Before I watch this video, which by the way I wait for every week with anticipation, I want to say something about my simple scout kit. Thoroughly enjoyed building it and painting it was the most fun part. Absolutely the first airplane I have built in the last 30 years. Learned a lot of new skills. It's not perfect but I love it and I will be trying another one shortly to see if I can do it really nice and clean like Josh does it with no hanger rash before it even leaves the hanger lol thanks guys for a great way of enjoying flight. John from Canada
There's another way to make a simple plane with arrow shafts: Two arrow shafts as an A frame, canard on the front, twin vert stabs at the back ends, big wing across the pair of booms around the CG. You could hang twin motors off the tails, or a single motor in pusher config, attached to the trailing edge center of the main wing. One of the earliest free flight champ planes was a twin pusher rubber band design of this type, very slow and stable.
the crazy thing is this looks almost exactly like a plane i made 8 or so years ago, 3d printing a wing mount for a long balsa stick. the plane never flew well, but got me into 3d printing enough that i can make good firewalls for FT foamboard planes now
I still have 2 of the original GWS Slow Sticks. They’re both massively overpowered but by far the best slow flyers I own for a relaxing day at the field.
I've got a couple of questions. First, I went to my local Walmart to pickup a carbon arrow shaft and they didn't have a single arrow in stock in the store. I went to a local sporting goods store and they only sell arrows by the 1/2 dozen or more. No singles. I checked Amazon for just CF tubes and they want $19.00 to ship a $9 dollar rod. Where do I find these $3.00 7mm OD arrows? Secondly, now that Flight Fest is done, can you do an in-depth build video? The plans don't call out the rod length, or placement of the 3D printed parts.
When I was a wee sprog, my Dad built a glider wtih a body made of a half a yard stick , balsa wings, and a V-type tail. He built as a fuselage for my Jetex engine. Before attaching the rocket, we took it out the the prairie beside the army base. Dad launched the glider, it caught a thermal and went away... way away... this reminded me of then... thanx!
I agree with "graywoulf". I think that there would be a great opportunity to market such a simple kit, and it would also be an inexpensive way for a beginner to learn to fly and get started into such a fun hobby.
This is exactly the plane i have been looking for ... sub 250g ... but need more info like where are the plans, where are the STL 3DP files and is there a speedbuild kit
It's a dollar and a quarter! Who's got that kind of money?! I love these projects as much as the big warbirds. I have everything on hand to build this with the kids already, another plus. Thanks.
This plane looks like a lot of fun to build and fly. Is there any chance that you will be selling the 3D printed parts or will your plans be just foam board only?
Looks like great fun but unless I'm missing something I could do with some measurements for placement of the 3D printed parts? (Distance from front to front of first wing seat etc..) Also, as Arrow shafts aren't as available here in UK what's the diameter so we can order carbon tube?
are there different sizes of Arrow shafts I had some I use for spars and they're too big for the 3d printed parts I tried to shave a bevel to get the shaft started but still wont fit. any thoughts?
I knew about the FAA registration requirements, but I didn’t know they extended to model airplanes! Now I know what to do when I get an RC plane in the future.
So much YES in this video! Love it! THIS is why you guys are so popular in the community! Stuff like this really makes flying accessible to EVERYONE!!!!!! Keep up the amazing work!
Got the plans and am currently 3D printing the parts, next to print the plans and cut the foam! Cant describe how excited I am for this build! PS... Glad the full size F22 is back, its one of my favorites as well (built one YEARS ago)! Also got my Tiny Trainer, Tenet, and Power Pack A in the mail a few days ago! This is gonna be the summer I really learn to fly well!
Where are the plans? I signed up for the news letter when this video came out but have not received a news letter. Does it come to my email? Can I get the plans anywhere else?
Back to basics. Thanks flitetest! Love you guys, but I don't want to watch any more ground effect episodes. This type of content, foam board designs, will keep me coming back.
I absolutely love the slow stick. For those of us who don't have a 3D printer, are you going to sell the 3D printed parts as a kit? That would be great if possible. Thanks in advance.
Where can I get the plans for this stick? I signed up for the news letter when this video came out but have not received any news letter with the plans. Does it come to my email address?
you guys should make a plane that "saves itself" in a crash or something goes wrong aka servo goes out or about to crash that would be toggled by a switch could deploy parachutes or something.
HELP please. Joined Flite Test FTCA and downloaded the stl files to print the 3d parts but could not find the description for the build. Things like motor size, prop size, wing info where to position the parts on the arrow and rig up. Can anybody help me with that type of information. Thanks
So............If i dont have one of those 3D printers I cant make this plane ?.....I want to make it Big.... Like 66 Inches wing length or close to that ? what is available to buy or make for that size model ? Any way to make it 2 times your size that you built I have different size motors an E-flite Power 32 770Kv or a E-flite EFLM 1305 Park 400 Outrunner 920Kv....(Smaller size) and a 40 & 60amp ESC ...I have no real clue as to what they might power and how to figure out what this would need to make. I have to have this big to be able to see it !.....What Can you suggest for this larger size Please I like slow Fryers not good with speed right now ...!
Ok so I recently discovered y'all! So I don't if you are looking for suggestions BUT I'm gonna shoot my shot have y'all heard of the parasite fighters? Maybe try something like that! And for flight fest maybe do a surprise team fight?
Before I watch this video, which by the way I wait for every week with anticipation, I want to say something about my simple scout kit. Thoroughly enjoyed building it and painting it was the most fun part. Absolutely the first airplane I have built in the last 30 years. Learned a lot of new skills. It's not perfect but I love it and I will be trying another one shortly to see if I can do it really nice and clean like Josh does it with no hanger rash before it even leaves the hanger lol thanks guys for a great way of enjoying flight. John from Canada
Finally, something really in the spirit of the slow-stick! I saw that Slow stick ultra on Horizon and threw a fit! $200!
i Miss GWS big time they were ahead of their time
flite test has done more for the hobby than anyone ever ! bless their hearts and thanks so much 😀
There's another way to make a simple plane with arrow shafts: Two arrow shafts as an A frame, canard on the front, twin vert stabs at the back ends, big wing across the pair of booms around the CG. You could hang twin motors off the tails, or a single motor in pusher config, attached to the trailing edge center of the main wing. One of the earliest free flight champ planes was a twin pusher rubber band design of this type, very slow and stable.
the crazy thing is this looks almost exactly like a plane i made 8 or so years ago, 3d printing a wing mount for a long balsa stick. the plane never flew well, but got me into 3d printing enough that i can make good firewalls for FT foamboard planes now
@5:05
30 second black screen - probably the ad break
yeah I was wondering what that was
should have been b roll from flite fest I suspet, but something went bad with the import.
I just wanted to say, everyone should have a friend just like Dave.
Thanks! I agree! ... oh, wait, you meant the guy in the video... yea, him too! 😏
I still have 2 of the original GWS Slow Sticks. They’re both massively overpowered but by far the best slow flyers I own for a relaxing day at the field.
I've got a couple of questions.
First, I went to my local Walmart to pickup a carbon arrow shaft and they didn't have a single arrow in stock in the store. I went to a local sporting goods store and they only sell arrows by the 1/2 dozen or more. No singles. I checked Amazon for just CF tubes and they want $19.00 to ship a $9 dollar rod. Where do I find these $3.00 7mm OD arrows?
Secondly, now that Flight Fest is done, can you do an in-depth build video? The plans don't call out the rod length, or placement of the 3D printed parts.
When I was a wee sprog, my Dad built a glider wtih a body made of a half a yard stick , balsa wings, and a V-type tail. He built as a fuselage for my Jetex engine. Before attaching the rocket, we took it out the the prairie beside the army base. Dad launched the glider, it caught a thermal and went away... way away... this reminded me of then... thanx!
PLEASE MAKE THE WRIGHT BOTHERS FIRST AIRPLANE!!
I missed seeing those slow sticks and keep flying guys ✈️
Love the slow stick, this one looks really fun to fly!!!
Anyone else just get a black screen from 5:03-5:53?
I agree with "graywoulf". I think that there would be a great opportunity to market such a simple kit, and it would also be an inexpensive way for a beginner to learn to fly and get started into such a fun hobby.
This is exactly the plane i have been looking for ... sub 250g ... but need more info like where are the plans, where are the STL 3DP files and is there a speedbuild kit
They said Near the end, through their newslestter.
I’m having trouble finding the DIY Arrow flyer. Can you help me find the plans and electronics please?
Great video!
When will we see the plans for this build? anxiously waiting to build one
i have one of those GWS slow sticks, good back yard flyer
How can we get that 250g -> 1kg thing started in Canada?
You should get a B&M Black Widow telescoping fishing pole and build a giant version. The pole is great for large stick planes.
I don't see dimensions on the plans for the placement of the mounts? Am I missing something?
Where can I download plans and gcode files at? Great job.
really great model and super light wow!
I have a Hobby King Slow Stick and it is an amazing airplane!
Bring back the vlogs with Alex and Stefan!
Absolutely fantastic!
It's a dollar and a quarter! Who's got that kind of money?! I love these projects as much as the big warbirds. I have everything on hand to build this with the kids already, another plus. Thanks.
half the vid was sponsorship of one sort or another?? holy moly
Need a build video with dimensions !
This plane looks like a lot of fun to build and fly. Is there any chance that you will be selling the 3D printed parts or will your plans be just foam board only?
Josh! You can’t pimp your newsletter then NOT leave a link in the description on how and where to sign up for it!! YOU’RE KILLING ME, SMALLS!
the link is in the description
What power pack did yall use?
5:03-5:34 is just a black screen with music
Looks like great fun but unless I'm missing something I could do with some measurements for placement of the 3D printed parts? (Distance from front to front of first wing seat etc..) Also, as Arrow shafts aren't as available here in UK what's the diameter so we can order carbon tube?
.211 - .422 ~ roughly
Thanks looks fun
Just got all the parts printed for one with three, 6mmx6mmx300mm square carbon fiber tubes. Wish I had thought of the arrows!
I was just thinking it's been a while since y'all did anything with gassers.
Content idea: try turning an old string trimmer engine into a gasser!
Building one of these now but was wondering if you guys could give me a landing gear template? Plane looks and flies awesome!
Any chance you could bring flite fest to the uk one day? Would be awesome guys
I love it
I still have a GWS Slow-Stick in the box! Had plans for a camera stick, but quad-copters shelved that! :)
5:04 - 5:30 is blank
Why do I feel like they will make a video in 2025 titled "We built an rc rocket that can actually fly to Mars!"
247! Sounded like you were trying to keep it 103 legal ;-)
Now 3d print a Quicksilver fuselage
So where do we get the plans?
Awesome 😎👍🏼
are there different sizes of Arrow shafts I had some I use for spars and they're too big for the 3d printed parts I tried to shave a bevel to get the shaft started but still wont fit. any thoughts?
I knew about the FAA registration requirements, but I didn’t know they extended to model airplanes! Now I know what to do when I get an RC plane in the future.
Yep! That's a common misunderstanding. A "drone" to the FAA includes quadcopters AND model aircraft.
Where can I get the building instructions with the shaft length/thickness and spacing dimensions where the 3D parts need to be glued on to the shaft?
I love you guys
Where can I get there Stl's from?
thingi_verse "flying stick"
I wish we had more groups like the FCA in Canada, considering how TC and MAAC are having the issues.
How do we get the plans for the wing and tail ? Have all the parts coming from radical rc
👍😎👍thanks for the video
the whole video was one great big advertisement
日本は１００ｇ以上で登録！飛ばす場所が無いとは言え、１００ｇでは作るのも難しい！！
One long commercial . . .
They are a business, it’s literally their job 😂
where can I get plans for this? I signed up for the news letter, now what?
Would have been cool to do the wings out of lwpla. Honestly could design the entire thing to be 3d printed including the arrow shaft.
Where can i find the 3d print files??
F18 vs f14 with airsoft guns I live in Texas this would really make my day
So much YES in this video! Love it! THIS is why you guys are so popular in the community! Stuff like this really makes flying accessible to EVERYONE!!!!!! Keep up the amazing work!
Got the plans and am currently 3D printing the parts, next to print the plans and cut the foam! Cant describe how excited I am for this build!
PS... Glad the full size F22 is back, its one of my favorites as well (built one YEARS ago)! Also got my Tiny Trainer, Tenet, and Power Pack A in the mail a few days ago! This is gonna be the summer I really learn to fly well!
Where are the plans? I signed up for the news letter when this video came out but have not received a news letter. Does it come to my email? Can I get the plans anywhere else?
Wait... you guys have been registering your planes? I tight that was a joke. 😂
Is there any possibility of getting the 3D printer files for the printed parts?
Hey, I think I recognize that white and orange fowl flier in the combat clip
Back to basics. Thanks flitetest! Love you guys, but I don't want to watch any more ground effect episodes. This type of content, foam board designs, will keep me coming back.
Will the plans be available by the first weekend in may? I wanna build one with my buddy for his birthday
I absolutely love the slow stick. For those of us who don't have a 3D printer, are you going to sell the 3D printed parts as a kit? That would be great if possible. Thanks in advance.
I'm a subscriber, where do we find the print files?
Hey guys. Are the files for the 3D printed parts available yet? Thx.
Motor ESC and battery used? I don't have a 3D printer but have a big box of sewing thread spools I can turn into wing and equipment mounting points.
Feel like I missed how I can get those sweet 3D print models to build my own stick plane.
What happened to the hovercraft project? Been almost a month since the last update?
Can y’all at flite test make an XF-85 Goblin?! A neat prototype “parasite fighter” tested in WW2
The hobbytown in Reynoldsburg Ohio is sitting on 3 slow ultra sticks right now! Let me know if guys are interested so you can pump those videos out.
Where can I get the plans for this stick? I signed up for the news letter when this video came out but have not received any news letter with the plans. Does it come to my email address?
40seconds of blank 😉
advertise-test!
Hey josh when is the new all terrain Flerken going to come out??
End of April :-)
Dave are you going to be sharing the gcode files?
Why can't I post a link to the plans?
nice
Cool. Slow stick with inav I’m in
You should try to make a rc M2-R1.
you guys should make a plane that "saves itself" in a crash or something goes wrong aka servo goes out or about to crash that would be toggled by a switch could deploy parachutes or something.
Will this work with the spare parts (wing mounts etc?) from the Horizon Hobby plane? I don't have access to a 3D printer.
I'm probably dumb but I don't see the longer video link
Was that Messina from Loggins and Messina?
Can I hunt whitetail with this? 😂
Use that thing to make kamikaze attacks on ships!
Can you make a Jedi interceptor?
Re invented the slow stick huh lol lol
Anyone know the Range of their beginner P-40?
HELP please. Joined Flite Test FTCA and downloaded the stl files to print the 3d parts but could not find the description for the build. Things like motor size, prop size, wing info where to position the parts on the arrow and rig up. Can anybody help me with that type of information. Thanks
What if I don't have access to a 3d printer?
The slow stick is way overpriced for what you get anyway. Definitely wait to find them for 100
So............If i dont have one of those 3D printers I cant make this plane ?.....I want to make it Big.... Like 66 Inches wing length or close to that ? what is available to buy or make for that size model ? Any way to make it 2 times your size that you built I have different size motors an E-flite Power 32 770Kv or a E-flite EFLM 1305 Park 400 Outrunner 920Kv....(Smaller size) and a 40 & 60amp ESC ...I have no real clue as to what they might power and how to figure out what this would need to make. I have to have this big to be able to see it !.....What Can you suggest for this larger size Please I like slow Fryers not good with speed right now ...!
Ok so I recently discovered y'all! So I don't if you are looking for suggestions BUT I'm gonna shoot my shot have y'all heard of the parasite fighters? Maybe try something like that! And for flight fest maybe do a surprise team fight?