We love our community and all the ways they inspire us. We also love these crazy projects as well. Please don’t ever hesitate to let us know what you’d like to see us build or what you like to see us take on. JB
The roots of FT was when the into music actually made pay attention and the videos weren't just in the background. When Windedtpl regularly visited and they did crazy projects like edf after burners and actually tested planes that weren't made by FT FT is still great and do great things. But I miss the old FT before they where bought# before scripts and corporate sensibilities.
Did all kind of crazy stuff. FT Blender enlarged to 1.2m (47"), powered by 4x XA-2212 8045 prop, FlyGuy Iron Man and Superman, high speed plane with 1 aileron, 3xF22 formation, 2-motor drone, 3-motor drone, flying shark, auto gyro with counter rotating rotors, X-29, VTOL Delta wing. Most of them own design and scratch built, but some redesigned Flitetest stuff too and some prototypes of Otto Diefenbach.
I won’t ever get tired of you guys!!! I’ve been watching almost since day one and I’m a founding member. I had my medallion framed. Just had to write another BIG THANK YOU for so many smiles, laughter and inspiration!!! May God Bless you all…. 🙏
I'll be honest, "3 Planes - 1 Pilot" was awesome, but "1 Plane - 3 Pilots" is what I really want to see. One pilot controls throttle/elevator, one controls right aileron, one controls left aileron.
HD Zero is fantastic, my favorite fpv vid system. Amazingly flexible and improving constantly. So happy to see it here. Planes flew way better than I thought, good vid!
The first time I tested multiple ExpressLRS receivers running from the same transmitter I had you folks in mind and couldn't wait to see what you'd do. So awesome to see you really using that feature to simplify your designs and make inspiring stuff like strapping 3 whole planes together! 😂
Here in the UK, we did this with 9 aircraft all together. The famous 9 ship Red Arrow Diamond formation. Flew very well. I'm sure it's on RUclips somewhere.
Great video as always. A “split apart switch” is a must. And it would be interesting to see how you get it to maintain its “whole” integrity in flight, before splitting apart. Blessings.
Awesome idea joining those together, and a great way to debut the new plane. Not only does it fly great by itself, but you can frankenstein them together for even more fun. 😂 Call it the Franken-Fighter and sell the kit to do it just in time for Halloween!
You need to put that thrust vector nozzle on that and see how the canard handles that stress and speed. You should also have a retractable landing gear system . But great video as always gentlemen
When calculating the center of lift OR center of gravity the moments simply ADD. Pick any datum point to re-calculate the moments. So if each of the 3 separate planes were in balance then the moments of the 3 combined should be balanced !
I've enjoyed watching FT videos from the very beginning of the channel. I think it might be a good idea to move to 4k 60 fps format. There is a lot of motion, details and beautiful scenery in FT videos that 4k 60 fps could present properly. Technology has matured enough.
Honestly, when I read "3 planes, 1 pilot," I was picturing 3 separate planes paired to 1 transmitter, launch, and see what happens. Edgewater's the only place I'd try that cause that's risky... This is more sensible!
Now that sounds like an idea... The ultimate teamwork exercise. One pilot controlling the elevator, one the ailerons, one the throttle, and one the rudder. Chaos and hilarity guaranteed!
A west coast RC pioneer, Ken Willard, built a four ship, F-11 Tiger Blue Angle formation ship, lead had the engine, the two and three ship the outer wing panels the ailerons, and the ship four, the wing was the elevator, it flew many times, including in an Air Show at Moffett Naval Air Station, in front of the real Blue Angle crews. For the second year, two other fliers built single ships, and flew ships 5 and 6. One of the singles made a too low inverted pass and right in front of the dignitaries, slammed it into the ground, balsa parts everywhere.
How about same configuration, 3 pilots? All three planes still hard mounted to each other but each one is controlled by a different radio so the pilots have to work together.
please make a Bartini Beriev VVA-14 one of my favorite aircrafts ever.. if you can please make it, and i think it's gonna be a good bit of a challenge to make since it's technically not meant to fly like an aircraft.. soo yahh if you guys can please do it.. much love..
I hate being "that guy" but for me they're tethered too close together to look realistic/believable. Still cool. I enjoyed watching the video... even though I got a headache trying to understand how the radio worked with the three planes and their respective control surfaces. 😊
Darn was hoping they flew independently with each receiver getting the same signal from the controller. But those receivers stay within a few inches of each other so they don’t drift out.
Hi guys, as always amazing video, i'd like to ask how much it would be to ship makerfoam 20 pack (not 50 cuz i dont have enough money) to italy. BTW amazing designs
I tried to build that plane from his plans YEARS ago. I built it out of different foamboard because I was a noooob. CG was impossible, and it was heavy as could be.
Do you guys have an email? I have some foam board you guys might be interested in. I did a bunch of testing earlier this year, came up with a combo, and now I’m manufacturing this board in Portland. I currently produce a pusher jet builders kit, and I am working on 3 more models with this board. I’ve pulled over 13g’s on the pusher with a 37” wing with no spar! This stuff is amazing. Would love to send you some to get some feedback. Thanks!
Going back to the roots of FT, building weird stuff that you can build too! I love it, let's see more of this in the future!
We love our community and all the ways they inspire us. We also love these crazy projects as well. Please don’t ever hesitate to let us know what you’d like to see us build or what you like to see us take on.
JB
It's almost like the XB-70 Valkyrie and it's chase planes before the big one!
The roots of FT was when the into music actually made pay attention and the videos weren't just in the background. When Windedtpl regularly visited and they did crazy projects like edf after burners and actually tested planes that weren't made by FT
FT is still great and do great things. But I miss the old FT before they where bought# before scripts and corporate sensibilities.
Stuff like this? : photos.app.goo.gl/WiULKy6MYJjYdztr6
Did all kind of crazy stuff. FT Blender enlarged to 1.2m (47"), powered by 4x XA-2212 8045 prop, FlyGuy Iron Man and Superman, high speed plane with 1 aileron, 3xF22 formation, 2-motor drone, 3-motor drone, flying shark, auto gyro with counter rotating rotors, X-29, VTOL Delta wing. Most of them own design and scratch built, but some redesigned Flitetest stuff too and some prototypes of Otto Diefenbach.
I built my first foam glider at 11 bc of you. I couldn’t afford a remote. A month later I made a MASIVE cargo glider.
Edit: thanks for the heart
I won’t ever get tired of you guys!!! I’ve been watching almost since day one and I’m a founding member. I had my medallion framed. Just had to write another BIG THANK YOU for so many smiles, laughter and inspiration!!! May God Bless you all…. 🙏
That was too cool!! Nice to see my idea worked so well! It looks fantastic in flight!
Well this video gets a “Super Like” just for the 16:00 minute mark!! 👍💯 Awesome plane and video guys!! 😎⚓️
Split the formation midflight?
Heck yeah, do it!
I missed these weird, "will it fly" vids! Yay🎉
I'll be honest, "3 Planes - 1 Pilot" was awesome, but "1 Plane - 3 Pilots" is what I really want to see. One pilot controls throttle/elevator, one controls right aileron, one controls left aileron.
HD Zero is fantastic, my favorite fpv vid system. Amazingly flexible and improving constantly. So happy to see it here. Planes flew way better than I thought, good vid!
Glad to see you guys are still making videos.
Absolutely brilliant guys. Always pushing aviation out side the box. 👍🏻
Ok so who wants to see 4, 5, or even 6 of them tie together? Pretty cool guys!
The first time I tested multiple ExpressLRS receivers running from the same transmitter I had you folks in mind and couldn't wait to see what you'd do. So awesome to see you really using that feature to simplify your designs and make inspiring stuff like strapping 3 whole planes together! 😂
Absolutely fantastic!
Thank you!
It is awesome how it looks like 3 planes flying in tight formation. It would be awesome to expand it and do it with blue angel themed planes!
YES!!! Maybe In the next video
Here in the UK, we did this with 9 aircraft all together. The famous 9 ship Red Arrow Diamond formation. Flew very well. I'm sure it's on RUclips somewhere.
I noticed that Josh was previewing the '24 Flite Fest shirt. Looks great!
Thanks, we are glad someone noticed
Great video as always. A “split apart switch” is a must. And it would be interesting to see how you get it to maintain its “whole” integrity in flight, before splitting apart.
Blessings.
Another fantastic video! Can’t wait to build my own spacefighter!
Thank you, brother. It’s an absolute blast of both build and fly.
Excellent job my friends
Thank you! Cheers!
SuperFabulantastic !! Gracias FliteTest Saludos Cordiales Desde Latinoamerica..
I have a challenge for you. Put 4 together with one able to release and fly up for a missing man formation. That would be super impressive.
I will love and support your channel always and forever ❤🫡❤️💯💥♾️✈️🛩️
So cool. I’ve wanted to take your simple f18 chuck gliders and figure out a way to form a powered Blue Angel diamond formation Would love to see it
Awesome idea joining those together, and a great way to debut the new plane. Not only does it fly great by itself, but you can frankenstein them together for even more fun. 😂 Call it the Franken-Fighter and sell the kit to do it just in time for Halloween!
You need to put that thrust vector nozzle on that and see how the canard handles that stress and speed. You should also have a retractable landing gear system . But great video as always gentlemen
When calculating the center of lift OR center of gravity the moments simply ADD. Pick any datum point to re-calculate the moments. So if each of the 3 separate planes were in balance then the moments of the 3 combined should be balanced !
I've enjoyed watching FT videos from the very beginning of the channel. I think it might be a good idea to move to 4k 60 fps format. There is a lot of motion, details and beautiful scenery in FT videos that 4k 60 fps could present properly. Technology has matured enough.
That's a good idea!
A release mechanism would put this build over the top!
"I cant see a possible thing that could go wrong!"
~Cleetus McFarland lol
It looks like the aircraft out of the Clent Eastwood movie
FIREFOX
You’re wearing the new Flite Fest 2024 shirt. Nice
Honestly, when I read "3 planes, 1 pilot," I was picturing 3 separate planes paired to 1 transmitter, launch, and see what happens. Edgewater's the only place I'd try that cause that's risky... This is more sensible!
Now that sounds like an idea... The ultimate teamwork exercise. One pilot controlling the elevator, one the ailerons, one the throttle, and one the rudder.
Chaos and hilarity guaranteed!
@@SolarWebsite well that would be 1 plane, 3 pilots. That WOULD be absolutely hilarious!!! This I'd like to see.
I saw something like this many many years ago. Four planes in diamond formation. Done up like the blue angels.
A west coast RC pioneer, Ken Willard, built a four ship, F-11 Tiger Blue Angle formation ship, lead had the engine, the two and three ship the outer wing panels the ailerons, and the ship four, the wing was the elevator, it flew many times, including in an Air Show at Moffett Naval Air Station, in front of the real Blue Angle crews. For the second year, two other fliers built single ships, and flew ships 5 and 6.
One of the singles made a too low inverted pass and right in front of the dignitaries, slammed it into the ground, balsa parts everywhere.
Looks like Firefox from the Clint Eastwood movie 👌😎
How about same configuration, 3 pilots? All three planes still hard mounted to each other but each one is controlled by a different radio so the pilots have to work together.
That would be so cool if you could make a blue angels or Thunderbird formation like that
So cool 😎 easiest way to fly formation with three planes 😅
I would guess cg is pretty simple if you know each original.
Should be 2/3 back from front cg closer to the matching rear cg.
Oh yeah, let's see them break formation and fan out left and right during a vertical climb!
We will have to do that in a future episode!!!
36k views? 99 comments? 2.14 mil subs? No waaay these guys are fudging their numbers
I'd be rather interested in seeing you create an oblique wing RC plane.
Yesss
please make a Bartini Beriev VVA-14 one of my favorite aircrafts ever.. if you can please make it, and i think it's gonna be a good bit of a challenge to make since it's technically not meant to fly like an aircraft.. soo yahh if you guys can please do it.. much love..
Nice !
trop bien
I hate being "that guy" but for me they're tethered too close together to look realistic/believable. Still cool. I enjoyed watching the video... even though I got a headache trying to understand how the radio worked with the three planes and their respective control surfaces. 😊
Darn was hoping they flew independently with each receiver getting the same signal from the controller. But those receivers stay within a few inches of each other so they don’t drift out.
It’s like world of warships. Fighter squadron flying out 😂
I'd like to see you build a drone big enough for this plane to sit between the frame and do a air drop launch
Hi guys, as always amazing video, i'd like to ask how much it would be to ship makerfoam 20 pack (not 50 cuz i dont have enough money) to italy.
BTW amazing designs
We can find out for you. email "support@flitetest.com" and they will be able to help you
HD0 needs to rebrand, they may be digital but they're anything but HD. Though mathematically it checks out.
It would have been great to have been mentioned by name. JOE LECOURTOIS put those 4 Alphas together!!!
Thank you for the inspiration Joe!
I love your video and sorry I was late
That thing is screaming "EDF ME PLEASE!"
The OG design on RC groups has an EDF version.
Have you tried formation flying in a similar way?
No but one of our Audience members tried it before us
@@FliteTest and?????
BIG TWIN OTTER?🤫
How are you dealing with the FAA law ????
Could you build a micro jet?
i might have been expecting a release mechanism when i clicked the thumbnail 😅
Bad link on the scratch build plans.
I tried to build that plane from his plans YEARS ago. I built it out of different foamboard because I was a noooob. CG was impossible, and it was heavy as could be.
5 planes next?
Looks like the plane in Fire Fox
What about 3 pilots one plane one for throttle one for pitch one for roll
Do you guys have an email? I have some foam board you guys might be interested in. I did a bunch of testing earlier this year, came up with a combo, and now I’m manufacturing this board in Portland. I currently produce a pusher jet builders kit, and I am working on 3 more models with this board. I’ve pulled over 13g’s on the pusher with a 37” wing with no spar! This stuff is amazing. Would love to send you some to get some feedback. Thanks!
whats the flight fest 24 schedule
It’ll be posted soon. Check out Flitefest.com over the next couple days and weeks as it develops.
My brain hurts !
Why!!!
🤠
Can I have one?
If they're all mechanically linked/connection together then its just one plane in the end......
So… if I wanted to steal Dave’s airplane, all i would have to do is put “The David” in to my ELRS remote?
Sounds like you cracked the code
Hey now lol
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