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This was great thanks!

what took him 3 hours to build that wing?

Like little mosquitoes lol😂

What?! Awesome, teach me!!😂🎉🎉

To have that option and be able to fly inside is awesome.

So awesome, I'm trying to learn on my own. I want to fly just circles for now, totally new to 3d and spektrum.

I've just finished the build of the wing and a figuring out the placement of my electronics, and it seems like I'm going to have to add alot of weight to the nose of the the plane,,, even when I put everything as far forward will fit, seems like alot of weight up front but all the plans state 210 mm from the nose tip.

you need a big slope

Are you using 3mm or 6mm depron?

WILL TRY TOMORROW I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE THIS ONE OUT ON MY OWN

I'm surprised there were no comments submitted after all this time, especially for an aircraft as popular as the Pibros has been, and still is. I've built RC aircraft since 1976, primarily sailplanes and gliders, (sailplanes have a higher glide ratio than gliders and are used for thermal flights as opposed to gliders, but which can also operate in a thermal, just not as efficiently). And aircraft such as the Pibros, (a Delta wing by definition) does not have an impressive glide ratio, and not until you stretch the 'sweep' of the nose past 100° will you start to obtain more favorable glide angles, with 110° providing some very satisfactory results - check out the majority of the flying wings on the internet and you will understand this statement. All things considered no matter how well built an aircraft is, if the C/G, (the center of gravity or center of balance) is not correct it Will Not Fly (!), period, because it can not fly until it is properly balanced. So now we get to where you have done your best to properly balance your aircraft per the plans and the designers recommendations and it is now time to go forth and find a nice grassy field about the size of a football field or school yard, preferably during a weekend or after school so as not to impale someone when checking how far it will glide. Per the video, somewhere around 1:15 to 1:20 was the best glide the builder was able to obtain, but it appeared that he was making a few control inputs to improve the glide - which should not be done ⅞since you need to determine the ship's actual glide path without any outside input, and if you noticed the first few glides you can see the plane as it pitched-up several times indicating the 'operator' was adding 'up' elevator to extend the glide. In order to establish a plane's proper L/D, (glide ratio), it must be allowed to do so without any external interference. The technique I've used since I built my first free-flight glider is to find a large field such as I described earlier during the early morning or late afternoon when the air is cool and little to no wind, since the air density will be optimal to establish the glide path of you aircraft. This is done without any power, only as a glider if you will, so as to get true idea of how to either shift any equipment fore or aft to bring the C/G to where it needs to be - but if that doesn't bring it, (the C/G) to where the plane will have a nice, flat glide then it is time to either add a small amount of weight at the nose or tail - OR remove some weight, which is always preferable since it's better to have a light weight plane than an over loaded one. When you go to the field take all of your equipment, but leave the electronics OFF. Next you are going to determine from which way the wind is blowing and adjust your tests INTO the wind. Then you are going to gently but firmly toss the plane at a point about one hundred feet in front of you, like you would when tossing a ball, just remember to keep the angle fairly shallow, since if you throw it upwards any more than fifteen degrees it might possibly stall and crash. Do this several times until you are satisfied it is balanced properly and only then you should turn on your electronics in order to make some light flight adjustments, up,down, side to side and finally gently to a nice landing. There are a few video Tutorials as well as articles on this subject with good pictures of the procedure and I hope you take the time to search them out since there is no such thing as '"Too Much Information" when it comes to understanding on how to do something right. Hope this didn't put anybody to sleep, and maybe just helped someone understand the Voodoo associated with figuring out how to locate the C/G for your plane. Best Regards.

First of all John this is one of The Best Tutorials I've ever seen and your choice for "Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines" had me yelling, "Bravissimo" - which I never do because 'Im a Manly Man, dammit !' Very well presented Sir and most appreciated. I do have one question 'tho', is the dimensions of your material 20" by 30" / mm by mm (?), I ask since this is the only size I've been able to locate so far here in Southern California and am eventually going to build one with a 42" span and a 70° sweep on the leading edge with auxiliary electric power and folding prop; the only structural modification I intend to implement is dual vertical fins similar to the NAVY's F7U-1 Cutlass fighter since I've always been "in Love" with that design too. I'm just getting back into RC flying and wanted something to reacquaint myself with flying a ship with either separate elevator and ailerons or 'elevons' - which begs the question - which format are you using? Anyway, thank you once again for an Excellent post of your tutorial as it is (once again) most appreciated and by the time you read this I should be making the first cut to build my Pibros. I've always been intrigued with 'deltas' and flying wings, especially since I first saw an F-102 land at Camarillo A.F.B. in 1960 so built a 24" FF glider which I flew from the plateau where our house was located to the Pacific Ocean

this would be so much easier in OpenTx

Does not work...on throttle cut one motor is cut and one is half throttle.

Well done. Need to do a control test with a flat plate wing of same thickness

Thank you!

Thank you for video. Sound is not working though.

What battery are you using ??

where should the throttle Trim tab be set? Leave at center or all the way down?

DID not work on my DX9 Gen 2

How would the KF work on a 5# aircraft?

Congratulations. I'm gone start build mine tomorrow.

Bravo .........👍💌🇩🇿

how it is compared with a traditional curved airfoil....i see that down side for indoor could be that i heavier .....i hope you can share your impression. thanks for sharing!

Bravo !!!

no sound

It looks good. If I understand right it needed yaw trim in the beginning. Slight difference in the motors? (even though I'm sure they were the same brand/kv/prop)

I owned one of these years ago, I want to say almost 20 years ago. We used to fly them off the sand dunes of Cape Cod. You can hang 50 feet over all the EPP combat planes, then dive down for a tbone straight to the flapperon horns. then do 6 rolls in 3 seconds and laugh as your buddy takes the walk of shame down the slope. Cannot wait to build one again...YESSS!

Dave... Beautiful flight. Very stable. Very easy to control. No bird can fly like that, that’s for sure.

Love your creations, keep up the updates on RUclips. Greetings fro Israel.

Sure have the birds excited 😆

wonderful video im also a pibros lover, could you share your electronic set and battery size mh ? many thx from seville spain

Would appreciate recommended motor/s for that size a/c, pref from bangood, to much choice at the moment.

Thanks John for the video and drawing. New to the hobby...a little over a year and just starting to catch on. Built and crashed a bunch of FT planes. Best luck so far was a 30” diameter nutball.

Good one John! Can you share the motor details please?

Did you get your CG right and what was it? Thanks

Peter's a brave man, lol. Looks like fun, I wish we had a spot like this around here.

Great video, love the instractions.

WOW, she seems like a handful 0_0

Nice one John, I like this type because they are very easy to balance

I have the Drone Junkie version running an E011 guts with AIO fpv camera for some indoor racing action. www.dronejunkie.co.uk/drone-junkie-edition/tiny-whoover-hovercraft-kit What did to use to make the bottom more slick? Thinking that some shiny crossweave tape might be enough

evidently orange modules dont do, a separate model match for each bind..

Looks both stable and agile. Good job too when you have prop hangers in your flight path :-)

How heavy is the airframe without the electronics? I'm trying to scratch build an RC plane using a 2204 2300KV motor like you did, but I'm struggling to figure out how big/ heavy I can go with that motor.

Heh, a bit too feisty for my liking. ;¬)

Fly's well as always Dave

Time to put a small All In One fpv set up her for indoor flying :-) You nearly had that hovering 3D model at 3:27

Looks like you had three PP1's up at one time. I reckon it would run rings round the Nutball.

Looks like another winner Dave Nice and stable with plenty of zip

Like the way you start your videos off with a plan..