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.
@@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. 😊
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.
I’ve returned to this hobby for the first time since 2015. I bought one of these on eBay the other week and flown it a couple times now. I’m seriously blown away by how advanced cheap rc planes are now! I would have never foreseen this level of ingenuity and features in a cheap rc airplane! My thoughts are that the tech explosion is a trickle down effect that stems from Rc Drones, as in the gyroscopes, telemetry etc. none of the flyzone, parkzone, ares and umx stuff used to be anywhere near hi tech as this 😳
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.
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.
@@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. 😁
@@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.
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!
It actually lands and takes off well ruclips.net/video/pjzCPKiSwUQ/видео.html But I wouldn't expect much improvement by removing the gear, as the gear is lightweight with minimal drag.
I don't have landing gear on as I fly in grassy fields. I've heard you can damage the prop if you don't land it properly from a lot of videos I've seen. How I land it, is I glide it in with almost no throttle against the wind and then gradually give little boosts. When it's almost at stall speed low to the long grass, I cut throttle and it lands with prop still on. I'm using the 2 blade prop on the zero. I'm fairly new to this but this other had extensive experience with these planes and he said unless you have a runway to land it was better to fly without gear. My reason I do it, the reasoning seems logical. In grass field the gear is catch and going to pivot the plane sharply downwards the ground putting extreme pressure on the prop and nose of aircraft. But without gear, it seems to land no problem at all. And I know this because the prop seems to always be attached when I'm landing
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!
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!
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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
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.
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.
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.
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. ruclips.net/video/utMTlZ5uIKw/видео.html ruclips.net/video/_PshHVMGg7Y/видео.html
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Wow, thanks!
Same here!
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
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.
I’ve returned to this hobby for the first time since 2015. I bought one of these on eBay the other week and flown it a couple times now. I’m seriously blown away by how advanced cheap rc planes are now! I would have never foreseen this level of ingenuity and features in a cheap rc airplane! My thoughts are that the tech explosion is a trickle down effect that stems from Rc Drones, as in the gyroscopes, telemetry etc. none of the flyzone, parkzone, ares and umx stuff used to be anywhere near hi tech as this 😳
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.
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!
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.
I got mine on June 27!!
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
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. :)
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 ruclips.net/video/pjzCPKiSwUQ/видео.html
But I wouldn't expect much improvement by removing the gear, as the gear is lightweight with minimal drag.
I don't have landing gear on as I fly in grassy fields. I've heard you can damage the prop if you don't land it properly from a lot of videos I've seen. How I land it, is I glide it in with almost no throttle against the wind and then gradually give little boosts. When it's almost at stall speed low to the long grass, I cut throttle and it lands with prop still on. I'm using the 2 blade prop on the zero. I'm fairly new to this but this other had extensive experience with these planes and he said unless you have a runway to land it was better to fly without gear. My reason I do it, the reasoning seems logical. In grass field the gear is catch and going to pivot the plane sharply downwards the ground putting extreme pressure on the prop and nose of aircraft.
But without gear, it seems to land no problem at all. And I know this because the prop seems to always be attached when I'm landing
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!
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.
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 ruclips.net/video/WZaDkjMVdJI/видео.html
Why did you keep hitting the transmitter ?
How long can it fly with 1 accu
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!
First cool plane
Congratulations. You were first to say First! You win a shoutout in a future QC101 video. Again, congratulations!
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.
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! 🙄
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.
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.
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!
Is it 66grams ready to fly or without battery?
Ready to fly. This does not require registration.
Where can I buy spare propeller please ?
Amazon
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?
Should be correct as bought .
This is the cheapest yet good rc plane
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.
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ruclips.net/video/_PshHVMGg7Y/видео.html
overpriced overhyped crap