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[@DarwinHorvath]

If it crashes nose first into the ground you can use it to measure the amount of snow at Edgewater.

[@kiwispaperplanes8585]

I really want to see the flitetest dudes do budget demolition derby battle with a small amount of money 💰 Each person makes their own plane, or in groups

[@surjaysart9210]

Absolutely

[@surjaysart9210]

Fr fr

[@kiwispaperplanes8585]

Yea if fitetest is looking, this challenge will be the best challenge EVER

[@surjaysart9210]

@@kiwispaperplanes8585 ikkk! They should also do a "spare parts" challenge where they use all of their extra junk lol

[@kiwispaperplanes8585]

I agree

[@SpareTimeProjects1]

Showing failures. Just as important to the community as showing monster battleships flying. Thank you

[@diyrcplane9383]

Thats true, ❤️

[@joshuamelvin]

Thanks brother. This one schooled me. ;)

[@tylercurtis441]

@@joshuamelvin, you should check out the guys over at willy nillies rc. c om. they have a vry approachable balsa setup, similar to your business. I think you should contact them and make a balsa foam hybrid collaboration project. :D let me know what you think thanks!!!

[@PeaceLoveLightTruth]

GreaT comment // advice !! - ))

[@RobR386]

The failures are what make it classic FT 😄

[@chuckinwyoming8526]

We often learn more from our failures than our successes!

[@BadIdeas101]

"Just throw the stupid thing!...ya, towards the sky.

[@MumetBoy_]

ok

[@seaskimmer]

@BadIdeas101 . The way he says 3,2... Can almost hear him think "ah sod it, let's go in for a hot cup of coffee by the fire".

[@jakobmunster1022]

Challenge: 2 teams with 2 People, one flies a drone the other one a plane. You have to fly around a course but the only thing both guys see is the fpv from the drone. So you have to fly through the course with 3rd person view. I think this could be a fun challenge!

[@kotori87gaming89]

This would be a very cool challenge. Come on @FliteTest, make this happen!

[@bullittsmith9921]

Yes this really should happen

[@ljmproductions1]

So a more advanced version of what they did with Alex and Matt a couple years ago; I thought that was really cool and would love to see them run it back.

[@walk4718]

One of the most amusing episodes !!! Love Stefan’s remark about the wind, “It’s over there”😆😆🙃

[@growsomeplace9987]

EPIC! A completely unexpected ending. Great video, and fun to watch.

[@furonwarrior]

I recommend adding a vertical stabilizer in the large circular wing and a horizontal stabilizer in the secondary smaller circle tail. Move the motors forward in the center of the large circle wing and only add one larger motor while adding servo motors to the stabilizer for better controlled flight. Differential thrust is not always the best option for light weight airplanes because it defeats the stabilizers causing a stall. Putting the motors on the bottom of the circle will cause it to flip which is what we saw because the angle of attack is in the center of the circular wing. You added the motors where the angle of attack would of been linear with the body of the airplane which is typically the same for the wings, which in this case, it isn’t. Thrust needs to be proportional with the wing. This is why adding a motor too high or too low from the horizontal center point of the wing will cause it to flip because the motor is essentially pulling the plane in the opposite direction where you’d wouldn’t want it to go. Long time fan of you guys all the way back from 2012. Love you guys and can’t wait to visit FliteFest sometime in the future... I’m very proud of all of you guys of how you grew FliteTest from Chad’s original idea into this wonderful company that values people and flying. Very excited to meet all of you someday. Because of FliteTest, I got both my amateur radio license and my Part 107 license to hopefully build a career around flight.

[@kiwispaperplanes8585]

Oooooh...kay

[@darkiee69]

And that's why if flew as a glider, but not with motors for those wondering.

[@ronaldcollins9618]

I'm 52 years old and really just getting into the hobby since covid. I love watching your videos!

[@scienceboyz8379]

The smaller one you guys were flying around about three minutes into the video, all I can say Is you guys do a great job with these things and I need one Immediately.

[@EinsamPibroch278]

Landlord Go: now you too can fulfill the fantasy of actually owning property in your lifetime.

[@glennesbit5069]

I know it's painful but I appreciate that you publish some projects that don't work out. Failing is Learning

[@null_focus5512]

that was actually legit cool. the most frustrating part of engineering is when the thing ur designing just wont work. but its also the best part. its the part where you learn what NOT to do. and thats how you get better. yall build some amazing things but this is a great reminder that when you try something new it doesnt always work out, and thats a good thing. keep on flying yall

[@SueBobChicVid]

I think that under "wing" longitudinal structure was messing too much with your airflow.

[@Icantdrive55]

Words that Josh almost never says: “This will never fly!”

[@NicholasRehm]

A little thrust vectoring and ~😎Active Stabilization😎~ will make it fly

[@amazoniancustodian]

I read the ~😎Active Stabilization😎~ with Robo Cop voice

[@kingpotatoman9180]

In my opinion these types of videos are so much better and more entertaining than the big build or ones that take a long time, maybe its just me.

[@BobAlexander]

That was 15 minutes well spent. Thanks!

[@Marshcar]

Haven't been this early to a flitetest video in a while

[@scottdaniels3033]

14:14 mins well spent, Good Sir. I love seeing you guys succeed, but sometimes seeing you build something crazy that fails, well this just shows me I can build better and don't worry about failing it gets better from here. Thank you

[@ejshef4]

I love all your content. The planes you build, the everyday items you make fly is all some of the craziest and greatest stuff I have seen. I will admit I am a warbird addict and just so thoroughly enjoy when you do military planes. One I have yet to see, and I personally love, is my favorite bomber, the B-1B Lancer. You have made multiple WWII bombers and the B-52, but I think the B-1 would be absolutely epic. The ability to vary the wing sweep would be epic, and I know you could pull it off, but it is not entirely necessary. Love your videos and keep up the great work.

[@dmyers9230]

What’s the R2D2 foam build in the background?

[@DadsRCHangar]

Always worth a test, you never know what great things will be learnt 👍🏻Great fun.

[@shadowofchaos8932]

This is awesome. I feel before about my failures now.

[@mathiasbrofalk8688]

The good old days flitetest is coming back!

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

Fun video! I would guess that you guys added way too much drag with the bracing and the dowels. And too much weight, landing gear and bracing. I think you should try this one again.

[@JohnHill-jm7tm]

3am and the Old Man from North Carolina loving the video and laughing. Y'all sre not the giving up type. I know you will work it out. Waiting for the next video. Love you guys. ✈😎💗

[@AdenSallaberry]

Yay, another video. just commenting to help you guys out in the algorithim

Well, finally an episode which represents almost all of my flying projects.. :D

[@edwardkie380]

Josh & Stafan, thanks for the attempts at ring wing flying ... Too funny ... Josh I'll resend the drawings I have here in Phoenix... That was fun ... Thanks ed

[@DanielSponholz]

The failures are fun to watch too! Life lesson, never ever let Stefan launch your plane. Ask me how I know. JK, Stefan. Luv ya bro! XD

[@snoo1296]

You're a legend Josh

[@EternalArrow]

This laser cutter is amazing

[@fuduzan5562]

I would really love to see your videos labeled in KZbin Chapters (where the timeline is segmented and segments are labeled) so we can jump around and reference specific points!

[@freemansfocus]

That was GREAT! I love your passion for making things fly (or trying to???)

[@minonim8749]

I believe that it you mount the motors ontop and have the battery on the bottom with the reciever and esc ect.. it could work

[@MorningView]

great episode...it glided and stalled so well of the deck

[@ap308]

Anyone else at 3:57 notice the Lipo battery mod on the drill? Super cool. Flite test needs to share their sorcery. Maybe on their tech channel.

[@gryfandjane]

Guess we won’t be seeing the plans for that one... ;-) Seriously, I’ve had a lot of fun taking things that just won’t fly, analyzing why they won’t, and tweaking the design until they do, maybe. You can really learn a lot about aerodynamics that way. Good episode!

[@Bendigo1]

I would try adding a few stiffening metal rings inside the tubes to keep them from losing shape during flight. Maybe some scrap lamp shade rings?

[@Bill_H]

Josh. How about you guys build a giant HK-4 Spruce Goose? Make it BIG!

[@TinyWhoop]

hot darn i miss you guys!

[@AnthonyZiblis]

12:12 you can see the youtube play button on recording the spongebob 5 minutes later thing. lol

[@thegreatwaffle-wo3zp]

This is one of my highlights of my day thanks

[@seaskimmer]

That was great! Good to see that it's not all amazing first time flyers.

[@mebetubin]

...process of elimination! I loved it!

[@jeepcj7dude]

I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT....... Stephan looks like ROBIN WILLIAMS when he smiles!!!!

[@Ryuuken24]

Put it in wind tunnel to figure out the best method to create lift. My best bet is exactly front center but, the weight will need to be divided for the whole thing.

[@smokeyjames2447]

BUILD IDEA:..What about a functioning crop duster. Like making a spraying system on the Scale Ag Plane?

[@linecraftman3907]

I still enjoyed this video very much!

[@imposter5433]

Subscriber from Philippines....

[@Defender9432]

Noah’s first sponsorship, I’m so proud. Josh’s son is really growing up.

[@CSClark272]

I never comment....but I loved this video. They cant all be bangers!

[@userTJ39780]

Fun build and experimentation. Get Peter Sripol's input and it will loop!

[@dylanhewitt4201]

Some more build ideas: recreate the inverted landing pitts with landing gear on the top wing and bottom, Jato rockets on a plane(preferably a large Hercules), recreate the Wright flyer, build the swing wing nasa test aircraft

[@lancelatta7456]

Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you.

[@webward1]

Josh, I have been tinkering on the idea of sending you THIS idea for a while. To wish you were to build a straight, two circular hole flying device. A Crazy Circular Yard Stick Plane, as you put it. I was originally inspired by seeing one in a flight contest held in a gymnasium. Where? I am not sure, but maybe the the 100 paper airplane book. It won the distance prize. What I am surprised is that there is already work done on this concept before, proportions, like the length of the shaft, the width of the circle's band, the diameter of the each circle in proportion to each other, if tested further can achieve far better results. Maybe you were not aware of all that. Don't give up. You inspire a lot of people by what you do and what you show in the process. I wish you all the best, Andre

[@ParaglidingManiac]

Anything will fly:) This thing is simply underpowered))

[@nacorti]

Not every Test Flite is a success - good on y'all for showing failures!

[@-Irrelevance]

You should make a ft dart but use caterpillar tank chains in it so you can use it as a multi-terrain land vehicle. What would be even cooler is if, on a switch of a switch, the caterpillar chains spun round from horizontal and inside the wing to vertical

[@X-OR_]

I saw that design in the Great international paper airplane book (1971)

[@BABALOOEY46]

Great job! Can we see some aerodynamics applied to those broad edges on the reinforced bits to see the difference that makes please? Sincerely OCD effected commenter.

[@Maceyee1]

So torque roll turned it through bank, it glides pretty well. Counter rotating props?

[@andrewlindley3204]

I saw an R2D2, I hope it's going to be flying soon and plans!

[@glennboyd939]

Can u make the rocketeer backpack? The coolest project that noone has tackled yet.

[@mrsmith4662]

Not every project is a success. That's real life!

[@dcjdesign_7892]

I love these kinds of videos!

[@iwalker1985]

Made my lunch break, I’m still laughing.

[@platonbabenko]

These guys are GOAT

[@tanvirsingh9525]

Can you guys build a mq-9 reaper please

[@donaldburkhard7932]

Put counter rotating inside rear hoop,. Make slight cone shape to loops?

[@mikeupton5406]

LOL! 15 minutes you will NEVER get back.... the struggle is real

[@aydenwarden8284]

You should fly drones through it at a flight fest

[@brucemiller607]

One of those I wonder>>> Now we know !!! Fun to see that not all ideas work. ;-]

[@legomanproductions9536]

Hey flight test, I challenge you to make a harrier jump jet.

[@ismatabu]

The 3rd prototype was like a nutball lol

[@GunganWorks]

Check out the paper airplane books by Norman Schmidt. Hands down, the best paper airplanes ever designed.

[@EricRobb]

Josh, I think everyone has a love hate relationship with canards.

[@bradbrown2168]

Have you used the new UV LIGHT glue they advertise hold bricks on walls? Might make for some interesting results.

[@slickniner]

I love this so much

[@dennyatnotts]

I'd be interested in seeing if the center of both wings was aligned. It means that the yardstick is out but that isn't much of a sacrifice.

[@trainsplanesandautomobiles2547]

Can we see more on the Cessna commuter

[@MadDragon75]

My finger board from Jr. High thought you were making a half-pipe for it. It want one that flies. 😃

[@MrRitzyVlogs]

I wonder if the props were rotating in different directions to cancel the torque.

[@charliemx7228]

Thats pretty neat

[@cmtetaboaco]

Santos Dumont made the 14bis fly and it’s basically this!

[@bradbrown2168]

More power!

[@shanetimberedowl9541]

Those flat surfaces are hitting differently. Either round them or angle them horizontal

[@donaldbarrett2267]

you guys should have some way to show which way the wind is blowing. Maybe something as simple as some ribbon on a stick or something like a scaled down wind sock and just for fun, make a beacon . Then you should have accurate numbers and stripes on the runway.

[@didierneeferc]

when will the Freedome fox be available in Europe?

[@loddude5706]

Axial thrust 'Caproni Barrel' with contra-rotating motors & roll control by 'mixed' torque? : )

[@syncate]

Would like to see you guys build a piaggio p 180 avanti ii as rc plane.

[@khristianzionsaclolo6837]

Project idea: flying ship from three musketeers.

[@Tradzonator]

AWESOME

[@jimarcher159]

What are the size of the hoops and the length of the rod?

[@klangsy1849]

At the start you attach these little fans to the paper version where can i get them

[@g.ravindernathyadav1617]

Guys what materials do u you use ,I'm used to build with balsa and the gas powered . I want try out with the other power sources and start from scratch to build my garage . Do put ur views on it . And yes it's the best channel in years that I have subscribed to

[@ProximoFPV]

5 dollars heres the things you need -yard stick -foam -cnc machine -a couple nuts - superglue -2 motors -2 propellers -escs -reciever -transmitter -batteries have fun!

[@joebaker5421]

Mo powa baby. Needs more power. Your test aircraft and the glide from the balcony all had more velocity