Looks like p40 on steroids. FMS undeniably makes the best foam planes. Looks and performance. I had a successful maiden with p40 and felt as comfortable as ever when I got that bird in the air. Solid as a rock. Loved it.
Wish I could pilot planes as half as good as he does, everytime I fly i'm nervous as hell. Great plane, great pilot! I'll definetly ordrer one as soon as i'm confident enough.
I have 12 foamie electric warbirds from 35" span and on up to this 67" span monster…and like the man said in the video…these "big ones" are the easiest to fly and land consistently correct. With a 4500 6S batt…mine was $500+! in early 2016 pricing…we DO NOT want to crash this sweetie! OUCH!
Great review as always, keep up the good work. How do you find its flight characteristics compared to the FMS P-51? I have the V8 and its an awesome model
Interesting that you refer to the colloquialism 'Jug' as being in reference to 'Juggernaut', particularly since it was perfectly appropriate for this machine, in fact it was said to be called the Jug because of the milk jug-like fuselage. I just watched your flight review of the 1500mm version and finally chose to make the purchase and then I see this...thanks a lot! Having said that though, I don't regret my choice or my purchase since I was always more partial to the 'Razorback' variants and more importantly its 200mm less that I have to get past the missus!
This one is not available anymore... discontinued a while ago.... the 1500mm is a newer, better version. Thank you for using my links to purchase thru Horizon Hobby, as it does support our channel. Thanks for the support!
Rich, I always enjoy your videos. So smooth and deliberate. I can only hope I can progress to that level. I so love WWII aircraft. Thank you for what you do!
i never would have guessed that "jug" has its orgin in "juggernaut" always thought it had a different meaning...anyway, nice video man, thanks for sharing :)
Nice plane but I'm concerned about how light it is on the tail wheel. I am afraid that with a tail wind while taxing out to the runway it could cause it to nose over onto the prop. And we all know what happens to the scale 4 blade prop if the hub gets damaged at all. You will have an exploding prop assembly like on the corsair. If I get one i think a 2 blade prop would be a must since it will probably nose over and the prop will strike the ground. It is beautiful. I am going to purchase a plane from motion but I think the f 15 is on my radar. Cheers
Same thing with my 5000mah lipo all the way forward as u said and can see it through the front of the cowl. My 5000mah is 25c. Also had ppl on rcgroups say the same as me.
Mine is a 4000 35c, it flys fine as you can see... when i taxi you can see the tail bounce up and down a bit... any more nose weight and mine would probably nose over more often
i use to have 1700 mustang red tail but it had a pritty nasty prang so if i were going to buy kit i'd have to buy new retract legs? otherwize buy new fuse+wing and hole tail plane would it be easer to buy parts or kit?
I made the first flight yesterday. Great plane, but "as always" with FMS planes the landing gear needed correction. This time they had forgotten to make flat spots on the upper end of the struts, so they could easily swivel sideways. Note that this plane had been on a shelf for well over a year. Hopefully they don't make the same mistake on new planes.
At the time i did the video, the receiver ready version (PNP) was $399, the Airframe only was quite a bit less. NOW, the demand is higher and people are aware of how nice of a plane is, the plane is currently being sold at its normal price of $459. All of the 1700mm Warbirds from FMS were originally priced at $459 but initially the P-47 did not sell as well as the Corsair and P-51... the price was lowered back then to generate sales. Technically it is still in the $400 range at $459....
Rich, you said in video you used the stock cg placement for the battery? Is that correct. I heard alot of ppl moving it to 115.? Any help would be nice. I'm going to buy this plane in a couple of weeks.Thx glenn
Hey Rich! Great flying and video of course! Love your detailed video build videos as well! Question I have this plane but not sure with the battery just dumped in with no securement? How do you secure the battery or did you? I have the 4000mha battery. Thumbs up! Thanks for your help! Regards!
This is a sweet plane! I wonder why they quit making it. The 1500 mm version is sold out everywhere. I guess everybody wants one. Just curious, what receiver did you go with for this plane?
I use a Gravity 6s 5500 mAh. Weight 864 grams. Seems to get the plane properly balanced without any additional weights. Possibly just a tiny bit nose heavy.
I have just ordered one of these, How easy is it to fly? I have mastered the e-flite hurricane very nicely accept for landings? It always seems to nose over on grass landings!!!! Any experiences i should be aware of with this aircraft??
john creed It is a very easy plane to fly. Its large size makes it much easier and predictable than many smaller planes. As with all tail draggers, just be cautious as you taxi, takeoff, and land as it does have a normal tendency to nose over a bit, but if you are on top if it you will not have a problem... it also has a lot of power, so just smoothly and slowly advance the power on takeoff and the plane should be easily flying with only about 1/2 throttle...as the plane begins to leave the ground THEN you can slowly advance power further towards full... to much throttle to quickly will cause a lot of left turning tendency that can over power the rudder. It is a great plane!
RCINFORMER Hi, I flew this, You were right it was very easy to take off, fly and land. However on the second battery the prop/ motor hub disintegrated mid flight. Was not impressed!! Had just enough altitude to belly land it, but it belly landed hard with a thump breaking off the retract and flaps! One of the props narrowly missed my friend who was watching, he described a whistling noise as it went past him! Thankfully no one was hurt and the supplier is very helpful and understanding and has asked me to return it.
john creed I had herd of this happening on other occasion.... I speculate that there was a bad batch of props at one point... I still fly this very plane with no problems... it has now been flying for a year and a half and we filmed all the promo videos with it....
Yes I had also heard this, but having only purchased this a month ago, I would have expected these batches of aircraft to have been exhausted, and non faulty products to be sold instead of faulty ones.
My review is not mixed... it is s great model.... As you can see from my UNCUT flight demo and review, it flys great. You have to ask yourself if you believe all the reviews you are reading or if you believe what you see here in my flight demo? A lot of people say a lot of things.... this is why I give you the proof in video format, as seeing is believing.... I still have this model and it still flys great:)
I fabricated a setback with a head-armor plate, out of dbbl thick sheet cardboard and painted it OD, which allowed me to reglue and anchor the pilot fig. the correct distance back from the panel…looks so much more scale now and added almost ZERO weight. easy improvement and looks so much more realistic now! Just DO-IT!
hello, im just about to pick one up but i have a very serious question? on a plane this size and weight how does the foam hinges last? i wish they would use some kind of hinge(like freewing)
The P-47 has a rather slow and sluggish turn time. Roll rate, I don't know. It was slower than the Mustang (surprisingly) but not by much. Pilots claimed that the Thunderbolt dove like a rock, being that it was a VERY heavy fighter, and very big. But the weight also made it a slow climber. That is pretty much all I know on the Thunderbolt, but almost NO planes, even the Mustang, turned as hard as that. The only plane that MIGHT'VE would be a plane such as the Ki-43 Otsu, or the A6M2 or A6M1, off the top of my head. But, being that this is an RC, and therefore being smaller, it would be expected that it turn harder, climb harder, roll faster, etc. For some unexplained reason, things that are bigger tend to be slower. :-P Just think of giants! Why are they always portrayed as walking in slow-motion on-screen? Still, awesome RC though! ;-)
It was a boom & zoom masterpiece in the hands of the right pilot…just ask any luftwaffe ghost that ever got raked by it's eight .50 MGs'! I fly this one extensively in the (now dated) Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3…and it has to be flown to it's strengths…and is best suited cruising for victims from at least 10,000ft AGL or higher. God help any enemy plane that tries diving away from a well piloted 'Jug', with the 'Slit - S' evasive maneuver….its' soon to be "toast in big smoking hole"!
I said "maneuverable". Turning time wasn't as high as this RC. I know the P-47 was heavy (and one of the largest single-engine fighters of WWII) and made it drop like a rock. But the turning radius was a bit high. But meh, it's an RC. Can't ever be absolutely accurate (unless...) xD
Looks like p40 on steroids. FMS undeniably makes the best foam planes. Looks and performance. I had a successful maiden with p40 and felt as comfortable as ever when I got that bird in the air. Solid as a rock. Loved it.
Awesome demo, and once again, excellent flying!
Beautiful plane!! Congrats on the build Rich!
Great review and demo flight on the "Jug" love that bird and it looks so awesome with the scale details, really a nice review 👍
good flying Rich nice and smooth
Awesome rudder authority Rich.
Wish I could pilot planes as half as good as he does, everytime I fly i'm nervous as hell. Great plane, great pilot! I'll definetly ordrer one as soon as i'm confident enough.
You can, it just takes practice:)
what a nice landing
I have 12 foamie electric warbirds from 35" span and on up to this 67" span monster…and like the man said in the video…these "big ones" are the easiest to fly and land consistently correct. With a 4500 6S batt…mine was $500+! in early 2016 pricing…we DO NOT want to crash this sweetie! OUCH!
Uh - I love to watch your presentations....
Great review as always.You're making me want this plane. Thanks Rich.
Cheers mate.
John
You cant go wrong with it.. all the 1700mm warbirds fly great.
Great review as always, keep up the good work. How do you find its flight characteristics compared to the FMS P-51? I have the V8 and its an awesome model
Interesting that you refer to the colloquialism 'Jug' as being in reference to 'Juggernaut', particularly since it was perfectly appropriate for this machine, in fact it was said to be called the Jug because of the milk jug-like fuselage. I just watched your flight review of the 1500mm version and finally chose to make the purchase and then I see this...thanks a lot! Having said that though, I don't regret my choice or my purchase since I was always more partial to the 'Razorback' variants and more importantly its 200mm less that I have to get past the missus!
This one is not available anymore... discontinued a while ago.... the 1500mm is a newer, better version. Thank you for using my links to purchase thru Horizon Hobby, as it does support our channel. Thanks for the support!
Rich, I always enjoy your videos. So smooth and deliberate. I can only hope I can progress to that level. I so love WWII aircraft. Thank you for what you do!
Thanks Jim for the great comment!
Thanks just curious.
i never would have guessed that "jug" has its orgin in "juggernaut" always thought it had a different meaning...anyway, nice video man, thanks for sharing :)
It has a few meanings... also the plane looked like a milk jug!
This was made over a year ago.....when it was in the 300-400 range...
It is so nice Even from video can see how lovely she handles Just checked rcmotion web site - discontinued :( Would love to have one Great plane
It was replaced with the 1500mm Razorback in this video: ruclips.net/video/-7D2EwZF3CY/видео.html
Nice plane but I'm concerned about how light it is on the tail wheel. I am afraid that with a tail wind while taxing out to the runway it could cause it to nose over onto the prop. And we all know what happens to the scale 4 blade prop if the hub gets damaged at all. You will have an exploding prop assembly like on the corsair. If I get one i think a 2 blade prop would be a must since it will probably nose over and the prop will strike the ground. It is beautiful. I am going to purchase a plane from motion but I think the f 15 is on my radar. Cheers
Hey rich, have you ever tried a 2 blade prop on that plane? If so what size did you use.....Thx...glenn
nice place. dang that thing is huge. I know that's what she said 😨😨😨Hi Aimee 😋
you said it balloons a lot when landing, what does that mean?
Do you know were i can find a canopy?
Same thing with my 5000mah lipo all the way forward as u said and can see it through the front of the cowl. My 5000mah is 25c. Also had ppl on rcgroups say the same as me.
Mine is a 4000 35c, it flys fine as you can see... when i taxi you can see the tail bounce up and down a bit... any more nose weight and mine would probably nose over more often
forgot is it the same as ARF
i use to have 1700 mustang red tail but it had a pritty nasty prang so if i were going to buy kit i'd have to buy new retract legs?
otherwize buy new fuse+wing and hole tail plane would it be easer to buy parts or kit?
Mine was shipped from the Swedish distributor yesterday. Should arrive any day now.
I made the first flight yesterday. Great plane, but "as always" with FMS planes the landing gear needed correction. This time they had forgotten to make flat spots on the upper end of the struts, so they could easily swivel sideways. Note that this plane had been on a shelf for well over a year. Hopefully they don't make the same mistake on new planes.
Gunnar Hovmark Strange? Mine did not have that problem.... how did your vertical stabilizer install? Only 2 of the 3 screws on mine lined up,
RCINFORMER No screws at all on mine, only glue, so I'm pretty sure my version of the plane is older.
Exactly where are these found for "$300-$400 range" ? The best Ive seen is $459. Awesome plane and piloting.
At the time i did the video, the receiver ready version (PNP) was $399, the Airframe only was quite a bit less. NOW, the demand is higher and people are aware of how nice of a plane is, the plane is currently being sold at its normal price of $459. All of the 1700mm Warbirds from FMS were originally priced at $459 but initially the P-47 did not sell as well as the Corsair and P-51... the price was lowered back then to generate sales. Technically it is still in the $400 range at $459....
hey make a video of the p51, the p40, and the f4 all flying together
rudder dosen't quite look right but like it would be nice plane to fly what do you need to supply in the kit version thanks
+George Turner Motor, ESC, Servos & your own receiver & Lipo.... For the ARF you only need a receiver and lipo....
Rich, you said in video you used the stock cg placement for the battery? Is that correct. I heard alot of ppl moving it to 115.? Any help would be nice. I'm going to buy this plane in a couple of weeks.Thx glenn
Hey Rich! Great flying and video of course! Love your detailed video build videos as well! Question I have this plane but not sure with the battery just dumped in with no securement? How do you secure the battery or did you? I have the 4000mha battery. Thumbs up! Thanks for your help! Regards!
p47 is nice but a bit pricey
This is a sweet plane! I wonder why they quit making it. The 1500 mm version is sold out everywhere. I guess everybody wants one. Just curious, what receiver did you go with for this plane?
FMs now makes the 1500mm Razorback version now. Her is the link: ruclips.net/video/-7D2EwZF3CY/видео.html
My friend had V1 and it was slow , crappy retracts and struts so he sold it.
These new ones Rock! Al the new FMS stuff seems very good!
Awesome flying! How you using 3300-4000mah lipo? I had to use 5000mah and it still needed nose weight.
The 4000 goes way down into the Chin, U can see the battery thru the front of the plane....
I use a Gravity 6s 5500 mAh. Weight 864 grams. Seems to get the plane properly balanced without any additional weights. Possibly just a tiny bit nose heavy.
it seems to balance there fine, I flew the plane at SEFF today and all was well...
RCINFORMER The tail is probably lighter on the latest version, the one that you show here.
Does anybody know where they are still for sale??
Greetz from belgium
They have been out of production for quite a while.
I have just ordered one of these, How easy is it to fly? I have mastered the e-flite hurricane very nicely accept for landings? It always seems to nose over on grass landings!!!! Any experiences i should be aware of with this aircraft??
john creed It is a very easy plane to fly. Its large size makes it much easier and predictable than many smaller planes. As with all tail draggers, just be cautious as you taxi, takeoff, and land as it does have a normal tendency to nose over a bit, but if you are on top if it you will not have a problem... it also has a lot of power, so just smoothly and slowly advance the power on takeoff and the plane should be easily flying with only about 1/2 throttle...as the plane begins to leave the ground THEN you can slowly advance power further towards full... to much throttle to quickly will cause a lot of left turning tendency that can over power the rudder. It is a great plane!
RCINFORMER
Sweet cheers for the info. My hurricane noses over real easy!! Hopefully this one wont be so bad!
RCINFORMER Hi, I flew this, You were right it was very easy to take off, fly and land. However on the second battery the prop/ motor hub disintegrated mid flight. Was not impressed!! Had just enough altitude to belly land it, but it belly landed hard with a thump breaking off the retract and flaps! One of the props narrowly missed my friend who was watching, he described a whistling noise as it went past him! Thankfully no one was hurt and the supplier is very helpful and understanding and has asked me to return it.
john creed I had herd of this happening on other occasion.... I speculate that there was a bad batch of props at one point... I still fly this very plane with no problems... it has now been flying for a year and a half and we filmed all the promo videos with it....
Yes I had also heard this, but having only purchased this a month ago, I would have expected these batches of aircraft to have been exhausted, and non faulty products to be sold instead of faulty ones.
do you have any build tips or videos. i noticed on the corsair 1700 you had a few tips.
It only needed minor items, I may put out a short video if I get more requests....
FMS Is Discontinued some Planes, Is this Version going to be Discontinued Also ?
RCcruz Unfortunately it probably is... it is a sweet plane!
Is this aircraft still available?
Unfortunately no, it was discontinued a while ago:(
@@RCINFORMER They always seem to discontinue the models I like. Thank you for always responding dude.
VERY MIXED REVIEWS BY BUYERS ON MOTION RC COMMENTS PAGE ON THIS AND THE P-51...!!!
My review is not mixed... it is s great model.... As you can see from my UNCUT flight demo and review, it flys great. You have to ask yourself if you believe all the reviews you are reading or if you believe what you see here in my flight demo? A lot of people say a lot of things.... this is why I give you the proof in video format, as seeing is believing.... I still have this model and it still flys great:)
The pilot is stitting to far back unless hes over 7ft tall
I fabricated a setback with a head-armor plate, out of dbbl thick sheet cardboard and painted it OD, which allowed me to reglue and anchor the pilot fig. the correct distance back from the panel…looks so much more scale now and added almost ZERO weight. easy improvement and looks so much more realistic now! Just DO-IT!
Ok, I'm confused...is it 1500mm or 1700mm?
This is the older 1700mm, not the newer 1500mm version
Rich....where can i get one?
Are they discontinued?
@@markshirey6611 yes, they were discontinued a while ago... there is the 1500mm newer version that is even better:)
1500 mm p-47 bonnie
hello, im just about to pick one up but i have a very serious question? on a plane this size and weight how does the foam hinges last? i wish they would use some kind of hinge(like freewing)
The real P-47 wasn't that maneuverable.
+Magic_Zach Sure it was!
The P-47 has a rather slow and sluggish turn time. Roll rate, I don't know. It was slower than the Mustang (surprisingly) but not by much. Pilots claimed that the Thunderbolt dove like a rock, being that it was a VERY heavy fighter, and very big. But the weight also made it a slow climber. That is pretty much all I know on the Thunderbolt, but almost NO planes, even the Mustang, turned as hard as that. The only plane that MIGHT'VE would be a plane such as the Ki-43 Otsu, or the A6M2 or A6M1, off the top of my head. But, being that this is an RC, and therefore being smaller, it would be expected that it turn harder, climb harder, roll faster, etc. For some unexplained reason, things that are bigger tend to be slower. :-P Just think of giants! Why are they always portrayed as walking in slow-motion on-screen? Still, awesome RC though! ;-)
It was a boom & zoom masterpiece in the hands of the right pilot…just ask any luftwaffe ghost that ever got raked by it's eight .50 MGs'! I fly this one extensively in the (now dated) Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3…and it has to be flown to it's strengths…and is best suited cruising for victims from at least 10,000ft AGL or higher. God help any enemy plane that tries diving away from a well piloted 'Jug', with the 'Slit - S' evasive maneuver….its' soon to be "toast in big smoking hole"!
I said "maneuverable". Turning time wasn't as high as this RC. I know the P-47 was heavy (and one of the largest single-engine fighters of WWII) and made it drop like a rock. But the turning radius was a bit high. But meh, it's an RC. Can't ever be absolutely accurate (unless...) xD