️ Atomrc Swordfish Is Awesome!

I prefer the Swordfish over the Dolphin even though a twin has an additional point of failure. I think the important thing is that the Dolphin is made for pilots who want their heart rate raised, whereas the Swordfish is made for those of us who want it lowered.

i was literally about to buy this and then i seen this old warbird a t28 trojan 1.2 pnp for 25% off, so in aud it was 560 and went down to 420, i was looking at buying the swordfish in rth version for 390, so i ended up buying the trojan because with a fc and everything i needed it was about 550 but still saved $140, and i can always get the swordfish for 390 so i pulled the trigger on the warbird lol i already have fpv gear for it so yeah its going to be dual camera one in the cockpit one under the plane both on servos so i can pan around. i havent had a plane with landing gear before so im excited and also really afraid LOL!

Where are the links? Thanks

the audio is fine mate, don't get too stressed about that

Thanks for the great video.
I am planning to purchase the Atomrc Swordfish RTH+FPV model as my first plane, what else is needed? Googles, What else?
Thanks in advance.

Honestly can't see any issue with the audio quality. Video quality is far too good though haha

I might have missed it but was thus with a Li-ion running that low?

Great stuff! Now let’s see you VTOL’ing this baby 😊. Which FC is fitted as stock? I wonder if it’s Ardu-compatible.

What font is it?

Are you using Inav or betaflight or? I love the plane! I want one!

Great video, i'm in a similar boat as you were. What might sway my decision is availability. Everything seems to be sold out :'(

Wish the Swordfish had a different mounting setup for digital fpv system. Not a fan of the nose and props always in view.

400 feet…😉

I bought the T1 Ranger as my 1st plane. I managed to tear it up some trying to fly it without FPV and without a flight controller. So I bought the VTOL flight controller and hooked up a Caddx Vista to it, but then got really busy at work and it's been sitting on the shelf for a few weeks now. I can't wait to get it back out. I was trying to decide between the T1 Ranger and this Swordfish plane as my first. I think the Swordfish will be my second after I make sure I can fly the plane alright.

1 hour flight = GREAT
What is the long range distance and speed?
And battery capacity?

Is that Avatar or DJI?

Try putting a sock over your phone. It'll act as a pop filter to stop the rushes of air from plosives. Other than that the quality is fine.

If you have the first generation Walksnail VTX there is a high likelihood that is having severe negative affects on your GPS.

I flew my HEEWING T-1 again and I dropped to 30% throttle (on 3s) and it dropped into a nose dive lmfao. I throttled up to 70% and was able to regain control but yeah I think this plane has a huge advantage over the T-1 minus portability

you kill all people in landing

Хороший самолет, отличное видео. Однозначно лайк.

Man she’s an absolute beaut ✊🤝😍

I want to buy a model for long pleasant flights. I wanted a hee wing t1, but I watched a video about swordfish and now I don't know what to buy. which aircraft do you prefer? reliability, maintainability, the impression of long flights.

greta video , whats your current meter scale and offset steps ?

Great videos.
Hey did you mention if you are using INAV or Arduplane?

the poor glide performance is down to the props windmilling in the wind, Connect the FC to BLHeli and you can change the ESC's to have a brake function. this then in turn makes it glide much much better. I speak from experience in doing this :)

Excellent video, informative and most enjoyable.

Great flight and what an awesome location to fly! Unbelievable amount of flight time, your amp draw at cruse seems to be super efficient!

Great video! What receiver are you using and does it have gyro? 🙏

I have the dolphin as my first plane and it's really awesome. It's good at everything. It's efficient, good for LR, but also great for high speed and freestyle and crazy manouvers. It's stable even in slight wind. It's not too big or heavy. Every other plane I've considered does at least some of these worse. The only, huge, disadvantage is that I just can't figure out how to launch it consistently. It's good that I can easily glue it back together (unlike the ranger), but it's already in a pretty bad shape.

When you test the max flight time on the ranger, do you fly faster than the swordfish? Because I'm not really trying for max range or time and I still got over 41km in 41mins on a 3s4200 (4s3000 would be like 3s4000). I cruised for half that flight and flew light freestyle for the rest. I'm pretty sure I could push it to 50min if I cruised for the entire flight or more if I also slowed down. I have the old version of escs/motors/props so that might also play a role.

I'm not sure if esc break will work. They have a 2004 (edit: never mind, it's bigger, but still) motor with 7" props. Ranger also can't always stop the props. Why do you want this feature? I turned it on, because I have a pan servo and it's cool to look at it, but the prop would have less resistence if you allow it to spin.

Hey Giz, nice flight!

Is there enough space for a second 4s3000?

I ordered my Killer Whale Digital FPV long range setup from American Drones in Moore Oklahoma

The poor gliding with the power off is due to propellor drag. If the propellors could fold back out of the airstream it should improve greatly. Beautiful countryside you have to fly over.

Thank you, what a nice plane. I fly drones but think of trying out a plane in the near future. It might be a silly queation, but will the plane be able to fly on one motor?
Regards, Gert from The Netherlands.

Great video, What battery would you recommend?

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does it come with the transmitter if not which ones can it go with

Hi Giv do u mind share your cli for swordsfish please tq

I fly RC aircraft at a club field. I slso fly drone. However, I have not flown FPV with goggles.

Is there a way to fly this without goggles? How can one keep track of the aircraft? Is there a way to see it on map?

What type battery are you using for ?

Yeh AtomRC planes are really fab!
Had Dolphin, but unfortunatly it didn't survive :( Great plane but requires much higher starting speed what makes it a bit harder to launch and landing speed is over 50km/h so it is a bit harder to smoothl land.
Swordfish because of twin-tractor the launch is so smooth, you just release it and it goes... landing (especially if you set up flaperons) also super smooth!
At the moment it is my favorite plane! and defiantly recommended as starting plane for newbies, I'm not even talking about efficiency and flight time and how big battery its capable of caring

Audio is fine, footage is better than nat geo

One of the odd things about this product is the specs.

Atom rc Recommended prop - 7045
Atom rc provided prop - 7042

I plan using both to see how they do. I suspect the 7042 are more efficient.

Great video- super helpful

A very enjoyable video and most helpful in my builds. I now have two Swordfishes thanks to your recommendation and guidance and they are an absolute blast to fly. It is a lovely aircraft. The only improvement suggestion for AtomRC is to go with BL32 ESCs (or whatever we will now use now that BLHeli is going away). Happy flying, Giz!

I am wondering why the Ampere on many streams with the same setup and flightspeed is so different .. a few report ~ 4 Amp but many videos shows ~ 8 Amp. (4S cruising speed ~ 50 km/h in normal weather conditions)

What battery for 1 hour flight time? Enjoy your videos.👍

I would love to have an extra large version of this airplane. Perhaps double the size.

Were you flying on an 18650 pack? 10.9 volts is crazy low for a 4s LiPo battery.