Volantex P-51D V2 Airplane Flight Test Review
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2023
- This good looking and ready to fly fighter plane is a ton of fun for intermediate and above fliers. Find it here and use coupon code BGc26341 for 17 dollars off (expires 6/30/2023). ban.ggood.vip/13RxL
and here are some more WWII warbirds from Eachine/Volantex:
Find the P-51D V1 Mini Mustang here bit.ly/MustangP51D
Find the Spitfire here bit.ly/EachineSpitfire
Find the P-47 Razorback here bit.ly/P-47Razorback
Find the BF-109 Messerschmitt here bit.ly/BF109Messerschmitt
Find the F4U Corsair here bit.ly/F4UMiniCorsair
and here are some more neat planes from Eachine/Volantex (not WWII):
Eachine Mini Cessna bit.ly/EachineCessna
Eachine Mini F-22 Raptor bit.ly/MiniF22Raptor
Eachine Mini T-28 Trojan bit.ly/EachineT28Trojan
Eachine Mini F-16 Falcon bit.ly/MiniF16Falcon
Pros
- Very good looking aircraft in paint scheme and details. Includes a clear cockpit with pilot cutout inside.
- Ready to fly plane with included transmitter.
- True four channel airplane with throttle, elevator, rudder, and aileron control.
- Constructed of flexible and crash resistant EPP foam.
- Plenty of power from its 1020 brushed motor.
- Comes with two 2 bladed and two 4 bladed propellers. The 4 bladed do not provide much power, and are best used for display of the aircraft. The two bladed propellers provide plenty of power, and should be used for flight purposes.
- Three selectable flight modes. Beginner mode includes full 6 axis stabilization (3 axis gyro and 3 axis accelerometer). Also includes angle restrictions that prevent the aircraft rolling or pitching over. Intermediate "Midd" mode also includes 6 axis stabilization, but turns off pitch angle restrictions to allow aerobatic stunts. Expert mode turns off all stabilization for fully aerobatic manual flying.
- Controller also includes a stunt button that allows the airplane to automatically conduct loops and aileron rolls.
- NEW Auto Takeoff feature enables the aircraft to automatically climb to a safe altitude, and then circle until the pilot is comfortable and ready to take control of the plane with the pitch/roll stick.
- One key return feature will automatically fly the plane in the opposite direction that it was pointed at takeoff.
- Quick disconnect propeller saver automatically disconnects the propeller in a crash to prevent propeller or motor damage. Propeller can be quickly reattached after the crash to continue flying.
- Very efficient flier. It's 3.7V 400mah battery provides about 14 minutes of flight time.
- Can be flown with multi-protocol transmitters using V761 protocol. I demonstrate such in the above video.
Cons
- Brushed motor airplane. Its motor will eventually fail some day. Strongly recommend allowing 15 minutes motor cool down between flights to improve motor longevity.
- It's a bit heavier at 66 grams than its 55 grams P-51D V1 predecessor.
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Oh thank goodness. I have been going nuts looking for this video again. I got a couple of these Volantex airplanes, most recent one is the P-47 v2. After working out a few issues and trying to get some flights in during daylight with less then gale force winds of spring in Kansas City, I remembered seeing an autolaunch video. But I couldn't find it. So I finally opened a ticket to EXhobby with the question and I haven't heard back from them yet. It's only been a couple days. For some reason I thought it was Brianphillipsrc that I saw it being used on and I sent him an email. It did get to the place where I thought I had just dreamt it, which doesn't seem that far fetched. I've had a pretty fun couple of weeks of moving furnture, painting and having flooring installed, finishing that with the shoe molding topped off with going to my daughters and getting grandkids fed and on the buss for school, orchestra and soccer practice. (pretty heavily involved with the G-kids with a single mom) so it didn't hit me as strange that I wouldn't have dreamed this up in the semi exhaustion especially as I only had the one video I couldn't find again. THEN I saw it in the drop down of the EXHobby information on the P-51 "One key launch! just press a couple keys and the plane will take off and hover till you take over". No actual list of HOW to do this on the page OR in the online manuals. BUT they advertise it. I wasn't crzy so I emailed them with "It's here, I'm not crzy, you just don't have it in THIS documentation. And just after I sent that addendum to my ticket number, I found your video again.
AHHHHHHHH, I can sleep again. Except now I want the darn wind to stop blowing so I can go out and try it! Even with 5-10 mph winds the plane is pretty fun to fly in beginner and sport mode. Found out it was too tail heavy to fly without the gyros and balanced the plane so NOW it seems to fly better but at 2 ounces in 10+ mph gusts, Ya gotta have the stabilization on. Watch them little wings ROCK fighting it. So, now I wait and I'm not crzy.
Thanks for the excellent How To.
Finally got a day that wsan't horrendous wind, been north of 15 mph most days. Took my Jug out, hit the stunt button, gave her the throttle and she flipped right over into the ground. Put the prop back on, put the switch in Beginner mode, CHECKED that it was in begginer mode again instead of expert where it was AND screwed up the launch somehow in the toss. Thing did an upward corkscrew climb reminiescent of Powered Free flight planes and then went into orbit.mode. So, it really works. I flew it around in sport mostly after the launch, then as I've got the CG in the right place now, put it in expert and flew around like that for a bit. However, the transmitter they send with it is a bit of a pain in my arthritic hands and it doesn't have expo so I switched back to slope for a flight of 8 minutes, buzzing the yard art in such.
I've sent email to EXHobby where I got mine. Hopefully they can get notice to whomever to get the How To info into their manual. Don't know how you figured it out but I've yet to find a reference on how the one button Takeoff is supposed to work on their website or in the literature. Kinda cool.
One feature not shown in this review and demonstration video is the fact that the flight board in this now has two 3-pin sockets to take an S-bus or DSM satellite receiver. This gives you the option of using the toy grade included transmitter, a Multi Protocol transmitter (on V761/4ch protocol), a Spektrum transmitter, or any other brand of transmitter capable of sending to a compatible S-bus receiver. The only features missing now are a dedicated PWM throttle channel outlet to allow for brushless upgrades and to move the built-in Elevator and Rudder servos off the board for ease of upgrading and servicing.
do you know other models that have the sbus port?
@@smibawazir4761 In this V761 series? Only this P-51 and the v2 Corsair so far - but no doubt more will follow.
In other makes and models? Lots do. But you will have to read the tin to work out if the 1 that you are interested in does have the S-bus and/or DSM sockets or not.
@@theoztreecrasher2647omg this is awesome. I’ve been out of the hobby for quite some time so all the protocol set up is pretty intimidating to go through. I have both a DSM2 and a Taranis radio with a multi protocol module but haven’t a clue how to set it up now tbh. But at least I know it’s possible so that’s one step in the right direction. 😊
Wow lots of learning ahead omg
One of my fondest subscriptions! You've been delivering great videos forever!
Wow, thanks!
Same here!
Great review, thanks! I'm tempted to buy this one, even though I already have the Spitfire, which you say is still your favourite. Would this one fly with my Spitfire transmitter? Or with the excellent programmable transmitter that came with my XK K110s helicopter? I'd really like to know!
I got mine on June 27!!
I loved mine the first day. Amazing little flyer. Day two the aileron servo locked up causing it to bank, crash and cartwheel. I'm still waiting to hear from Banggood for some resolve.
Banggood (or it's seller of this) is sending me two replacement aileron servos.
@@coloradofotomattis ban good legit or sketchy to buy from
Did the replacement fix it?
@@micfail2 Yes it did! I'm really pleasantly surprised with Banggood's customer service. It's very responsive.
Thank you for a great video! How does it fly without the landing gear? Also, how well does it takeoff and land on concrete with the landing gear?
It actually lands and takes off well czcams.com/video/pjzCPKiSwUQ/video.html
But I wouldn't expect much improvement by removing the gear, as the gear is lightweight with minimal drag.
The "Flyaway Problem" was present in all the Volantex V761 planes (3 and 4ch, high wing and first issued units of the P-51) up until about when the first 'Legends" series "Eachine" re-brands came out. Also about the time they changed from the push-in-top/bottom trim switches on the Txs to the current slide-up/slide-down type. The newer Txs can't reverse the gyro/servo directions on the planes now either BUT the feature is still extant on the flight boards (I believe) if you get 1 of the older Txs and hold an A, E, or R stick hard over for a few seconds BEFORE arming the motor. Handy for installing the boards on other scratch-built planes.
I never had a flyaway , I used my Radiomaster and fly it to where it's a dot in the sky
@@Mikeylikesit1968 That might be possible, but for the experiences of the average incompetent kid/oldie you only need to read some of the Amazon reviews from way back then. LOTS of yowls about flyaways. Still some these days also since, although the no-motor-failsafe has been fixed, the average intelligence level of the populace hasn't improved much. 😜🙄😊
@@pajamamar2011 Many claim that there's a Great Pumpkin up in the sky that we should all bow down to also! 🙄
A non-functioning rudder will never be a cause for a flyaway since you can turn these full 4-channel planes just as easily with the ailerons. If the wind is blowing it away just dump it on the ground - these won't break like beer-cooler foam EPS Horizon Slobby planes. If you are out of range the plane's motor will shut down but the stabilization will stay on if you have it engaged and the plane will glide some distance more down wind. 1 more reason to keep your toys near you. 😁
@theoztreecrasher2647 was there already spitfire version without that run away issue? I cannot find anything about that
@@flant.225 To the best of my knowledge only V761 planes produced up until the V761-5 red-tailed P-51 that came in a brown cardboard box had the no-motor-failsafe fly-away fault. After they started selling the Mini Warbirds in the technicolour Legends box the P-51 (and all subsequent models) had the fault fixed. About then all further shippings of the V761-1/V761-2/V761-3 and V761-4 were issued with the fault fixed as well. The Spitfire was a much later release so it never had the problem.
The 4 blade props are great, less likely to break than the 2 or 3 blade props I noticed
Sorry, but that's not our experience! Stick with the 2-bladers for flying and leave the multi-bladers for display!
Probably should check the lipo voltage left after getting the 'Low Voltage" beeps. The same feature on the SG F-22 twin motor plane you reviewed tends to run the lipos just a bit too low!
Just measured the first battery. 3.61 volts
@@Quadcopter101 Thanks mate! Greatly appreciated as always. :)
Which plane do you like better, the Radiolink A560 or this Volantex P-51D?
The Radiolink A560 is a very cool plane. But it's much more expensive than this.
have you ever broken the prop on one of these, even if it did pop off?
Yes, it can happen, as it did happen in my F4U review flight czcams.com/video/WZaDkjMVdJI/video.html
Hi from Malaysian , i want to ask which one do you prefer a xk280 or this volantex p51d v2? I'm very curious
I prefer the Volantex p51D V2. The XK A280 is a much bigger and heavier plane. As such, the A280 can only fly for less than 7 minutes (average flight time that people have been experiencing seems to be about 4 1/2 minutes). However, the smaller lighter Volantex planes get about 15 minutes flight time per battery. The big A280 also needs a larger flying field, while the Volantex planes can be used in a smaller field. The Volantex planes are also more easily transportable due to their smaller size.
12:37 Wow, that took a ditch real well!
That's why it's very important to fly over a grassy field if available. Planes take bumps and knocks better there.
So does the radio that comes with the 400mm p51 also bind to the 750mm p51 by volantex? Looks the same..also i have a new emachine 400mm will that radio work with volantex...i think so,but want to know for certain..thanks for sharing
The 400mm eachine/volantex, yes. But I'm not sure about the 750mm.
@@Quadcopter101 common sense says it should...someone must have answer.thanks
@@roadstar499 Nope. Different protocol even though the transmitters look the same. Also the 750mm protocol CANNOT be hacked for the Multi Radios.
Would you recommend this over the Spitfire model?
If you fly with a TX16S RMaster in manual mode, the Spitfire will need 2 pennies under the engine access door. The P51,T28,Zero w/solid canopy didn't need any weight added. The P40 (3 pennies),Spitfire needed weight added for manual mode flight. Stay away from the ME109, as the motor mount area in the foam is weak compared to the others.
Thank you for the suggestion, I'll keep it in mind!
First cool plane
Congratulations. You were first to say First! You win a shoutout in a future QC101 video. Again, congratulations!
I notice when you crash at 12:39, your plane was going level and not really pulling up, so I doubt it stall in .005 second from level! just saying
Is it 66grams ready to fly or without battery?
Ready to fly. This does not require registration.
Some people say that in expert mode the P-51 flies much better with a hobby grade Tx, like your Jumper. Can you confirm this? I love my V1 P-51, and was thinking of getting the V2 and a hobby grade Tx like your Jumper. Thanks for the great videos!
Well, even in beginner mode, control of the aircraft is MUCH smoother with the Jumper multi-protocol controller. In the video, compare my flying with the stock controller to the flight with the Jumper controller. Can you see how much smoother the plane is flying after I switched controllers?
Definitely. Now that I'm looking for it, you can see how much smoother it is with the Jumper. I was trying to fly in "expert" yesterday. And man it is tough!
Where can I buy spare propeller please ?
Amazon
This is the cheapest yet good rc plane
I've got all of these little warbirds except for the P-51 and the zero, looks like that's about to change.
I just got the F4U V2. That review should be coming up shortly (guessing within a week).
@@Quadcopter101 Where did you get it? Banggood?
Yep
@@Quadcopter101Did you get important taxes from Bangood to UK ?
@@wulfheremercianwarrior2747 Why would you think that someone who lives and works in the USA would have any knowledge about the current tax system of the UK??? Ask your accountant or Google your own country's Tax Department. They'll be only too happy to inform you about what they can screw you for! 🙄
Can you do a video of the downfall in popularity of tricopters in the hobby? I love tricopters as they can have extremely long flight times and are extremely stable as a camera platform.
They were popular about 7 years ago. But they're really not as maneuverable as a Quadcopter.
czcams.com/video/utMTlZ5uIKw/video.html
czcams.com/video/_PshHVMGg7Y/video.html
Have you used this on expert mode?
No. These little guys are too twitchy for me in expert mode. I'm more of a drone pilot.
Get a Multi-protocol controller for expert mode. I'm using a TX16S RMaster...They flight great with one and inverted flight is possible without a problem.
does this dude ever do a COG check?
overpriced overhyped crap