DIY B-17 taking fire and blowing smoke from enemy aircraft! Who will win?💥✈

[@ilikeyourname4807]

The next logical step is a whole aerial battle: A bomber has a mission to drop ordnance on a certain target, the defending fighters have to take it down, but the bomber has one or two fighters to protect it , too. If the bomber is defeated before it can drop its bomb(s), the defenders win. If the bomber misses its target by a lot, the defenders win. But if the bombs hit the target, the attackers win, no matter what happens to any of the planes

[@arteniteodor1792]

YESSSSS

[@willpelkey1510]

YES

[@muskokamike127]

It's crazy difficult in a real bomber to hit the target let alone an R/C one. The "in a pickle barrel" Norden Bombsight, only 10% of bombs dropped with it landed within a mile of the target. That's why they used carpet bombing.

[@hellrot5241]

gotta wait till 3 mil

[@arteniteodor1792]

@@muskokamike127 so have multiple bombers, coming in waves (like 3 bombers at a time). And between waves change batteries. At the same time have 2-3 bombs on a Bomber and if he misses one he can try again but at the risk of being shot down. There are some holes but it’s possible !!

[@traveltrailerlife]

My uncle was a bombardier on a B-17......beautiful airplane you guys made....I'm a veteran of Vietnam and Iraq.....71 years old now.

[@willpelkey1510]

Thank you for your service. I am currently in the NC Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, and all I wish to do is help save and protect the citizens of this great country.

[@muskokamike127]

thank you for your service.....

[@halo1013]

I can't thank you enough for your service

[@wattage2007]

Good on you sir 👍

[@psotos]

Looks like you are also a fellow Paratrooper! AATW! 2/508

[@welshpete12]

That B-17 with smoke coming off one engine looked so real !

[@onionhat9141]

The fact they were able to make the b-17 take damage instead of actually making the plane take physical damage is astounding

[@yuxuanhuang3523]

I wish they would have something telling the hit motor to stop spinning, or make a control surface get stuck in it's position until the pilot hits a surrender switch to bring it back in one piece. It would only require a tiny PCB and would give real damage to flying characteristics. Then when the battle ends, you can just reset everything to land normally. Same for the fighters, just disable control surfaces once hit.

[@jamiecole2096]

Great work boys.

[@AcesHighMedia]

@@yuxuanhuang3523 too much risk for crashing involved in something like that. I think they did it the right way honestly, I just wish they had the smaller planes loaded with explosives if they got hit.

[@SnifflesPlayz]

@@yuxuanhuang3523 seems a little complex lol

[@paulineberry1029]

But really good planes and amazing video

[@scarlet_here07]

OMG Hi I'm Scarlet I'm the one who maned the bottom turet and omg this was so much fun Josh you are the best and thanks for thinking of me 😄👍

[@cjwojoe]

Are you the one screaming pew pew? 😅

[@scarlet_here07]

@@cjwojoe probably 😂😂

[@KenzoYamazaki23]

You're the one with the black eyeglasses?

[@scarlet_here07]

​@@KenzoYamazaki23no I'm the blonde girl with the pink shirt

[@KenzoYamazaki23]

@@scarlet_here07 I'm sorry, I thought you were the one with the black eyeglasses

[@TheTonester2312]

Beautiful plane. One day I'll make it out to one of these events. Can't believe I've been watching since the Josh and Josh days! What a Glow up.

[@diyrcplane9383]

Me. ALSO

[@jacenelson4048]

A full scale ariel battle sounds amazing

[@muskokamike127]

I think the first episode was when they featured the bixler and I promptly went out and bought one. I crashed it so many times and repaired it, it would no longer stay aloft so I bought another barebones and transferred all the electrics to it. Still have it. 10 years maybe? 9? something like that.

[@TheTonester2312]

@@muskokamike127 still have my FT Flyer 9/10 years later. They are great with lights.

[@joegilly1523]

I started when Peter was on.

[@alanbabcock1438]

Absolutely amazing! You guys are amazing. My Dad's B17 was blown out of the sky on their fourth mission over Germany. With the craft in flt spin apparently an AA round detonated the bomb in the bombay. My Dad was one of three to survive all whom spent the remaining months of the war as POWs. Dad would later spend many hours and missions as a crew chief in B 29s. He would have gotten a kick out of your creations. Thank you, God bless!

[@jigity7598]

And probably some ptsd

[@Plants-and-Ts]

My great grandpa manned the ball turret on the underside of a b-17 in ww2, his plane got shot down and he was a POW for many months, he lost about 50 pounds. He’s 99 now and has received the highest award a foreigner can receive from france

[@davidjester5085]

Please tell your grandfather we thank him for his service

[@chrispearce9224]

Massive amounts of skill and knowledge and enthusiasm went into this video. Very much appreciate you showing us. Thanx.

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

I love these things. One thing I would like to see more of is the big planes like the B17 being filmed from the ground on takeoff and landing. They look so much more realistic that way rather than having a camera on the tail or the wing. I like to see them taxi out to the hot spot to run up the engines. Then hit full throttle down the runway and gradually lift off like a fully loaded war bird. Then they do a bank to circle and form up. All of that looks so much more realistic when filmed from the ground. The other little cameras mounted on the aircraft are fine when airborne. They are good for filming the ground scene and really good for filming approaching hostile aircraft. Love these videos. I was a paratrooper for 9 years and have lots of jumps from C119, C123, C124 and C-130 aircraft as well as the HU1B. So, I've spent a lot of time 'chuted up and sitting alongside runways watching aircraft take off and land. It never got old with me.

[@timhyatt9185]

the one on the tail doesn't bother me because that's where a lot of games put the virtual camera. I would like to see more camera mounted in the cockpit so it it's a "pilot's eye view"...

[@bowmanzz1]

By far, this is my most favorite flite test episode. Thanks for all the hard work making this happen and inspiring people

[@jonathanstudinka8774]

As a grandson of a grandfather that served in the us Air Force. He flew b 52s, b17s and a couple other planes. I have seen some of his old flight plans and logs. He flew about 50 missions that we know of. I wish I could know the name of the planes he flew. Great job flight test team.

[@Echowhiskeyone]

Go bigger, B-29. An awesome finish to this build.

[@oculusangelicus8978]

What an amazing flight! The B-17 looks so real right down to the exhaust streak on the engine cowlings and to have actual functioning turrets just adds to the realism! You guys have seriously outdone yourselves in this Plane, too bad the Messerschmidt crashed and broke up it would have been seriously cool to have footage of the two German fighters attacking the B-17, but when the engines started smoking....that was just so cool looking, as if we were actually following behind a Bomber taking damage! VERY COOL GUYS! I wish I lived in your area, I would so be a part of your community events! Thanks for all the work you guys do for all of the young upcoming generation of future hobbyists, they will look back on the days they shared with you and your crew with great fondness and it encourages them to do more wholesome activities and to develop their talents, I know you guys will be remembered with great love and appreciation for your involvement in the community! God Bless and I look forward to your next video!!!!

[@davidjester5085]

People like you and the rest of the community that follows us are the true inspiration. Thank you very much for the kind words

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Honestly still a great time! Flite Test crew have done a great job in bringing up an amazing aircraft and getting it involved in fun experiences.

[@ArmaGuyz]

Im so glad you got that B17 back down with out a hitch. Thats an absolutely incredible build. Also 40+ Missions... Most men didnt make it the 25 to go home. Those missions were long and extremely nerve racking and I cant even imagine seeing so many of your buddies go down in a ball of flames and you cant even turn back to check on them and then have to get up go out and do it again and again.

[@manjisaipoe517]

I really love the warbirds and everything you show, this whole build has been amazing! That said, I still think a half scale U-2 with ducted fans would look fantastic. Keep up the great work everyone, and don't stop dreaming and pushing the limits!!!

[@jelmhoud]

I just built a model of the U-2, and I was surprised at how much bigger than a Spitfire it is. It is over twice as long and almost three times the wingspan.

[@capnhardway]

I love that you showed your pilot error on takeoff the other day.. I had my new P 51, checked didn't catch the reversed elevator, caught the aileron.. I'm having my wife remind me now lol. I was beating myself up, feeling bad. Everybody can make mistakes, making each other aware can help prevent the accident. Thank you!

[@DBCOOPER932]

14:29 is when take off happens 15:25 first scout plane is in the air 15:29 second scout plane airborn

[@scubapro54]

The smoke looked perfect. It looked just like old video of damaged bombers. Congrats guys, the whole series was amazing.

[@jimmymaxz]

some of the cams are static or just not moving

[@73E_.6]

Ye

[@Uncle_T]

Yeah I'm wondering what's with the static and frozen frames? :/

[@thameth]

Looks like there were render errors in the edit and the video wasn’t QC’d before upload.

[@flappie3000]

Yes actualy

[@Lozzie74]

They were showing that the cams weren’t working.

[@FallenLions]

my grandpa as a topgunner on the b17, flight crewchief, they wanted him close in case of issues with the aircraft if things happened. a flying fortress for sure

[@devingillis9661]

Just we you think that B-17 can't get any COOLER, BOOM!! Great job everyone. What an amazing experience.

[@yellowlabdavis7170]

Just down the road from Urbana!! The Champaign Lady !

[@mariahmayers8869]

I was able to fly in a B-17 once, it was a really fun experience and enjoyed it a lot.

[@davidm6256]

That was AWESOME!!!!! 👍 When the B-17 got hit and the trailing smoke, it looked sooooooo real! The B-17 was my favorite model to build when I was younger, matter of fact I just built a model of it last year, and I'm 63

[@therc4784]

I think I speak for everyone but we have been waiting for this video forever. Thank you guys for putting in all the hard work. It is amazing

[@ausm6294]

Hey guys, Dale from Aus here, been following this project from Aus since its inception, and it is brilliant. It is such a great example of a scale looking aircraft, which i think is testimony to your efforts and how well you looked into the detail of this lovely big B17, One suggestion and I guess it probably is not your first concern, but chrome spinner's on the ends of those props would really bring her into being the quintesential B17 replica, and maybe giving her scale props, as in black with the yellow tips.........You have allready done such a great job, I just think that the addition of those details may well be the icing on th cake for a truly spectacular looking B17..........

[@kkuenzel56]

That was Epic!!! Wish I could have been there! I've said it before but I'll say it again. I would love to see you guys build an adapter to fly RC aircraft with a PC joystick like what you did with the gun turrets on the B17. 🙏

[@PuFFerTV98368]

🔥me☝️ Didn’t they build a flight simulator a while back? They have the know how do they have the money and time though?

[@O.L.D_RC]

Amazing as always! J.Bix trying his best to jinx the landing.😂 Thank you so much for all of the inspiration. One of my early planes was a Scout that I had to fly within a football (American) field. I was boxed by trees on 3 sides and powerlines on the fourth. I can't wait 'til I can get a Scout XL kit! Cheers, crew!

[@TuxMan404]

Nice B-17! Looks really accurate to the real thing.

[@ronfullerton3162]

And that feeling of reality was maintained in the air as well. So beautiful in flight. The 109's having fast overtake of the bomber was good at keeping it realistic. Too bad that didn't work out. All the people and all the crazy undertakings of the FT group over the years have been a great trip! So wonderful to see the trend continue onward.

[@1967davethewave]

That "Pew, Pew Pew" made the whole battle that much better!!!!! Keep it up guys, you rock!

[@Av-vd3wk]

Didn’t test the systems beforehand - classic! 😂

[@MZIH]

In my opinion, this event feels special because in war thunder, you are piloting a virtual aircraft and it feels far from reality. But piloting a plane like this irl and battling makes this a non-realistic feeling while conscious that it is happening in reality, and that is what would give such a special experience. So I really support your channel and the awesome things you are making and flying out.

[@maxhunt6766]

Been watching FT since the beginning. Best video and builds yet. Keep it going guys. The love you guys have for flight is is unmatched! 💪❤️

[@PCBWay]

Can't agree more 🍻

[@Ronaldl2350]

That's great, getting and honoring those WW2 veterans and Their stories! My dad was a WW2 veteran, hits home.

[@seaskimmer]

That looked so realistic from the air, wow. Awesome job to everyone.

[@yuuzyerbrejn9603]

Too cool for school, great work! Next add some LED light strips to indicate hits visually on each of the planes. Great job shooting up the chasers, ladies!

[@DadsRCHangar]

That was so epic, great she is still all together. Looking forward to the next build journey. 👍🏻

[@fiero880]

That B17 looks soooo amazing and realistic in flight.

[@globinboopin4226]

Surprised that they are willing to risk the b-17 after all the time they worked on it.

[@JohnnyWednesday]

That's the beauty of foam, cheap and quick :) it's so much fun building new stuff - B-17 today, B-52 tomorrow

[@phuocloc6030]

They did all the hard works to make it realistic.

[@muskokamike127]

@@JohnnyWednesday yes, it has revolutionized the R/C plane world. The old school way of stick building and skinning it would take thousands of man hours. Guillows makes one (rubber powered) and it's incredible......

[@Dusty-Builds]

I really wish there had been people interviewing solders from WWI. My grandfather fought in the trenches in French. He was part of the Red Arrows from Wisconsin. I only remember a few of the stories he told me as a child.

[@flyboywbl]

If you like WWII B-17 stories, read "a higher cal" by Adam Makos. Absolutely incredible

[@johnhanson5943]

Great stuff. A B17 crash site is near by backyard in Germany. 4 men died there. All young men. They were fighting against totalitarian oligarchic-fascism / evil. Let’s not forget that the enemy of back then could reform and come back well camouflaged. I believe we face the same foe now in different colours. Well done for recreating this part of history and remember what it was all about!.

[@Itz_PinkyYT]

Idea: build a jet with 4 engines and making the fastest rc jet ever

[@Lozzie74]

You might want to search vids on the current record holder. It’s seriously fast.

[@x2_uraimtrash367]

No they should use actual jet engines

[@Nightmare-kg7xd]

Yes

[@Rowan.Albright]

Great work with this FT, looks amazing! I've been working on a project of my own recently and was wondering where you got the 3d model for this B-17? If you designed it yourself what did you reference to get it looking right?

[@MrDbone75]

A very good Sunday morning to you all in the USA from Wellington Somerset in the UK

[@EJ-74]

Absolutely 🔥 EPIC 🔥

[@realozark2349]

Totally EPIC! Best air combat yet. I think you should name the B-17 as the Flite Test flagship and use her as the kickoff flight at Flite Fest for as many years as she remains airworthy. Such a great effort deserves a great honor. I hope to bring my FT F-16 Redtail Viper to Edgewater this fall and have a little dogfight with J. Bix flying the F-18 Super Hornet. Thanks for all the inspiration and entertainment. I can't wait to see what you crazies come up with next, but it occurs to me that the B-17 is, after all, a bomber....

[@AnthonyCotto]

Something broke when editing or exporting your video. When it cuts to fpv footage early in the video, I'm only seeing the first frame and it holds until the next cut.

[@BMM8621]

I’m sure we can all agree that the best Flite Test videos are the ones that contain shooting and fireworks

[@privateprivate5373]

blank spots in video...

[@PokecraftGD]

im not even kidding i got a war thunder ad while watching this right after the sponsored part

[@Michael_Too_Turnt_Fan]

First

[@Lozzie74]

I’ll bet you always come first

[@Michael_Too_Turnt_Fan]

@@Lozzie74 Your right I do

[@giuseppe4909]

I’m just catching up on this whole series…. WOW. You guys have created something amazing there ! Incredible work !

[@keithbrown2458]

Watching that B-17 fly just brings tears to my eyes is so beautiful as always flight test is the best great family to be a part of I consider you family because I’ve invited you into my house for many years you’ve invited me into yours thank you

[@cameronwebster6866]

A full scale RC only (and made with similar materials to the B-17) BD-5 would be pretty cool. The fact that there's no pilot would mean you could reduce the weight by way more than just the pilot. (Remove the pilot's weight, less power is required, which reduces weight, weight reduction means the structure doesn't need to be as strong, which reduces weight.)

[@theaquarian5849]

9:08 'Destroy the drone!'....Based 👍

[@oregonsbragia]

Haha I caught that too 😂

[@MarkMarvin1983]

Oh I’m so glad that you didn’t really destroy it!!! That’s a masterpiece!! Awesome flight!! Great job everyone!!

[@Killerplanes]

I simply can not believe that ball turret!!!! And the B17 comes through- like the real ones!

[@jedmetheny3710]

Literally one of the coolest RC experiences I've ever seen.

[@ChainsawFPV]

"Like pushing a big wheel barrow". Except for the 2 machine guns pointed at the twins........ Lmao. Epic video Flite Test crew!!!!!

[@brodygarvin]

Hey Flitetest, I have a video idea for you guys and I think it’s amazing, but it could be challenging. My idea is make BuzzLightyear fly, like in the movie Toy Story when Buzz flies with woody to try to get to the moving truck full of the other toys, I am wishing you guys do this because I have never seen this done before and I watch you guys all the time and I’m a huge fan of you guys.

[@Daytonafox1]

You guy's need a building on site now as a museum just to display the build planes and projects then charge the public to view in future. awesome plane this was amazing.

[@tjmusa]

thanks for posting for us that have always wanted to fly R.C. planes and never did, you did what we have all wanted to try. a live air to air R.C. combat. thanks and great job and fun.

[@bkbinj6320]

That B17 trailing smoke was amazing.

[@bfriesen2636]

this was an incredible journey thanks for bringing us along for the ride.👍

[@MyFizzypop]

WOW! would be nice to see 2 maybe 3 flighing together guys

[@mistaswishasweetslenoir1184]

Love how you guys have incorporated 3D printing planes into your videos. Your scratch builds are awesome and this 3D brings it next level. Great job. I loved the 3D motor ultra light (quick silver) video. I’d love to build that one if you guys bring that back or share the files ,smaller of course. Just an idea. Or the X-Men jet you could easily do that one or the He man Falcon jet thing , in honor of the retro remakes of our favorite cartoons growing up they are currently making.

[@docink6175]

the fly by with the sound of those props was AWESOME and the wives shooting back !!! I got you pew pew... I was rolling!

[@repalmore]

You could take this show on the road. Tour with an air show to fly before or at intermission. Big tent with huge monitors (TVs?) so the crowd can see the pilot and turret views.

[@jerryh4400]

That B-17 turned out beautiful. you guys are amazing!

[@SkipBuiltRC]

Amazing Job and Detail. Everything Anyone could want in a B-17 and More. Thumbs Way Up. Woo Hoo !!! Shared this Vid on my channel. Great Job Guys. Skip

[@DrMurdercock]

The amount of work that goes into this kind of video is insane. NOt only is building the stuff time consuming and difficult, but you are filming it, editing it. Wild

[@azgarogly]

B-17 with a smoke trail.... loooks aawesome!

[@neboskii8756]

Imagine a whole bomber squadron of these giant RC planes complete with fighter escorts plus bandits and flak in a huge RC event

[@Mark-pk7xz]

Wow guys great job I have been flying since the Kraft block 2 channel was new flew targets 1/5 scale migs for my unit 1st Battalion 55th ADA when i was serving but you guys ROCK !

[@tomni8493]

The sound of that beast when it flew by is amazing!

[@brianroberts815]

I've followed this plane from build, your first flight to this epic event. Wow, ya'll really got it goin on here.

[@nothingbutthisthatandtheother]

Oh man, Airlift actual shooting, is the only way to go. Real Fights, all aircraft must be same exact scale with foam as the main component and paper to accurately reflect the damage done by Air Soft etc. Two full Air Forces with Supply Helos, Fighters, Bombers supporting two 500 strong Air Soft Armies battling it out. All "guns" on Vehicles and on person to be wired with mini HD cams as well as all gunners turrets to correctly fight in VR! Live Streamed, this could be a Professional Sport imagine a 1000 strong Air Soft true life sim battle with real Air support and dog fights etc now that's the real deal

[@HawaiiGoesFishing]

That's awesome. The B-17 is my all-time favortie aircraft. I hope someday to be able to fly in one.

[@mattmmilli8287]

Flitetest is pretty inspiring.. they went from popular channel to a pretty nearly dead channel and back to kicking ass again

[@centauri9458]

Two words... Air Soft Being foam construction maybe onboard guns would penetrate opponent's aircraft, tanks or watercraft. Maybe also add air to surface rockets. Bombs made like airsoft grenades. The laser tag looked so real with the smoking engines. Glad you guys didn't blow up the B17 they were the most beautiful war planes in my opinion

[@MaxPowersHedgehog]

This is pretty much your coolest video Flite Test. Seeing the smoke coming from the wing like that was so cool

[@fourthwindrc5125]

Beautiful beautiful! I wonder if you can put a mortar tube in the fuselage then after the 4 motors smoke it’ll launch the mortar out of the fuselage for the final “bang”!!

[@SQUIZZAR]

RC air combat in first person, full emersion is the future!

[@jazz1on]

Excellent guys - as true to life as you can get - from the ground !!

[@animationcycles7109]

You should make a video with as authentic taxi, take off, flight possible, and see how real you can get it to look on screen. If I remember correctly, the 1980s Memphis Belle, quite a few scenes were radio control aircraft.

[@skypiratebebop2176]

Fantastic as always, very challenging but worthwhile and satisfying. How about taking on a build for the Royal Air Force Lancaster Bomber and attempt the good old DamBusters Bouncing bomb?

[@muskokamike127]

"he's so much slower than me" yeah, that's the trick....fighters come in fast and hot and hopefully blast past without taking any hits then climb again for another attack meanwhile you have mustangs all over you. That's why the B-17 had some many guns......

[@oregonsbragia]

Yeah I got the feeling that there was no technical problem. Ol boy just couldn’t get a hit on the big slow bird.

[@musician1103]

With Jason being the main pilot, you should do something below the cockpit window "pilot:Jason"

[@OpaFPV]

Jason, amazing landing! Great episode! So happy to see Flite Test Manufacturing dominate! :)

[@JennaCee]

Again - this is soooooo cool!! What is next - Space flight?????

[@samhaines8228]

so impressive the integration of techniques and technologies you use to create your content. The result is a work of art married to a huge amount of fun!! Kudos to your team and for all the effort that goes into these projects. Wish you continued success.

[@davidarundell9402]

Me too watching the other Josh learning to fly and all the good beginners tips. Thanks Flite test 👍 if I didn't live thousands of miles away I would visit 👍👍☺️

[@carlsoll]

The smoke behind the B-17 Engines were Great!

[@johnmcgee2806]

I discovered this channel today! You have a new subscriber. I'm an old rc pilot from glo days and LOVE your vids & special effects... you guyz ROCK

[@DrentseRedneckOfficieel]

That's amazing! You can do it over and over again without real damage.

[@superspaceman34]

Ah yes, cultured ones who like the B-17. What I don't like, however, is Spawncamper Simulator.

[@SomeD00D01]

Yeah

[@gravityfuzz]

I believe your wife is onto something. Flying an airplane like a baseball towards a batter seems like a total blast. I used to want to drive over my 130x heli for therapy so I get it. How about flying a pusher wing towards a batter that's taking a swing? At least the motor could be saved after a home run swing of therapy. Great work and fun. Thank you FliteTest!