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You were showing the different Planes from War Thunder... And first showed the P-26 "Peashooter". THAT would be a cool Interwar Fighter to model!!! 👍👍 You KNOW Josh loves his Close Coupled 30's Planes! 😜 Carmine ✈🚂🚙
"Anyone see more ground targets"? "Theres some" *precedes to shoot at bomb target with machine guns* *target gets bombed by bomber* "Nice u got it" Yeah thats how that works guys
Yes please 😍 And maybe do some cracy shenanigans like using his legs or just feet as surface area for the ailerons ^^ It might look awesome and give the feeling he is really flying
Ive been trying to get them to put paintball markers/guns on the wing they have bio degradable paintballs so it wont hurt the golf course there on be so awesome i did it once but didnt have any other airplanes to shoot so alot of friends and there houses got a new paint job :)
Man I love those giant builds. Every time I try to enlarge the plans my old computer and the program locks up. It would be cool to see a giants only air battle. Great job guys.
I know you guys have to hear it all the time, but all I have to say is thank you from the bottom of my heart for the love and passion you all have and for the hobby that I grew up doing with my dad every weekend of my childhood in the 80s-90s, as well as getting me back into the hobby and recreating it so many may more can get involved for a fraction of the cost and fraction of the speed to build a kit. Keep up the great work you all! My 2 year old son has that same look in his eye my old man says I had when I was that young. You are all doing an amazing job
The mold technique is something. I’ve just started on a new design meant to use it to fruition. Really does raise the bar on what you can create with foam board, assuming you know how to graft curves
The scoop on the top of the cowl on the A-36 Apache was the same on the early P-51 Mustangs and it was the carburetor air intake for the Allison engine that they were equipped with.
Before anyone gets negative in the comments: the A-36 Apache was a dive bomber version of the P-51A-C Mustang. It was based on the earlier versions powered by the Allison V-12’s, before the Packard Merlins were available. They were replaced by the A-26’s, A-20’s, and planes like the Hawker Tempest
Glad you said that, but I still would prefer that they said A-36 Apache instead of P-51 Mustang, I'm a bit of a stickler I know, but hey, it's a good way of informing the differences between the aircraft even though they are basically the same aircraft I haven't watched the video yet so I'm curious to see if they did the dive brakes on it, which if I'm not mistaken is the easiest way to differenciate the two aircraft from each other
@@Vaspy_CL Same as what T1114 God said, bit of both Been very interested in military hardware and tactics from every era since I was a kid, thx to CoD and Ace Combat 04 on PS2 War Thunder helped a bit but there are some YT channels on here that dive deeper and are more informative I think
This was the only sponsored FT video, where I didn't feel annoyed at the sponsorship blurb. This time, it was related to the content. It was still a bit long, but at least connected. Thanks for the positive change.
I remember in 1963 going up in a DHC1 Chippie to practice spins . At 5000ft., I backed off and raised the nose to reach a stall , and noticed that I was going backwards and my ASI was showing 55 knots. This was a new experience. I spent the next 15 minutes hovering in the one spot and holding position with the throttle. Great fun when you are young and on your third solo flight. Cheers from Downunder 👍🇦🇺🇺🇸😷😷😷 .
Thank you for another great video, and thank you for weaving the sponsorship into the story with a bit of subtlety rather than the smack in the face three minutes in. Thank you too for the advocacy work that you’ve been doing with the FAA. In my opinion, y’all are presenting a positive, passionate and professional angle that seems to be missing from the AMA. Please keep up the good work guys; much appreciated!
Back in the day they offered detailed newbie-friendly guides and drawings for building planes. Nowadays you only get shameless plugs of overpriced products and them showing a plane that flies. Plus 2-3 minutes of crappy game advertisement. I didn't think they could sink so low.
@@deekay619 And what gets me is the overdramatic music on every flight. Too much hype on everything. Back in the day when David and Peter were still on board, these were a lot more down to earth and fun.
Watched with my 6.5 year old daughter and she remembers Josh throwing airplanes with her and her little brother in the shop a year ago. Great video! We had fun watching you guys.. Matt, great tailing...👍🏻🍻👊🏻
I'd like to see that too, although the F-82 isn't as similar to the P-51 as you might believe. The F-82 only shares seven components with the p-51, the other thousands of parts being similar from a distance but not by any means interchangable. from a quick glance at the photos of both planes the longer you look the more differences you see. Still, seeing them flying side-by-side as foamboard models would make my day :D
I was a C-130 maintainer in the Australian Air Force. One of my favourite things we used to do was LAPES. Low altitude parachute extraction system drops. I would love to see you guys do a LAPES with the C-130.
The scoop on top of the nose of the A-36 is the Carbeurator air intake. The A-36 was powered by Naturally aspirated (Carbeurated NOT Supercharged) Allison V-12.
Dang, all my favorite RUclips channels are getting awesome new playgrounds #Flitetest bought a golf course #CleetusMcFarland bought a race track #Carsncameras bought a go-kart paradise #demolitionranch bought a mansion on a hill. RUclips is killin it.
Just wanted to say, I look forward to these videos each week in the way I used to with good terrestrial TV series in the UK (great egg race etc). Its great to share in your good natured humor, passion, innovation and of course general craziness. A great group of (!dynamic!) funny people, all the best and keep them coming... :)
A couple of things about Apache/Mustang, the first thing most crew-chiefs did was wire the dive breaks shut (it made them less stable in a dive), and that most Mustangs that were flown across the Atlantic would bring a can of coffee (extremely hard to get in England) and normally a first stop would be Nova Scotia (when pilots stopping for fuel would trade that coffee for a set of English spark plugs (which ran better in the Packard Merlin).
Terrible ground attack platform. The Allison engine was underpowered and the radiator was susceptible to ground fire. That’s even why Yeager was shot down. Hence why the P-47 gets all the glory.
@@illinimarine7 The Allison was not "underpowered", that's a result of bad book writing from hack aviation writers and the readers of them who don't understand aircraft engines and their supercharging systems and the timeline of developments during that era. The fact is at the lower altitudes that an attack aircraft is used at the single stage supercharger Allison is more powerful then the 2 stage supercharger version of the Merlin that was put in it later, proof of that is the fact that the Allison powered P51A is faster then the Merlin powered P51D below 5,000 ft. When the aircraft was originally developed the only engine NAA had to work with was the Allison, the 2 stage 2 speed supercharger Merlin was just starting to be used by the British not long before that and Packard wasn't producing their 2 speed supercharger version yet, contrary to what most people think the version of the Merlin used in Spit's during the BOB was not the same one used on later versions of it and in the P51D, in 1939 the 2 speed 2 stage supercharger version of the Merlin didn't exist yet, the Merlin at that point was less powerful then the Allison at ALL altitudes. The USAAC forbid Allison to use any of it's funding to develop a 2 stage 2 speed supercharger at that point, they wanted all funding to go towards the development of the system used in the P38 version of things, a single stage supercharger that's fed by a turbo above 9,000 ft or so, below that altitude the turbo waste gate dumps by-pass exhaust from the turbo so it doesn't even come into play at lower altitudes, the advantage to this is that every stage of a supercharger drags about 250-300 HP off of an engine because it's mechanically driven, a turbo is a "waste energy recovery system" meaning the exhaust driving it doesn't drag down the engine, so you have the best of both worlds, only half the parasitic drag on the engine of a 2 stage system means superior power at lower altitudes and higher altitudes for the same reason, once the aircraft gets around 9,000 feet where a single stage supercharger starts running out of air the wastegate dumps start diverting exhaust to the turbo to spin it up to start feeding the single stage supercharger that's bolted directly onto the engine for power at higher altitudes. With a 2 stage 2 speed supercharger the slower speed is used at lower altitudes, like the single stage system it starts running out of air around 9,000 ft so it gets "shifted" into it's higher speed for higher altitudes, the upside to that system is that it's more compact and can be adapted to an existing aircraft that already uses an engine that has a single stage supercharger like the P51 and the Spit both were in their earlier forms, the downside is the additional 250-300 HP loss at all altitudes from constantly driving a 2nd stage. All of the Packard built Merlin's were of the 2 stage 2 speed supercharger variety, but RR themselves built single stage supercharger versions of the Merlin throughout the entire war for aircraft like the Seafire that were intended to be used for low altitude ground support and benefit from the additional power of a single stage system with only half the parasitic power loss of a 2 stage system. The very first aircraft to ever fly with a 2 stage 2 speed supercharger system was the early version of the F4F Wildcat that the British bought and named and called the Marmet around 1940 or so, that's where they learned about 2 stage systems and started to design one for the Merlin engine. The Merlin was never "more powerful" then the Allison, that's a misnomer and an assumption made by people because of them not understanding the supercharger systems and assuming that because a single stage supercharger Allison was replaced by a 2 stage Merlin, that only makes more power at higher altitudes because of it's 2 stage system, they mistakenly think the Merlin is a more powerful engine but it isn't. The F82 Twin Mustang is proof of this, only the first 20 pre-production units had the Merlin with a 2 speed 2 stage system because development of a 2 speed 2 stage supercharger for the Allison wasn't ready yet, but the production version of the F82 had the Allison with a 2 speed 2 stage supercharger. The take off power of the pre-production Merlin powered F82 is 2,050 HP, the production version of the F82 with the Allison using the same type of 2 speed 2 stage supercharger is 2,250 HP. Rating aircraft engines is a tricky thing, aviation writers who want to laud the Merlin are always comparing the 2 stage supercharger version of the Merlin to the single stage supercharger version of the Allison at high altitudes, but if you compare the two engines with the same supercharger systems at any altitude as long as the altitudes are the same you'll see that the Allison is more powerful all across the board. Another unfair comparison people like to make is the two engines early and late in the war when aviation fuel had different octane ratings, power in ALL the aircraft engines despite the supercharger systems increased because higher octane fuels allowed higher boost levels. So once again if you compare the two engines with the same supercharger systems running on the same octane level fuels you'll see that the Allison is always actually more powerful.
I doubt boring-car would allow that... Maybe a formation but seriously don't they'd reply to their inquiry other then a generic "thank you for your interest in BORING-CAR, our races are losing viewers at alarming rates and appreciate your interest in us!"
It's better to extend the 3 phase wires than the DC wires, too. Ripple is a problem in DC but once converted to AC the inductance of the motor will act as a choke. 3 phase transmission is also more efficient as you have 50% more copper in the third wire. In testing I found the same system will draw 10-20% more power and make more thrust if the AC leads are extended rather than the DC leads. Makes sense to extend your ESC control lead as well and locate the ESC as close close to the battery as possible.
With a plane that big and light and that much power, would it be possible to put in two batteries with a switch configured to allow going from one battery to the other during flight to extend the flight time? Kind of like a reserve tank?
That's easy it's called wiring two batteries in parallel, no need to make it difficult by trying to configure a switch hooked up to a servo to turn it on.
Norm thanks for the answer! (obvious newbie here) I figured that there was an easy was to wire that in. I just thought it would be fun to simulate the tank switchover.
I’m an old school builder flyer....(wood n monokote .40 glow to 30cc glow). I do have your super bee and love it.......your big tw planes need a main gear....landing n taking off is a fun part .....keep up the good work
There's a Collins foundation A-36 in mint condition here in a hangar in my hometown of Worcester MA. It's said to be the only one left. Beautiful plane! Loved seeing it every time I went to work.
I just got back from nasa space center and I thought it would be cool if you made a plane transporting a shuttle like a big plane with a shuttle attached to the top or just make a shuttle itself
I really wanna see you use a pan/tilt when flying this thing FPV and doing your dive bombing. There was mention of dive brakes, but are you going to install them?
I miss the old format, when you guys flew other peoples and brands, check out handling, power and price and availability. DIY foam flyers is always awesome. However my Bix 3 has outlived all my foam board creations, it it has not had a easy life. Also a stock Bix 3 will lift 4 eggs in the bomb bay accessory, barely.
I’ve got a question for you RC guys: My Niece was in an accident and suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury that left her unable to walk or talk. She has a motorized wheelchair but often drives into things. Could drone technology be used to make a “smart-wheelchair? Ie: collision avoidance, gps...
Travis Brown, I agree. The RC world is farther ahead than a Roomba though. Apparently, several universities are developing a “smart chair”, and it will only cost a million bucks when they’re done. A simpler solution seems reasonable and more cost effective.
I wouldn't say "drone technology", but ultrasonic distance sensors can be fiddled together with something like an Arduino - if the wheelchair has some interface to the control unit.
Balu, Thank you! There is an interface between her wheelchair. The current controller on the wheelchair is connected to box on the chair. The chair can be connected to a computer to tune how the chair drives (ie: speed, turning and braking). Although I didn’t come up with the idea, major universities are working for a solution. The cost will be what kills it. Anything labeled “medical device” is almost too expensive for the average person to afford.
@@Nevertrustalawyer Depending on where you live it's always an option to search for a Makerspace, Fablab or Hackerspace in the area. Usually there's some guys who like to tinker with projects like this.
This is my favorite build thus far, 100% epic, j=Josh's son has some fantastic skills, he will go far in this hobby, Must be a great feeling having that father-son bond through the same hobby, The Flitetest fan=mily is getting bigger and the content is getting better and better. Keep it up guys it's working out for you.
Stop pitching in merchandise every two minutes!!!! You guys have really messed up and let us long term flitetest fans down with your twisted content. Stop using overly dramatic music all the time. We need more humor. Your foam is too expensive. Your motors are too expensive. A freaking crafty kit is a hundred bucks. You guys explain and talk too much and don’t do enough. Bring back your old style of video, and you’ll see increased support. Old doesn’t mean bad. Your new style of videos for the last couple of years has evolved to appeal to customers, not “flitetest family”. Where did all the patriotism go? This is the saddest thing on RUclips ever for me. I truly feel disappointed in my long term obsession with flitetest. Since I was 11 everything was flitetest for me. I am over 16 now, and I feel “modernization” had weakened you. Nothing is really fun to watch anymore. Everything offers an opportunity of criticism. I don’t know when you guys will realize this or even read my comment that I’ve wasted 10 minutes to write. I really hope this comment wasn’t a waste of time. My obsession of rc has drifted apart due to the stupid expensive of fun and inspiration. I’d never thought we’d have to pay to watch more flitetest. I’d never thought we’d have to pay double to purchase plane materials and electronics. I’m only 16, and I do wish to be able to be all in and involved with this hobby, but I’m no careless $$ spender. I respect money, and I respect this hobby. You guys make it hard to respect both.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you guys know they're taking *their* hobby and *their* RUclips channel in a way *they* like right? This isn't just to appease you guys? Of course RC is expensive, its small planes flying around with wireless connectors to the ground and an electric motor that flies it through the sky. Of course the foam is expensive its purpose built. Just chill and watch the vid.
Thank y’all so much! I bought a plane kit last summer and when I tested it it was fine, but when I went to fly it this winter the propeller was acting up. Now I no why, one of the moter’s wire’s connections is sketchy!
You should try building one of these! "Ekranoplan" A ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIG), ground-effect craft, wingship or ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н), is a vehicle that is designed to attain sustained flight over a level surface (usually over the sea) by making use of ground effect, the aerodynamic interaction between the wings and the surface. The type is typically intended to operate from water like a flying boat, but some can operate over any flat area such as frozen lakes or flat plains similar to a hovercraft.
Awesome seeing my favorite youtube partner with my favorite game for a video. I been playing WT for years now. Any of yall FT community wanna squad up, hmu. ESPnocturnal
I soo ready for a master series mustang! My first rc plane was the master series corsair and I love it. I seen the mustang on a computer in an episode last week I think, and I've been excited since.
The A-36 / P-51a design was referred to as a "razorback" As I recall, the A-36 was equipped with dive brakes, and wasn't supercharged as high altitude performance wasn't a priority, I'm not certain on this next point, but I believe it had an allison rather than a RR merlin.
A little hint: tape your motor connectors. Even just a single wrap of ordinary clear tape or packing tape goes a long way in keeping bullet connectors together. Doesn't replace CRAP in any way, but does add a bit of extra flight security.
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War thunder didnt even have anything bound to pitch when I first loaded it up
You were showing the different Planes from War Thunder... And first showed the P-26 "Peashooter". THAT would be a cool Interwar Fighter to model!!! 👍👍
You KNOW Josh loves his Close Coupled 30's Planes! 😜
Carmine ✈🚂🚙
So, buzz light-year flying when?
“I’m playing it on PC but it’s also available on Windows,..... “ smh
I would love to see a Buzz Lightyear fly on here!
It wouldn’t fly it would fall with style if you know what I mean
agree
They should definitely give it a try!
I wouldn’t
Try it for sure would be awsom
"Anyone see more ground targets"?
"Theres some"
*precedes to shoot at bomb target with machine guns*
*target gets bombed by bomber*
"Nice u got it"
Yeah thats how that works guys
lol yeah i seen that too.
Lol, I had to check to see if anybody commented on it, lol.
I've been playing this game for 5 years now and I cringed so hard 😂hahahah
Was looking for this exact comment lmao
I wish they at least played it for more then ten min like at least do the tutorial. And then they pretend it's game they love. Kinda bothers me TBH
Yes make Buzz fly but he has to be carrying Woody like in the movie hahaha
And drop him through a sunroof.
Yes please 😍
And maybe do some cracy shenanigans like using his legs or just feet as surface area for the ailerons ^^
It might look awesome and give the feeling he is really flying
Give us buzz please!
Yes!!!
make him fly, or fall with style
Turn the C-130 into an AC-130 Spectre gunship armed with airsoft guns.
Yes please do
and a paintball gun for the 105 howitzer
Ive been trying to get them to put paintball markers/guns on the wing they have bio degradable paintballs so it wont hurt the golf course there on be so awesome i did it once but didnt have any other airplanes to shoot so alot of friends and there houses got a new paint job :)
AC-130!!!!!!!
I am unanimous in that.
Man I love those giant builds. Every time I try to enlarge the plans my old computer and the program locks up. It would be cool to see a giants only air battle. Great job guys.
Takes me back to the good ol flite test days when the cockpit or battery hatch of every plane fell off.
Right ??
This is literally one of my favorite warbirds! Thank y'all so much!
You should create a C-47 sometime!!!
Ac47*
my favorite ww 2 plane awesome recommendation!!
@H.M.S Nelson Yeeees!!!
C-47 gunship! Puff the magic dragon!
I know you guys have to hear it all the time, but all I have to say is thank you from the bottom of my heart for the love and passion you all have and for the hobby that I grew up doing with my dad every weekend of my childhood in the 80s-90s, as well as getting me back into the hobby and recreating it so many may more can get involved for a fraction of the cost and fraction of the speed to build a kit. Keep up the great work you all! My 2 year old son has that same look in his eye my old man says I had when I was that young. You are all doing an amazing job
The mold technique is something. I’ve just started on a new design meant to use it to fruition. Really does raise the bar on what you can create with foam board, assuming you know how to graft curves
Been removing one side paper and making curves with Adams foam board for years now!! You remove the inside of the curve.
The scoop on the top of the cowl on the A-36 Apache was the same on the early P-51 Mustangs and it was the carburetor air intake for the Allison engine that they were equipped with.
Before anyone gets negative in the comments: the A-36 Apache was a dive bomber version of the P-51A-C Mustang. It was based on the earlier versions powered by the Allison V-12’s, before the Packard Merlins were available. They were replaced by the A-26’s, A-20’s, and planes like the Hawker Tempest
Glad you said that, but I still would prefer that they said A-36 Apache instead of P-51 Mustang, I'm a bit of a stickler I know, but hey, it's a good way of informing the differences between the aircraft even though they are basically the same aircraft
I haven't watched the video yet so I'm curious to see if they did the dive brakes on it, which if I'm not mistaken is the easiest way to differenciate the two aircraft from each other
Me too
Chas L Actually it’s a little of both. I’ve always been into military hardware, especially from the WWII era, and WT has just expanded my knowledge
Chase L same. That’s why I’m the T114 God, I fell in love with that little autoloading, heat slinging little monster playing 6.7 RB
@@Vaspy_CL
Same as what T1114 God said, bit of both
Been very interested in military hardware and tactics from every era since I was a kid, thx to CoD and Ace Combat 04 on PS2
War Thunder helped a bit but there are some YT channels on here that dive deeper and are more informative I think
i love war thunder so glad you guys are working together, id love to see an xp55 out of foamboard
Awesome build! Fun to watch you have and fix the problems, as opposed to editing for a "perfect" flight!
This was the only sponsored FT video, where I didn't feel annoyed at the sponsorship blurb. This time, it was related to the content. It was still a bit long, but at least connected. Thanks for the positive change.
Re: C-130 - 2 of my favorite acronyms... MOAB and JATO. Great job! Keep 'em coming!
I remember in 1963 going up in a DHC1 Chippie to practice spins . At 5000ft., I backed off and raised the nose to reach a stall , and noticed that I was going backwards and my ASI was showing 55 knots. This was a new experience.
I spent the next 15 minutes hovering in the one spot and holding position with the throttle. Great fun when you are young and on your third solo flight.
Cheers from Downunder 👍🇦🇺🇺🇸😷😷😷
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"It not flying... It's falling with style." Yes, love to see a Buzz Lightyear build.
Yes we need buzz
"we're not aiming for the truck"...
Thank you for another great video, and thank you for weaving the sponsorship into the story with a bit of subtlety rather than the smack in the face three minutes in. Thank you too for the advocacy work that you’ve been doing with the FAA. In my opinion, y’all are presenting a positive, passionate and professional angle that seems to be missing from the AMA. Please keep up the good work guys; much appreciated!
“In today’s video, we are going to build a giant DIY mustang and see if it flies.” **shows it flying**
Viewers: Welp, that’s the end of this video.
I just skipped to the middle of the vid, and left
Back in the day they offered detailed newbie-friendly guides and drawings for building planes. Nowadays you only get shameless plugs of overpriced products and them showing a plane that flies. Plus 2-3 minutes of crappy game advertisement. I didn't think they could sink so low.
@al igaiter Same.
@@deekay619 And what gets me is the overdramatic music on every flight. Too much hype on everything. Back in the day when David and Peter were still on board, these were a lot more down to earth and fun.
I agree, I really miss the old flitetest where they didn’t have to plug in merchandise every two minutes
the second landing when the go pro came off - - that plane is so huge it makes the go pro look no bigger than one of a pair of dice ! !
Wow, very awesome all bro! Keep do it well. Thank for your sharing knowledge!
Grammar 👍
Watched with my 6.5 year old daughter and she remembers Josh throwing airplanes with her and her little brother in the shop a year ago. Great video! We had fun watching you guys.. Matt, great tailing...👍🏻🍻👊🏻
The P-51 is my favorite prop warbird!
Now that you have a P-51, can you PLEASE 🙏 make a F-82? 🤞
It is basically a twin fuselage version of a P-51!
I'd like to see that too, although the F-82 isn't as similar to the P-51 as you might believe. The F-82 only shares seven components with the p-51, the other thousands of parts being similar from a distance but not by any means interchangable. from a quick glance at the photos of both planes the longer you look the more differences you see. Still, seeing them flying side-by-side as foamboard models would make my day :D
@@juan-luc9190 Jup, same story as with the P-51H
If you do P-82, attach the fuselages in opposite directions and make it a "Spin Mustang"
@@michaelnoyola7971 why not a mustang carrousel haha
I was a C-130 maintainer in the Australian Air Force. One of my favourite things we used to do was LAPES. Low altitude parachute extraction system drops. I would love to see you guys do a LAPES with the C-130.
The scoop on top of the nose of the A-36 is the Carbeurator air intake. The A-36 was powered by Naturally aspirated (Carbeurated NOT Supercharged) Allison V-12.
@@wilburfinnigan2142 well someone's excited... Chill out lol bit less caps lock and exclamation points next time
I will love to see buzz light-year and woodie in a air battle against panzer tank
Alex shooting the Bombing Targets LMFAO
Dang, all my favorite RUclips channels are getting awesome new playgrounds
#Flitetest bought a golf course
#CleetusMcFarland bought a race track
#Carsncameras bought a go-kart paradise
#demolitionranch bought a mansion on a hill.
RUclips is killin it.
I want to see a 6 foot tall Buzz Lightyear fly....
Just wanted to say, I look forward to these videos each week in the way I used to with good terrestrial TV series in the UK (great egg race etc). Its great to share in your good natured humor, passion, innovation and of course general craziness.
A great group of (!dynamic!) funny people, all the best and keep them coming... :)
Awesome video! Can't wait to see a airsoft fpv ww2 dogfight with your new planes :D
A couple of things about Apache/Mustang, the first thing most crew-chiefs did was wire the dive breaks shut (it made them less stable in a dive), and that most Mustangs that were flown across the Atlantic would bring a can of coffee (extremely hard to get in England) and normally a first stop would be Nova Scotia (when pilots stopping for fuel would trade that coffee for a set of English spark plugs (which ran better in the Packard Merlin).
Alex: the A-36 was basically the WW2 equivelant of an A-10 warthog
*sad P-47 noises*
*sad ju 87 noises*
Terrible ground attack platform. The Allison engine was underpowered and the radiator was susceptible to ground fire. That’s even why Yeager was shot down. Hence why the P-47 gets all the glory.
Sad DH.98 Mosquito w/ Molins noises
There’s a reason the A-10 is the Thunderbolt II, and it’s the P-47. The original Thunderbolt.
@@illinimarine7
The Allison was not "underpowered", that's a result of bad book writing from hack aviation writers and the readers of them who don't understand aircraft engines and their supercharging systems and the timeline of developments during that era.
The fact is at the lower altitudes that an attack aircraft is used at the single stage supercharger Allison is more powerful then the 2 stage supercharger version of the Merlin that was put in it later, proof of that is the fact that the Allison powered P51A is faster then the Merlin powered P51D below 5,000 ft.
When the aircraft was originally developed the only engine NAA had to work with was the Allison, the 2 stage 2 speed supercharger Merlin was just starting to be used by the British not long before that and Packard wasn't producing their 2 speed supercharger version yet, contrary to what most people think the version of the Merlin used in Spit's during the BOB was not the same one used on later versions of it and in the P51D, in 1939 the 2 speed 2 stage supercharger version of the Merlin didn't exist yet, the Merlin at that point was less powerful then the Allison at ALL altitudes.
The USAAC forbid Allison to use any of it's funding to develop a 2 stage 2 speed supercharger at that point, they wanted all funding to go towards the development of the system used in the P38 version of things, a single stage supercharger that's fed by a turbo above 9,000 ft or so, below that altitude the turbo waste gate dumps by-pass exhaust from the turbo so it doesn't even come into play at lower altitudes, the advantage to this is that every stage of a supercharger drags about 250-300 HP off of an engine because it's mechanically driven, a turbo is a "waste energy recovery system" meaning the exhaust driving it doesn't drag down the engine, so you have the best of both worlds, only half the parasitic drag on the engine of a 2 stage system means superior power at lower altitudes and higher altitudes for the same reason, once the aircraft gets around 9,000 feet where a single stage supercharger starts running out of air the wastegate dumps start diverting exhaust to the turbo to spin it up to start feeding the single stage supercharger that's bolted directly onto the engine for power at higher altitudes.
With a 2 stage 2 speed supercharger the slower speed is used at lower altitudes, like the single stage system it starts running out of air around 9,000 ft so it gets "shifted" into it's higher speed for higher altitudes, the upside to that system is that it's more compact and can be adapted to an existing aircraft that already uses an engine that has a single stage supercharger like the P51 and the Spit both were in their earlier forms, the downside is the additional 250-300 HP loss at all altitudes from constantly driving a 2nd stage.
All of the Packard built Merlin's were of the 2 stage 2 speed supercharger variety, but RR themselves built single stage supercharger versions of the Merlin throughout the entire war for aircraft like the Seafire that were intended to be used for low altitude ground support and benefit from the additional power of a single stage system with only half the parasitic power loss of a 2 stage system.
The very first aircraft to ever fly with a 2 stage 2 speed supercharger system was the early version of the F4F Wildcat that the British bought and named and called the Marmet around 1940 or so, that's where they learned about 2 stage systems and started to design one for the Merlin engine.
The Merlin was never "more powerful" then the Allison, that's a misnomer and an assumption made by people because of them not understanding the supercharger systems and assuming that because a single stage supercharger Allison was replaced by a 2 stage Merlin, that only makes more power at higher altitudes because of it's 2 stage system, they mistakenly think the Merlin is a more powerful engine but it isn't.
The F82 Twin Mustang is proof of this, only the first 20 pre-production units had the Merlin with a 2 speed 2 stage system because development of a 2 speed 2 stage supercharger for the Allison wasn't ready yet, but the production version of the F82 had the Allison with a 2 speed 2 stage supercharger.
The take off power of the pre-production Merlin powered F82 is 2,050 HP,
the production version of the F82 with the Allison using the same type of 2 speed 2 stage supercharger is 2,250 HP.
Rating aircraft engines is a tricky thing, aviation writers who want to laud the Merlin are always comparing the 2 stage supercharger version of the Merlin to the single stage supercharger version of the Allison at high altitudes, but if you compare the two engines with the same supercharger systems at any altitude as long as the altitudes are the same you'll see that the Allison is more powerful all across the board.
Another unfair comparison people like to make is the two engines early and late in the war when aviation fuel had different octane ratings, power in ALL the aircraft engines despite the supercharger systems increased because higher octane fuels allowed higher boost levels.
So once again if you compare the two engines with the same supercharger systems running on the same octane level fuels you'll see that the Allison is always actually more powerful.
I love it! Should call this series the FT-OOM for “Order Of Magnitude” bigger planes.
4:30 Those aren't the brakes, those are the access panels for the guns in the wing.
no, what he pointed to was the speed brakes. the A-36 had "dive brakes" as it was an attacker
What a beautiful plane! Yes to infinity and beyond with a Buzz build!
Have the Hercules do a fly by for the beginning of a NASCAR race like the jets would do.
I doubt boring-car would allow that... Maybe a formation but seriously don't they'd reply to their inquiry other then a generic
"thank you for your interest in BORING-CAR, our races are losing viewers at alarming rates and appreciate your interest in us!"
@@norm1233 somebody seems pissed at NASCAR what happened lol?
keep those wires from the batt to the ESC short, or large. or add low ESR caps. ripple current will destroy motors and ESC's if left unchecked.
It's better to extend the 3 phase wires than the DC wires, too. Ripple is a problem in DC but once converted to AC the inductance of the motor will act as a choke. 3 phase transmission is also more efficient as you have 50% more copper in the third wire. In testing I found the same system will draw 10-20% more power and make more thrust if the AC leads are extended rather than the DC leads.
Makes sense to extend your ESC control lead as well and locate the ESC as close close to the battery as possible.
,,,whatever the word that is more incredible than "Incredible" then that is the word I want to use!!....
@MAD GRUMPYMAN "Miraculous" relates to miracles, which are usually associated with religious beliefs, which I find "incredible".
Stupendous?
edit: grumpyman beat me to it....
@MAD GRUMPYMAN Cheers my friend.
P51 is easily my favorite plane ever built! I'd love a Mustang that is that big, but is still rc!.
I think it's time to make that 185% guinea pig.
Look forward to seeing Mustang painted up. And I've been subscribed since the days of Josh & Josh.
A36! Nice!
Flight Test and War Thunder, two of my favorite things
With a plane that big and light and that much power, would it be possible to put in two batteries with a switch configured to allow going from one battery to the other during flight to extend the flight time? Kind of like a reserve tank?
That's easy it's called wiring two batteries in parallel, no need to make it difficult by trying to configure a switch hooked up to a servo to turn it on.
Norm thanks for the answer! (obvious newbie here) I figured that there was an easy was to wire that in. I just thought it would be fun to simulate the tank switchover.
I’m an old school builder flyer....(wood n monokote .40 glow to 30cc glow). I do have your super bee and love it.......your big tw planes need a main gear....landing n taking off is a fun part .....keep up the good work
I've played warthunder since it came out. Its an amazing game. If you actually get into it play air realistic. Amazing game
Why stop at RB? Take the time and play Sim.
@@martindinner3621 but I suck at sim....
There's a Collins foundation A-36 in mint condition here in a hangar in my hometown of Worcester MA. It's said to be the only one left. Beautiful plane! Loved seeing it every time I went to work.
Parts List!
FT Aura 5 Lite: store.flitetest.com/flite-test-aura-5-lite-gyro-system-flt-8050/p1152604
Flite Test Master Series: store.flitetest.com/search?s=master
Maker Foam: store.flitetest.com/search?cID=&s=maker+foam+white
Monster Motor: store.flitetest.com/flite-test-4030-monster-radial-brushless-motor-flt-3064/p1011019
Monster 80a ESC: store.flitetest.com/flite-test-ft-80a-esc-w-xt90-connector-flt-3065/p1011020
FT 15a UBEC:store.flitetest.com/flite-test-15amp-ubec-battery-eliminator-circuit-flt-2109/p1149913
I wanna see a build of the "firefox" from the clint eastwood film
Make a Boing 747 please😂
I would like to see a monster build corsair f4u-1a or a monster build B-17
make the acernal bird of ace combat 7
Make a ac 130
Really nice, probably looks more fancy if you coloring that airplane 😁
Lol. When your a war thunder player and you see someone trying to shoot a “Bombing target”
Here I was about to get all historical on you and inform you about the A-36, but you're on it. I should never have doubted you.
I just got back from nasa space center and I thought it would be cool if you made a plane transporting a shuttle like a big plane with a shuttle attached to the top or just make a shuttle itself
Love the giant Mustang paint her up nice and give us another video
Also I play war thunder, the A36 is one of my favorites
Mmm those gun pods turn 109s to mist lol. So much fun...
I'm gonna go play war thunder now...
Man, it's been a few years since I've had the time and space to build and fly RC planes. These giant builds really make me want to get into it again
I really wanna see you use a pan/tilt when flying this thing FPV and doing your dive bombing. There was mention of dive brakes, but are you going to install them?
Man, I would LOVE to see you guys put a P-61 Black Widow together... I love that plane!
I miss the old format, when you guys flew other peoples and brands, check out handling, power and price and availability. DIY foam flyers is always awesome. However my Bix 3 has outlived all my foam board creations, it it has not had a easy life. Also a stock Bix 3 will lift 4 eggs in the bomb bay accessory, barely.
Oh I can't believe there's a master series p51 !!!! That's so awesome I can't wait !!!
Idea for the Hercules: to honor the australian firefighters make it a water dropping plane
Now that would be sweet.
I'm loving these monster planes. Maybe a monster edge 540 next?
“Watch out for your son.” “He’ll move.”
For the C-130...turn it into a fire-fighting plane. That should be a challenge. Great video!
Mount model rocket engines on the C-130 like JATO to duplicate Fat Albert.
Yes!!!
@8:40 YES! You said it. Now you HAVE to Do it! Buzz Lightyear!
Can a proven 80-year-old airframe fly??? Find out on the next "no s***!!"
I have personally worked on the real A-36A, and, am thoroughly impressed. Keep up the awesome work.
I’ve got a question for you RC guys: My Niece was in an accident and suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury that left her unable to walk or talk.
She has a motorized wheelchair but often drives into things.
Could drone technology be used to make a “smart-wheelchair? Ie: collision avoidance, gps...
to be honest what your looking for is a lot closer to modern roomba technology
Travis Brown, I agree. The RC world is farther ahead than a Roomba though. Apparently, several universities are developing a “smart chair”, and it will only cost a million bucks when they’re done. A simpler solution seems reasonable and more cost effective.
I wouldn't say "drone technology", but ultrasonic distance sensors can be fiddled together with something like an Arduino - if the wheelchair has some interface to the control unit.
Balu, Thank you! There is an interface between her wheelchair. The current controller on the wheelchair is connected to box on the chair. The chair can be connected to a computer to tune how the chair drives (ie: speed, turning and braking).
Although I didn’t come up with the idea, major universities are working for a solution. The cost will be what kills it. Anything labeled “medical device” is almost too expensive for the average person to afford.
@@Nevertrustalawyer Depending on where you live it's always an option to search for a Makerspace, Fablab or Hackerspace in the area. Usually there's some guys who like to tinker with projects like this.
This is my favorite build thus far, 100% epic, j=Josh's son has some fantastic skills, he will go far in this hobby, Must be a great feeling having that father-son bond through the same hobby, The Flitetest fan=mily is getting bigger and the content is getting better and better. Keep it up guys it's working out for you.
Am I the only one that noticed that the P-51 is a Fighter aircraft and not a Dive bomber?
They explained in the video which is variant it is
There was a dive-bomber variant of the early Mustang called the A-36 Apache. It was equipped with airbrakes and all that good stuff.
The Man They Call Asher Completely forgot about the A-36
@@sayonara880 They only built about 500 of them. It was not a well known variant.
Whats an Airplane
Y’all needa make a mini mini series just make planes as small as possible it would be dope.
"The game has amazing graphics and details"
5:54:
???
What? It looks fine...
I love that you guys are excited EVERY TIME you get something in the air. Keep up the awesome content. 👍🏼
Make Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon
Would love to see a b17 flying fortress model in the future! Love watching your videos.
Stop pitching in merchandise every two minutes!!!! You guys have really messed up and let us long term flitetest fans down with your twisted content. Stop using overly dramatic music all the time. We need more humor. Your foam is too expensive. Your motors are too expensive. A freaking crafty kit is a hundred bucks. You guys explain and talk too much and don’t do enough. Bring back your old style of video, and you’ll see increased support. Old doesn’t mean bad. Your new style of videos for the last couple of years has evolved to appeal to customers, not “flitetest family”. Where did all the patriotism go? This is the saddest thing on RUclips ever for me. I truly feel disappointed in my long term obsession with flitetest. Since I was 11 everything was flitetest for me. I am over 16 now, and I feel “modernization” had weakened you. Nothing is really fun to watch anymore. Everything offers an opportunity of criticism. I don’t know when you guys will realize this or even read my comment that I’ve wasted 10 minutes to write. I really hope this comment wasn’t a waste of time. My obsession of rc has drifted apart due to the stupid expensive of fun and inspiration. I’d never thought we’d have to pay to watch more flitetest. I’d never thought we’d have to pay double to purchase plane materials and electronics. I’m only 16, and I do wish to be able to be all in and involved with this hobby, but I’m no careless $$ spender. I respect money, and I respect this hobby. You guys make it hard to respect both.
Arvin Singh so true, I feel as disappointed
Same
I don’t know when if ever they’ll improve :(
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you guys know they're taking *their* hobby and *their* RUclips channel in a way *they* like right? This isn't just to appease you guys? Of course RC is expensive, its small planes flying around with wireless connectors to the ground and an electric motor that flies it through the sky. Of course the foam is expensive its purpose built. Just chill and watch the vid.
such a smooth transition into the sponsor ad, true professional
My favorite fighter plane .... P51 Mustang...it was first built and tested and flown in about 90 days during WW2.......
Thank y’all so much! I bought a plane kit last summer and when I tested it it was fine, but when I went to fly it this winter the propeller was acting up. Now I no why, one of the moter’s wire’s connections is sketchy!
When I saw this mustang, it suddenly began to cry. I don't know why, maybe music and a look at something so amazing.
You should try building one of these!
"Ekranoplan"
A ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIG), ground-effect craft, wingship or ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н), is a vehicle that is designed to attain sustained flight over a level surface (usually over the sea) by making use of ground effect, the aerodynamic interaction between the wings and the surface. The type is typically intended to operate from water like a flying boat, but some can operate over any flat area such as frozen lakes or flat plains similar to a hovercraft.
Yes, please. Please build a flying Buzz Light-year! To Infinity and Beyond!
Yes, you definitely need to do a buzzlightyear, would also like to see a kit for pod racers.
Please do challenges again. I miss that
Awesome seeing my favorite youtube partner with my favorite game for a video. I been playing WT for years now. Any of yall FT community wanna squad up, hmu. ESPnocturnal
Ayyy. Wassup. I don't got a mic but I'll join ya. TomCatInDrok I'll probably message ya within a week. (My schedule is a mess....)
I soo ready for a master series mustang! My first rc plane was the master series corsair and I love it. I seen the mustang on a computer in an episode last week I think, and I've been excited since.
i love master airscrew. they make some great scale props. I put one of their large 3 blade props on my custom spitfire and couldnt be happier.
I was waiting for a big P-51B Mustang. Great video.
Build 360 cameras into the monsters
Awesome that Warthunder is sponsoring you. That's a add i can stand behind cause that game is truly awesome 👍
Wow that chasing footage is *incredible* nice flying!!
Life sized Buzz Lightyear!!!!! Woohoo. I am all in...
The A-36 / P-51a design was referred to as a "razorback"
As I recall, the A-36 was equipped with dive brakes, and wasn't supercharged as high altitude performance wasn't a priority, I'm not certain on this next point, but I believe it had an allison rather than a RR merlin.
Do a bubble canopy variant
A little hint: tape your motor connectors. Even just a single wrap of ordinary clear tape or packing tape goes a long way in keeping bullet connectors together. Doesn't replace CRAP in any way, but does add a bit of extra flight security.
Next can you try to make a lifting body plane
I've logged little over 800 hours on war thunder I love it SO much.
This is what we call a nerd neck
You guys should make a life sized model.