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Thanks Steve! Ha Ha! I'm glad you caught that...

Lol...that was my buddy Jake with my phone, Lol. He's young...Heidi wouldn't do that!

@@ModelAV8RChannel Not without hollering a few words that rhyme with “Duck”, she wouldn’t. 😁 Good job to Jake. 👍

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Yeah more of a "Hot Liner" style than thermal monster. Awesome for a UMX though. The little UMX Radian thermals pretty good for a ultra micro.

Glad you enjoyed it!

It is a real RC plane.

Thanks, glad it was helpful! They are both great, but the Evo is a bit easier to fly slow. Great to start with (as a micro bush plane).

I don't think you can, but you can check out the thread on Flying Giants or RC Groups for guidance.

Thank you GB!

Thanks Chris, it is a really versatile jet.

I was having fun!

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Lol, yep! Zigged when I should have Zagged!

STS is great, but lacks the punch the 6s version has.

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Thank you very much! You too!

Awesome, thank you very much! Enjoy that Mustang!

I have flown the 80mm Hawk. Similar power to this one. Wider gear stance, so a bit easier there, but it really is up to the styling. They are all good flying planes.The F-18 takes a bit more skill than the other two and is more particular to set up. Flies great though when it is right. If you are a decently skilled EDF pilot, I'd just get the one you think is the coolest.

@@ModelAV8RChannel Excellent reply. Thank you. I'm more of an 80mm EDF flyer, so the Goshawk 90mm I believe would leave my experience a little lackluster when it comes to my type of flying, aggressive.

Last, possible silly question. I spend much of my stick time inverted; between the XFly T-7A, and BAE Hawk which handles better?

Pretty even. Usually if they are solid right side up they do fine inverted.

Thanks man! They have a new customer service number...give them a call about that.

Thanks man! Glad you enjoy our work.

Hey Dustin here, that's a tough question. haha. Having not flown either the Rafale or the F-35 myself, I'm going to answer a little indirectly here. My best advice for an EDF that will prepare you to fly the F-14, is to find something that is somewhat heavy, and that takes a smooth and precise landing approach. You want to get used to flying the plane all the way to the ground, and not flaring very much. You can't just flare it out and plop it down in high alpha with the F-14 (except with the wings back haha). You also probably want to get used to flying something that will drop a wing in a turn if you get slow, or if you pull too hard even when fast. I'll say the Freewing 90mm T-45 is a great flying jet, but it takes a very precise landing approach to grease the landings. It has a tendency to stall hard if you flare to much or get to slow, so you really have to fly it all the way down. I also know from experience this plane will drop a wing in a fast turn when you pull too hard, or in a slow turn when you get too slow... (I crashed mine in the turn to final during a low pass once, just got too slow in the turn and the wing dropped on me about 50ft off the ground, luckily it was repaired). So I guess I'd recommend that one, but its a 90mm and not exactly a cheap trainer jet, so maybe not so practical. I will note that I have flown the FMS 80mm Hawk (the original T-45 I suppose) and that model is a bit lighter and fly's incredible, it does not require the things I describe above that the 90mm T-45 does. The Freewing 90mm F-18 will also drop a wing in flight if you push it, and it has to be flown to the ground with power in order to get a nice landing. Also not a cheap trainer. Honestly I've flown or owned quite a few other EDFs and I'm really not sure I have one that I feel like is a perfect step up to the F-14. At the end of the day they all fly a little different, and part of the fun to me is learning their quirks. The F-14 is definitely finicky on landing, but its 100% doable if you practice it. Be sure you're comfortable with a fast heavyish EDF, and then just practice mastering the landings (smooth, power on, barely flare). In the air the F-14 fly's great as long as you respect it. Last tip, I think I mentioned it in the video, but put a mix to raise the flaps as soon as you turn reverse thrust on. It'll kill your lift as soon as you touch down and reduce the likely hood of bouncing. Hope that's somewhat helpful, thanks for watching.

@@grcvid Hey Dustin, thank you so much for such a detailed reply. That information is so helpful. Really interested that you have flow the FMS Hawk (which I have) and found it didnt drop a wing like the Freewing T45 (I assumed they would fly pretty much the same as each other) I totally get that the best option is a heavy, high wing loaded 90mm. I think, going on your advice above that I'll go for the Freewing F18 as my final stepping stone! I'm totally with you on the fun of learning is kind of exploring the unknown flight characteristics! Thanks again for you very kind and thoughtful advice Neil

@@Guitarshak Hey no worries at all. I was actually pretty surprised at how different the T-45 flew as well. I had flown a friends Hawk and really liked it, then ended up finding a cheap T-45 a few weeks later, so I couldn't pass it up. But yea, it bit me several times before I figured it out the differences haha. There also may be a cheaper option than a 90mm to practice, but I can only go by what I've flown and those are the closest. I do really like the 90mm F-18, its a bit more agile and it lands a little different than the F-14 but I definitely feel like if you can fly that one, you can definitely figure out the F-14. I actually have a buddy that thinks my F-14 is easier to fly than my F-18 for what thats worth. I'll leave you with one other weird F-18 thing, if you get slow in a knife edge it goes crazy. If you look on my channel at "Freewing F-18 On Board Video" at about 43 seconds you can see it totally depart and then recover after I did that. Good luck and hope you enjoy whatever you end up getting.

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