This Won't Fly Well 😨 I took the tail off a B52 and made it into a plane?

[@axellee1119]

History: Once there was a B-52 that flew without a tail FliteTest: Once there was a tail that flew without a B-52

[@theexodus284]

Axel Lee That was a good one

[@Weightlossjourney24]

Yeah there's a good video on this saw it the other day. The F-15 is another story to watch the wing sheered off still flying. Landed with no problem

[@notcooken5830]

Lmao underrated

[@cog8675]

LOL

[@NikkiTheOtter]

@@Weightlossjourney24 The F-15 is a completely different animal missing parts though. The B-52 without a tail is roughly a brick with wings. LOTS of wing. The F-15 is a missile with a cockpit (With or without wings). They aren't called lawn-darts for nothing

[@LightsCameraandLego]

Challenge: Drop 100 paper airplanes out of a huge cargo plane. Then try to catch as many as you guys can. :)

[@prestonang8216]

Lights Camera and Lego Stefan?

[@BananaBlaster64]

Good idea

[@tananam9782]

Stephen isn't the Flite Test Monkey! Come on, some respect! He has a real job. The fact that he's game for some fun should not infer that he is Flite Test's Court Jester. Dude has fun with his friends at work, and gets paid. I wish I had that opportunity. He seems a happy guy, good on ya, I say. I wish I was like him, happy to be at work with people he gets on with. You want to kill that joy by relegating him to be the Fool? Shame on you. Mind you, I'm sure he's game for "shenanigans" as Alex might say. Fine. It's his choice. Your "challenge" seems to be an exercise in puppetry.

[@prestonang8216]

Tanana M Dude what? Its just for fun and we think it would be funny .-. Wtf dude

[@tananam9782]

@@prestonang8216 "We"... who are "we"? Um... I think you're doing well to prove my point. Did you bother to read the entirety of my post? I think you'll see "It's his choice," in there somewhere. From where I sit, you want to make the monkey dance. Not cool. But, because I called you out, you'll make me the bad guy, how dare I show you a mirror. I'm such a jerk.

[@antilogicnz]

can you combine the flying wing and flying tail. to be a plane that can separate mid-flight?

[@marleymist7901]

The the Enterprise from TNG

[@CakePC_Jake86]

I was thinking the same but maybe also the could add the nose and fuselage which could hold the 2 together halves together until they approach their "target" then drop the fuselage as a "bomb" on target then the 2 planes that were previously 1 could "attack" with the advantage of suprise 😂🤔 that would be a fun video

[@praveens6240]

For the seperate in mid flight feature...the plane has to be made in china

How many planes can you make by taking a-part the B52 Flite Test: yes

[@flyingfoxx356]

Ÿëś

[@saulgoodman5662]

*yes*

[@orangethesaberguy7638]

If you like 1950s, search lifting body planes. If you build one of these, you’ll truly be legends

[@orangethesaberguy7638]

Matthew Pate yeah dude they’re really dang neat but I have yet to see a successful version The original plane had a horrible crash landing and the project was discontinued

[@orangethesaberguy7638]

MajorLeague I’m meaning FULL lifting body. No wings, all lift is generated by the shape of the aircraft body

[@michiganengineer8621]

It would be a freaking miracle if they built a _stable_flying_ X-24A or M2-F3

[@awatt]

The Wainfan FMX-4 Facetmobile maybe worth a look.

[@michiganengineer8621]

@@awatt That _IS_ an intriguing looking craft!

[@godfreytomlinson2282]

14:07 The music changing when it starts to dive and then changing back. That was gold

[@reject_degeneracy9221]

13:03 Chewie hit the hyperdrive!

[@SpacefarerIndustries]

"We were thinking about what we should do today, and it got me thinking."

[@bubbles1019]

Next on Flitetest: We made a missile out of a B-52 body!

[@BrandonMcCrackan]

*VIDEO IDEA* Split into 3 groups. Each group builds one third of an airplane and then try and put each section together to try and fly it. The kicker is that the groups can't see what each other are building until the end. Please like so flitetest can see!

[@LightsCameraandLego]

Now all that is left is make the fuselage fly with out a wing or tail XD

[@lanasmith4795]

They might have to use rockets for that.

[@tananam9782]

Lighter than air? Or a quad copter? I like the first one. I don't think I've ever seen Flite Test work with helium or hot air. This might be a good challenge.

[@RotchildFrancoisJr]

Flying baguette 😂

[@LightsCameraandLego]

@@RotchildFrancoisJr lol your so right XD

[@DownriverFlyers]

Honestly ignore most sponsored ads, just never interested. But that food you were cookin looked outstanding. I'll have to look into this!

[@ulaB]

I have actually tried it myself a few months ago. It was a little too much food for a single person, so I stopped ordering, but recipes are well written and tasted really well. (Just a review, not an ad ;-))

[@MegaDirtyberty]

Just looking at that dead animal flesh was making me salivate, nom nom nom.

[@chrish1590]

@@MegaDirtyberty you had me going. I thought you where a vegan when you said dead animal flesh. But then you wernt 😁

[@MegaDirtyberty]

@@chrish1590 The power of the english language at play :)

[@mtgering]

I still wanna be the personal chef for you guys out at edgewater. Let me know if you need that position. :-)

[@charleswarwick4849]

Props to whoever did the sound! That little tidbit of tense/Jaws music when it started to dive was a fantastic touch.

[@elijaha773]

The USAF should make more B-26s and B-13s when they retire their B-52s.

[@volfan2524]

I literally just turned on youtube and this said it was uploaded 39 seconds ago...perfect timing! The edit of this is great!

[@mithrandir6283]

I live in South Africa and its 23:39 o clock and I just had a gut feeling that Flite Test has released a new video!!!!

[@heidisuszko353]

Might have actually flown better if inverted; the rudder then would give a proverse effect on turns.

[@wattwaster5936]

I don't eat anything from a pig, but seeing those small kids brought back some memories of my own. As to the bomber tail, you cut it a bit too short since if it was around 6 inches longer, you would have the squarish begins of a lot of options. What was that harasy? Canards don't look cool? That calls for some sort of punishment! Talk about determination to not trim that large tail rudder, wow. No doubt you figured out every little puff of wind was pushing that rudder and causing the squirly flight and stability issues.

[@impliedviolence1944]

have you guys made any planes that use the magnus effect to attain lift? like some cylindrical wings that spin with prop motors? that might be awesome seeing some massive power motors spinning cylindrical wings.

[@jsking306]

The prototype XB-52 actually had a canopy similar to the B-47. And the B-52 does not rotate on takeoff or flare during landing due to the landing gear configuration. Fun video, as usual. Thanks...

[@tjjccc]

I think there was a story about a B-17 that was blown in half during WWII. The aft end of the fuselage glided to the ground using the horizontal stabilizer as wings, much like your B52 tail.

[@steve3068467]

Please dont take this wrong as I do like flight test and what you all stand for. But I was watching some of the older videos before I got to this one. I really miss old school flight test. From the introduction to the end. I get with the growth of a company comes change but the older videos have something going on. I can't explain it. Maybe I'm alone here and I'm not trying to knock what it is you guys are doing as I do appreciate all that you do. Keep doing the craziness that only flight test does. Thanks guys.

[@dodo3441]

I agree

[@rickrussell]

Flite Test uses all part of the crashed plane, as primitive man did.

[@michaelbrannon2373]

Hahaha! How much fun was that?!! Keep up the great work! And @Alex, timestamp 3:28, dude, put a damp hand towel under your cutting board. No more creep when you're cutting. I'm new to RC Planes but a 42 yr cook.

[@AaronBlake]

B-13 😂

[@thenatedog]

great video

[@mylesspear]

on this friday the 13th nonetheless!

[@talltexan8401]

Waiting for the b-6.5😁👍

[@Mobius118]

The weeble wobble plane looks amazing! Makes me want to build one! If you’re up for the challenge Flite Test, make the X-02 Wyvern from Ace Combat 04!! She’s a gorgeous airplane with unique switchblade wings.

[@radioactivelarry]

Stick a third motor up on that huge tail, or how about a JATO with a model rocket engine? If it didn't work it would make a spectacular fire ball in the sky! Actually it looks more like the space shuttle. Go for it guys use a rocket motor.

[@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT]

So, you broke the B-52 into pieces and now are flying the pieces one by one :-) Nobody can say it isn't an original approach. Great Fun!

[@RT3DaBeast]

Nice Job Guys! I Knew it would fly the whole time, but watching it take off was truly amazing! Keep up the good work!

[@bernardherman4312]

I love what you have done with the B-52. But this tail section kind of reminds me of the old f-102 & f-106 delta dagger and dart.

[@HockeyVictory66]

Not subscribing? 1.4 million isn’t bad. First time I have seen you in my feed and I watch a bunch of RC stuff.. this was an awesome vid by the way.

[@h0ll1s]

Best quote: "I don't think we're going to sell this as a kit" XD

[@aaronforth8693]

Glad to see your content is getting more sponsorship! Proud to see you guys growing professionally!

[@stephengoossen6060]

Whoever disliked this video is crazy :D Please do an upgraded Helicarrier and when you release the B-17 please do an fpv bomber formation dropping stuff trying to hit a bullseye on the ground!!

[@originalmianos]

Probably just disliked paying youtube premium getting a massive ad in the middle of it anyway.

[@jaymoge]

That thing flies like a lawn dart. Very cool build.

[@skagerstrom]

You probably had a large percentage of your lift from the fuselage. The wings didn't add enough lift to make it stable - so it was like balancing a plate on a stick.

[@maxboonkittypoison]

Aaaahww the poor litle B13. I really like this one. Greetings,, Kitty.

[@TheEviling]

Now fly the middle section of the b52. It's basically a huge ducted fan that just needs some flappys on the side for control :)

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

*Me: sees FliteTest upload* *Also me: clicks immediately* 😎🔥

[@brianblackshear9295]

All that left rudder that you had was probably caused by the rudder shape. Looking at the fold, it looks like it made a kfm2 airfoil. I love yalls videos. Keep em coming!

[@robertwioch3691]

Hello I am so glad it did not crash it was a scary flight but it needed I'm so proud of you all I put wing tips on it it would improve it 100% I gave you a thumbs up. From Robert always

[@wamplertube]

You guys have really been knocking it out of the park lately! Another excellent video! I went through all sorts of emotions watching that thing fly LOL!

[@CaptainJohn]

The B-52 really is the mother ship!

[@Skipper576]

vertical CoG was completely whack. it’s much higher than the wings meaning it’s unstable when flying upright and always seems like it’s falling over. modern fighter jets are a little like this and require computers and fly by wire to keep them flying straight and true, this video was an excellent way to observe it IRL!

[@jasontaylor6595]

Reminds me a bit of the shape of a Tornado jet when flying. And on that note fancy doing something with swing wings? Tomcat, B1, Tornado?

[@dostatochno]

Nothing to do with the video really, but I love the P-38 hanging on the wall. Thanks for the decor idea.

[@aeronerd22]

CG is substantially below the vertical CP, and the mid-body-ish vertical makes higher than normal Croll-B Chop about half of the top of the vert off and it'll fly much nicer.

[@williamkapp1110]

Looks like a giant Tadpole. Great job.

[@FarmerFpv]

Every time I feel like I'm about to give up on the hobby, FliteTest puts out a video and ruins my pity party! lol Still tail heavy though, the same problem I had with a similar design it would wing walk. They like to fly really really nose heavy like a Plank or the RMRC Goblin for those that don't know what a plank style is.

[@anthonyshepard9606]

Congratulations, at least you got it flying I feel unstable just watching the video LOL. Continue the ingenuousness. 🐢✈🇺🇸🐢🛫🇺🇸🐢🛬🇺🇸

[@stevenjohnson6962]

You should fly every part of the b52 together at the sametime

[@stevenjohnson6962]

Hmm problem of making a comment before watching the video. Still would be fun a idea though. Build a big plane cut it up and make a bunch of smaller flying machines.

[@spyersecol0013]

They did, that was the first video.

[@martindinner3621]

@@spyersecol0013 and fly them at the same time.

[@stevenjohnson6962]

@@spyersecol0013 I'm taking about every piece separately at the same time

[@caramand]

Hi guys , I'm writing from the Dominican Repubic in the Caribbean. I enjoy your channel a lot. Let me ask you: why don't you build a flying shark. All the planes in certain way look like a fish. That could be a great explanation of aerodynamic. Thanks. I love your work. Carlos

[@Ravenous1369]

Seeing the Douglas DC series plane portrait in you guys' shop gave me an idea for a challenge; a DC-3 with deployable Tow Glider! Recreate one of the most iconic moments of Operation Overlord, could even step it up afterwards with a truck Inside the glider!

[@zzapzzin]

Great show guys - have you ever installed panic button to deploy a parachute? That would be different.

[@air-headedaviator1805]

A long time ago I did an attempt at a vtol inspired plane as well. In flight it also dutch rolled quite badly. It perhaps had something to do with my center of pressure just being to close to my cg, and shift to much, but hard to say.

[@jordaneggerman4734]

I know it is completely unrelated to the content material, but your kid is *cute as hell!* You're very lucky, sir!

[@thomaslaing5854]

its quite cool coz you guys in America call them elavons and call the shape of the wing an airfoil and in the uk we call them elevators and call the shape of the wing an aerofoil 👍 love to know what other differences we have. love this tho great work guys

[@BrmP]

you guys should make some of those experimental plains and see if and how they fly. that would be interesting to see

[@hddog99]

The B-13 "Baby Shark"

[@CrstnJdiKnight]

Reminds me of this childrens' song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqK9pKKbqMZoa9k

[@gallactikk4323]

B-13 "sharpedo"

[@joshuabowker7575]

They have made three entertaining videos out of this plane that’s amazing!

[@johnkuzma7066]

A steam powered plane wold be interesting. I would think a Stuart Sirius wold be a bit too large, maybe a wobblier steam Launch engine with a water tube boiler.

[@seasam13]

Can you guys fit additional motors to the aircraft.when it gets turned on , up in the sky it's gonna cause some discomforts or dis lead the aircraft from its normal flow.some thing like the one you fit in that warship.or may be you guys can experiment with Air breaking, make the propellers rotate in reverse direction in the sky or may be fit motors which can be turned on in the middle of the sky which may rotate in the opposite direction of the main propellers.

[@Thunderbyrd.]

You guys are the Dream Team !

[@therc4784]

You guys should make a B 52 kit

[@gscott5778]

Think tricycle gear off the verticle Stab and tips of the "Wings" VTOL !!! That eliminates the rotation issue.

[@Eskaiyu]

Such a good shot of everyone at the end.

[@drum1805]

Your props need to counter rotate. You have them both going the same direction which will cause that “drift” issue you were talking about. We noticed that in the replay.

[@joshbauman1266]

You should create a plane with four "wings," but two of them are actually rutters with motors on them, and then you can rotate the plane 90 degrees, and it will be the exact same.

[@SuperZeze89]

too big for rudder and make it unstable fly.. but overall that was awesome dude.. make more crazy plane guys 🤣

[@CakePC_Jake86]

8:31 that spray technique 😂

[@TheOneandOnlyKrakurnar]

you should have put a kick plate on it to make the landing softer if you worried about landing

[@sebastiandavis9729]

The hello fresh food looked delicious

[@BrightBlueJim]

First impression: looks like an XF-92 (sort of a precursor to the F-102). Cutest little jet fighter nobody ever wanted to fly.

[@SC-mh5ix]

Maybe to gain stability in flight: make wings curve \__o__/ or add fins at ends to shape alike. Also a smaller rudder?

[@seasam13]

Can you guys make aircrafts with tilt able propellers , which can make it claim both vertically and horizontally .this type already exists , but it's fun to watch built in Rc.

[@DEMOGarage]

You need a sailboat keel! Nice job keeping it in one piece.

[@bp420a5]

I subscribed because you guys inspired me to want fly rc planes. Now im saving up for the Spectrum ix12 the sea duck and the trip to ohio to meet the legends of rc flight. Might take some time tho. Thanks guys you are amazing.

[@Suprtigr]

You guys are amazing. Every time I watch one your videos it makes my day!

[@JohnHill-jm7tm]

You guys are awesome. Always checking notification to see what's next from y'all. Knowing it's going to be a good laugh. Thanks for sharing your passion. Love you guys. 😀💝

[@robertfederer2739]

Challenge: build a guppy type plan with a popcorn popper inside. The challenge is only to pop popcorn when in the air, so you’ll have to rig something up that either transforms the battery voltage to the motors, or use a relay to a switch for a separate power system. I suggest using an air popper so there is less oil to deal with.

[@robertfederer2739]

Maybe have a separate salt or butter dispenser on board. How about a cinnamon-sugar option? It should be a custom flying popcorn popper.

[@robertfederer2739]

If you made it with an oversized guppy, you could choose to dump the popcorn when you wanted or open the rear hatch and have it constantly popping. It would be cool if it all could be controlled on one transmitter.

[@robertfederer2739]

Another idea: call it “The Kernel’s Dreamliner”.

[@w2raw909]

Been watching you all from the beginning and just realized my new account wasn't subscribed! Corrected and bell on! Y'all are the greatest!

[@TexasKid747]

To sort of quote Princess Bride, I do not think it means what you think it means. Let's call it a B-50.5. BTW great job!

[@lonewarrior6633]

13:51 - someone pressed the hooter!!! Hoot hoot 🤣

[@greg0063]

Tune it! Tune it! Looks like it might be a good flyer

[@markfergerson2145]

That's an almost perfect recreation of the WWII German experimental Lippisch P13a. That was supposed to be a supersonic fighter that burned *coal*!

[@aaaaaaaaaassssssssdf]

you guys got your money's worth out of a few dollars worth of foamboard! i think that nugget would have flown better if the vertical was moved backwards a bit... stay awesome

[@mikeupton5406]

LOL! Loveshack, one of my favorite B-52s cuts.

[@thomathome]

You guys should build a mid sized normal plane but have a separate controller for each control surface then try fly it as a team!

[@fahmirblx]

Challenge : *Rebuild the B-52 after using various parts of it to make other planes.* At least using the TWA-800 wreckage rebuild style.

[@chriscrawford1958]

B-52 Squash Bobber The Squash is opposite of a Stretch, and a bobber motorcycle is one that’s had ALL the unnecessary crap (like shocks and brakes) taken off.

[@joepdarrow]

How did you do that without a lifting surface? I can't wait to see mod 2. If you create a lifting surface out of the elevators I'm going to build one for myself smaller of course.

[@joepdarrow]

What is wing loading and how do you do the calculation? How do you calculate the power of your motor and what prop it will need based on the numbers on the case? Thank you

[@hornetscales8274]

With that giant tail it looks like a "Return of the Jedi" Imperial Shuttle. Try making one of those?

[@mars7786]

Lol positive vibes sticker on his drone headset

[@CuervoRC]

Now all you have left to do is a lifting body. 😁✈✈

[@vanillagorilla8236]

The 1 guy Always gets a little Too Excited ! He needs to cut down on the red bull.

[@heloinaddict]

You don't have enough tail surface aft of the center of gravity! She's doing what's called an uncomanded Dutch roll. From lack of directional stability.

[@ethanyo7574]

Love your vids

[@johnmarktamano8834]

FT for Flying Tail aka B-13. I love the positive vibe