DIY B-17 taking fire and blowing smoke from enemy aircraft! Who will win?💥✈
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Today’s the day! After six long months of work we are ready to put our B-17 for one last mission. With smoke bombs, laser tag, and about 5000 people watching, Will the B-17 be able to fly admission without losing all for engines?. The goal is simple, hit the targets on our massive 20 foot creation and ignite the smoke. In the meantime, we will be avoiding fire from the movable turrets mounted on the Flying Fortress remotely moved by community members with a first person view. This is our most complicated episode in the history of Flite Test and with so many moving parts, who knows what will happen! Come along on finale of this amazing journey made possible by the community bring us over 2 million subscribers.
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The fact they were able to make the b-17 take damage instead of actually making the plane take physical damage is astounding
I wish they would have something telling the hit motor to stop spinning, or make a control surface get stuck in it's position until the pilot hits a surrender switch to bring it back in one piece. It would only require a tiny PCB and would give real damage to flying characteristics. Then when the battle ends, you can just reset everything to land normally. Same for the fighters, just disable control surfaces once hit.
Great work boys.
@@yuxuanhuang3523 too much risk for crashing involved in something like that. I think they did it the right way honestly, I just wish they had the smaller planes loaded with explosives if they got hit.
@@yuxuanhuang3523 seems a little complex lol
But really good planes and amazing video
That B-17 with smoke coming off one engine looked so real !
OMG Hi I'm Scarlet I'm the one who maned the bottom turet and omg this was so much fun Josh you are the best and thanks for thinking of me 😄👍
Are you the one screaming pew pew? 😅
@@cjwojoe probably 😂😂
You're the one with the black eyeglasses?
@@KenzoYamazaki22no I'm the blonde girl with the pink shirt
@@scarlet_here07
I'm sorry, I thought you were the one with the black eyeglasses
The next logical step is a whole aerial battle: A bomber has a mission to drop ordnance on a certain target, the defending fighters have to take it down, but the bomber has one or two fighters to protect it , too. If the bomber is defeated before it can drop its bomb(s), the defenders win. If the bomber misses its target by a lot, the defenders win. But if the bombs hit the target, the attackers win, no matter what happens to any of the planes
YESSSSS
YES
It's crazy difficult in a real bomber to hit the target let alone an R/C one. The "in a pickle barrel" Norden Bombsight, only 10% of bombs dropped with it landed within a mile of the target. That's why they used carpet bombing.
gotta wait till 3 mil
@@muskokamike127 so have multiple bombers, coming in waves (like 3 bombers at a time). And between waves change batteries. At the same time have 2-3 bombs on a Bomber and if he misses one he can try again but at the risk of being shot down.
There are some holes but it’s possible !!
Massive amounts of skill and knowledge and enthusiasm went into this video. Very much appreciate you showing us. Thanx.
some of the cams are static or just not moving
Ye
Yeah I'm wondering what's with the static and frozen frames? :/
Looks like there were render errors in the edit and the video wasn’t QC’d before upload.
Yes actualy
They were showing that the cams weren’t working.
I love Jesse from tinywhoop he helped me out with free parts and frames when I was just getting into the hobby and didn't have much. Now I've graduated to larger drones and am in love with anything that flies! Thank you Jesse for kindling my passion for RC!
As a grandson of a grandfather that served in the us Air Force. He flew b 52s, b17s and a couple other planes. I have seen some of his old flight plans and logs. He flew about 50 missions that we know of. I wish I could know the name of the planes he flew. Great job flight test team.
By far, this is my most favorite flite test episode. Thanks for all the hard work making this happen and inspiring people
I love these things. One thing I would like to see more of is the big planes like the B17 being filmed from the ground on takeoff and landing. They look so much more realistic that way rather than having a camera on the tail or the wing. I like to see them taxi out to the hot spot to run up the engines. Then hit full throttle down the runway and gradually lift off like a fully loaded war bird. Then they do a bank to circle and form up. All of that looks so much more realistic when filmed from the ground. The other little cameras mounted on the aircraft are fine when airborne. They are good for filming the ground scene and really good for filming approaching hostile aircraft. Love these videos. I was a paratrooper for 9 years and have lots of jumps from C119, C123, C124 and C-130 aircraft as well as the HU1B. So, I've spent a lot of time 'chuted up and sitting alongside runways watching aircraft take off and land. It never got old with me.
the one on the tail doesn't bother me because that's where a lot of games put the virtual camera. I would like to see more camera mounted in the cockpit so it it's a "pilot's eye view"...
14:29 is when take off happens
15:25 first scout plane is in the air
15:29 second scout plane airborn
The smoke looked perfect. It looked just like old video of damaged bombers. Congrats guys, the whole series was amazing.
Honestly still a great time! Flite Test crew have done a great job in bringing up an amazing aircraft and getting it involved in fun experiences.
That B17 looks soooo amazing and realistic in flight.
I think I speak for everyone but we have been waiting for this video forever. Thank you guys for putting in all the hard work. It is amazing
What an amazing flight! The B-17 looks so real right down to the exhaust streak on the engine cowlings and to have actual functioning turrets just adds to the realism! You guys have seriously outdone yourselves in this Plane, too bad the Messerschmidt crashed and broke up it would have been seriously cool to have footage of the two German fighters attacking the B-17, but when the engines started smoking....that was just so cool looking, as if we were actually following behind a Bomber taking damage! VERY COOL GUYS! I wish I lived in your area, I would so be a part of your community events! Thanks for all the work you guys do for all of the young upcoming generation of future hobbyists, they will look back on the days they shared with you and your crew with great fondness and it encourages them to do more wholesome activities and to develop their talents, I know you guys will be remembered with great love and appreciation for your involvement in the community! God Bless and I look forward to your next video!!!!
People like you and the rest of the community that follows us are the true inspiration. Thank you very much for the kind words
Idea: build a jet with 4 engines and making the fastest rc jet ever
You might want to search vids on the current record holder. It’s seriously fast.
No they should use actual jet engines
Yes
That "Pew, Pew Pew" made the whole battle that much better!!!!! Keep it up guys, you rock!
Been watching FT since the beginning. Best video and builds yet. Keep it going guys. The love you guys have for flight is is unmatched! 💪❤️
Can't agree more 🍻
That's great, getting and honoring those WW2 veterans and Their stories! My dad was a WW2 veteran, hits home.
Surprised that they are willing to risk the b-17 after all the time they worked on it.
That's the beauty of foam, cheap and quick :) it's so much fun building new stuff - B-17 today, B-52 tomorrow
They did all the hard works to make it realistic.
@@JohnnyWednesday yes, it has revolutionized the R/C plane world. The old school way of stick building and skinning it would take thousands of man hours. Guillows makes one (rubber powered) and it's incredible......
In my opinion, this event feels special because in war thunder, you are piloting a virtual aircraft and it feels far from reality. But piloting a plane like this irl and battling makes this a non-realistic feeling while conscious that it is happening in reality, and that is what would give such a special experience. So I really support your channel and the awesome things you are making and flying out.
Nice B-17! Looks really accurate to the real thing.
And that feeling of reality was maintained in the air as well. So beautiful in flight. The 109's having fast overtake of the bomber was good at keeping it realistic. Too bad that didn't work out.
All the people and all the crazy undertakings of the FT group over the years have been a great trip! So wonderful to see the trend continue onward.
9:08 'Destroy the drone!'....Based 👍
Haha I caught that too 😂
That was so epic, great she is still all together. Looking forward to the next build journey. 👍🏻
Amazing as always! J.Bix trying his best to jinx the landing.😂 Thank you so much for all of the inspiration. One of my early planes was a Scout that I had to fly within a football (American) field. I was boxed by trees on 3 sides and powerlines on the fourth. I can't wait 'til I can get a Scout XL kit! Cheers, crew!
I was able to fly in a B-17 once, it was a really fun experience and enjoyed it a lot.
That was AWESOME!!!!! 👍 When the B-17 got hit and the trailing smoke, it looked sooooooo real! The B-17 was my favorite model to build when I was younger, matter of fact I just built a model of it last year, and I'm 63
Didn’t test the systems beforehand - classic! 😂
I love that you showed your pilot error on takeoff the other day.. I had my new P 51, checked didn't catch the reversed elevator, caught the aileron.. I'm having my wife remind me now lol. I was beating myself up, feeling bad. Everybody can make mistakes, making each other aware can help prevent the accident. Thank you!
Something broke when editing or exporting your video. When it cuts to fpv footage early in the video, I'm only seeing the first frame and it holds until the next cut.
Too cool for school, great work! Next add some LED light strips to indicate hits visually on each of the planes. Great job shooting up the chasers, ladies!
If you like WWII B-17 stories, read "a higher cal" by Adam Makos. Absolutely incredible
Im so glad you got that B17 back down with out a hitch. Thats an absolutely incredible build. Also 40+ Missions... Most men didnt make it the 25 to go home. Those missions were long and extremely nerve racking and I cant even imagine seeing so many of your buddies go down in a ball of flames and you cant even turn back to check on them and then have to get up go out and do it again and again.
Amazing Job and Detail. Everything Anyone could want in a B-17 and More. Thumbs Way Up. Woo Hoo !!! Shared this Vid on my channel. Great Job Guys. Skip
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Hey guys, Dale from Aus here, been following this project from Aus since its inception, and it is brilliant. It is such a great example of a scale looking aircraft, which i think is testimony to your efforts and how well you looked into the detail of this lovely big B17, One suggestion and I guess it probably is not your first concern, but chrome spinner's on the ends of those props would really bring her into being the quintesential B17 replica, and maybe giving her scale props, as in black with the yellow tips.........You have allready done such a great job, I just think that the addition of those details may well be the icing on th cake for a truly spectacular looking B17..........
You guy's need a building on site now as a museum just to display the build planes and projects then charge the public to view in future. awesome plane this was amazing.
im not even kidding i got a war thunder ad while watching this right after the sponsored part
A very good Sunday morning to you all in the USA from Wellington Somerset in the UK
B-17 with a smoke trail.... loooks aawesome!
Again - this is soooooo cool!! What is next - Space flight?????
I discovered this channel today! You have a new subscriber. I'm an old rc pilot from glo days and LOVE your vids & special effects... you guyz ROCK
“SOMEBODY COVER ME!” The bomber crew problaby
In case you didint know this is a war thunder refrence lol
First
I’ll bet you always come first
@@Lozzie74 Your right I do
With Jason being the main pilot, you should do something below the cockpit window "pilot:Jason"
That B-17 turned out beautiful. you guys are amazing!
The best hobby in the world !!!
I really wish there had been people interviewing solders from WWI. My grandfather fought in the trenches in French. He was part of the Red Arrows from Wisconsin. I only remember a few of the stories he told me as a child.
That's awesome. The B-17 is my all-time favortie aircraft. I hope someday to be able to fly in one.
That B17 trailing smoke was amazing.
thanks for posting for us that have always wanted to fly R.C. planes and never did, you did what we have all wanted to try. a live air to air R.C. combat. thanks and great job and fun.
OMG that was totally sweet let's do that again
Jason, amazing landing! Great episode! So happy to see Flite Test Manufacturing dominate! :)
the fly by with the sound of those props was AWESOME and the wives shooting back !!! I got you pew pew... I was rolling!
Totally EPIC! Best air combat yet. I think you should name the B-17 as the Flite Test flagship and use her as the kickoff flight at Flite Fest for as many years as she remains airworthy. Such a great effort deserves a great honor. I hope to bring my FT F-16 Redtail Viper to Edgewater this fall and have a little dogfight with J. Bix flying the F-18 Super Hornet. Thanks for all the inspiration and entertainment. I can't wait to see what you crazies come up with next, but it occurs to me that the B-17 is, after all, a bomber....
93 missions damn that plane was blessed!
The amount of work that goes into this kind of video is insane. NOt only is building the stuff time consuming and difficult, but you are filming it, editing it. Wild
Watching that B-17 fly just brings tears to my eyes is so beautiful as always flight test is the best great family to be a part of I consider you family because I’ve invited you into my house for many years you’ve invited me into yours thank you
Two words... Air Soft
Being foam construction maybe onboard guns would penetrate opponent's aircraft, tanks or watercraft. Maybe also add air to surface rockets. Bombs made like airsoft grenades.
The laser tag looked so real with the smoking engines. Glad you guys didn't blow up the B17 they were the most beautiful war planes in my opinion
I've followed this plane from build, your first flight to this epic event. Wow, ya'll really got it goin on here.
A full scale RC only (and made with similar materials to the B-17) BD-5 would be pretty cool. The fact that there's no pilot would mean you could reduce the weight by way more than just the pilot. (Remove the pilot's weight, less power is required, which reduces weight, weight reduction means the structure doesn't need to be as strong, which reduces weight.)
Wow guys great job I have been flying since the Kraft block 2 channel was new flew targets 1/5 scale migs for my unit 1st Battalion 55th ADA when i was serving but you guys ROCK !
Moon landing next July??? Awesome Josh and crew !
That B-17 is awesome!!
RC air combat in first person, full emersion is the future!
The sound of that beast when it flew by is amazing!
The best bit was her 'pew pew pew' sound effects 😆
Not sure which is best, watching this majestic bomber flying or listening to Josh's wife go, pew pew pew!
Epic!
As always, thanks for sharing.
Steve
Flitetest is pretty inspiring.. they went from popular channel to a pretty nearly dead channel and back to kicking ass again
This is Absolutely Amazing!! Well done!!!
You should make it so that the engines shut off when they are hit so the B-17 would have no engines at all
Wished you didn’t put music over the sound of the aircraft. The B-17 sounds awesome on it’s own.
Memoir WW2 best link EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So cool to see it smoking -- very cool guys!
Well done all to bring it all together for us to watch a lot of work but the first stage complete
Nobody:
That one kid I’m the background: dEsTrOY ThE DrONE
🔥me☝️they did loose one of the quads so the kid kinda got his wish…
Wow that looked like so much fun! Very cool!
Oh man, Airlift actual shooting, is the only way to go. Real Fights, all aircraft must be same exact scale with foam as the main component and paper to accurately reflect the damage done by Air Soft etc. Two full Air Forces with Supply Helos, Fighters, Bombers supporting two 500 strong Air Soft Armies battling it out. All "guns" on Vehicles and on person to be wired with mini HD cams as well as all gunners turrets to correctly fight in VR! Live Streamed, this could be a Professional Sport imagine a 1000 strong Air Soft true life sim battle with real Air support and dog fights etc now that's the real deal
Just a thought for your next build for the wives, make a flying piñata and get them some protective gear and a bat 😂😂 that will be epic!!!
Flaps would be very helpful on the B-17
memoirs of ww2 is an awesome channel
“I’ll take a bat, or a hammer…” lol
Landing in the Ball turret must've been terrifying lol
It was retracted for takeoff and landing and he'd get in or out in flight.
Still not a fun job.
@@frostedbutts4340 Actually, the ball turret did not retract in the B-17. It did retract in the B-24 however. Typically the guys were out of the ball for takeoff and landings. It would rotate down and you could get in and out.
I sense a little hostility in the Bixler home. Josh, blink twice if you need help...😳
Awesome!!!!!! But now I have to see a 20 foot B-50 drop a rocket powered X-1 and see how high and fast it can go!!!!!!
New idea: make a fleet of ww2 planes and fight multiple tanks on the ground and the planes r allowd to drop bombs
I hope someone besides me caught themselves hummimg "when Johnny comes marching home" (Dr.Strangelove) 😆
It looks so cool seeing it in action with those smokes when it’s hit I wanna build one def gonna be lots of prototypes
Highly recommend checking out Memoirs of WW2
This could be a new sport. Awesome video.
Next time make the fighters explode when they are hit! Give the bomber gunners a chance to win the battle.
that was great, now more shooting from the ground too, i want to see a plane shredded to pieces while flying
The plane should go to the grandkids of the WWII Captain
EPIC y’all!!!
One of my relatives in law served in the Air Force, I’m sure he would be shocked to see the legacy the B-17 holds to this day
THX for the SMILES!!!
Fantastic! Ah here is one comment --( The love you guys have for flight is unmatched! )from your fans which we couldn't agree MORE ! 👍👍
Yooooo we literally have the exact same Jeep bro 💯💯💯