Flite Test Twin Otter Design Journey
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Today we take one of most iconic aircraft and aviation and turn it into a kit that you can build. The twin otter has been around for many years and has served and transporting cargo, people, and other critical supplies to all parts of the world. it is also known by many in the model aviation world to be incredibly capable, gentle aircraft. Dave Jester has taken on the task to design the Flite Test twin otter. This one.5 m aircraft will build quickly and be able to go from a gentle trainer to an over-the-top aerobatic machine. In this video, we take you through the design and engineering process that we do for all of our kits that we create and manufacture right here in the United States. This involves the first flight, accessory design and testing, stress testing to failure, and finally, the final product! We want everyone to have an amazing experience, both building and flying model aircraft. We put a lot of heart and soul and every design to make sure it’s the best experience possible whether it’s on the build table or in the sky. Come along on this journey (crashes and all) as you see how we engineer and design all of our favorite inspirations and bring them into reality.
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It feels like every time FT release a new plane I think “I’ve got to build this” great job Flite Test.
Same
classics
Thanks Flitetest crew! You made me look into the fun sides of the rc hobby, i got a FT mighty mini tiny tutor and the turbo wing, Even though its my first time it was very easy to comprehend the build. I used to think rc hobby is some “professional only” hobby but looking at it now its really easy to build a plane with the kits you have i sure hope you keep making excellent, durable and affordable planes for all! Cant wait for this twin otter! Thanks for making my dreams come true as i wanted to fly ever since i first watched your videos in 2016 Thanks alot ❤
Thank you so much for the very kind words and welcome to the family!
Yea flite test has made the hobby of RC flying affordable fun and easy for anyone to build the planes following the build videos as long as you have a hot glue gun and a free sat and Sunday afternoon you can build a complete plane in a weekend or just tought it and grind it out and build a nice plane in one day like 4-6 hours straight. I have built at least 1 of every flite test planes they have released and I scratch built them all except for one of the simple cubs own I got 10 simple cubs all in great ready to fly condition for the dog fights we do at my field, the explorer and the edge 540 is only ones I used speed build kits for the rest was all done sith plans some foam board metal ruler as straigh edge a 2 foot ruler and 1 fppt ruler and a razor blade and a dewalt hotglue gun. These guys got me into the hobby 8-9 years ago maybe 11 not sure it's beenpre then 6 I know for sure and made it so simple and cheap and affordable to get into the hobby from scratch with nothing. I just used the flysky radio from Amazon and some cheap servos ESC and motors off of those Chinese web sites for the first 4 I built then I started buying power packs. But now I'm building huge balsa planes from scratch and kits and loving it thanks flite test.
Love seeing a new float plane!
Love this. Back when I worked in the bush, I flew to the back of inlets on the coast of BC in a twin otters on floats. Flying bus. The thing could carry our entire crew in one flight unlike the beaver which I also flew in a lot. Amazing planes made in Canada. Viking Air of BC purchased the type certificates for many De Havilland aircraft and put the twin otter back into production around 2010. Among other things, they also own the type certificates for the Canadair CL 215 - 515, a purpose built, amphibious firefighting aircraft. They strip beavers to their bones and completely rebuild them at their coastal facility. I flew in one. Had that new plane smell in an airframe originally built in 1963.
Nice seeing you guys make more float planes!
I was a balsa model snob from the 80's and avoided foam and foam board planes like the plague...however I bit the bullet and purchased and built several foam and FT foam board planes and they fly great !!! They don't break the bank and your soul isn't crushed when you crash... and if you fly RC you will crash. P.S whatever you're paying Dave it's not enough... that man is AMAZING.
Hi flite test. Big fan of you guys. I have a little Idea for a future video. Buy a very cheap glider from the Walmart as an example and build it in to an rc. You can make an competition out of it if you want. Long time a go you guys have done it before (still at the old building). Bud I think it would be fun to do it again. Greetings from Daniel from the Netherlands
Another winner👍 Amazing team at FT.
Thank you!!!
Dave did a nice job on that plane
twin pullers for the win
You guys are amazing! Nice work!
Nice looking build!
It’s like being able to do whatever you want in safe mode. Just can’t go wrong. Great build!
Great model! And I like the format of this video a lot better. It's just following one project and it's taking us through step by step.
YES I want it👍
Awesomeness guys.
Beautiful job and great plane! 🙂
Saw this plane in person at Edgewater last week, such a beautiful bird!!!
Awesome plane, and great video! I'd love to see more 'behind the scenes' videos of product development.
Totally awesome you all! Been watching FT almost since the start. Knew I would do this someday since1970 . My Living room tells the new tale. Thanks God bless.
Thank you for the kind words friend
Missed this kind of content, great to see a return to the og airplanes
Love it! What a versatile plane, and it looks great with the FT decals.
Thank you so much
The floats are great on Snow too!
This is awesome! Hope you guys do more of these style builds, maybe a King Air, PC-12, or a Dash 8?
Cant wait to build this twin otter i jist wont be flying it out of water cause if i crash in a pond at my park i go to i jave no way to get to the plane and recover it before it sinks and gone forever with a hindred dollars plus of electronics on board, yes im ising high end electronics now but didnt from the statt abd dont need the best electronics money can buy cause you can go as cheap as you want and thier planes will still fly. Yea flite test has made the hobby of RC flying affordable fun and easy for anyone to build the planes following the build videos as long as you have a hot glue gun and a free sat and Sunday afternoon you can build a complete plane in a weekend or just tought it and grind it out and build a nice plane in one day like 4-6 hours straight. I have built at least 1 of every flite test planes they have released and I scratch built them all except for one of the simple cubs own I got 10 simple cubs all in great ready to fly condition for the dog fights we do at my field, the explorer and the edge 540 is only ones I used speed build kits for the rest was all done sith plans some foam board metal ruler as straigh edge a 2 foot ruler and 1 fppt ruler and a razor blade and a dewalt hotglue gun. These guys got me into the hobby 8-9 years ago maybe 11 not sure it's beenpre then 6 I know for sure and made it so simple and cheap and affordable to get into the hobby from scratch with nothing. I just used the flysky radio from Amazon and some cheap servos ESC and motors off of those Chinese web sites for the first 4 I built then I started buying power packs. But now I'm building huge balsa planes from scratch and kits and loving it thanks flite test.
Nice video.
Would love to see a FliteTest challenge of who can build and film best fake ufo footage 😄
The DHC Twin Otter is one of my favorite planes, eh.
I feel like every new release deserves a build. I ran out of space earlier this year, so no Yak55 XL. I like my mini Guinea for this kind of flying.
The Otter is a great looking plane. Congrats on another successful design. That wing could benefit from some carbon fiber. 😁 Hit me up if you need some. You know how to get a hold of me.
Thank you for everything you guys do great stuff if you need help an i can help just let me know great video
You should add struts like the original !
I will be building this. As a skydiver the otter is one of my favorite platforms. My all time favorite is the skyvan. Would love for u guys to make one.
Or a CASA
Hey guys. I have an FPV challenge for you. Set up multiple ground targets around the new Edgewater park and see who can get the closest to bullseye on those targets with mob drops.
10:14 That's the face of a man who just watched his weeks of work smash into the ground at 20mph
Mr Wing Bender indeed...
Looks like a good design. I'm curious how it flies with HD Zero. I'm guessing it will need more cooling.
is that differential thrust stabilization josh mentioned around 9:05 through an aura 5 firmware update? I didn't know it could do that
I love you guys, i have build now 6 FT planes, and want to build the booming flerken. so I bought the digital plan but there are no tail plans. please, please, please give me the tale plans of the booming flerken. big thanks
Great looking and flying model.
Is the nose wheel steerable or is the differential thrust doing all the ground steering?
Also, one of the mains collapsed, so, did you redesign the main gear?
The wheel was drilled out to a larger size from a previous project. It just wandered up the leg. :)
Simply fixed with wheel collars.
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Are there going be free pdf plans to build.!
Please make a build video for the otter . i’ve got one coming and I need a refresher on how to build these new foam planes .
It’s coming my friend
I got the kit in today. I like the 3-D printed parts nice looking kit. Last one I built had the brown cardboard on it. I’m anxious to get it built. I’ve got a head tracker to put on it with the 03 air unit.
If you ever use your firework cannon against a plane again can you cover the plane in oil? So when it gets hit by a spark it gets set on fire and exploded or something idk
Ok, but would rather see some more John a Overstreet warbird designs released. Maybe he needs to hire some help running his laser cutter?
This is very interesting in purchasing this. It was mentioned at the end that you were using an Aura. Are using an Aura 8 or Flite Test Aura Lite? Have you loaded the Twin Otter config or you have a FT Twin Otter config?
We do use the FT aura five. We also have an amazing tune that gives you different differential thrust stabilization, thrust differential, and all the great features like level assist and level assist that the aura five offers. Flex innovations has been amazing to work with. The tune will be available very shortly on the store for free download. If you use the ELRS protocol, you can even remap a second PWM receiver to operate features like flaps and even head tracking pan and tilt.
there could almost be a demonstration there with a bigger battery, how increase in weight increased the maneuvering speed?
What type of foam board do you guys use? Like what size and where can I buy it?
We use our own formula foam board made from Readi Board. You can buy our foam on our website which is the stuff we use or dollar Tree and dollar General have the generic Formula which also works but doesn't last as long. But the size is usually 30X40 Sheets.
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(50 Pack) store.flitetest.com/flite-test-maker-foam-board-by-adams-v2-50-pack/
dude i gotta watch like a crazy amount of ads😭😭
I haven’t had a single one haha
@@ohiorc5586 Because I don’t have a pc or laptop I watch from my phone witch I couldn’t get rid of the adds without make a subscription to an app so I agrre that they have a lot of adds sometimes.
I didn't see a single one.
I think that they are implementing more ads because of there recent drop in viewership. With how there channel is performing they need all the add revenue they can get
they need to make a vtol
Schwing!!!
We want a RC Grumman Goose RTF. Grumman Goose Grumman Goose Grumman Goose Grumman Goose Grumman Goose!!!
Any update on your Van's RV build?
We are excited for the future and will announce updates as soon as we can.
I tried to order a kit to ship to Australia but got an error message. Have emailed you for advice but no reply as yet. Please advise
I want to buy one but i need a build video, it’s been 7 years since my last ft build . I just put head tracking 03 air unit on an old timber. Don’t like the prop in camera view.
I just watched a video about ionic thrusters. A yt channel called "plasma channel" has been grinding to optimize his thrusters. If you're looking for a challenge give this a glance shoot plasma channel a message and try to fit this in a plane. When i watched the video i immediately thought of you guys and if anybody can do it im positive you can!
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flite fest is so close counting the minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha me too brother me too I have a group of guys that is so pumped haha we’re all getting antsy wanting to go
Wowzer a STOL Otter !!!!!!!!!!!?!
put some baby powder on them to dull the shine!
Beef the landing gear up. Every FT plane I have with landing gear is more than just a little too light. I can’t fly off of pavement and my grass field is a bit rough. I know, it’s more my problem than theirs, but a little bit stronger gear would be nice.
In the video, it was actually the wheel that slid up the end of year wire. we were reusing a wheel that had a larger hole and it rotated up the wire. We should simply put a wheel collar on the inside, but you know how we are :-)
This landing gear is bent from .125 steel on the back and screwed into plywood. We should’ve showed the wheel issue a bit better. This is simply because we repurpose a lot of of our old gear. This landing gear is insanely strong. Much stronger than many of our earlier models. Thank you so much for the feedback and also your support. :-)
I am so buying that…that is when I have enough money. :(
Everything that flies has a max VNE and G loading.
test A closed wing whit 2 engine inside.
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With the body like that take off from the grass with no landing gear.
XL...XL...XL
Twin engine trainer huh 🤔 I say you’re talking sweet nothings in my Ear…
Audio sounds horrible. Like listening through a tin can.
I was a balsa model snob from the 80's and avoided foam and foam board planes like the plague...however I bit the bullet and purchased and built several foam and FT foam board planes and they fly great !!! They don't break the bank and your soul isn't crushed when you crash... and if you fly RC you will crash. P.S whatever you're paying Dave it's not enough... that man is AMAZING.
Thank you my friend and so glad we got you flying foam.