Ft Explorer maiden

Hello everyone! Today we have the ft explorer. During the first flight I was experiencing some problems with my receiver and transmitter. Launching the plane at full throttle, looking back at footage and I realized I lost aileron control! In the second flight everything seemed pretty good until I got to about 75% throttle. That’s when the motor instantly stopped and flew over the park gates ! Unfortunately I lost the plane and still can’t find it guys, so we’ll never know the real problem. Maybe it was the receiver and antenna location, I hope everyone can learn something from this video and always fly in a safe location or limit your distances! See you in the next one stay creative!
GEAR:
Motor pack//store.flitetes...
Servos//Smraza 10 Pcs SG90 9G Micro Servo Metal Geared Motor Kit for RC Robot Arm/Hand/Control with Cable, Mini Servos for Arduino Project (10) a.co/d/0JHjvDi
Battery//Tattu FunFly 4S Lipo Battery 1550mAh 100C 14.8V LiPo Battery Pack with XT60 Plug for RC Boat Heli Airplane UAV Drone FPV Skylark Emax Nighthawk 250 Practice a.co/d/gJcMIqd
Fpv//AKK KC04 5.8G 600mW FPV Transmitter 700TVL 2.8mm 120 Degree FPV Camera for Racing Quadcopter a.co/d/d4Gb33f
Runcam// RunCam 2 FPV Camera 1080P60fps Ultra HD Mini WiFi Sports Action Video Camera, Orange a.co/d/4f8gSyq
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[@ronaldcollins9618]

You know why l like this channel? The videos never feel "staged" or heavily edited. You do what most of us do. You built, you fly, you crash, you fix, you fly and repeat the process. And maybe during that process you even lose a plane. It happens. Heavily edited videos make me feel like I'm doing something wrong when my maiden flights don't go perfectly or, in some cases, horribly wrong. lol Keep the videos coming. I want to see your successes and your failures that led to the successes. :-)

[@crossgenrc3235]

Thank you so much for your feed back brother, I really appreciate it, and im glad you enjoyed ! I do my best to keep everything authentic, so everyone can see that things like this always happen to all of us! like flite test always says "check your crap lol!"

[@SlowerBurrito]

Best vid yet gave me nostalgia of crashing and losing my planes. Sorry you lost it. Rip may she fly forever with my p51 mustang

[@crossgenrc3235]

Thanks! may they both fly back one day!

[@jaxrcexplorer]

This cracks me up! It probably got stuck to the windshield of Hippy driving by in a VW Bus... and he figured it was just a big bug.... 😝 I feel your pain though... my first fpv I actually had the goggles on and was thinking "wow, this is amazing" as I watched it heading towards the horizon ... then the picture started to flutter...then I realized "I need to turn it around" ... lost picture... plane went down somewhere in the woods around a land fill in North Carolina (near Charlotte) I spent 3 hours in the woods... found three other planes! But never found mine... 😥 Keep up the good work, love your vids! 👍

[@crossgenrc3235]

Wow man that is crazy!!! 😮 after this one I don’t think I’ll ever fly far unless it’s in a corn field lol !

[@jhejhobbies5850]

I kinda thought the same thing, figured it landed in the bed of a pick up truck and it half way across the state. I lost an Explorer too, was trying to get some footage of an approaching thunderstorm while flying fpv and the storm hit much sooner than expected. The wind took it somewhere far. I would have looked for it right away but tornado sirens started going off...

[@vahid00467]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that was so good and real , i lost one ft explorer like you in mountains , i know what you feel 😂😅

[@deanedeane4318]

Good on you Man and I admire your persistence.....I hope you find the bugga 🙃🙄😎

[@crossgenrc3235]

Thank you so much deane!

[@johnbecker9480]

Great videos! keep them coming! I am building my first Explorer. I wonder if it got stuck in the billboard. either that or the perfect landing in the back of a pickup truck.

[@crashmode3401]

I’m sorry you lost you plane man. I did last spring flying fpv in the mountains. I had a nice action camera on it.

[@crossgenrc3235]

we all have that one bad bad day I guess right!? lol

[@malatoke]

Bummer...losing a plane sucks. I liked the paint job on it while it lasted.

[@crossgenrc3235]

thank you! I ordered a 2600kv motor so the next explorer will be really small!

[@BillKisel]

Real stuff. 👍

[@deanfairweather4748]

What a capper i have lost several planes and i,m sure they go to another dimention I lost a drone one day in the green grass I swear i saw it land but but wasnt here ...Sucked up into the missing sock world never did find it maybe yours land ed in a pickup and is now in La ..LOl keep going man

[@crossgenrc3235]

Thanks! Someone suggested writing my name a number, they might be generous enough to call and return it, if its still visible lol!

[@ethanhermsey]

Next time fly up high enough for at least 2 of those mistakes before trimming ;) Luckily it's foamboard and you're flying again in no time. I'm sorry you lost it :( I'm actually thinking that it flew over the road, it looked pretty floaty..

[@crossgenrc3235]

I usally do! Maybe I was too excited for the second flight lol And Iam hopping that it flew around there somewhere and one day find it!

[@DankRCX]

I'm reminded why I put my name and number on my planes. The ending made me sad, do you think someone drove off with it? Here's to better times and flying days! I build my Explorers' with a carbon fiber boom. I have a vid about it on my chan. Thanks for your videos! You rock.

[@crossgenrc3235]

yes! someone on the fb group suggested id do the same incase of another fail! And interesting, I will check your video out now! I was looking for a better way to reinforce that boom! thanks bro!

[@dronepilot260rc]

I had my Mini Talon crash land onto the street and a semi driver had stopped and put it in his truck and then took off right as I was looking for it. Hopefully nobody stole your plane man 😢

[@crossgenrc3235]

wow man thats crazy brother ! The trucker was probably so excited. I always say I rather someone find it and hopefully it makes them want to get into the hobby!

[@EnosShenk]

It will turn up somewhere completely obvious when you're out there again and have given up on finding it. I swear the things hide.

[@crossgenrc3235]

Thats a fact!

[@j-wings]

Dang, man, that's crazy! Your plane just disappeared into thin air! Have you had any luck finding it? I know we talked briefly on my comment in another video, but it sounds like now's a better time than ever to get a J-Wings plane to you. I'll DM you about it today. Let's get that plane replaced.

[@crossgenrc3235]

A week later and no luck brother 😢 Iam planning on building a smaller version, hopefully it doesn’t disappear! And I’d really appreciate that brother ! If you’d like add me on discord if you have one ! My username name is “CrossGenRc#9273”

[@j-wings]

@@crossgenrc3235 So crazy it just disappeared! I wonder if someone saw it go down and snagged it before you got there. Well I sent you an email with some details. Let me know if you got it 👍🏻

[@crossgenrc3235]

@@j-wings I thought someone might have but only by car, because I ran pretty fast ! And yessir, just emailed back!

[@ramalho]

That was really strange. Where the heck did the plane go? Unless somebody picked it up as soon as you crashed and drove off with it. Where would it be. I hope your find it and get it back.

[@crossgenrc3235]

two days later still cant find it brother! I really think it landed on a car. But I also didnt see anyone out their cars.

[@ZEAL_FPV]

Beautiful plane Bro! Shame that the plane shutdown on you mid-flight and it was lost... you should use the ViFly 2 Finder... it helps you locate your Drone / Plane / Car in the day-light or even at night with an high-pitched beeping tone; a MUST have for every RC Modeler!! I have one on my D66 from Defiant Wings and most of my other rc planes too. Here's the product vid with the link... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jprYoXqcasaEZ80 PS... 10 bucks says the plane is in the bushes behind the store!!

[@crossgenrc3235]

Thankkk you bro , I’ve been looking for something like this !! And I keep going down and checking but nothing still 🤦‍♂️

[@ZEAL_FPV]

@@crossgenrc3235 Hmm... interesting... might of landed in the parking lot and someone found it and brought it into a store. I strongly doubt someone took it home with them.

[@crossgenrc3235]

@@ZEAL_FPV mhmmmm didn’t think of that !!!! I’ll go ask tomorrow

[@mikeehuber]

Awww! Did you ever find it? And all your electronics?

[@crossgenrc3235]

sadly no, Ive been going back throughout days still nothing unfortunately! lost over 100 bucks with the runcam and everything else.

[@mikeehuber]

@@crossgenrc3235 I could tell, ughhh, it flew much further than you think, I've had that happen before, I would check the next 1/4 to half mile further down wind.

[@evelkenevel7948]

I bet it landed in the back of a pickup truck!

[@crossgenrc3235]

I was thinking the same thing at the end !