MoFat is a rubber powered vertical takeoff Moffett class airplane that does barrel rolls!

[@joshuawfinn]

See these airplanes fly on July 17, 2023 in Muncie, Indiana! Thank you windcatcherrc.com for making this video possible!

[@paulbizard3493]

Nice model. How you fly amid all these trees truly amazes me.😮

[@archivist17]

How he ever finds them, I don't know!

[@sablatnic8030]

Me too - trees are model eating, where I live!

[@joshuawfinn]

Keep a good line on the landing path, use a tracker, and look closely. :)

[@billstolz9587]

Just drop you a note I really enjoyed Monday watching you fly the mofat at the Nationals I dug out some old kits I have squirreled away an start building again. I forgot how much fun building an flying is. Thanks again 😄😄

[@joshuawfinn]

Thanks Bill! It was great seeing you. Glad to hear you're building again!

[@WindCatcherRC]

Good luck at the NATS!! Hope you have great weather for it. You mentioned a "secret" project... hmmm, what could that be? 😁 Looking forward to working with you more on that. And that winder. wow!

[@HobiCerdas]

Love the barrel rolls ❤❤❤

[@joshuawfinn]

It's so much fun!

[@Tom-wl9sx]

Great design. Your videos are always inspiring, really great flying 🙂

[@collinmccallum]

another stunning design!

[@archivist17]

Superb flight!

[@dutchloveRC]

Fun video guys!!

[@geothefisher]

Looks like a flying submarine! The pylon looks like a conning tower.

[@joshuawfinn]

Looks even more submarine like with the wing removed!

[@rockysbeats3064]

this is so cool 😊

[@gator1984atcomcast]

Like innovative experiments in aviation. Looking for a balloon launched glider. Maybe add a return to home GPS flight controller.

[@joshuawfinn]

Check out David Windestal's FPV to Space and Back video from a few years back when he did just that. Super cool footage!

[@jimbo2629]

A bit of sponge padding on the stooge wouldn’t go amiss. It saves the longerons. That F1B winder is the best. I have the same by Blazowich, a bit cheaper. I don’t know if they are still available. Having a high pylon complicates matters unnecessarily. I don’t fly huge models very often. I’m too mean to buy so much rubber! BMK does exellent rdt and trackers. I wish I had your property to fly on. Great honest video. I buy my prop units here in England from Spencer Willis. None better. My favourite rubber model is the “Last Resort”, a classic design. We don’t fly Mulvihill here. Open rubber models are restricted to 50g of rubber. Up front I use a reverse S prop shaft with a Tim White connector for the rubber. I usually braid to stop bunching. You need to grow a patch of long grass for test gliding with a sub fin 😀😀😀 Again a great video..

[@joshuawfinn]

Yeah I couldn't find my foam padding the day we filmed this. 50g of rubber...frankly doesn't sound that fun anymore. We use at least that much on Moffetts and more than double in Mulvihill. Just makes for a more majestic airplane and fewer blown motors.

[@darrellsellers1853]

Wow! That's a rocket 🚀.

[@joshuawfinn]

Yeah Moffetts are quick birds.

[@andiwangen9696]

ideales Fluggelände zwischen Haus und Bäumen...🥴

[@shakdidagalimal]

Great filming on yours with the big sun going - just great job with that. I'm going to be a bit unfair and declare the Wifie's the winner in the stable flight competition. That's a big wrap wad of rubber band, I've never used more than one loop. HAHAHA , amateur.

[@onmyworkbench7000]

If I lived there and tested my airplanes there I would invest in a CHAINSAW and a BUSH HOG!!!

[@kenkingsflyingmachines2382]

Good luck at the NATS! Are you a magician?? How did that thing end up on the ground?

[@joshuawfinn]

Thanks! Dunno how it made it down so well but I'll take the miracles anytime!

[@MORCOPOLO0817]

Have you considered installing a locator chip on the model?

[@joshuawfinn]

In competition I usually install a nondirectional beacon. Adds 1.5g and has an extremely long range.

[@Dally_Sparkles]

HA HA HA... i recognized the Pause at 3:23 as a father and a KZbinr.. naughty kids before the pause, nice kids with sad faces and hands by their sides after.. i have a video with it is the same kind of thing.. My kids were being so bad and out of control they bumped the camera and the microphone before i paused. Then were no longer in the room after.

[@joshuawfinn]

Believe it or not, I actually paused it because I saw some impending crisis with the plane that required both hands. Unfortunately I have zero recollection of what it was. All that said, the scenario you describe is absolutely present in a fair number of our videos. 😂

[@tomcook5813]

Joshua, what is the item strapped to your upper arm?

[@joshuawfinn]

That's the transmitter for the dethermalizer. It's a BMK B2 unit in a cell phone arm band.

[@tomcook5813]

@@joshuawfinn Your talented to need one, mine don’t stay up long. Awesome

[@joshuawfinn]

@@tomcook5813 if you build a serious performance machine, you'll find yourself in need of a DT. These big endurance planes are really easy to fly. Try a P-30 sometime...you'll be shocked at the performance.

[@tallbillbassman]

The body is rather hefty. Slim it down, especially near the tail.

[@archivist17]

The Ukrainian currency is the Hryvna, incidentally.

[@joshuawfinn]

Thank you!

[@UguysRnuts]

But they're happy to accept US$.

[@sps3172]

Is there some reason (other than coincidence) that MUCH of the leading edge aeromodeling stuff comes from Ukraine? Not just in FF but in RC and CL too.

[@joshuawfinn]

The USSR concentrated much of its advanced aviation development there. The Ukrainian workers honed their skills on models, encouraged by politicians eager to get a leg up on those evil westerners (just like in the Olympics) and pushed very hard for record setting performances (many endurance, speed, and altitude records were set and still stand from the Ukrainian plains). We of course offered substantial rewards to those who wished to leave and that got us great engineers like Alex Andriukov.

[@n8lbv]

Looks great! What is DT? Assuming this is RC due to the single servo I could see here. Thanks!

[@n8lbv]

"Drop This"

[@sablatnic8030]

@@n8lbv 😀

[@sablatnic8030]

It is the dethermalizer. (DeThermalizer). It tilts up the tailplane, and totally stalls the wing, so the model comes down. It is a bit like a de-neuralyzer, but for models.

[@archivist17]

Hope your neighbours don't mind too much.

[@joshuawfinn]

That land is managed by some outfit in Florida. I'd happily contact them...if I knew how!

[@archivist17]

@@joshuawfinn 😄

[@masbeetleboy9169]

I actually like this plane, but for the effort and reward of free-flight would it not make sense to make this plane into an rc model. If a dt system could be installed couldn't micro rc?

[@joshuawfinn]

Nothing preventing you from doing that; it does work quite well if you use good light servos.

[@markco_3419]

Im here to say that you look like wilbur wright

[@joshuawfinn]

Well...that's a high compliment. Thank you!

[@TruthTellor-t5c]

#rubber #airplane

[@Subtractive-et2nm]

Next time let the kids do the simple things. They are excited ;)

[@joshuawfinn]

They've been flying a ton lately, I promise. Both have Moffett models of their own.

[@loganjones3712]

WHY doesnt it thermal better, and build better props jeez

[@joshuawfinn]

And don't forget the terrible CG and nobody should launch straight up!

[@loganjones3712]

@@joshuawfinn I was getting there but hey all the trophies on the wall don’t mean anything

[@joshuawfinn]

@@loganjones3712 internet experts are absolutely the authoritative source! How dare someone use achievements to demonstrate their skill!

[@UguysRnuts]

@@joshuawfinn Meritocracies are so passé.

[@Randomhobbies12]

Poor chickens are starve- are eating.

[@joshuawfinn]

Uh pretty sure those are about the best fed chickens in the entire county.

[@donpardo9093]

very tail heavy, bad cg. thats all it needs is nose weight!

[@joshuawfinn]

CG is a parameter that you set and don't move. Incidence and thrustline are the adjustments. Also dethermalizers are intentional. Deep stall is the only safe way to get the plane down.

[@donpardo9093]

@@joshuawfinn you are complicating a very simple design with your answer. the model was tail heavy, very evident.

[@joshuawfinn]

@@donpardo9093 I've got a list of meets on my website. Pick one, come fly with me. Loser buys dinner.

[@donpardo9093]

@@joshuawfinn I am flying regularly since 1986. Helicopters, fixed wing and multi rotor. 1st place regionals 4 times,2nd place nationals one time.I do not need to prove myself at this point, thanks anyway. Tail heavy model, period! Happy Flying.

[@joshuawfinn]

@@donpardo9093 good to know that you can fly RC. This is freeflight. You still haven't shown an understanding of the topic. Come fly with me and show off what you've got. We'll video it. Unedited if you wish.