E-Flite Cessna 150 - MIDAIR CRASH

[@Bicketybam68]

As nice as these planes are, it always blows my mind of how good a quad pilot Alex is with such magical aerial shots he gets. It really makes a difference to have such nice steady shot of all the planes in action thanks to Alex. Cheers.

[@joaoejapa]

yeah buddy this channel hits different with those images

[@smaze1782]

Great review guys. Incredible video seriously! I just maidened mine last week. One of the most fun planes I've ever owned and I've been doing this since '86.

[@BadChizzle]

Josh... Been trying to grow my interest each day, by watching your videos. Built the mini Scout and have parts on the way. I'm hoping when I finally bring everything together and fly one for the first time, I can laugh and get the fun out of it that you do. You're an inspiration, Brother!! I'll bet you help a lot of people by giving them a creative outlet... and a great way to release the pressure... thanks!

[@rodcastler1177]

Alex has really mastered the quad and air shots. amazing.

[@DonDegidio]

What a shame. Maybe another 50 ft in altitude and both might have recovered. Please do make a video of the repairs. Will be a great way to show tips on how to repair larger foam aircraft.

[@p38pilotdk01]

propellers broke

[@DonDegidio]

Does a broken propeller prevent a dead stick landing?

[@jarrett1890]

Donald D'Egidio hmm maybe... The vibrations would be INSANE with that power system tho!

[@MrArr00]

They said the esc on one of them was dead, that would me no power to the whole plane...

[@microbuilder]

That'll buff right out!

[@air-headedaviator1805]

I don't know why I was laughing so much at the "Gyro" to "SAFE" translations.

[@glitchunicorn]

Air-headed Aviator yeah that made me laugh too.

[@Brian_Christensen07RC]

I was laughing hard at that too.

[@FlightChops]

I think the bird was an Osprey - very cool to see it attacking the plane!

[@MichaelVanHeemst]

FlightChops never expected to see you here

[@fossil98]

Yeah if it were anything other than a "ZOMG midair crash" video, that would be just as good a thing to put in the title.

[@cadenbooth2848]

Very interesting

[@airplaneguy1961]

Fossil98 p 😩😩😫😫

[@tomscoggins2115]

Tree 450

[@BE60IFR]

Great camera work!!! Probably one of your best FliteTest episodes! That crash (which ended the episode) was epic! Losing props, etc. I’m sold on the Eflite Cessna!

[@maixechrys6264]

Whoever is flying the camera drone is the LORD!

[@Bellairvideo]

Just wonderful boys....this IS my first BIG plane & just had it delivered here in Australia. Not flown yet but once I have the right batteries I will fly it like my Timber. Thank you so much

[@rcbros7601]

I just got a mini apprentice. Love flying. You guys are a big inspiration

[@dexterdean]

Thanks from oz flight test for all your gr8 video's. Makes life a lot easier when trying to choose your next plane and you guys doing all the hard yards in your reviews to see if it is worth it or not.. keep up the good work.

[@EnglishTurbines]

The air to air shots are probably some of the best I have seen....E-Flight will love this...and Spektrum.

[@Stevenowski]

Amazing videography!

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Alex and the camera guys are real kings of video.

[@UncleManuel]

Photobombed at 10:26 by the shadow of an airliner! Oo Great video! The crash footage easily could be used for air disaster investigation. It's amazing how quickly both planes stalled and spiraled out of control...

[@randygpetersen]

The thoughtful piano music at the end was brilliant!

[@GLHS592]

I think I'd cry if I lost my Cessna. I absolutely love mine. It is my favorite touch and go plane. It looks so real in the air, especially when coming in for a landing. Do yourself a favor and completely disassemble the nose gear and Loctite all the screws. A shim on the shaft between the control horn and the nose gear housing will help tighten it up too.

[@Starbuckin]

Beautiful vid brothers! This looks like a step way up from the Apprentice S 15 E with S.A.F.E.! Looks like E-Flite listened and made a plane capable of bigger batteries and even more cells plus flaps, wow! I fly my Apprentices with a 5,000 mAh battery already but a 7,000 won't fit in the battery bay. The quad flying and getting most of the vid was AMAZING! Great work!

[@MikePorterInMD]

I appreciate your honesty and showing the crash. For the time being, I am going to keep beating up my WR-DTFB planes. So long as I don't physically lose it, it's not hard to fix. Lost one so far!

[@joekelly8998]

I have built 22 of your planes and designed 3 on my own

[@nathanadams1332]

Joe Kelly What planes have you scratched built your own designs? Just curios

[@cbr7170]

Joe Kelly cool stuff dude

[@joekelly8998]

Nathan Adams Thanks for asking ! I have built to 2 Bushwackers, 7 mini arrows, 1 simple cub, 2 pun jets, 2 vectors, 1 ft spear, 2 super bees, 3 bloody barons , and 3 tiny trainers

[@turtlesthatfly5695]

I think I found the FT superfan.

[@nathanadams1332]

Joe Kelly What about your own designs

[@thedutchviking4156]

I love that the guys were visibly bummed because I was bummed with them! We all still get a little sad about crashing beautiful airframes. And yet such a great attitude in the end. Love you FT!

[@FliteTest]

Ha we WERE sad... indeed! hopefully we will actually be trying to rebuild them to fly again for another episode! ;) Thanks so much for the kind words my friend! Blessings!

[@danielmarin4493]

Wow, Alex has improved so much...those shots are amazing!

[@gavinhiller724]

"these planes are too pretty I want to keep these aroind (THUNK) Ohhh" -Josh 2017

[@capnpete1154]

Ouch! Great flying. Hated to see the midair, but was truly fun to watch. Love to get into this one.

[@conorhenderson4673]

I'm halfway through building your ft spitfire, it's such an easy build. Hope you keep it up

[@tinkart518]

Flite test's in-air videography is second to none! Awesome!!

[@andrewwilliams5844]

Way to keep the spirits high! Huge reason why you guys are so amazing

[@mikewashere9660]

AWESOME VIDEO GUYS! .. The one thing I'll mention is that on a grass field I've now had two nose gear fatalities, not of my fault mind you, but that the tiny metal rod inside the top of the gear is too soft of a metal, so if there are grass clumps in the field (most fields have them, crabgrass etc.,), the gear will bend backwards against the shroud, paved is best way to go! Otherwise, I really do enjoy this plane, everything and more than what I was expecting for my first large scale! Thanks Again F.T.!

[@DR.ROTTWEILER]

Ohh my God ..... I feel the pain with you. But I'm impressed that EPP material is no longer broken.

[@ulaB]

Josh and TJ, repeat after me: "SAFE MODE".

[@FliteTest]

+Balu lol! Hey we knew what we were talking about 😂 - TJ

[@Barcley0]

You guys are great fun to watch, thanks.

[@reptilesgamers00]

I feel you you should crash each plane part of your reviewer. Very informative and crashes make it fun!

[@forknuts]

This week on Bromancing the plane: ugh we touched each other. Lol great episode thou!

[@GroundControlRC]

Oh Man...That was sad ;-( Loved the review and the flight. I definitely want to see them fly again after the repairs. Fly, Crash, Repair, Rinse and Repeat. Thanks for the video and Happy Flying!

[@rl2109]

Nice video, and excellent chasing, Alex! The Touch and Go maneuvers were great, but that Touch and Go Down at the end was pretty harsh!

Awwww, part of me is sad but you are right. Show the community how to fix them up. I love a good repair challenge.

[@PetrincicBrosRC]

The best foam plane ever. But this crash was spectacular. Like I always say: it doesnt matter if you crash the plane as long as it is on the video;) Oh yeah... Great channel you have there guys and keep up the good work. Greetings from Slovenia, Pilot Robert

[@DeepRafterGaming]

Those whre some amazing steady drone shots... I'm impressed!

[@FliteTest]

Alex is quality for sure! We love that guy! ha

[@manuelbeltranmeza]

Just FliteTest Style. Unique. Saludos desde México.

[@juliantaylor9585]

Love your work guys. I want to get back into it just watching your videos.

[@JackSinger]

The bird attacking the plane looked awesome!

[@theavengers6338]

The drone pilot is just awesome dude just filmed everysingle second of the crash

[@leodanryan966]

I'm not a licensed pilot, but I used to fly Cessna 172's when with my friend Eric Hansen who is a licensed pilot. He did the takeoffs and landings. I just did straight and level flying. It was a blast. You certainly can't fly a real one like that, but It's fun to watch.

[@pallendo]

The music change to the more haunting music JUST before the hit was genius!

[@FliteTest]

Video editing at its finest... Christian and Jeremy do an AMAZING job! We are blessed to have them on board! ha

[@otm646]

With crashes like this I honestly think balsa repair is easier than semi costly complete foam replacements. That's a $15 balsa and covering crash assuming the firewall is ok. Landing gear should be designed to break away cleanly, not rip a large chunk out of the fuselage.

[@mark675]

Theyre not meant to be plowed into the floor, any damage from doing so is tough 😄

[@debramacbride2946]

What a beautiful aircraft! The photography is incredible! Such a bummer they collided and couldn't recover. Wonder if the AS3X on the top plane actually caused the top plane to stay tangled as AS3X was trying to level the aircraft that had its nose on the bottom aircraft - possibly causing top plane to push into bottom plane trying to level aircraft vs just floating apart. You guys are great sports to take the loss of two such beautiful birds so lightly. (I probably would have cried if they were my planes LOL)

[@mikehinkle7166]

Thanks for showing that mid-air and crash. Glad I'm not the only one. Just pile drived my brand new bloody wonder this morning. After only 2 batteries through it I lost radio reception. I wont buy any more off brand spectrum compatible receivers again

[@ColeAviation]

Eflite / Horizon makes the BEST planes!! 👍🏼

[@ArcticMayhem]

Those are some really cool looking planes. Makes me miss my first full scale plane; a Cessna 150 Aerobat.

[@FliteTest]

That is an awesome plane, what do you fly now?! ha

[@ArcticMayhem]

FliteTest I had to trade up for a Cessna 170 that can fit the whole family and is a little better for the type of flying I like to do. The 150 isn't very good at bush flying.

[@pilotofnothing]

Just finished a ft mini mustang! Its pure love!

[@Copernileo]

I SAW YOU GUYS AT FLUGTAG THIS YEAR! LOVED THE PAINT SCHEME!

[@FliteTest]

Ha thanks so much my friend! So thankful for your support and for allowing us to do what we do! ;)

[@Copernileo]

Are you guys going to make a video about it?

[@johnpossum556]

You guys at FT show planes with gyro systems very often, can you show us how to add FC boards with gyros to our homebuilt planes?

[@FliteTest]

Ill write it down and see what the crew thinks! ;) Thanks John!

[@Deathrattler]

Great job on the follow me drone!!!!

[@RCPlaneReviewer]

A++ Awesome airplane cant wait to maiden and do the review!!!

[@SLRCCLUB101]

That's horrible n too fun to fix all the crap parts with hot glue. My cessna 182 500 class was crashed. When I saw the crash, I'm stuck for the 3 to 5 min. I can't imagine what I have to do now. Bt I picked the all the parts and put all together. Now I have my cessna n great memory of it. I hope you guys fix it soon n show us the 2nd flying video. 😍😍😍😍

[@canamwing6999]

Great review and spot on! I really like mine. I hope that one day E-Flite will bring out the C-152 Aerobat! That would just be a slight change to the Fuselage.

[@didactylos4diddy474]

Ouch! :( At the beginning of the re-build video you should have the intro from the original six million dollar man "Gentlemen we can rebuild him. We have the technology" :D Yes I am that old

[@SurlyMike]

Excellent production, I loved ominous music lead up, the plot twist was TJ not running out of battery power. Cool plane too!

[@joeddejohn]

Nice video. Thanks for the tips on crash repairing.

[@isaaclyonsf1]

Your content is amazing, keep it up!

[@dadbrad852]

That is a Mississippi Kite! They are a specialist falcon in multiple element air combat maneuvering. They fly from South America in mating pairs to nest in the south and midwest US States. They can kill and eat continuously on the wing as a team for 10,000+ miles! They are aerial masters of maneuvering, timing and tactics. Kites will tolerate some species of birds, but anything else (model airplanes included) near their summer breeding nest. I can tell you one will dive and attack while the other one is climbing to do the same. They will grab the nose of your plane with talons and fold their wings and ride you straight into the dirt.

[@mfmg1000]

Nice video guys. Too bad you got hooked up there. I'm interested to se the repairs. Keep up the good work!

[@robertkbrooks951]

I personally love mine. I do Floats off the grass and water. No Wheels, not needed. /floats are the ticket. Watch out for Birds. Arrgh, Capt Morgan.

[@RPSchonherr]

The mating flight of the C150

[@qflight9851]

Josh seems way less disappointed in himself when he crashes nowadays. As it should be, he's only gotten better at it. ;)

[@triskellian]

Too bad about the mid air guys,the bird of prey was the least of of your problems!Great review on this pretty semi scale Cessna 150.Having hundreds of hours in the full scale aircraft,it's quite a fun plane to fly,especially the aerobat version.Looks like you all had a great time flying the new planes,at any rate. :-)

[@YN3_]

The quadcopter pilot is great!

[@dstu322]

The end made me cry a little 😥

[@RogerBurgess]

*Safe Mode.... That was funny editing

[@mreid08]

Quite possibly the best midair I've seen so far

[@FliteTest]

HAHA thanks Mreid! We def did not PLAN that one! ha

[@yachtcaptain7320]

Hello Guys ! Nice video ! Would you mind to inform what kind of camera you have attached to the wing ? Thanks !

[@whollymindless]

"Was it epic?" - Yes, it was epic. -- Good advice on the crash site review. That 6 foot wingspan made those sessions look like finger sized cameras.

[@cloudtro]

That hawk, what a bully XD

[@rcLawnDartPilot]

How I got mine to hover reliably: Pulse 5000 mah 65c and Xoar 15x7 wood prop. Lets that powerplant use its full potential.

[@Mikebfpv]

Awesome guys, love your content! 😍

[@darren_clark]

Great quadography Alex! How many times did "*Safe Mode" flash? lol

[@kevin-sawmill-lx25]

That crash was a bummer. Hey it happens to us all if we fly long enough. Make another video on putting them back together and flying them.

[@snickers.mcflurry]

Great vid! That said I'm still a bit of a noob and don't completely understand what types of planes can do what types of tricks. I hear references to "pattern" planes, 3-D, "basic" tricks, etc, but I've not yet found a good explanation of those terms and how they relate. Any chance that you guys could do a video on the different types/classes/difficulty of tricks with fixed wing aircraft? Just a thought.

[@3DMOFO2020]

10:49 I love how slowly the music starts changing LOL! 11:39 That slo mo always gets me ROFL! Another fun episode guys I wonder Josh which Cessna will you be flying more the Eflite 150 or the Flex 170???

[@airbus7379]

Lol I just noticed lol the tension building up

[@StringsIV]

Would love to see you guys take this opportunity to revisit plane repairs for an episode.

[@Brian_Christensen07RC]

and that crash is now part of their Flite Test ad

[@derrymint]

The drone photography was great. What system did you use?

[@rccrazy7495]

I just bought one and the weather here went to. $#//! Well hopefully you will develop snow skis soon as im in snow country . But hey. Awesome plane David Payne .

[@RAD-RC]

All those planes in the combats at flite fest east and only a handful of them we're as good as that.

[@FliteTest]

+Foam Test LOL

[@fredrikolsson9917]

Cool, close call with the osprey.

[@r-k.fotografie2071]

great one... which Cams on the Planes ?

[@garymute2901]

ok I do get that one camera man must have head tracking, but you kind of do 360 moves and never a plane in sight. it's magic! deserves a making of :D

[@ulaB]

They don't use head tracking or a plane for the air to air shots. It's a racing quad flown by Alex. :)

[@garymute2901]

God mode activated

[@ultraclear9506ify]

nice job mating the two 150s it happens! Very cool mid air. But even more spectacular is where you guys fly!! How about an invite!!

[@DashzRight]

4:43 DANG that quad falling and freezing there ALEX! that was just so fucking ironman humming birdish cool thing

[@thecasualbrit7487]

Enjoying the video so far! But while it's fresh, is there a chance of the FT Simple Cub appearing on the Graupner store?

[@ulaB]

I am pretty sure it will be, but it takes some time to be shipped in a big container to Europe.

[@thecasualbrit7487]

Thanks Balu!

[@wraysmith4753]

Awesome crash guys . that's what I call a OOOOOOPS .. the first thing I thought was OH NO ..great flying..

[@Ray69camaro]

Best crash video ever.

[@leewinick]

At the field to set up, the CZ Cub has 6 more cottar pins and 2 more screws (4 driver screws vs 2 thumbscrews). I can set up the CZ Cub in 10-15 min, and so I surmise the CZ Cessna saves about 5 - 8 min. Doesn't sound like a big difference but I HATE setup time at the field (and I HATE lining up those cottar pins), and for this reason alone would consider this C150. I would love to hear more comparisons. The reports are that Cub is better at 3D (which I don't do), and with 6" wheels (I have the DuBros) and broader landing wheel triangle would have to have an easier time in thicker grass, vs C150, which would have to be more prone to nose over at some grass length. Any comments on my comments appreciated.

[@AKfotoman]

Great air-to-air visuals what kind of inflight cameras are you using? They look small but have an awesome image! Good Stuff!

[@elijahf111]

Hey what kind of color correct or filter do you guys use on your mini quad video, it looks way better than the session on the wingtip

[@RECK_Adventures]

I would like to see a further in-depth thrust angle video because I'm struggling to find the right angle on my airplane. How do you know when you've gone too far?

[@HuskyStudios]

R.I.P. Cessna 150

[@Displaced]

10:53 For crash

[@LiveAnimalsStudio]

Great video - really excellent drone. Camera work by the way . Thanks I just ordered one yesterday. Just a very small point, the chillwave background music is really repetitive, and after a while detracts from the video, IMHO. You might consider using music that follows the story arcs.

[@SebastianLong]

It's crazy how often midair crashes happen. The chances of it happening is still very slim even being in the same airspace. Im referring to when not flying in formation. Flying in formation obviously has a greater chance of making contact than 2 random planes not in formation. Ive seen one first hand but it still blows my mind that it happens. Both of those planes look fine. The ESC on the one will be the biggest repair, but the other might have had a chance of landing if a little higher. Although i think the airleron on that one was the one that was pulled away from the wing making it very difficult.