Operation Sky Hook | RC Aerial Baby Pick-up

[@TH3MA7CHS7ICK]

Ok guys, I really wanna know... Is there a baby-shaped dent in the back of the truck....?

[@lilhrabinator2283]

Or a truck shaped dent in the baby?

[@TH3MA7CHS7ICK]

@@lilhrabinator2283 hahahaha

[@Jamesen666]

Also possible baby shaped hole in the rear window.

[@adamstuartcampbell]

Yea i also kinda want to see the aftermath of baby truck

[@jeremylewis7309]

@@lilhrabinator2283 olokk(onkkkkjkokooo9oko Ookkoooko k

[@justgrayyy105]

Are we going to ignore the fact that the baby SLAMMED INTO THE FORD F150

[@francisschweitzer8431]

Yea OMG.... Great Point.... I hope the baby is ok.

[@1piyoti]

I loved that... Tree, truck, tent... boom..

[@1piyoti]

Oh it's fine.... walk it off baby..

[@aiexzs]

it's a ford, the truck probably blew up on impact

[@theanarchist9733]

everyone be talking about how baby hit the truck but not baby hit the ground.

[@olliepackman199]

Maidening my first drone tomorrow. 😬. Wish me luck. Footage will be on IG - @ollieflying

[@landondosch7841]

Good luck bro

[@switchflip9550]

you got it if its a five inch give yourself about 10 times more room then you think you'll need. they go way faster then you'll think

[@brownboots6474]

Good luck 👍

[@Shay-sushi]

Good luck man🙃

[@praticle]

@@switchflip9550 Great advice! My first flight was in my tiny backyard and lasted about 10 seconds 🤣

[@Cozzma14]

As a Flitetest viewer for the past 8 years... that landing was one of the best moments of all time

[@uc0225]

Amber Alert Minerva, Ohio Infant last seen being taken by large foam aircraft resembling "Cabbie" from Planes 2. If seen, please call 911 immediately.

[@owenhorn7548]

Lol

[@ChrisDavis-eq9lj]

To funny!!!

[@aeiou1uoiea]

XD

[@gamingwithflight6179]

Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha

[@jessicaskitchen3271]

lol

[@nateolmsted22]

Best FT quote. "Unfortunately I had to kick his face off" 😂😂😂 That emergency landing was surprisingly graceful all things considered 🤣 was the van OK?

[@artor1084]

😂

[@xanderbutton2134]

"the baby clipped a tree" *gets f*cking smashed into the back of a van and is ignored*

[@wayacrazy.]

Oof

[@pamelaterelak3073]

Really thou

[@Tuulos]

Honestly, it would have been smarter to go with the line design instead of the balloon design. Baby steps instead of leaping straight to Fulton recovery system. Also did the van suffer any damage from baby strike?

[@SqueezeboxOfDelights]

That last line is super cursed.

[@GeorgeLeite]

You need to film whoever owns that truck calling their insurance company " No, really a baby flew into the back of my truck". Thanks for the laugh. You guys are awesome.

[@kevinwaterman7140]

George Leite i actually had a hit and run with a deer when my car was parked and empty! 😬 the deer rad across four lanes of traffic barely missing two moving cars running into the parking lot. The deer slid across the hood of my car before doing a backflip into the windshield of the car next to me, the horns also punctured the side panel. The deer than got up and ran away. The only damage to my car was a trail of fur across the hood of my car, the car next to mine wasn’t so lucky!

[@myrealname2022]

Flite Test: lets do skyhook. Toy Baby: “I’m Batman!”

[@joshuamelvin]

Yes!!!!

[@polarbear4830]

Nice crossover dude

[@badlandskid]

Lolol

[@gryfandjane]

When you think about it, this is essentially a stork in reverse. ;-) This was epic, and I’d love to see you guys fix the winch and have another try.

[@Matt_Aquila]

World News: A toddler got swept up and carried in the air by a kite. Flite Test: Hold my beer...

[@P8FPV]

That kinda poped into my head 😁 glad the kid was ok not so sure about this baby tho 😂

[@joecarpino]

I thought the same thing!!😂😂

[@deformemvita]

Damn, you beat me to it, lol.

[@lilhrabinator2283]

"Hold my transmitter"

[@jimvanderpoel4467]

A few years ago there was a eagle that tried to "borrow" a couple of toddler's at a beach in new Hampshire, fortunately for the kids the eagle couldn't really carry their weight and dropped them after about ten feet.

[@hooptydoo417]

Josh: “All right give me a knife. I’m going to cut off the other wing tip.” Andres: “What?.... We have hot glue!”

[@Goldtheinfinity]

hey flite test can you guys build a antonov 225

[@gamingwithflight6179]

Yes that would be doozy

[@BETERSFARGO17]

Yes

[@kishanpatel2036]

I love flite test. It is the best channel for getting people inspired and believe me I am super inspired. Keep up the great work. Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy lives to create content and introduce plethora of people into the hobby. Stay Safe

[@natehill8069]

My dad was a supervisor at Eglin in the mid 60s when the 1st SOW was experimenting with Skyhook, I believe on C-123s. When they did experiments like this, airmen could volunteer for an experiment and be given a day off as a reward. Well, my dad had this one troop who wasnt all that useful when he was there and he would volunteer for every test program they had. Which worked out OK cause he wasnt missed all that much. Well, Skyhook came along and this guy signed up to test it (tbh it sounds kinda fun, I might have done that too). They suited him up, sat him on the test range, flew in, snagged the cable and... the winch broke. For about 2 hours this guy was flopping around at 5,000' over western Florida being centrifuged vertically behind a C-123 while a couple of technicians pounded on the winch. They finally got him winched in and he got his day off - after a week in the hospital shifting his internal organs back into their original location. Apparently while in the hospital he was also cured of the "volunteer" thing...

[@frasersteen]

There was a similar project tried, if you trail a long rope behind you and fly in circles the rope will trace a spiral in the air, use a long enough rope and the center of the spiral will be effectively stationary, grab the end and winch up the package.

[@FeWolf]

actually worked with the gentleman that invented the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system

[@SoCalTrooper]

Are you familiar with Raven Ind. involvement?

[@FeWolf]

@@SoCalTrooper no, we call d him Poops, and after working with him over years, he told me some stories, he was a character, he is now laid to rest next to my father at veterans cemetery.

[@SoCalTrooper]

@@FeWolf My father was a ballooning engineer and worked on this system in the early 60s

[@FeWolf]

@@SoCalTrooper awesome

[@bravogolf5905]

I'm actually good friends with Robert Fulton's grandson, he is my rc flying bud. I'm sure he'll get a kick out of this video!

[@joemoss5138]

The end of Thunderball. Can't believe they didn't reference that.

[@randyeller8139]

In a scene from the John Wayne movie “The Green Berets “ if memory serves correctly as well.

[@joemoss5138]

@@10beers53 It was before I was born too but I still know of it. The Bond films are on Amazon Prime even.

[@Lighthammer072]

I just watched that last night. He got picked up by a B-17.

[@DougsterCanada1]

@@randyeller8139 Yep, it was The Green Berets, released in 1968. I actually saw it in a theater.

[@rogerrabbit80]

@@DougsterCanada1 It was both "Thunderball" and "The Green Berets".

[@craigcolavito5606]

That's going to be fun explaining to the insurance company how that dent got in that black van. "Um well a doll baby hit it at high speed. how" ah well, .... it was tethered to a gigantic RC plane at the time...."

[@scottmichael3745]

I actually lol'd.

[@blisterfingers8169]

"Guys.. That was super sketchy and pretty dangerous....." "Just have Josh read a PSA about how safe we are on the end." "SOLD"

[@TSGEnt]

Baby hits the tree, baby hots the van, baby hits the tent. You guys have way too much fun. Thanks for sharing!

[@frankienv3906]

This was more like an episode of "MYTH BUSTERS" ..lol

[@laprepper]

I've always thought the skyhook thing was a real hoot, glad you all decided to check it out and do a video!

[@m.s.aviation7065]

no kidding when your shirt says "random happens"

[@Sharkerp38]

Awesome that this dropped the same day the baby getting skyhooked by the kite did.. thankfully the 3 year old landed safely

[@Rullstolsboken]

Still waiting on the flying flushing toilet

[@ur_pilot_4_2day82]

7:58 "unfortunatley im not a very good pilot" -josh also josh: *flies almost everything at flitetest perfectly*

[@BensMiniToons]

flying... Crashing.. piloting. You know that they say. If your not breaking parts. Then your not trying. lol

[@Bill23799]

Bring back baby for a post mission interview wearing an eye patch.

[@Kikerumbo]

Really good video, as you have us accustomed to. I really think we need a "part 2" for this project. I want to see that baby save inside. Crazy part would be to get the baby inside the plane with the skyhook and the drop him again with a parachute.

[@microbuilder]

Someone happens to glance up, sees flying baby being pulled by plane... lol

[@DougsterCanada1]

A "Karen"! LOL

[@scoutworks]

This is BY FAR my favourite episode!!! FLITE TEST IS BACK!!!!

[@theanarchist9733]

make C-130 into AC-130 let me explain, so, there is the ac-130, with three different canons on it, a 25mm gatling gun, a 40mm Bofors, and a 105mm howitzer, for the gatling gun, use a airsoft machine gun, the bofors a nerf gun, and the howitzer a potato canon. :D good idea? *edit Also make a moving btr 80 as a target, maybe add a turret controlled by a separate controller, also control the AC-130 cannons with second control

[@teaddict-]

Fun idea! But would be concerned about the weight.

[@tracybillingsley2648]

That. Was. AWESOME! Some great action shots with plenty of laughter. In my mind, the obvious issue was of scale. A Skyhook is a balancing act. Poor Cabby was trying to skyhook an elephant, basically.

[@seanmccabe746]

You should do a real-scale airplane that’s remote control

[@landondosch7841]

Thad be cool

[@gonknass]

tho then they can steal actual kids

[@olliepackman199]

As if that's even physically possible... Or legal...

[@Geerice]

@@olliepackman199 Of course it's physically possible

[@olliepackman199]

@@Geerice not with foam I doubt

[@Lucky32Luke]

I enjoyed it a lot! But the most I appreciated was the very last announcement at the end about safety. Thanks for adding that.

[@lift-offrcaviation2852]

Watching this on my break at work and dying laughing when the baby starts bouncing off things 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rambozo_fpv176]

Thanks for bringing back the Flite Test sketch factor.

[@chrisscheper5018]

If no one has mentioned it yet, the old cartoon Tailspin. Instead of dragging baby, how about pulling a sky surfing young bear that glides behind (RC controlled).

[@lanasmith4795]

They literally already did that. It was great

[@chrisscheper5018]

@@lanasmith4795 but did they tow an RC sky surfer behind? Like dragging the baby?

[@nickespina1975]

Baby smiling in the wind. Gorgeous

[@AnthonyantARBY]

Maybe an idea for a future video is make an aircraft carrier to a similar scale as the battleship, add arresting wires to it and arresting hooks to the planes and try to do an RC Carrier Landing.

[@Flying90]

12:46 glasses off!! Such a pro move josh 😎💯🔥

[@jonathanholmes6543]

Is there a baby-shaped dent in the back of that van now?

[@komitadjie]

Man, I've been eyeballing the Jackery stuff for a long time, probably the Explorer 240. Glad they're working well for you guys, I'm going to pick one up eventually for the utility. Fun video as well, but that's as-always! The sponsorship is kinda cool, this is one I'm actually INTERESTED in. GG!

[@user-sq6nu3rv1m]

"Operation Baby Yoink"!

[@crudboy12]

That final sequence was by far the best and most scary thing this channel has done for a while.

[@diabsiniman]

almost kills one guy "i almost killed all my friends" :.( Saddest thing ever

[@maxdragon91]

Thousands of new flyers watched this video, very bad example of flying RC.

[@Mr.ZooKeeper]

Loved it! A lot like the old FT videos where they had to troubleshoot and problem solve together. I really liked the PSA at the end, nice!

[@desertdronepilot]

I think at 19:52 you broke someone's car window:)

[@SuperPete0815]

I was thinking that too

[@desertdronepilot]

@@SuperPete0815 HAHA:)

[@kendesign3622]

16:52 it almost like cut the wing tip off just to plug the new sponsor. That was awesome!

[@gummikalli2]

"Unfortunately I had to kick his face off to keep the plane from burning up." I hate when that happens.

[@josevachier3695]

The baby was not at actual scale. It was like trying to skylift an elephant. Would love to see you guys try it again with a smaller doll. Love your videos keep up the good work and never give up.

[@AB_Pyrotechnic]

can try you towing a bowling ball and making giant foam bowling pins? that could be great game! (yes I imagined this while watching "baby" drag the ground...)

[@willsintheair]

Delivering the line “So unfortunately I had to kick his face off” in all earnestness while playing that clip was comedy gold to me. I legit had to pause the video. 🤣🤣🤣

[@nickcormode]

Someone’s gonna see this comment and wonder how it has so many likes, and will have no idea what it originally said

[@Cmdr_Slayer]

This. ASAP.

[@groundzero6662]

Full scale R/C has already been done. September 11, 2001 is a prime example of two radio control full size planes. Just sayin... and Epstein didn't kill himself.

[@nickcormode]

@@groundzero6662 true I guess. Just did a little research and there is full scale. Still think it would be awesome .

[@joshuamoore4971]

@@groundzero6662 technically drones are full scale R/C

[@SCCIT-jq6jh]

5 and a half feet mate

[@aussieaeromodeler]

LMAO ..................that 'baby' bouncing off the ground behind Cabby was reminiscent of the motor boat scene in 'A weekend at Bernie's' .............too funny guys

[@Cinebon]

18:16 yoink

[@clarkegilbey6544]

I read this comment just at that point XD

[@HDgodfrey]

I love you guys! I wish I got to do this tech, fixer, maker, thing we love doing for a living. I do get to live vicariously through you. Thank you guys! Keep up great work!

[@TheDro]

Should have used lazer baby

[@krioulai]

Yea

[@krioulai]

Why is everyone in my subscription list just Low-key torturing baby dolls

[@thejunkdrawer1602]

@@krioulai lol

[@joshperryppg]

Haha, you guys do this right after that child was picked up by that kite. This is comedic timing at its best!

[@squawky_2152]

Imagine being a CIA operative who gets needs exfil and is being chased by two Russian soldiers and then when they Catch up to him hesuddenly stops and says “sorry boys but I got a plane to catch” and then gets pulled up into the air never to be seen again.

[@jonhohensee3258]

Teamwork makes the dream work? Wow - that's amazing!

[@toamastar]

Id love to see you guys attempt this again! Maybe with an Action Man Doll or something? :)

[@sailorjohnboy2325]

I flew the MC130 IRL. The way it worked was the whiskers opened on the nose. The pilot caught the line and the whiskers closed and a catch held the rope. The victim went straight up and then trailed behind the acft. The loadmasters had a winch with a weighted hook shaped like a little bomb. They hooked the line and winched the line up to a capstan and hauled the victim in. The navigator opened the forward escape hatch and hooked the line to the balloon and cut it. The system was retired in '96. All the MC 130Es and MC 130Ps that were capable of Skyhook have been retired to the bone yard.

[@dogface3215]

Interesting fact the first man pulled into the air, was my dads brother Lt. Alexis Doster he is shown in your first clip at 1.34 here is a 40 second clip kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIPYZ42ue6aJi5o if you go to the clip and look at the eighth comment it explains a little more. Dave Doster

[@davidianmusic4869]

Josh, first, you are an artist. 2cnd Cabby can handle more batteries. parallel up them lipos. 3rd, things get outta hand, but safety first, fun, eh... first.

[@TheLoganatorz]

Girlfriend: Come over Me: Sorry I am flying R/C planes Girlfriend: My parents aren't home Me: 18:16

[@mrsmith4662]

Some bumpy ride for poor baby! It was one technically difficult job to pull off - well done guys!

[@jeremysmith9354]

With the skyhook, you should have the grappler in the rear. Have the hook attached to a small parachute (like the parachute for the little green army men or a little smaller). Use that as a bobber for fishing, then when you fly by the hook line it will grab the cord and real in the baby or anything else you would like to wench in. For the winch itself instead of foam use something like spool from sowing thread or fishing line it shouldn't flex in the middle. I hope this helps. Love the concept.

[@metal_1joker686]

This will be my new favorite Video by far from the flight test crew.

[@SnowingNapalm]

Did you factor in static vs dynamic lines dynamic just basically means stretches like a bungiecord and cord length also flying the grapple hanging from plane to the line held up by balloons at an angle becoming an advantage as it stretches line out horizontally for an easy hook ya just gotta fly with the wind blowing at your wingtip for a bit

[@justgrayyy105]

Yes! Just the kind of entertainment I needed since it’s pouring rain and depressing

[@MrFester63]

Love it!!! Laughed my butt off watching baby get the ride of it's life!!

[@loddude5706]

"Big gopher? . . . nope, just Josh doing baby's flyby." : )

[@VadimR4]

Nate Saint's bucket drop is a lot cooler to pick up things by plane from the ground. Would love to see the bucket drop next!

[@curtwhite876]

I laughed so hard when he said "cut off the other wing tip". You guys are amazing. This was without a doubt the most perfectly amazing failure to date.

[@therc4784]

My favorite thing every week is seeing a new video come out. Keep up the good work

[@willierants5880]

This deserves a Sky Hook 2.0. That was so close! The hooks just got hooked up.

[@MrSkwisgaarskwigelf6]

babies are so head heavy... i like how he picks something up and instantly finds its cg! edit: do you think he done that when he first held his son?

[@swiftergaming982]

You need to make an RC blue angels airshow. that would be AWESOME

[@kylewatson577]

Would love to see cabbie plans and speed build kit.

[@chrismofer]

such a fantastic video. Josh is a consummate pilot, he warns Anders if the FPV goes out he'll have to ditch the Gremlin to save Cabby, which is a decision you have to make before you're off the ground or you'll never get around to making it. I did a glider tow and forgot to inform the glider pilot that if he was having trouble dragging me down, to unhook and land off runway. his glider had some issue and pitched a lot and he never disconnected when he should have and it crashed both little foamies. just saying!

[@michaelramsey82]

Baby managed to hit the tree, the truck AND the tent, three objects that were really far apart in a very large field.

[@demonoftheweb]

that was awesome even if it was only half successful. a few thoughts to help, if you have space and battery power spare put a blinking light on the Gremlin and a stronger spool in Cabby. So next flight it should work

[@Rowan.Albright]

This is such an awesome idea! Love your videos and projects guys!

[@GeorgeGhazarian]

You guys need to revisit this in the future!!

[@matthijsb4604]

I'd say do over and than make the baby skydive. Loving the episode guys!

[@l3igcountry]

man.......if you guys had led out with a toddler running around. conveniently forgetting to mention the doll....that would have been golden....lol. good work guys. thanks for another awesome post

[@ThePavLow117]

Fulton surface to air recovery system great job guys I love it

[@Isaiah-sd2ei]

The king of Random Shirt

[@PhilBender612]

This was awesome guys. I really like these types of vids. A history lesson along with a really cool experiment. Poor baby.

[@robertjones9606]

Gives a whole new meaning to Baby Snatching!

[@chaoticrevival]

The skyhook is in the battlefield 4 campaign and it is one of my favorite scenes in battlefield history!

[@PS-nf3xw]

I guess I had suggested this idea to you 5 years ago. Glad you did an episode on it!

[@burned_esc]

20:15 🤣ha ha ha trees, van, gazebo lol

[@MaddieGraffeo]

That product placement is perfect timing with the hurricane that just passed over my house, still don't have potable water.

[@ninjastreet5]

Naked Snake will be so proud with this RC Fulton Recovery System

[@halipatsui9418]

I had to scroll way too down for first metal gear comment

[@IanZainea1990]

bouncing off the truck was hilarious!

[@f1matt]

This was awesome!!!!!!!! Hope to see Cabbie back again!

[@luchosantilli]

New challenge from Argentina: Aerial Refuelling!! Meaning the Fuel Plane must transfer a battery to the "out-of-juice" plane for it to keep going with the new battery. :-) Great video btw! As all of them!!