How to build a RC plane for $10 (part 1)

This is a foam scratch built plane I named the Cess-nah!!! It is the best flying plane in my arsenal of 10. I tried to build it for $10 but because I added landing gear and actual hinges instead of tape, it ended up costing about $11. It took three days to build and I've been flying it for 6 months or so. I love this plane,. Motor- BpHobbies outrunner 2217-6, 25 amp ESC, 11.1v 2200mah lipo, three Bluebird 371 micro servos, 9" prop.

[@jonellsworth132]

OMG The man is simply showing that you can build An airplane for RC for very little money. He is giving a lot of potential RC pilots hope that you can get into the RC hobby for very little money. And I for one am glad he did. Thank You.

[@boatvlogs6995]

Jon Ellsworth without the Motor and survos

[@venkateshs7645]

Hey man😍😍 Your video is my nostalgia, I watched exactly 10 years ago then now✨

[@cosmiccolonel]

you have made a great job of it...... the fuselage looks awesome, very nicely done

[@Jimgoodwin846]

Great job. I was looking for ideas about the motor mounts on foam....really great video. I have been using painters paper over glue. I’m going to use the method you discussed. This vid has many good ideas that I’m going to incorporate. Thanks again.

[@brock5925]

This is a guy who has an idea...and goes with it! my favorite part is when his wife is cooking or something, and he's talking about the plane. Great video!

[@TheSblackwater]

Carbon fiber tube runs $4.50 to $5.50 for a 36" tube. On the aileron control rods. You can polish the wire before bending, then coat them with Vaseline put them in place and build a dam out of clay at either end then fill the groove and wire rod with epoxy. After the epoxy sets the control rod will break free and the resulting epoxy bearing is slop free. Do this all the time for Q500's.

[@ultranitro437]

I love cheap fun DIY projects! Very nice workmanship man! I am going to try this myself.

[@hhocar]

Thank you sir, it is perhaps the most to the point and no nonsense video of a project that I have viewed to this day. My compliments. I'm an AE and love RC planes. keep well and keep posting.

[@geoker55]

great job on that wing. Getting a one piece wing sanded like that isn't as easy as you made it look! I cut a "negative" guide out of a piece of 1/8" plywood and dragged that across a wing to make sure the shape was uniform. Good flyer!

[@kenr.6042]

Looks Great !!

[@zfotoguy71]

Great looking plane! I'm fairly new to RC planes and building, however I'm very excited about making future planes. Already acquiring the tools and equipment. This plane looks awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@MrBSylvester]

One of the coolest videos I've ever seen on this subject. Thanks!

[@seau2007]

I too loved the donuts. Love the entire video.

[@NateB1976]

That's a really nice build from scratch!!! Looks as good as some of the kits you can buy for way more than $10. I imagine that price didn't include the motor, but still... great!!! Theres a product you might try that is basically exactly what you made with the elmers type white glue. It's called Mod Podge or Hodge Podge. A waterbase sealer, glue & finish all in one. You can make thin coats or very thick almost clear plastic like coats that you can sand to your own preference. Comes in different types like flat, glossy or super glossy. I use this stuff on all my arts and crafts. Plus it won't eat the foam and the more coats you give the stronger it gets. Any arts supply or craft shop should have it. Couldn't find your flight video but I'm sure it flies well. Try that stuff out and happy flying,N8knox

[@larrybrown638]

I'm an old Rc builder from balsa days, had a piper cub kit and built it and monitored it , futaba radio. In the Air Force, early 70's so low budget but build it and had great times. I want to try what your doing.

[@UKMike2009]

That is a great looking model. Excellent job. Thanks for the inspiration

[@marshal7102]

This is great,, I use to use this on balsa planes as well many years ago,, it works great as a built up wing covering too. Dries tight just like silk-span. you can also tint it with water-base paint mixed in the glue and water

[@pauls5745]

yeah i like this better than just covering it in tape.

[@esskopab511]

Hong nor x1 really

[@QuboCompa]

I lost track when the fresh homemade donuts showed up.

[@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial]

Right? Lol 😂🙌🏻🍩🍩🍩🍩

[@almostliveradio]

Very nice! I just watched the build video and had to come find the video of it flying. I'm very impressed by the job you did on it and how great the finished product looks. Excellent!

[@JessVideoDude]

Good work, this type of videos get the creative juices flowing, thank you.

[@spdcm01]

Great vid! But forget the plane, I want a homemade donut! Wow, lucky man.

[@Ro11enYT]

Even better, a flying donut.

[@angelreading5098]

Its perfectly clear and a great video on how to build this nice airplane,he has taken the trouble to show you how to build it so stop whinging ! nicely built and some clever tips for other models too,cannot find any flight video ?

[@birdwing98]

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[@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial]

Sweet, Very awesome build brother!! 😃🙌🏻🛩

[@yourselfdotcom]

Pretty sweet DIY man. Nice looking plane

[@joshuaperez1832]

donuts........oooh... great vid by the way

[@thecrazeecow1682]

Pretty large wings! Very interesting. I might do this to design my passenger plane, an all-new concept with a split v fuselage and delta wings and diagonal vertical stabilizers! (It probably won't work, though...

[@jerub1185]

good luck..i support you

[@chucklenuts2160]

Thecrazeecow good luck

[@cbpuzzle]

yeah nice low wing loading for slow stall speeds.

[@Jabanoflier]

I've been thinking of building a plane out of inilating foam for a long time now, that's a great plane you got there and thanks for the fantastic tips

[@mrmurder75]

Very nice home built plane. Clever way to secure the wings too. Looks nice and sturdy. Well done mate.

[@yomust0of]

i think he means 11 bucks for the frame no electronics

[@pretzil2957]

Ya it cost $10 for a cheap servo from China and the motor looks like $20 or more... Maybe he should say "under $50" hobby grade style...

[@LuisDiaz-gj5od]

+Pretzil295 yeah what about the battery, the speed control, reciver and controller? haha thats around 80$ just in that

[@avrahambrea1919]

+david mimms yes the frame is the airplane

[@yomust0of]

mmk

[@travispratt6327]

+david mimms yep, but theres no way he would have got 2 million views calling it "how to build a plane for under $60" I can build a dollar tree foam plane this size for $3 no electronics.

[@jeffsharp2113]

Nice project!! Now whats the chick fixin in the background i got the munchies?

[@brock5925]

I don't care how much the plane cost...just the work you put into it is amazing...well done!

[@pqgscott]

This is awesome! Great job on the details and explanation and use of materials.

[@SunilDatta]

Will it be possible for your to share the structure blueprints of the plane?

[@RCKiddo71]

nice job

[@gautam456]

Looks brilliant . Keep up the good work.

[@oblongjohn1]

Thanks for posting this. I won't be building one from scratch, but you gave me some great ideas for repairing my current plane.

[@RSBSTEADICAM]

I hope by now you have a 3D printer so you can make custom cowling, wheel pants and so forth!

[@johnathankaison8380]

Pro tip : you can watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching lots of of movies lately.

[@kameronkayson7120]

@Johnathan Kaison Yup, I've been watching on flixzone for years myself :)

[@antonnym214]

Mounting my wings, I have had good luck with just pegs and rubber bands. Yours is a little more elegant.

[@jaivasquez]

+Anton Nym did you finish it? is it easy as it seems to be?

[@meandmydog05]

good job man. The idea about the sheets of foam is great. I can think of so many projects that I can apply that too. Thanks.

[@MatthewForan11]

Nice video, and the build looks great!

[@bobbyenache7652]

wait a minute, my ADD just kicked in, but is that someone cooking fresh doughnuts in the background at around 6:30 ?

[@thedosaguy5708]

lawl

[@aidanshaw5920]

I crave doughnuts now lol

[@jenky1044]

Sanding, melting etc with that foam in the house is dangerous to breath that in. You can't exhale it. You need to do that outside. Edit:. Also of you skip all the steps you did, it's no longer a How To Make video.... It shows you know how to make one. A lot of us have never built a plane yet, that's why we landed here.

[@sunnyfpv3694]

They are filming 2 vids at a time :D Cooking doughnuts while making a plane and making a plane while cooking doughnuts

[@95Homemade]

could you provide some dimensions?

[@SYNFPVPILOT]

Well done man. Very clean build.

[@warmfreeze]

built this. what i did for wing mounting is ran two wooden dowels through the fuse and used rubber bands to mount the wing. I actually made two wings for this, one with and one without dyhedral. that you so much for this tutorial.

[@guily6669]

If you made it for such price, I wonder how do they sell us for like 200$ and for nothing amazing at all. Then they probably just put some foam in a mould and comes the airplane all together that probably just needs a little of sanding and that's all (since we still have to glue at home). ps: Very nice work

[@thatmineguy7451]

At least he said nice work

[@1963geistaffe]

Mmmmm doughnuts!

[@540EdgeFlyer]

Excellent video! The plane turned out great. The donuts were makin me hungry LOL Thanks for sharing.

[@jayMane62]

Nice dude! Looks great.

[@kooshking]

Dadgum!

[@ralphwiggum2178]

I want some donuts now.

[@CertifyThis]

Thats pretty amazing looking. Way to go. Keep it up

[@corneliucirciumariu]

Very good engineering I like this!! very inspiring !!

[@chriswilds5787]

You may have built the ACTUAL plane for $10 but all the other things cost extra...Like the MOTOR?

[@workinalday4351]

Chris Wilds The Video I was watching that led me to this one was some guy putting an old 7200 RPM HDD motor into one of these. It was better than the standard motor that came with his from a hobby shop, and it was free! So you could do this all parts for $10 or under, just looks like it's a lengthy process.

[@Cdbarron727]

Workin Alday id like to see that. Any idea how to find that video

[@THEfromkentucky]

Workin Alday People used to do that with old CD Rom motors before RC electrics were widely available. The difficulty is matching the battery and speed controller to the motor's specs.

[@MrPlusPL]

Workin Alday same here :D

[@manojsingh6054]

fromkentucky

[@Dalkson]

How is it under ten with motors and servos and things

[@guy_incognito7538]

Dalkson good question... THExxxTINMAN... care to enlighten us?

[@jbopp15]

Caleb Teague its 10 dollars to build the body the foam glue paper with electronics it will be more expensive.

[@grntitan1]

Are you really that stupid?

[@WilliamMoscato-jw4hx]

You stupid?

[@BPFLY417]

Simply awesome build.

[@astrospacerich]

Cool, Thanks for sharing this,Rich.

[@boombaustic7532]

Change the name of the video to "Look what I can do" cause there is nothing informational at all about this video. How bout a list of materials and steps for completion?

[@hiddencow3272]

your motor is $25

[@horsenbox]

Thank you for knowledge... You have just enlighten my mind and also saved me hundreds of dollars...wow!! with your technique... The possibilities are endless....better than what's I was looking for

[@gwheyduke]

Great job! Looks professional.

[@youtubeguy3544]

Hilliary for jail 2016

[@jonhaider316]

Bad ass! Great job man!

[@The1sRos]

great video tinman! nice homemade plane. good job.

[@onmyway21]

Nice build man! good job.

[@user-lh4je7yg7m]

nice job,looks great!

[@Jerbod2]

Awesome! I was looking for a scratch made plane, looks awesome! Great job!

[@GlennWelman]

This is really great! Gonna try it out this weekend.

[@Alana9374]

This is awesome. I have no clue how you came up with this process but the plane looks really good.

[@garystjean]

Awesome video - thanks for doing this

[@think2cre81]

That looks great 👍 well done sir 👏

[@spear913]

Beautiful plane. Well done!!

[@sidhendrasidhu1111]

awesome ,and affordable too

[@MattPiekarsky]

I just got everything I could need motor, battery(lipo)/ charger(lipo) esc(30A), 3 servos, radio/ receiver, and hardware. All less than 250$. It has gotten much more affordable. then 10$ for foam. It is indeed priceless in the end

[@rodsboots]

Nice job, now I have a project lol. I have two other foamies that I LOVE! can't wait to do this.

[@stewartmclaughlin1199]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@Seattleskindoc]

elegant build, man !

[@mctruck360]

Really cool idea i'll have to build one over the winter

[@mreid08]

Never thought about doing it this way, now i'm getting ideas now! Thanks

[@kingmcbrian]

that plane looks amazing! :D

[@LtEdPell]

Kitchen counter workspace! No wife or girlfriend in sight.You're living the dream, man.

[@MrRoland2012]

Very nice work!

[@idk4621]

I notice those too they look good

[@nimeshmarker]

Super!! Very informative. Will try and make it with my kids.

[@jbresland]

Awesome vid. Thanks for doing this!

[@whereswoller]

great video. I am going to try it this week. Thanks for help.

[@TrolleoMcTroll]

awesome! great job man

[@kevinbrooks6265]

very cool ,makes me want to build one!

[@pauloasis]

Wow thats just fantastic job.Anyone can try and make a copy for less than a couple of beers and if they muck up no problem. Good idea to reduce in size just to make static model using your idea Really impressed. Thanks for taking the time to shoot the video . guess there is at least 146 people who are just jealous of your talent . Cheers Paul.

[@DELRICO213]

dude your one smart guy and thank you for sharing.

[@crazybros2403]

Nice job on the plane. impressive.

[@medibosanac]

This is a great plane. Cool

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Awesome! I'm going to have to try building something like that...

[@jefferydonkeith1]

Awesome job , very impressive !

[@itoukyuuji282]

Not bad at all. It even gives me an idea. I was thinking about making an RC airboat. I may be able to adapt your techniques to build it.

[@cocemojoe]

I really like your motor mount design.

[@carr869]

Great job. You know me and every body else on youtube are going to have to try this. Too cool.

[@Ramishtine]

nicely done.. Thanks for sharing

[@BadIdeas101]

thats so clean!

[@tsan76]

Fantastic video! Very well spoken, and totally understandable to an flying newb like me.

[@tonyferreira1968]

Great job man.