Haha great vid, been there many times...spend weeks or months building your balsa baby only to have to disintegrate in a 15 second flight!!!! Happily for us pilots the new foam kits are basically preassembled and have full electronic stabilization built in so we have much better than a 50-50 chance of getting it back on the ground in one piece.
New people to RC, Don't let this scare you into not flying. These are two idiots with no idea. The plane's CG was off, and trims way off centre. I have been flying RC planes for 18 years. I've only ever crashed 1 that was not repairable. To be successful, 1. Get an RC simulator and get about 10 hours on it. 2. Join an RC club and you will have people help you. My first 4 flights on my trainer were on a buddy box. I solo after that all on my first day at the RC Aircraft Club. My one and only crash that destroyed a plane happened about two years after that.
One crash? Geese well done! but bloody boring! They’re toy planes not real ones! as a driver the saying goes if you don’t crash you aren’t driving hard enough! I fly planes that way now and I’ll never join a club full of stiff’s again! Ever tried freedom? There’s no broken bones so send it! It’s nice to keep an expensive model in nice condition but what is the point seriously! No one cares if it’s shiny! Build a disposable plane and fly it hard with no regrets and especially no rules! Fk the club! Then tell me after actually flying if you even remember previous club flight?
Yeah I’ve flown rc for over 20 years and learned in the 90s on planes like this one. Did buddy cord and flew circles and went from there. It’s never gonna work to just go buy a plane and try to fly it. There are so many tools that can help now days to
I know this has been out a while but I just wanted to say how sad that the pilot never took the time to watch any of the FliteTest beginner series vids on youtube. next. no time spent on a simulator. next. didnt have the plane balanced properly. what a shame and waste of money crashing a perfectly good plane because of being in a rush to do what? Show off for everyone. Never let others push you into doing something you are not ready to do yet. They dont care, its not their plane or money. I bet the first guy that tryed it never once said hey just wait till you are ready. Many a good plane gets destroyed because of pressure from someone else so they can see you wreck.
I agree back in the day we had a trainer cord and it was a lot of frustration when I got my flight simulator about 1999 I was able to fly so much better
Watching this Feb of 2024. Ahhh yes! the Good-ol’ days when we were just coming out of not giving a ______ ! about _____ ! 😂😂😂 This video is awesome! 😂😂😂
really sorry to see your plane go down. i hope u dont give up. keep at it, practice makes perfect. i know what it feels like only too well when crashing a plane. i also learned myself to fly and it was very frustrating when bringing my plane home in bits every time i went out to fly. but i eventually mastered it and u will too. good luck. by the way im flying 27 years and still get the same buzz now as i did when i started. brilliant hobby.
I wasnt ready for that ending lol I love flying... First time I met an ICE agent he was teaching his son how to fly... He couldn't fly... So it wouldnt end well... I took the lead... Taught them both... From then we became best friend... Took him 2 years to find out at the time I had no documents lol we went on hunting trips and shooting ranges together... Built rifles... And I still joke about him being a horrible agent but We are all glad we met. God bless y'all
this plane will almost fly itself.its either very tailheavy or attack angle of leading edge to low.not enough bands on it.and too much control throw on elevator and ailerons they fly great in a 15 mph wind.I love this plane with a fox schnurle 45 to 60
Remembering the feeling. The boundary between control and catastrophe is Sooo small! That was enough flight time though to allow the bug its due... Thanks!
For whatever reason, this 10 year old video has been parped in to my recommended list 2 in the last 3 weeks. Not that I'm complaining, I think it's great that youtube are recommending smaller youtubers these days .
This is how we did it back in the day. We had no youtube, google, or internet at all whatsoever. It was a long, painful, and expensive learning curve. Few people had access to R.C. clubs. Just figuring things out by themselves is what men did all day every day. Young people today wouldn't last a week.
I remember watching video of people flying in New York, park with tall buildings everywhere. But, the infinite setting in the videocam can be confusing on the actual distance between them and those other houses.
I honestly think these things fly way too fast to learn on. It's much safer (and cheaper) to learn on sailplanes or park flyers with a very low wing loading. Not to mention dealing with the tuning and care of a glow engine, which is an entirely different set of trials and errors.
These guys need to practice about 20 hours on a realflight simulator G 3 or better... That poor airplane... I flew mine successfuly about 50 times. The tower trainer is a great airplane to fly!
If you want to see how to do it wrong and break every safety rule going this is the video to watch. As others have mentioned try and find a local RC club its great fun...😊
That was a nice plane to learn with. Its too bad you didn't take it seriously. Could have gone much worse though. You shoukd have sold it cheap to a kid that wanted to learn.
I know this is a very old video, but I assume that the word “safety” didn’t mean a thing for the pilot and the people around, right? How on Earth anyone can assume that flying in a neighbourhood between houses was ok??
Not one person concerned about flying with houses in nearly every direction? No wonder the FAA got involved in this hobby. As for flying too fast-- the left stick controls the thottle. It is not an On-Off switch. Yes I'm critical in every aspect of these two flights.
This EXACTLY. I see videos all the time of idiots flying near houses, and it ruins it for the rest of us that actually fly off a true flying field. That small plane would go through a wall at wide open throttle. That motor would slice and dice, i know, i have a permanently crooked finger from a .40 size motor just like that in an airboat. Dumb ass people man ruin the entire hobby for the rest of us
The kid in the video says "you're getting it too high". NOOOO, actually!!!! A beginner should always stay 3 mistakes high to have room to either A. correct the mistake or B. Hand the controller over to an experienced pilot who can. For that plane (about a 62 inch wingspan), I'd say about 200 feet doing left turn circuit patterns. That wasn't even 100 feet. But that isn't even the real problem. Flying in a small residential neighborhood????? ugh!!!!
There are so many things done wrong in this video I don't know where to start....reminds me of when I tried to teach myself to fly RC. It took 3 planes and way too much cash at the time ut I got there lol
Really should not be doing that in a neighborhood. People believe these things are as harmless as the smaller store bought electrics. They are not and can cause property damage and kill someone. I have been flying these things for over 30 years and would never try to do what you were doing. Please get it to a field.
***** These old fart airplane guys think they know everything. They all told me I need 20 hours of instruction to learn to fly one. LOL I was doing aileron rolls within 15 minutes of my first instruction. I never went back for another. Total waste of time. Don't listen to these old airplane farts.
The days of buying #64 rubber bands. If any reason at all to buy a 40 size anything but a trainer its to have a plane with 1/4 x 20 nylon bolt and wooden dowl holding the wing on. I remember putting 10 of those things on and throwing them away because of fuel oil soak. The good ol days NOT lol
Exactly what id expect, I’ve been an R/C Builder and flyer since an early age. I’m 77 and still flying R/C..This plane wasn’t balanced or set up right…it actually flew half way ok….considering…
+Brandon topchev You need (in germany) an insurance and with with such a loud plane you need to go to an official air field for model airplanes. Tip: Train with a flight simulator before.
2wheels Onegoon in the UK, we can fly whatever we want, where we want subject to airspace classification, but under 8kg though, we can literally fly anywhere, even in military airspace but cause an accident and your gonna get spanked by the mod
He is not the first person i have seen try to fly that didn't pull the power back an slow it down so they could get the plane under some kind of control .
I just chance upon this video and I must say it is very dangerous and irresponsible. What if it crashes onto someone? It had happened before. Flying near houses, even if they are your own and property only teaches you to be more irresponsible. That is why in the manual it says, "this is not a toy". Even in rc sailing and power boating, there are rules to follow for good reason.
don't know why anyone buys petrol planes anymore, battery and motor technology has come so far now that they out perform petrol engines and are super reliable and can be shut down in a heartbeat if theres an emergency too.
@@dmithsmith5880 really, so the real man chooses the lower powered option, the one with slow throttle response and also the one with less flight time then eh? Electric outclasses petrol in every way now.
@@stevefox3763 I have many petrol and many electrics..probably 50/50, a smart person like myself likes them both equally and it makes them a more educated and diversified hobbyist. They each have pros and cons. To simply state that electric outperforms petrol in every way is the most ignorant statement I have ever heard... you mention runtime hahaaa..Hilarious!! I have a 80" stick with a 50cc weedeater engine on it that will fly for just shy of 1 1/2 hours on a full tank.. Try to fly 80" stick with batteries for a hour and a half let me know how that works out for you 😂.. and sometimes the sound and smell of a nice petrol engine just brings that extra manly touch to the hobby.
@@dmithsmith5880 actually, that statement is ignorant, you clearly haven't looked oast the junk put in rtf craft. Trust me, take any engine and you will find a motor, esc and battery combo that will wipe the floor with the petrol if you spend the money. Seriously, I can keep a diy foamboard ft cub in the air for 45 mins and cover 20+ miles on a 4000mah 3s (I have a video of a 37min flight), you think I couldn’t make your 80" hit an hour and a half with the right setup? I have a 74" balsa petrol to electric conversion done by me, the motor weighs significantly less than the engine and fuel is also very heavy, all of that weight and a lot more can be put back in with the electric power system and I garuntee 2 hours would be achievable in your 80" if pushed with the right gear and enough battery capacity on board.
Haha great vid, been there many times...spend weeks or months building your balsa baby only to have to disintegrate in a 15 second flight!!!! Happily for us pilots the new foam kits are basically preassembled and have full electronic stabilization built in so we have much better than a 50-50 chance of getting it back on the ground in one piece.
Oh man this brings back memories. I taught myself to fly and many flights were just like that. Though there were no houses involved.
This was very well done. I'm waiting patiently for your next video entitled, "The Safe and Proper Use of Power Tools"
haaaaaahhaahhahahaah
For those who are thinking about getting into RC airplanes: It doesn't always end up like this! Get help from your local RC club...
this looks like "hold my beer and watch this"
1:19 Hold my Beer
New people to RC, Don't let this scare you into not flying. These are two idiots with no idea. The plane's CG was off, and trims way off centre. I have been flying RC planes for 18 years. I've only ever crashed 1 that was not repairable. To be successful, 1. Get an RC simulator and get about 10 hours on it. 2. Join an RC club and you will have people help you. My first 4 flights on my trainer were on a buddy box. I solo after that all on my first day at the RC Aircraft Club. My one and only crash that destroyed a plane happened about two years after that.
One crash? Geese well done! but bloody boring! They’re toy planes not real ones! as a driver the saying goes if you don’t crash you aren’t driving hard enough! I fly planes that way now and I’ll never join a club full of stiff’s again! Ever tried freedom? There’s no broken bones so send it! It’s nice to keep an expensive model in nice condition but what is the point seriously! No one cares if it’s shiny! Build a disposable plane and fly it hard with no regrets and especially no rules! Fk the club! Then tell me after actually flying if you even remember previous club flight?
Yeah I’ve flown rc for over 20 years and learned in the 90s on planes like this one. Did buddy cord and flew circles and went from there. It’s never gonna work to just go buy a plane and try to fly it. There are so many tools that can help now days to
I know this has been out a while but I just wanted to say how sad that the pilot never took the time to watch any of the FliteTest beginner series vids on youtube. next. no time spent on a simulator. next. didnt have the plane balanced properly. what a shame and waste of money crashing a perfectly good plane because of being in a rush to do what? Show off for everyone. Never let others push you into doing something you are not ready to do yet. They dont care, its not their plane or money. I bet the first guy that tryed it never once said hey just wait till you are ready. Many a good plane gets destroyed because of pressure from someone else so they can see you wreck.
Also engine not dialed in (not tuned), not to mention flying with in a neighborhood?
I agree back in the day we had a trainer cord and it was a lot of frustration when I got my flight simulator about 1999 I was able to fly so much better
Incompetence of epic proportions on this video I'd be embarrassed even post it
It's a strong little plane I'm learning on one now.happy flying
Watching this Feb of 2024. Ahhh yes! the Good-ol’ days when we were just coming out of not giving a ______ ! about _____ ! 😂😂😂 This video is awesome! 😂😂😂
The wife ordering "bring back over here "!
really sorry to see your plane go down. i hope u dont give up. keep at it, practice makes perfect. i know what it feels like only too well when crashing a plane. i also learned myself to fly and it was very frustrating when bringing my plane home in bits every time i went out to fly. but i eventually mastered it and u will too. good luck. by the way im flying 27 years and still get the same buzz now as i did when i started. brilliant hobby.
I know the problem....pilot didn't drink enough beer.
Lol! That was good, the tower .40 brings me back, I still have mine because I was to scared to fly it...15 years ago. Good vid
I see the problem: 6 EA Bud Light installed.
How can anyone stand that crap?
I wasnt ready for that ending lol
I love flying... First time I met an ICE agent he was teaching his son how to fly... He couldn't fly... So it wouldnt end well... I took the lead... Taught them both... From then we became best friend... Took him 2 years to find out at the time I had no documents lol we went on hunting trips and shooting ranges together... Built rifles... And I still joke about him being a horrible agent but We are all glad we met. God bless y'all
this plane will almost fly itself.its either very tailheavy or attack angle of leading edge to low.not enough bands on it.and too much control throw on elevator and ailerons they fly great in a 15 mph wind.I love this plane with a fox schnurle 45 to 60
Remembering the feeling. The boundary between control and catastrophe is Sooo small! That was enough flight time though to allow the bug its due... Thanks!
What did that cost? 30 dollars per loop?
For whatever reason, this 10 year old video has been parped in to my recommended list 2 in the last 3 weeks. Not that I'm complaining, I think it's great that youtube are recommending smaller youtubers these days .
This is how we did it back in the day. We had no youtube, google, or internet at all whatsoever.
It was a long, painful, and expensive learning curve.
Few people had access to R.C. clubs. Just figuring things out by themselves is what men did all day every day.
Young people today wouldn't last a week.
ahh man this brings back some memories. been there!
I remember watching video of people flying in New York, park with tall buildings everywhere. But, the infinite setting in the videocam can be confusing on the actual distance between them and those other houses.
I honestly think these things fly way too fast to learn on. It's much safer (and cheaper) to learn on sailplanes or park flyers with a very low wing loading. Not to mention dealing with the tuning and care of a glow engine, which is an entirely different set of trials and errors.
These guys need to practice about 20 hours on a realflight simulator G 3 or better... That poor airplane... I flew mine successfuly about 50 times. The tower trainer is a great airplane to fly!
If you snug the main wheels a bit, it'll act like brakes.
If you want to see how to do it wrong and break every safety rule going this is the video to watch.
As others have mentioned try and find a local RC club its great fun...😊
Only. 2 rubber bands? Plane was likely tail heavy and throws were too extreme. Been there, done that!
Moron
Omg epic lol notice only two rubber bands lol sooooo funny I did the same thing lol didn't turn out well
That was a nice plane to learn with. Its too bad you didn't take it seriously. Could have gone much worse though. You shoukd have sold it cheap to a kid that wanted to learn.
Been there bro. Lesson learned right
I know this is a very old video, but I assume that the word “safety” didn’t mean a thing for the pilot and the people around, right? How on Earth anyone can assume that flying in a neighbourhood between houses was ok??
I dunno ask some of the idiots that fly drones in the same fashion
aarongriffin81 is this the one wit the os .46 AXII?
Luv the boots..ride'em cowboy!
WOW
Poor plane...with 2 i....s
New guy! Why didn’t you guys use a buddy training cord ? That’s a waste of a good plane.
Not one person concerned about flying with houses in nearly every direction? No wonder the FAA got involved in this hobby. As for flying too fast-- the left stick controls the thottle. It is not an On-Off switch. Yes I'm critical in every aspect of these two flights.
This EXACTLY. I see videos all the time of idiots flying near houses, and it ruins it for the rest of us that actually fly off a true flying field. That small plane would go through a wall at wide open throttle. That motor would slice and dice, i know, i have a permanently crooked finger from a .40 size motor just like that in an airboat. Dumb ass people man ruin the entire hobby for the rest of us
I haven’t seen a tower trainer in years
Nice !
I have been flying 23 yrs. Let someone teach you the right way?
Is he a slow adult?
Kristopher
The kid in the video says "you're getting it too high". NOOOO, actually!!!! A beginner should always stay 3 mistakes high to have room to either A. correct the mistake or B. Hand the controller over to an experienced pilot who can. For that plane (about a 62 inch wingspan), I'd say about 200 feet doing left turn circuit patterns. That wasn't even 100 feet.
But that isn't even the real problem. Flying in a small residential neighborhood????? ugh!!!!
yep... right on target. I did almost exactly the same 35 yrs ago.
There are so many things done wrong in this video I don't know where to start....reminds me of when I tried to teach myself to fly RC. It took 3 planes and way too much cash at the time ut I got there lol
Really should not be doing that in a neighborhood. People believe these things are as harmless as the smaller store bought electrics. They are not and can cause property damage and kill someone. I have been flying these things for over 30 years and would never try to do what you were doing. Please get it to a field.
Shut up...
John Rambo Your intellectual prowess is truly amazing...
MrHaljohn2814 yes, it is.
***** These old fart airplane guys think they know everything. They all told me I need 20 hours of instruction to learn to fly one. LOL I was doing aileron rolls within 15 minutes of my first instruction. I never went back for another. Total waste of time. Don't listen to these old airplane farts.
***** Lame. nobody have ever got fingers chopped off by a 40 trainer.
The days of buying #64 rubber bands. If any reason at all to buy a 40 size anything but a trainer its to have a plane with 1/4 x 20 nylon bolt and wooden dowl holding the wing on. I remember putting 10 of those things on and throwing them away because of fuel oil soak. The good ol days NOT lol
engine sound a little to lean carburator setting
Exactly what id expect, I’ve been an R/C Builder and flyer since an early age. I’m 77 and still flying R/C..This plane wasn’t balanced or set up right…it actually flew half way ok….considering…
Defenety wayy tail heavy 😢
Takeoffs are optional, landings are mandatory
The ground has been in many fights, but still undefeated. 100% KO rate.
Was CG accurate?
Do you need a license for this plane I have this in my basement ready for use
+Brandon topchev You need (in germany) an insurance and with with such a loud plane you need to go to an official air field for model airplanes. Tip: Train with a flight simulator before.
2wheels Onegoon in the UK, we can fly whatever we want, where we want subject to airspace classification, but under 8kg though, we can literally fly anywhere, even in military airspace but cause an accident and your gonna get spanked by the mod
He is not the first person i have seen try to fly that didn't pull the power back an slow it down so they could get the plane under some kind of control .
Plane was tail heavy. He never stood a chance.
I just chance upon this video and I must say it is very dangerous and irresponsible. What if it crashes onto someone? It had happened before. Flying near houses, even if they are your own and property only teaches you to be more irresponsible. That is why in the manual it says, "this is not a toy". Even in rc sailing and power boating, there are rules to follow for good reason.
You stuck the landing
Nitro
Like watching Dumb and Dumber .., impatient, ignorant, dangerous - there was only ever going to be one outcome.
Been there done that just like the comment below sometimes you just want to fly and don’t think I remember those days take care
Unbalanced tail heavy plane, with 2 bands holding down the wing. I dont see how it lasted so long before you crashed.
Here hold my beer
This was great very funny
i ask myself why am i laughing so hard right now :)
I'm getting the mini p40n kittyhawk brushless
And it is not Gas, it is nitro fuel
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Definitely could have done without the breeze.
All the gear, no idea 😂
I'm crying to funny
Why 83 dislikes
Because there wasn't any fire from the crash.
It was almost the same crash!!😂
I think engine is too rich for take off
you did Not show resulting damage so Thumbs down for you !
+rob b shut the fuck up. you didn't show your ugly wife either.
that was painful to watch hahhaha
Go better fishing
don't know why anyone buys petrol planes anymore, battery and motor technology has come so far now that they out perform petrol engines and are super reliable and can be shut down in a heartbeat if theres an emergency too.
Did that 35 years ago didnt wreck the plane to bad still fly it.
Petrol planes are for real men...
@@dmithsmith5880 really, so the real man chooses the lower powered option, the one with slow throttle response and also the one with less flight time then eh?
Electric outclasses petrol in every way now.
@@stevefox3763 I have many petrol and many electrics..probably 50/50, a smart person like myself likes them both equally and it makes them a more educated and diversified hobbyist. They each have pros and cons. To simply state that electric outperforms petrol in every way is the most ignorant statement I have ever heard... you mention runtime hahaaa..Hilarious!!
I have a 80" stick with a 50cc weedeater engine on it that will fly for just shy of 1 1/2 hours on a full tank..
Try to fly 80" stick with batteries for a hour and a half let me know how that works out for you 😂.. and sometimes the sound and smell of a nice petrol engine just brings that extra manly touch to the hobby.
@@dmithsmith5880 actually, that statement is ignorant, you clearly haven't looked oast the junk put in rtf craft.
Trust me, take any engine and you will find a motor, esc and battery combo that will wipe the floor with the petrol if you spend the money.
Seriously, I can keep a diy foamboard ft cub in the air for 45 mins and cover 20+ miles on a 4000mah 3s (I have a video of a 37min flight), you think I couldn’t make your 80" hit an hour and a half with the right setup?
I have a 74" balsa petrol to electric conversion done by me, the motor weighs significantly less than the engine and fuel is also very heavy, all of that weight and a lot more can be put back in with the electric power system and I garuntee 2 hours would be achievable in your 80" if pushed with the right gear and enough battery capacity on board.
Do you know how these are not rc people? they call nitro fuel "gas" and the transmitter the "controller"
Because of this idiots we have to put out with the FAA and all of this new rules and regulations.
I think that was more to do with drones, but I take your point, it's insane that RC planes are more tightly regulated than guns in the US.