Flying a real airplane over the water, there isnt much depth perception, you are taught to setup a glide slope then watch the shoreline. Having instruments would be huge.
As a possible project you guys can keep in the back of your head, you could look at creating an RC motor warplane, with a larger battery capacity and putting a bit less oomf on the motors so the plane performance becomes smoother with the sluggishness ; climbing time, turning etc. An RC dogfight with planes like these will be absolutely rad! The behavior will be graceful enough to make targeting your guys' planes easy without the frustration of chasing nimble and speedy airplanes with a camera and a condensed screen
I’ve been watching this channel for years, and this may have been the first time my vertigo was triggered. It happened right after Alex asked about getting some altitude. Something about being that high over the water made the butterflies come alive. But it was beautiful up there.
+1 Airsoft Dogfight 11/10 would watch There are so many ways you could do it. So many different styles of planes to choose from. If you wanted to be really extra you could start with bi-planes, then do WW2 planes, then use EDF's to simulate jets. This would be peak FliteTest.
wow, it's peter !! no way!! I love ur videos dude!! I've been a subscriber since u were at like 10k subs back then when u used to work in ur parents basement XD
Things I love about this episode: - Anders is back in front of the camera! - The 360 shots just keep getting better and better. Much nicer than using a standard action cam. (I mean, look at the smooth 360 shots in the "you guys want to go high altitude?" section versus the jello in the quad's GoPro while Alex is punching to the moon.) - Great music choices. - Alex with that save after tapping Anders's wing :) - Josh's field test of the water resistance of the FPV pod.
Beautiful looking backwards and seeing all three aircraft strung out in a row over that tranquil lake. This is the kind of thing that makes RC flying so priceless. The gods cannot take away the time one spends RC flying.
i have this plane. mine is yellow, but yeah...a thrill to fly, super stable, very forgiving, powerful, and looks amazing in the water and the air! i have a fpv system, I put it on my plane, but chickened out last minute and took it off. im glad to see somone else enjoying it... i get a lot of attention friom onlookers, lots of compliments.. Have fun. this modle is durrable and will last a while. we made. Im not paid to say anything...i truely just love this plane.
Any float pilot will tell you it is that beautiful glassy water that is the real killer. Ideally land parallel a shore line or approach by an island or buoy or even a floating stick to lend some depth perception to the water. Then trim nose up and milk her in with power! Beauty vid.
Excellent and so much fun. Flew float planes for a living back in the 70s and 80s (C185f, DHC2 and 3s). Glassy water was the bane. Set up 200fpm down and hope your lake was long enough!
I never flew float planes , but spoke to pilots that have . This business with depth perception on take off and landing, is something they have a problem too. On take off , if the water is very smooth , like a mirror. A trick that they do. Is taxi round, to make a little wave on the water . It helped on take off . to judge distance .
I have over 5k hours in a real Widgen & if your landing on glassy water, Land close to the shore if possible, that's horizontal to the shore. It helps to see how high you are to the water.
I grew up in a hanger in Everett Washington where we were restoring a Grumman Widgeon, along with a handful of other fantastic aircraft. It's really nice to see these models available, as well as the work being put in to make them work well.
@@Siphonife The DJI goggles have an inbuilt DVR that starts recording when the aircraft is armed. This whole video is dumb without showing what they are actually seeing through the goggles.
Would love to see you guys build an RC boat to rescue the planes with! Also I loved the over-the-water content, I would love to see more of that. Great job!
Hey guys I really liked this episode, the shots were amazing. But since you were trying to show off the HD-FPV capabilities I would have liked to see more of the live video feed instead of the 360 cam.
@@FliteTest ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS d) All FPV flights require an AMA FPV pilot to have an AMA FPV spotter next to him or her maintaining VLOS with the FPV sUAS throughout its flight. First-Person View (FPV) page-9 www.modelaircraft.org/sites/default/files/documents/100.pdf
@@FliteTest Rules and Safety EdgeWater Airpark Safety Code Outdoor First Person View operations When flying outdoors, you must keep your model aircraft within the distance limitation of your visual line of sight. Long-range FPV is not permitted. If wearing video goggles (or similar devices that block your view of the surrounding airspace) when flying outdoors, you must have another person act as a spotter to monitor the airspace for any manned air traffic and notify you about how to not interfere with and give way to any manned aircraft. However, if you keep your model aircraft’s flight below the top of nearby buildings, structures, or trees, or to very low altitudes such as a model aircraft race course, you are not required to have a spotter to monitor the airspace. Flight through obstacle-filled environments (such as forests) while wearing goggles is permitted without a spotter provided that you ensure in advance that the location is clear of people. www.edgewaterairpark.com/rules-and-safety/
Awesome vid guys. So glad to get my Widgeon after the release wait. Set everything up, did Spektrum with Safe during the wait for Aura info. Did intermediate mode and she went straight up from the runway and then straight down. Maiden and cracked the hull and split the foam. Wanted a Goose, waited all of this time for the Widgeon, and can't get parts. Normal laugh when I crash, but not this time. Video came out while I was collecting pieces.
I live in Scottsboro,AL , I am 65 and would love to learn to fly an R/C. But as my luck has it there is no club or any one that I can find locally . The only one I knew of is over 50 miers away. so I guess I'll just have to watch y'll fly the plane and get the enjoyment outta it.
I recently started FPV. It’s fun, but my gear is just 25mw short range gear. I’d love a review on the features, pricing, and legality of that DJI system! Thanks guys!
Great Job Guy's. Looking forward to mine , due in tomorrow or Wednesday. Spoke with your customer service agent and gave him my RjMorganB2. Since I fly a full size Seaplane , a good suggestion to see the water is to toss a seat cushion in to make waves and shoot for the float and land beyond. Also we call it a Splash and Go. Keep up the Great Work, Capt. Morgan.
Awesome float plane guys! A bit of info I gained from experience with hydroplanes is a spray called INOX. A water displacing silicone free lubricating spray for so many uses including fishing gear, stainless steel cleaning and basically waterproofing electronics that helps in this hobby of ours when water is part of the fun equation.
Awesome video! So cool. Love those 399.9 ft altitude clips 👍 Just got floats for my UMX TimbX and can't wait to go get her moist-maidened. Thanks for all of the great videos!!!
Hey guys its great to see all the fun and frolics on your channel but to see footage of this quality only goes to show how far the hobby has come. Thanks for this one 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You know those little bags you get in the box when you buy a pair of shoes and such? That's silica gel, which is cheap, reusable, and made to absorb a lot of moisture. Just get your electronics in a box/jar and fill up the remaining space with silica gel packs and let it sit overnight. When the water is gone from your device, you can put the silica gel in the oven for about 2 hours at low heat - 120°C/250°F - and then you can use it again some other time. Works for wet boots and gloves too.
That was some of the most amazing camera shots I've seen ever for RC pilot so great please do more tandem flights water Landings fpv it's so gorgeous on the lake
What an awesome venue, so jealous. Fun video and love the the plane. Wish Edgewater was in NZ. Been with you from the beginning cheers guys, and say hi to other Josh
You could make a float-hook thingy on a 3-4ft string you would deploy and then circle the stranded plane and hook it and tow it back to you that way. Or a big rescue quad Alex could drum up.
another thing you should do. JoergSprave made a rubber powered mock aircraft carriers launch system i would LOVE to see you guys work with him and together make a bigger version and launch some of your FT RC planes from it that would be a damn good video
Gday Josh, all i heard was fpv this fpv that, it would have been an awsome video but you didn't show us any, none, not at all, fpv footage from the dji nose cams, where is the flight footage from the dji air units? that would have been very awsome, the plane is very cool by the way.👍🛸
watch your replay. always land on water with the sun behind and to the side. then you can watch the SHADOW "converge" . as it approaches convergence you will touch the water.
Definitely a time where on-screen flight data is highly beneficial.
Yessss
Flying a real airplane over the water, there isnt much depth perception, you are taught to setup a glide slope then watch the shoreline. Having instruments would be huge.
LOVE the early flite test music! You should use it more often, it’s really nostalgic.
As a possible project you guys can keep in the back of your head, you could look at creating an RC motor warplane, with a larger battery capacity and putting a bit less oomf on the motors so the plane performance becomes smoother with the sluggishness ; climbing time, turning etc.
An RC dogfight with planes like these will be absolutely rad! The behavior will be graceful enough to make targeting your guys' planes easy without the frustration of chasing nimble and speedy airplanes with a camera and a condensed screen
And put airsoft on those planes!
I’ve been watching this channel for years, and this may have been the first time my vertigo was triggered. It happened right after Alex asked about getting some altitude. Something about being that high over the water made the butterflies come alive. But it was beautiful up there.
How
You should do a dogfight with the fpv planes
Wtf
Yeah with the built in airsoft guns they did in an earlier video
+1 Airsoft Dogfight
11/10 would watch
There are so many ways you could do it. So many different styles of planes to choose from.
If you wanted to be really extra you could start with bi-planes, then do WW2 planes, then use EDF's to simulate jets.
This would be peak FliteTest.
thats a great idea...yeah do dogfight with fpv planes
I would even do ww1 that would be amazing
Lol I'm over here thinking 'wtf, failsafes?' And then the Spektrum radios show up, and all is made clear XD
What does it mean when they say "failsafe"?
Looks like you guys need a chase boat 😂 I’ll take two 44’s btw!
How has nobody seen this comment yet? :P
wow, it's peter !! no way!!
I love ur videos dude!!
I've been a subscriber since u were at like 10k subs
back then when u used to work in ur parents basement XD
hey man why don't you do any videos with flight test anymore?
you got me into rc planes with your geat videos!
@@pedro-uu8uv I think he still does make videos. But there's still COVID.
Things I love about this episode:
- Anders is back in front of the camera!
- The 360 shots just keep getting better and better. Much nicer than using a standard action cam. (I mean, look at the smooth 360 shots in the "you guys want to go high altitude?" section versus the jello in the quad's GoPro while Alex is punching to the moon.)
- Great music choices.
- Alex with that save after tapping Anders's wing :)
- Josh's field test of the water resistance of the FPV pod.
Beautiful looking backwards and seeing all three aircraft strung out in a row over that tranquil lake. This is the kind of thing that makes RC flying so priceless. The gods cannot take away the time one spends RC flying.
You guys hit it out of the park with the Widgeon. That is one beautiful model!
i have this plane. mine is yellow, but yeah...a thrill to fly, super stable, very forgiving, powerful, and looks amazing in the water and the air! i have a fpv system, I put it on my plane, but chickened out last minute and took it off. im glad to see somone else enjoying it... i get a lot of attention friom onlookers, lots of compliments.. Have fun. this modle is durrable and will last a while. we made. Im not paid to say anything...i truely just love this plane.
In full scale glass water landing can be very challenging. You guy's handled it like champs!
Any float pilot will tell you it is that beautiful glassy water that is the real killer.
Ideally land parallel a shore line or approach by an island or buoy or even a floating stick to lend some depth perception to the water. Then trim nose up and milk her in with power!
Beauty vid.
Excellent and so much fun. Flew float planes for a living back in the 70s and 80s (C185f, DHC2 and 3s). Glassy water was the bane. Set up 200fpm down and hope your lake was long enough!
Anders is an absolute genius. That young man amazes me.
I never flew float planes , but spoke to pilots that have . This business with depth perception on take off and landing, is something they have a problem too. On take off , if the water is very smooth , like a mirror. A trick that they do. Is taxi round, to make a little wave on the water . It helped on take off . to judge distance .
I have over 5k hours in a real Widgen & if your landing on glassy water, Land close to the shore if possible, that's horizontal to the shore. It helps to see how high you are to the water.
I grew up in a hanger in Everett Washington where we were restoring a Grumman Widgeon, along with a handful of other fantastic aircraft. It's really nice to see these models available, as well as the work being put in to make them work well.
Anders is back !!! So cool. Catalina? Catalina? Catalina?
I got a challenge for you: See how many motors you can stick on an rc airplane (maybe a simple cub? doesn't really matter) and keep it flying.
When you tell how amazing the FPV image is : WE WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU SEE ! STOP WITH YOUR INSTA 360 !!!!!
it depends if the vtx can output to a dvr or not. Plus thats another electronic they have to house inside the pod.
@@Siphonife The DJI goggles have an inbuilt DVR that starts recording when the aircraft is armed. This whole video is dumb without showing what they are actually seeing through the goggles.
Would love to see you guys build an RC boat to rescue the planes with! Also I loved the over-the-water content, I would love to see more of that. Great job!
Two words, 1. Totally, 2. Awesome.
This will most likely be one of my next planes,a Catalina, and/or a canadair CL415.
Hey guys I really liked this episode, the shots were amazing. But since you were trying to show off the HD-FPV capabilities I would have liked to see more of the live video feed instead of the 360 cam.
I feel like it's about time to recreate the spruce goose
Flite Test can do it!!!
Definitely
Andres is back! YAYY
I just loved this plane as a kid. A seaplane is just so cool. And how can you fly this and not hear Herve Vilachez yelling, “Da plane! Da plane!”
The FPV pod design was genius
Just bought my first plane from flite test, and ended up buying another one today. Really excited and happy to support these guys
This is so satisfying to watch the nature in the sky
That short edit to jump to the future was spot on. Whosever idea that was, great idea!
Nice segue from an eternal RayCon ad to a sub beg straight into YT ads. Classy.
Every time Alex starts with the sponsors he’s like I wanted to take the time to thank the sponsor every video😂
Ya I always just skip the sponser part.
Thank you for making the hobby to be easy to get in to. I just finished my tiny trainer and will be maidening it soon.
Happy flying brother!
Thanks!
@@FliteTest ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS
d) All FPV flights require an AMA FPV pilot to have an AMA FPV spotter next
to him or her maintaining VLOS with the FPV sUAS throughout its flight.
First-Person View (FPV) page-9
www.modelaircraft.org/sites/default/files/documents/100.pdf
@@FliteTest Rules and Safety EdgeWater Airpark Safety Code
Outdoor First Person View operations
When flying
outdoors, you must keep your model aircraft within the distance
limitation of your visual line of sight. Long-range FPV is not
permitted. If wearing video goggles (or similar devices that block your
view of the surrounding airspace) when flying outdoors, you must have
another person act as a spotter to monitor the airspace for any manned
air traffic and notify you about how to not interfere with and give way
to any manned aircraft. However, if you keep your model aircraft’s
flight below the top of nearby buildings, structures, or trees, or to
very low altitudes such as a model aircraft race course, you are not
required to have a spotter to monitor the airspace. Flight through
obstacle-filled environments (such as forests) while wearing goggles is
permitted without a spotter provided that you ensure in advance that the
location is clear of people.
www.edgewaterairpark.com/rules-and-safety/
Awesome vid guys. So glad to get my Widgeon after the release wait. Set everything up, did Spektrum with Safe during the wait for Aura info. Did intermediate mode and she went straight up from the runway and then straight down. Maiden and cracked the hull and split the foam. Wanted a Goose, waited all of this time for the Widgeon, and can't get parts. Normal laugh when I crash, but not this time. Video came out while I was collecting pieces.
Great flying guys. And of course (what I would call) the canoeing of shame.
Crashes like that are why I’m a bit apprehensive about tackling a float plane build yet
Ur a member
I live in Scottsboro,AL , I am 65 and would love to learn to fly an R/C. But as my luck has it there is no club or any one that I can find locally . The only one I knew of is over 50 miers away. so I guess I'll just have to watch y'll fly the plane and get the enjoyment outta it.
Darn Alex, you took great footage with the drone! The backwards flying shot with both planes is truly awesome.
the drone filming you 2 flying was beautiful over the lake i got a little emotional
Awesome! Now.....fpv with chase speed boats (or a recovery barge for Josh).
I recently started FPV. It’s fun, but my gear is just 25mw short range gear. I’d love a review on the features, pricing, and legality of that DJI system! Thanks guys!
Check out Joshua bard well
time to build those search and rescue ships - loved the video
This is why you should use conformal, especially on seaplane lol.
very jittery elevator. Well flown. brilliant.
Great Job Guy's. Looking forward to mine , due in tomorrow or Wednesday. Spoke with your customer service agent and gave him my RjMorganB2. Since I fly a full size Seaplane , a good suggestion to see the water is to toss a seat cushion in to make waves and shoot for the float and land beyond. Also we call it a Splash and Go. Keep up the Great Work, Capt. Morgan.
Cool. Could you try a Catalina next. I'd like to see sore seaplanes. Either that or a stuka model.
now you just need a FPV from the flight Deck of an RC Aircraft Carrier that can turn and watch you. OMG i need this hobby in my life now Thanks guys
Andres is back!
So, I know this is about the planes and all.....but i need more info on that fancy star trek tube things in the shop!
What a pretty model!
Awesome float plane guys! A bit of info I gained from experience with hydroplanes is a spray called INOX. A water displacing silicone free lubricating spray for so many uses including fishing gear, stainless steel cleaning and basically waterproofing electronics that helps in this hobby of ours when water is part of the fun equation.
Dream plane for me, as i live right at the sea. Only needs spare front fuselages and a local reseller before i'll get one :)
Awesome video! So cool. Love those 399.9 ft altitude clips 👍
Just got floats for my UMX TimbX and can't wait to go get her moist-maidened.
Thanks for all of the great videos!!!
Hey guys its great to see all the fun and frolics on your channel but to see footage of this quality only goes to show how far the hobby has come. Thanks for this one 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You know those little bags you get in the box when you buy a pair of shoes and such?
That's silica gel, which is cheap, reusable, and made to absorb a lot of moisture.
Just get your electronics in a box/jar and fill up the remaining space with silica gel packs and let it sit overnight.
When the water is gone from your device, you can put the silica gel in the oven for about 2 hours at low heat - 120°C/250°F - and then you can use it again some other time.
Works for wet boots and gloves too.
Widgeon check. Now how about a Carolina flying boat with retractable landing pontoons? The king of flying boats in the Atlantic theater.
Last time I was this early to a Flite Test episode, the plane featured was in a TV show from the 80s. (Yes I know not the same plane.)
That was some of the most amazing camera shots I've seen ever for RC pilot so great please do more tandem flights water Landings fpv it's so gorgeous on the lake
Flite Test needs their own Seaplane Tender.
...that must've been a mind-blow flight....perfect weather....nice job guys....!!! 🤘😎
We've got to see a FliteTest/King of Random collab again! It was flying Harry Potter that got me from TKOR to here, and it has been almost a year!
You guys need to review the 1.5 Air Tractor
Nice plane.
First person view is always bettet than just seeing your RC plane flying around
Nice save Alex!!! 🤣🤣🤣
What an awesome venue, so jealous. Fun video and love the the plane. Wish Edgewater was in NZ. Been with you from the beginning cheers guys, and say hi to other Josh
Thanks for taking the time to do this
You should try to make a Japanese Hydroplane next!
I hope to be able to visit Edgewater soon
Super cool video. Love the footage!
You should do a Calab with Bobby duke arts where he carves a plane out of Styrofoam and you make it fly
You could make a float-hook thingy on a 3-4ft string you would deploy and then circle the stranded plane and hook it and tow it back to you that way.
Or a big rescue quad Alex could drum up.
another thing you should do. JoergSprave made a rubber powered mock aircraft carriers launch system i would LOVE to see you guys work with him and together make a bigger version and launch some of your FT RC planes from it that would be a damn good video
I love this FPV content
Bring back the retro intro and music! The OG flitetest
It’s been 4 hours and there is only 35 dislikes not surprised they are great RUclipsrs
5 hi ours 38
why would anyone click dislike???
This was just a really nice peaceful flight to watch. Good Job guys.
Add some blister pods in the rear and you got a PBY-5
Channeling good times there guys :)
Whoa! I love the active cooling systems, it's brilliant!
Lovely video, great flight, really enjoyed the watch, thumbs up 👍😷🇬🇧🍻
I think you guys could pull off a two pilot flight, one with the VR headset, the other with the transmitter! Love your channel 🤜🏽
Gday Josh, all i heard was fpv this fpv that, it would have been an awsome video but you didn't show us any, none, not at all, fpv footage from the dji nose cams, where is the flight footage from the dji air units? that would have been very awsome, the plane is very cool by the way.👍🛸
Awesome video! When's the CAD file getting uploaded?
LOL @ "boat ramp." That is a ski jump, guys.
I’m an inthousiast of sae planes.I love this
they are awesome
I'm surprised you didn't have an RC recovery boat at the ready! Talk about hubris. (kidding) Great video - amazing footage.
FPV is a winner
Great design!
1 minute! Love flite test been watching since the early early days, about 7 or 8 years ago now
Nice great seeing more early fans I remember when they were so small
The best rc video i ever seee,,,,, it's always my dream to join yours aviator family🙂🙂
watch your replay. always land on water with the sun behind and to the side. then you can watch the SHADOW "converge" . as it approaches convergence you will touch the water.
You guys really need to switch to tbs crossfire! Awesome vid!
Ill be buying one soon it looks so amazing
awesome spot and I love those planes
The RC club use to hold a fly in one weekend a year at Guilford Lake. We had a cabin there for 35 years and use to go out on the boat and watch them.
What a nice plane ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Dang that plane looks nice in the air!!!