A crash when I grew up WAS THE END OF THE WORLD! The planes took many months to build (gluing each balsa wood rib and fuselage piece one at a time) and they didn't just "glue back together" easy like foam. I remember my dad hit a pole at San Diego stadium at full throttle! I think he cried and was depressed for weeks. You guys and these easy to build planes make it seem sooooo much easier!
Well sir, the planes that the crew have been coming up with, are pretty rigid and they also have a lesser build time.... My Viggen's taken 7 crashes till now, and nothing major has happened yet, apart from my prop slicing the Viggen's rudder in half...
I dont mean to be so offtopic but does someone know a trick to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my login password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me.
@Ashton Langston Thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and im trying it out atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
I hope Flite Test continues to be successful. I hope your company is around for a long time. You guys are very generous with your time and knowledge. Thank you.
i just crashed my FW 190. total loss. I walked away being a good sport about it, but as soon as I got home and really looked at it i started seeing dollar signs and got really bummed.
Great videos, I just flew my Apprentice for the first time today(first time ever flying) and I did good. The ground was too rough to taxi well, so I did the walk of shame. But I didn't crash and she's ready to go again. Thanks Flight Test, I couldn't have done it without you!
I've been flying all summer. When a plane crashes, I either give it away or strip the parts to sell them. Also have been supporting some local hobby folks with paying for repairs ($20-$30 an hour). I've been watching your vids from sometime and last night put the time in for my first repair. Radian Pro motor and nose vibrated off during flight. I waited for the parts but my repair guy was busy with the holidays. It probably took me 10 times longer than necessary but I worked on it all night to rebuild the nose, reinforce it and test it. I took it up this morning and it FLEW! So rewarding to see my repair hold up. 20 min flight smiling the whole time. Thanks for all that you do and share! The podcasts are awesome, too!
Great series! Really enjoyed the content and the presentation. Thank you for taking the time to spell out the essentials. I'll be watching these videos over and over again, and referencing them as I progress with this hobby. Great job fellas. Nice production value.
Man, where were these videos when I bought my first plane 6 years ago haha. Just recently got back into the hobby, and these videos have been an amazing resource. Thanks guys.
The CRASH part good side, is the rebuilding. I realy enjoy it, U oftenly improve Ur model this way. i ve modified & improved many models after crashing em. Example : AXN floater Jet : has a very reinforced structure and the fuselage is covered with brown paper bag slices soaked in white glue, painted in black n white & varnished. Weights now 850g, will change wings for Bixler 2 wings & for winter will install skies with chucks. We destroy (crash) & we build (create) :) i LOVE IT
I am a newbie getting ready to become an rc pilot. I absolutely love how you 2 gentleman take time to make videos like this. Josh and Josh, you guy are amazing and thank you. I do have 1 question. I spoke with someone who is an experienced pilot and he told me to purchase the Timber X. Would you agree with this plane as a beginner plane? Thanks guys. Have a blessed day.
The Super Cub has been my trainer. I've crashed and broken it in all the places shown in this video. I've repaired, or replaced the parts, and still love flying it. Great video! Thanks for sharing.
My first RC plane was a Hobbyzone Champ. I took it to the local baseball diamond, super excited! I took it off, and crashed it into the dugout about * seconds later. I felt horrible!! I snapped the wing in half! But, I made the mistake of learning by myself, and that is just beginners luck I suppose. Thanks for the beginner series and all your videos Flitetest!!!!!
My very 1st experience with brushless and lipo's was on a boat, it was pretty wild watching it burst into flames in the middle of a lake.. I learned alot about amps and volts that day.... lol
Got my first rc plane from online. Too excited to fly even though it was sooo windy! Had a few secs in the air, then.... BBBAAAMMM!! it went right to the ground at full speed... Damaged motor, broken cockpit. Disaligned shaft. But I wont give until I master this hobby. thanks for the inspiring video. from the Philippines.
i like your speed build kits cuz ive got 3 the first 2 i completed destroyed on the first flight. second one same case, and the third one i just finished fixing it and the best part ive gotten better everytime and the electronics hold up so well that i can transfer to the new plane. I love the speed build kits!
Great vid as usual guys. You need to also think about the reason for your crash. Always a good idea to range test a model after a crash cause it will highlight radio problems.
Shad3yB That's good to hear.I'm a club instructor and you wouldn't believe how many crashes there has been at my local club where the aircraft failed a range test. No signal = No control.
I'd like to see a beginner video on multicopters. Perhaps explain the different kinds of setups: tri, quad, v-tail, H, X, Y (and Z?) and how they differ in handling. Also what to look out for if you are starting...
My parkzone T-28 got disconnected from my radio and it just spiraled down. The wings just broke cleanly off and the whole cowl and motor got wrecked. This video was REALLY helpful. Thanks!
After flying and crashing my trainer 8 to 10 times I put it in the closet and gave up.But after watching your video's I cut it up got a hot glue gun fixed what I broke and been flying ever since.I now have 8 other planes and just purchased the fly zone f 4u select scale corsair(BIG PLANE).Thanks for the inspiration to keep flying!
I'm 14. Started flying rc. Crashed 2 times and I've been flying every couple of days for about a year. Had to repair both crashes and on both occasions I was bummed. I would say the hardest bit about a crash is having the guts to fly it again. But I know its just part of the hobby
Hey FliteTest, could you please make a swappable candy cane plane for the holidays!! Even if you don't have it for new years or Christmas, I would LOVE the planes to such a plane. PLEASE make one and distribute the plans! Thanks!
Can you repair that fuselage with the hot staple method? I use that method to repair plastic, but not sure how it would work on foam. Please let us know, it would save us all a lot of money. Not a lot of weight involved.
I got a sky surfer about a month ago for my first plane and I can fly inverted for bacically the whole time , do loops, rolls, vertical rolls,rolls while I'm inverted and am learning different maneuvers each flight I hope someday I can be like you with my own plane and sponcered by hobby king
Hi, you guys have inspired me so much and i really want to make one of my own i got a 1400KV moter 10T awhile ago to use on a drone but i want to do a RC plane instead i have a 1400KV moter with a 30A ESC and im trying to figure out what battery so you and have watched the whole series up lintel now still cant figure it out if someone can reply that would be great
4:19 A matter of milliseconds you mean. IDK the RPM's of airplane motors but one time I had my quad flip up and I punched the throttle while going for the kill switch at the same time (Edit: on accident obviously). And the very small delay before the disarm worked a motor smoked and 2 ESC's stopped working.
What would we do without you guys ? By the way my first flight I did a nose dive from 5’ high at 2mph and my umx turbo is completely destroyed. I gotta find another plane that isn’t so frail.
rotate servos by hand? I thought that could damage it and should be avoided. In fact I broke one rotating by hand (it seems it got stuck after rotating it by hand and then broke the gears, but was working OK before when powered by radio).
I recently had a crash yesterday with my smallest plane (a 50$ 3 channel foam jet) that mid air collided with a huge scale q400.. lets just say flying it straight into the huge propellers and ripping the engine off is gonna be bad… for my lil jet
Hello I'm have seen most of all your how to fly videos and I want to know if you have a suggestion in a quadcopter for me to fly under 50$ and what parts to get
But what if you fixed the 2 broken wings after a severe crash, but then gets stuck on a very tall tree on the highest branch. It happened today, 30 minutes ago. I am now depressed.
I just got my plane yesterday and the motera have a clicking sound to it but when i put a throttle input up it rotates for a sexond and stops and i dont know what to do
Hi josh i have prepared the airplane. which have the 59 inches long wing and chord os 7 inches. His structure weight is 280 gram. So please suggest me which type of motor should be installed. And plz give me guidelines for before fly.
A crash when I grew up WAS THE END OF THE WORLD! The planes took many months to build (gluing each balsa wood rib and fuselage piece one at a time) and they didn't just "glue back together" easy like foam. I remember my dad hit a pole at San Diego stadium at full throttle! I think he cried and was depressed for weeks. You guys and these easy to build planes make it seem sooooo much easier!
Its so tedious. My first 4 channel plane is going to be a guillow edge 540. I've done a guillow super cub and the ribs sucked.
Well sir, the planes that the crew have been coming up with, are pretty rigid and they also have a lesser build time.... My Viggen's taken 7 crashes till now, and nothing major has happened yet, apart from my prop slicing the Viggen's rudder in half...
I dont mean to be so offtopic but does someone know a trick to log back into an Instagram account??
I was stupid forgot my login password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me.
@Jeremias Patrick instablaster ;)
@Ashton Langston Thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and im trying it out atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
I hope Flite Test continues to be successful. I hope your company is around for a long time. You guys are very generous with your time and knowledge. Thank you.
Keep your camera running, a crash is never as bad when you get a video to upload. :)
i just crashed my FW 190. total loss. I walked away being a good sport about it, but as soon as I got home and really looked at it i started seeing dollar signs and got really bummed.
So sad. I know the feeling. Sorry about it man ( I know I'm a bit late )
Great videos, I just flew my Apprentice for the first time today(first time ever flying) and I did good. The ground was too rough to taxi well, so I did the walk of shame. But I didn't crash and she's ready to go again. Thanks Flight Test, I couldn't have done it without you!
I've been flying all summer. When a plane crashes, I either give it away or strip the parts to sell them. Also have been supporting some local hobby folks with paying for repairs ($20-$30 an hour). I've been watching your vids from sometime and last night put the time in for my first repair. Radian Pro motor and nose vibrated off during flight. I waited for the parts but my repair guy was busy with the holidays. It probably took me 10 times longer than necessary but I worked on it all night to rebuild the nose, reinforce it and test it. I took it up this morning and it FLEW! So rewarding to see my repair hold up. 20 min flight smiling the whole time.
Thanks for all that you do and share! The podcasts are awesome, too!
Great series! Really enjoyed the content and the presentation. Thank you for taking the time to spell out the essentials. I'll be watching these videos over and over again, and referencing them as I progress with this hobby. Great job fellas. Nice production value.
Man, where were these videos when I bought my first plane 6 years ago haha. Just recently got back into the hobby, and these videos have been an amazing resource. Thanks guys.
The CRASH part good side, is the rebuilding. I realy enjoy it, U oftenly improve Ur model this way. i ve modified & improved many models after crashing em.
Example : AXN floater Jet : has a very reinforced structure and the fuselage is covered with brown paper bag slices soaked in white glue, painted in black n white & varnished. Weights now 850g, will change wings for Bixler 2 wings & for winter will install skies with chucks. We destroy (crash) & we build (create) :) i LOVE IT
I am a newbie getting ready to become an rc pilot. I absolutely love how you 2 gentleman take time to make videos like this. Josh and Josh, you guy are amazing and thank you. I do have 1 question. I spoke with someone who is an experienced pilot and he told me to purchase the Timber X. Would you agree with this plane as a beginner plane? Thanks guys. Have a blessed day.
Yes, that's definetly a good starter airplane.
I like how you have your new thrust-vectoring jet design just chillin' in the background there.
Look Forward not every time goes all fine nice to see and Merry Christmas from Switzerland Tom
You guys are great ambassadors for the RC sport. Thanks.
The Super Cub has been my trainer. I've crashed and broken it in all the places shown in this video. I've repaired, or replaced the parts, and still love flying it. Great video! Thanks for sharing.
My first RC plane was a Hobbyzone Champ. I took it to the local baseball diamond, super excited! I took it off, and crashed it into the dugout about * seconds later. I felt horrible!! I snapped the wing in half! But, I made the mistake of learning by myself, and that is just beginners luck I suppose. Thanks for the beginner series and all your videos Flitetest!!!!!
That's the P(ee)in our C.R.A.P.
My very 1st experience with brushless and lipo's was on a boat, it was pretty wild watching it burst into flames in the middle of a lake.. I learned alot about amps and volts that day.... lol
Got my first rc plane from online. Too excited to fly even though it was sooo windy! Had a few secs in the air, then.... BBBAAAMMM!! it went right to the ground at full speed... Damaged motor, broken cockpit. Disaligned shaft. But I wont give until I master this hobby.
thanks for the inspiring video. from the Philippines.
i like your speed build kits cuz ive got 3 the first 2 i completed destroyed on the first flight. second one same case, and the third one i just finished fixing it and the best part ive gotten better everytime and the electronics hold up so well that i can transfer to the new plane. I love the speed build kits!
5:18 "pee in our crap" hahaha
Josh & Josh; Nice video on things to check if you Crash ! Thanks for the Video !
1:15 bottom right corner, new plane by david...
Great vid as usual guys. You need to also think about the reason for your crash. Always a good idea to range test a model after a crash cause it will highlight radio problems.
i hear you dude but in allll my CrAsHeS :) not 1 has been due to Range ,, lol Laugh yer crash off haha
Shad3yB That's good to hear.I'm a club instructor and you wouldn't believe how many crashes there has been at my local club where the aircraft failed a range test. No signal = No control.
I'd like to see a beginner video on multicopters. Perhaps explain the different kinds of setups: tri, quad, v-tail, H, X, Y (and Z?) and how they differ in handling.
Also what to look out for if you are starting...
My parkzone T-28 got disconnected from my radio and it just spiraled down. The wings just broke cleanly off and the whole cowl and motor got wrecked. This video was REALLY helpful. Thanks!
After flying and crashing my trainer 8 to 10 times I put it in the closet and gave up.But after watching your video's I cut it up got a hot glue gun fixed what I broke and been flying ever since.I now have 8 other planes and just purchased the fly zone f 4u select scale corsair(BIG PLANE).Thanks for the inspiration to keep flying!
wow your channel is huge. Finally I found some videos about rc planes because I have one and it is lot fun but it's quite tricky to repeir it!
I crashed my motion rc 64mm 3s f22 about 5 times! And I learned every time what not to do. And it still flies like a beauty
Watching all those crashes made me feel better about my crashes.
I just noticed u guys have 100k subs, I remember when you had 1000...
Now they have 1.5 million wow
And now they have 1.93 million.
Crashing is part of the fun as you learn to fix your stuff and gain experience
just wreked my brand new umx j3 cub this was a nice resfresher course
Also make sure to re-balance after repairing .
What about the better option. Flex tape
You can open servo up and rotate the main drive gear 30 degrees to have it miss the broken gear section, this will salvage the servo.
Nice video.....like the theme at the beginning ....for me its inspiring and cool.....
True. I learned a lot. But still an expensive start somehow. But love this hobby
I'm 14. Started flying rc. Crashed 2 times and I've been flying every couple of days for about a year. Had to repair both crashes and on both occasions I was bummed. I would say the hardest bit about a crash is having the guts to fly it again. But I know its just part of the hobby
do a crashing montage
Great Series !!!! Keep up the good work
Love 💗 you guys! #stayepic
do one for multicopters
Yet another great vid guys, nice to see even season vets still crash....lol
Very Helpful i would recommend this series
thanks this episode helped me very much
Learned something here. You can use hot water to mould the foam
What video is that where they hit the tower? That was bad!
Thanks I got my first plane because of you guy
That was another sales pitch for Horizon Hobby bet there sales are up big time
Hey what are good props for the mighty minis
I'm new to this hobby! Never owned a rc remote. I was thinking about getting a tx16 s rc remote for my first remote what's your thoughts on that?
One of my best flying experiences was flying my duet in 10-15 MPH steady winds.
Hey FliteTest, could you please make a swappable candy cane plane for the holidays!! Even if you don't have it for new years or Christmas, I would LOVE the planes to such a plane. PLEASE make one and distribute the plans! Thanks!
it that a foam board version of the viggen at :10?
Yes, david is releasing in the Jan of the uary!
austin holbrook
Sweet! EDF?
Grevlain
Yes. David said that it would take a 70mm EDF in the last podcast. 3S and 4S capable.
Finally! a scratch build viggen!
Can you repair that fuselage with the hot staple method? I use that method to repair plastic, but not sure how it would work on foam. Please let us know, it would save us all a lot of money. Not a lot of weight involved.
5:15 you need to get that checked out by a doctor lol
Thats the Pee in our crap haha
This is really helpful
Thanks guys!
I got a sky surfer about a month ago for my first plane and I can fly inverted for bacically the whole time , do loops, rolls, vertical rolls,rolls while I'm inverted and am learning different maneuvers each flight I hope someday I can be like you with my own plane and sponcered by hobby king
I learned to be patient when choosing a flying field when I crashed my glider into a fence and the wing got torn clean off
The risk of crashing makes it many times more exciting.
I love you guys xD
Just love to watch your videos, and the humor :p
great stuff guys
Very good videos and so nice advices thank you :)
good stuff
My first time crashing, i crashed into a speeding car
YOUR VIDEOS INSPIRE ME I LOVE YOU GUYS!!1
Hi, you guys have inspired me so much and i really want to make one of my own i got a 1400KV moter 10T awhile ago to use on a drone but i want to do a RC plane instead i have a 1400KV moter with a 30A ESC and im trying to figure out what battery so you and have watched the whole series up lintel now still cant figure it out if someone can reply that would be great
4:19 A matter of milliseconds you mean. IDK the RPM's of airplane motors but one time I had my quad flip up and I punched the throttle while going for the kill switch at the same time (Edit: on accident obviously). And the very small delay before the disarm worked a motor smoked and 2 ESC's stopped working.
I bought a corsair when i was like 12. The battery failed when it got pretty much destroyed on the first flight.
Good advice.
the c.r.a.p. link doesn't work btw
Can you guys make a comparison video of the different rc flight simulators :)
What would we do without you guys ? By the way my first flight I did a nose dive from 5’ high at 2mph and my umx turbo is completely destroyed. I gotta find another plane that isn’t so frail.
i have a FMS Cessna 182 sky trainer and my motor shaft is bent but i don't know what my motor is called to get a new one. can anyone help
my first fix was replacing the esc after 3 flights (water accidentally came into the fuselage so the next flight it burned up).
i got a broken control kind of the rudder. no need to replace it
rotate servos by hand? I thought that could damage it and should be avoided.
In fact I broke one rotating by hand (it seems it got stuck after rotating it by hand and then broke the gears, but was working OK before when powered by radio).
could you do a multicopter beginner series?
What’s the best way to fix a bent and creased elavator?
you guys are awesome
Pleeease do a Review on the Interceptor 2 thatd be aaaaaaaawesome!!!
I recently had a crash yesterday with my smallest plane (a 50$ 3 channel foam jet) that mid air collided with a huge scale q400.. lets just say flying it straight into the huge propellers and ripping the engine off is gonna be bad… for my lil jet
do you can build the "Ishani" from "planes"? many people likes it design
hi flite test. I broke my planes wing in the middle what would be the best why to fix it? thanks
p.s love the show
Hello I'm have seen most of all your how to fly videos and I want to know if you have a suggestion in a quadcopter for me to fly under 50$ and what parts to get
What is the highest winds it is safe to fly in?
But what if you fixed the 2 broken wings after a severe crash, but then gets stuck on a very tall tree on the highest branch. It happened today, 30 minutes ago. I am now depressed.
are you able to use hot glue without the styrofoam melting?
Drinking challenge: take a shot every time you hear a word you don’t understand
I just got my plane yesterday and the motera have a clicking sound to it but when i put a throttle input up it rotates for a sexond and stops and i dont know what to do
Great stuff--can you do a video on reshaping foam--I have problems with that..
not trying to be rude, but there's tons of videos about it on youtube
Mudux thanks Ill try another key word search and see what pops up.
skyviking2008 try searching for "repairing a foam plane"
Hi josh i have prepared the airplane. which have the 59 inches long wing and chord os 7 inches. His structure weight is 280 gram. So please suggest me which type of motor should be installed. And plz give me guidelines for before fly.
Can i share the pics of my plane? And how
Elbow that guy in the face!!..well that made my day xD
Josh is hilarious.
0:39 is an Amtrak K5LA
What about crashing in water?
I have one question what happens if my motor stops and it's brand new✈️✈️
How much do the flying wings cost?
What is the best copter to use for video footage?