was fine also. Again, appreciate the reply. I'll keep an eye open for something that grabs my attention.

[xviper]

I know this is an old thread, just wondering if there is any interest in this plane by you guys? Did this plane turnout to be a dud?

I still have mine but only fly it maybe 3 or 4 times a year. In its original form, I hated it. I didn't like the way it flew with the stock Aura8 settings in any of the modes. I stopped flying it for a long time until one day, I decided to take the Aura8 out and cut flaps into the wings. I put in a standard RX and added a cheap HobbyEagle gyro and now with the flaps, it flies to my satisfaction but since doing this, I have many, many other far more interesting and much better flying planes. Looking at it now, the FlexJet is "old school" and somewhat dated. It just doesn't stir the soul (mine anyway).
Flex Innovations planes are generally (IMO) way over priced for what you get although they do have some models that are good value and very interesting and exciting to fly - to name but a couple, the Cypher FV-31, Pirana - both stock. I now have their F-100 but never expected to accept it as it came and immediately dumped the EDF in favor of the 90mm from the Eflite Viper, along with a HobbyEagle gyro and a thrust reverse thrust ESC. Left stock, it would have also gone the way of the FlexJet - not to be flown for long periods of time till something was done about it.
Although the FlexJet is a lot cheaper than it was originally, at $450.00US, there are a lot better foamie jets and much better value to boot. However, if you really like Flex and you can fly and work with the Aura8, it's probably a good deal for you.

[Stirstik]

I know this is an old thread, just wondering if there is any interest in this plane by you guys? Did this plane turnout to be a dud?

[Rucky]

Hello Flexjet owner, I did some 3DPUP again. To shorten the take-off distance on our mowed meadow, I treated my Flexjet to a Wemotec Midi Fan Evo 650-58-1970. For this I created a suitable inlet lip and a nozzle reduced to a 75mm outlet. I made the thrust tube from an X-ray.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/flexjet-inlet-lip-75mm-nozzle

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/flexjet-servo-bracket-for-main-landing-gear-cover-control

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/flexjet-battery-support-nose-gear-bracket-ruckyplex

The 75 mm nozzle does nothing with the original impeller, it even gets worse.

[Rucky]

I received notification my FlexJet V2 shipped. Should be here by Thursday.

I'm looking forward to it

[pdansalvish]

I received notification my FlexJet V2 shipped. Should be here by Thursday.

[Rucky]

Hello, here I have two 3DPUPs for the FlexJet.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game...-cockpit-parts

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/flexjet-nozzle

[pdansalvish]

I just pre-ordered V2 of this plane. Planning on being a test pilot for this version. Hoping it flies as well as V1.

[FLYBOY777]

Sounds to me like your door servos are working to further close an already fully closed door. Open it up and change the length of the door servo rod so that as soon as the door is closed, the servo has completed its full travel and it's not trying to close the door more.

Thanks Viper... I figured it was something as aimple as this... I just literally finished putting it together last night and didnt have time to mess with it. So I figured I would get a second thought on here. That fixed the issue! Thanks again!

[xviper]

So I just got my Flex jet today. I got it all together and set up however i notice whenever my gear is up it sounds like sequencer servos are still doing something. Its giving out that loud whine as if they are still trying to pull the doors up when they are in fact up all the way. The retracts and sequencer doors seems to work and rotate fine other than I think they are still trying to work once they should be resting... this only happens in the gear up position. When gear is deployed its fine.... someone please tell me i missed something or its a simple fix. Thank you!

Sounds to me like your door servos are working to further close an already fully closed door. Open it up and change the length of the door servo rod so that as soon as the door is closed, the servo has completed its full travel and it's not trying to close the door more.

[FLYBOY777]

So I just got my Flex jet today. I got it all together and set up however i notice whenever my gear is up it sounds like sequencer servos are still doing something. Its giving out that loud whine as if they are still trying to pull the doors up when they are in fact up all the way. The retracts and sequencer doors seems to work and rotate fine other than I think they are still trying to work once they should be resting... this only happens in the gear up position. When gear is deployed its fine.... someone please tell me i missed something or its a simple fix. Thank you!

[Robert Belluomini]

Hey Rosytime Ive met your son a couple of times. He’s a talented flyer! I also know the other pilots that you mention quite well too.
As I mentioned before the Aura 8 makes any model fly so much better but Its in the background so you don't even know its there.
The capabilities of the Aura is what sets it apart. The Flex Wiki pages are full of great information too.

[Rosytime]

Robert, I too have the FlexJet with the extreme setup. To each his own but I have had more people fly mine and remark on how it doesn't feel like it has a flight control system. And these are pilots who fly turbines with the Cortex gyro. I too have Auras in most of my other EDFs and my giant scale P-40. It's an amazing FCS and easily programmed or changed. I will admit that my son does most of the programming for the non Flex stuff since he has become a guru at it. We even took the ASX3 out of the Havoc EDF and put an Aura in it. The owner of the company that sells the turbine Havocs flew it and was impressed. He also flew the FlexJet and loved it. But that is what make this hobby fun, flying the way you want to.
And a side note, If you go around trying to give away something that you have a disdain for, of course no one wants that item.

[Robert Belluomini]

Flew mine at our annual “Freeze Fly” 6 flights today. It is a perfect model for the new edf jet pattern series!

The Aura 8 makes this model fly big. Made the 15mph crosswinds a non factor! :)

[xviper]

Phantom thanks for the offer.
XViper the config tool is free to download from the flex website. It’s easy to use.

I've had the config tool since the beginning. Played with it a bit and even changed a couple of parameters. Hated it. It may be easy for you, but it's not easy for everyone. In fact, I've seen posts from people who despise the Aura 8 way of doing things.
I used to do brain surgery on lab animals. I considered it "easy". Not many others thought it was. "Easy" is a subjective view.

[Robert Belluomini]

Phantom thanks for the offer.
XViper the config tool is free to download from the flex website. It’s easy to use.

[xviper]

I have an Aura 8 for sale, never been used, brand spanking new. You interested? Sells for 99 bucks on the Flex website I'll sell it to you for 79 bucks USD, let me know and I'll send it your way. 😁

I like your humor! My Aura 8 has been sitting at the bottom of my bag of new and used receivers. When I first took it out, I offered it FOR FREE to anyone around here who wanted it. I belong to 2 RC clubs, retired from a 3rd and currently keep in touch with people at a 4th club. NOBODY WANTS IT. I can't give it away. Good luck with selling yours. I'm just keeping it till a day comes when I might suddenly want to put it into one of my cheap, disposable planes and experiment with it and maybe try to understand it.

[Phantom]

Not sure why you would buy this model and remove the Aura 8! It flies great with either the standard or the Expert config. The Aura settings are easy to change through the configuration tool.

Phantom you need to up the endpoints per the flex manual to make the gear cycle. You do need to flick gear switch up then down before flight to set the sequencer. This has to be done before each flight.

I also suggest using a light battery. I use s HS 4200 and the model flies beautifully.

Robert,

Thank you for the for the battery suggestion, I have quite a few of those HS 6s 4200's as well, I love em! I hollowed out quite a bit of useless foam on the underside of the back canopy so that I can stack two in parallel back there and still remain on CG. So the fun alpha flights will be with one battery, and the longer demo flights or touch and go flying days will be with two. This is how I setup a number of my birds, I use this same configuration in my FW F-5 80mm.

[Phantom]

Not sure why you would buy this model and remove the Aura 8! It flies great with either the standard or the Expert config. The Aura settings are easy to change through the configuration tool.

Phantom you need to up the endpoints per the flex manual to make the gear cycle. You do need to flick gear switch up then down before flight to set the sequencer. This has to be done before each flight.

I also suggest using a light battery. I use s HS 4200 and the model flies beautifully.

Robert, I've read all your posts on this thread and am very aware of your love for the Aura 8, I believe you even said something to the effect that you fly all your planes, or atleast all your jets with the Aura 8.

Xviper and I agree on this point when it comes to flight stabilization, I just don't like it, never have, never will. If I had the option to purchase the Flexjet without the Aura 8, I would have. There are E- flight models that I have bypassed purchasing until the version without their safe flight technology was in stock. To me purchasing a flight stabilization system is an unnecessary expense, money which could be used elsewhere, another battery perhaps.

I'm a pilot by profession both rotary wing, as well as fixed wing. I cut my teeth on airframes such as the CH-47D Chinook which has a marvelous AFCS, (Automated Flight Control System). Cockpit managers, as we came to call our less gifted stick wigglers, loved that system, I rarely used it. Did it require a great deal more attention from me to fly with AFCS off? Without a doubt, but the responsiveness from it being off was unreal. I've flown two airshows with that bird and countless re-enlistment flights that's stunned viewers and passengers, they had no idea that the Dirty-D could be so maneuverable.

I bet if I set the Aura 8 up correctly, as you say, it would fly amazing. But that's not my style, I want to strap on the aircraft, figuratively in the case of RC flight, but I want to feel every twitch of the flight controls, every change in wind direction and velocity. I prefer not to have a system numb those experiences out for me. Some of my greatest RC memories are wrestling down a bird in crazy wind conditions that I wasn't expecting, to a nice gentle kiss on the runway. Doesn't happen all the time, ofcourse not. Nobody's perfect, but when it does, man it doesn't get any better.

Having ranted on continuously more for a paragraph or two, I have an Aura 8 for sale, never been used, brand spanking new. You interested? Sells for 99 bucks on the Flex website I'll sell it to you for 79 bucks USD, let me know and I'll send it your way. 😁

[xviper]

Not sure why you would buy this model and remove the Aura 8! It flies great with either the standard or the Expert config. The Aura settings are easy to change through the configuration tool.

With all due respect, there are many, many reasons why a person would buy this model and the Aura 8 is but only one and it doesn't appeal to everyone. It does NOT fly great with either config, at least not for me. It all depends on who is flying it. I found the stock settings NOT to my liking in any way and for me, NO, it was not "easy" to change those settings via any tool because I did not understand what the settings meant, let alone what the plane would do once the settings were changed. I ditched that Aura 8 faster than a dog wants to get rid of fleas. I, for one, did not buy this plane for the Aura 8. I bought it because it looked neat and it appeared to have great presence in the air. It makes nice sounds and now that I've ditched the 8 and programmed it on a standard RX with no stabilization, it is an "acceptable" model. The "neatness" has all but worn off, but it still has a certain "special-ness" about it and that's why I've kept it. If I knew then what I know now, I would not buy this plane at all or at least, buy it WITHOUT the Aura 8 (if it were available that way).
Now comes along the new FlexJet with its 8s power system and vectored thrust. Looks great to the uninitiated, but I won't be fooled again. There are many, many other planes for much less money that can give greater owner experience and satisfaction.