I was a A-10 Crew chief in the USAF during the first Gulf War in 1991. This is an AWESOME R/C model!!! I can't wait to see the paintball gun attached. GREAT job guys!!!

“On paper” that A-10 is badass

@azraellive3595

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@arnigamer4349

3 жыл бұрын

Cussed

@AEAEAEHELPMEAEAE

Ай бұрын

Lol

All of you guys at FliteTest are incredibly talented and have been a great help to me as a beginner in this hobby. Thanks a bunch from a 56 year old newbie!

i'd love to see you try to put rounds on a ground target like the a-10 was made for. I'd recommend putting some cardboard tanks(boxes) and try to hit them

Needs more BBBRRRRRTTTTTTTT!

@khorne7386

5 жыл бұрын

Me: ( see plane going in for a pass) duck for cover and hold on to your buts

@reptilesgamers00

5 жыл бұрын

Please put a 40 mike airsoft in it. The sound will be perfect!

@jacobgoldshmidt783

5 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE SO RIGHT HOLY MOLLY

@flygtur7784

5 жыл бұрын

Polarstar rig would be better

@jacobgoldshmidt783

5 жыл бұрын

well you have to get an hpa tank, regulator, then a engine, then a receiver, fcu and battery, and somehow hold the barrel, then have enough power to fly it all.

As a former A-10 pilot from the early 80’s, I’m blown away by this! So cool! Thanks!

@EURIPODES

5 жыл бұрын

The A-10 always had a special place in my heart. I grew up in Battle Creek MI near the Fort Custer ANG base, for a time we had the most A-10's in the country and they were always flying over head.

@necessaryevil455

5 жыл бұрын

I was in Alaska in the early 80's the first time I saw one. We were getting the A-10 in and I was having lunch on some grass by the flight line and out of the blue they put on a show before landing. I love the sounds it makes.

@emersonsrandomvideos248

5 жыл бұрын

How i wish i can tell stories like how you tell your's as a pilot.

@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT

5 жыл бұрын

I can hardly wait for them to arm it with a GAU-8 paint cannon!

@mikeupton5406

5 жыл бұрын

Cujo G Thank You for your service!! RESPECT

You're excitement in this video is CONTAGIOUS! Thanks for the work!

I love this. I get emotional when I see this scratch built A10 fly. I feel the exact same joy you guys do because I, too, love this hobby. Nothing like it in the world, except for flying the real thing. My heart goes out to all of you @ FliteTest, thanks much for these videos, love watching and learning.

It’s so nice to see Bixler making some planes again!

This is awesome!!! Well whenever you wanna strap some rockets to it lemme know 👌💥

@xxxenricop

5 жыл бұрын

sounds like an idea for a special guest episode :-) looking forward to it!

@CraigLYoung

5 жыл бұрын

You know I had a tank kill robbed from my company during Desert Storm because Hellfires are a lot faster than TOWs.

@FliteTest

5 жыл бұрын

we were hoping to scale it up 300% and send you two the blue yonder in it:) -Alex

@lorenzozanre2523

5 жыл бұрын

You're the best ahahaha

@markybuddie

5 жыл бұрын

So Peter I'm thinking a FPV Anti Aircraft gun (airsoft of course) to battle this beast.

Man, this video is so watchable. Not just for the cool plane, but also for your enthusiasm for the project. Great job, and hats off to the young designer.

That's super cool. It was really beautiful to watch it come in and actually get a *ground effect* pause you could see because the thing's so big. Awesome!

Yes! This is what FliteTest is! Finally, a new video that's awesome!

Being an A-10 crew chief myself, I gotta say this design is AMAZING. It looks AWESOME. For when you actually get a gun in that thing, take note that the gun on an a-10 is actually a little left of center so the firing barrel is centerline (fires from 9 o'clock position looking down the gun) to assist with the power situation, try having a much more aggressive AOA on the rear props as well as slightly higher RPM to overcome the stress on the motor and the prop itself during acceleration, see if you can't program in a slight delay front to rear props to allow the accelerated air enough time to reach the rear prop before it tries to move alot of air at a really fast speed.

@IhateYoutube

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your Service and for keeping the *Freedom Braaaaap* 's in the air protecting our men and women on the ground!

@kyde9921

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome comment, hope they get to read it

@cgod241

5 жыл бұрын

are you looking at the same piece of debris that I am??? an a10 cost about twenty million all said and done and then another mill or so to train your dumb ass let alone feed it.It deserves much greater representation. it's like flying a garbage bag because your to cheap to buy a kite

@DChrls

5 жыл бұрын

Wucifer, Booooo, Boooo

@DNeid

5 жыл бұрын

Wucifer slayer the a-10 cost less to fly, build, maintain, and operate, than the other fighters in our military, and yet it still does the CAS job better than any other weapons delivery system. Sure it's not the prettiest plane but I'll be damned if another plane does its job better.

Awesome video and shout outs to all who worked on this project, well done!! I like one of the pilots comments while flying "well its not OVER powered." Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.

Completely brilliant! Peter guided me here. The drone pilotry is awesome and the glide in to land was beautiful. You have another subscriber gentlemen.

11:10 Best landin' ever :) Thanks for sharin'..

As a 35+ year modeler and a 25+ year aero engineer, and a long-time fan of the Warthog, I DIG WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE. Let me add a little constructive criticism tho. One of my projects during my career was the design of a wind tunnel. Since you are making thrust with two windy tubes on this plane, let me tell you a bit of what I know about windy tubes: THE SPEED OF THE AIR AT THE BACK IS THE SAME AS THE SPEED OF THE AIR AT THE FRONT. If the diameter of the tube is the same, the speed has to be the same. Air will speed up only if the tube gets smaller (diameter) and will slow down if the tube expands. But since you have essentially a straight tube, with the same prop at both ends, the speed will be the same. If you do a little measuring/ analysis of how much power the motors are drawing, you can see how much more pitch you can add to the prop without overheating the motor or esc. HOWEVER, the pitch should be the same on the back and the front. Other ways to help the thrust of the motors: Add a rounded inlet lip to the front of the nacelle (3d print?) It will make the air flow into the prop more evenly and give better thrust. Fill the space between the two motor frames with material to help streamline the installation. Add a rocket-tube between the motors, and fill the space between the struts with foamboard. Add a spinner to each prop as well. It will help the air flow straighter and faster in the middle area of the tube. Is that 2x sized foamboard about 1:40 in? I'm watching these big builds to get ideas for my foamboard B-52 the I want to do of similar size. Bigger foam boards would be a great thing for that.PS - What about the LG pods?

@michaelangiolo9370

5 жыл бұрын

This is very true and I hope flitetest sees it

@michaelangiolo9370

5 жыл бұрын

The only motor doing any work is the back ones not the ones in front the back cannot be accelerated or you will melt the motors and ESC latest please read this comment

@theoriginalmakaaka101

5 жыл бұрын

In the flight, if you pause it at 8:34, there is a little bit of tapering to the inlet and outlet. This is a good shot because the sky makes it very easy to see the angles. Not sure if you mean it needs to be more - like a cone shape or just longer tapering.

@adger3307

5 жыл бұрын

would it be helpful if i add some stators between props and increase prop pitch gradually to add up speed?

@johngoscinski1995

5 жыл бұрын

I would fill the area between the 4 thin struts with foamboard. That would act like stators and help fair in the struts. I would then look at the amp draw/power capacity of the motors. If there is overhead, I'd add pitch to draw more power up to the capacity of the motors. To put in perspective, they were getting 4 lbs thrust from 2 large thrust pods each with 2 motors. You can get 2 lbs of thrust from a average low-cost 70mm edf, so this much bigger diameter ought to be able to develop a good bit more thrust. It seems to be very inefficient at the moment.

As well as increasing rear prop speed they could also make the rear of the tube narrow to increase air pressure exiting the unit

That pure joy when you actually caught air made this whole video worth it.

You should do a kit. Small planes, normal planes, massive planes. Keep flying.

PLEASE MAKE THIS A PLANE KIT ON YOUR STORE!!!

@ArsenFal

5 жыл бұрын

okay

@celestinemachuca8930

5 жыл бұрын

Ojala

"made from Dollar Store Foamboard" cut on your laser cutter... lol

@Sawer

4 жыл бұрын

Ye but you can print out the plans with any printer and after tracing it to the foamboard you can cut it out with a razor blade. Give it a try :D

@zawisiak3708

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sawer where are the plans

@Sawer

3 жыл бұрын

@@zawisiak3708 on their website, its a little hard to navigate but its there for every plane they build:)

@zawisiak3708

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sawer even for that a-10?

Wow......super design, super flight! Congratulations, guys!!

FPV and an Airsoft gun on this thing = A hell of a lotta fun

@electricdeckhead3083

5 жыл бұрын

As cool as it would be, I'm not sure if weaponizing unmanned aircraft is a good move when trying to get your government onside to stop the banning of the sport. I'm not familiar with what's going on over there but it sounds like this sort of thing could be used for ammo for their argument , pardon the pun.

@electricdeckhead3083

5 жыл бұрын

"dude" I have a firearms license here in Australia and am not allowed an airsoft gun, you sound to be heading down our path with the restrictions wanted to be added to rc planes and drones as we already have here going through your congress, The airsoft side of it will be used as an example in congress to display what "could be" with a real gun. Just saying here in Aus we have to be careful what ammo we give them against us with the restrictions already in place and have seen this game play out here already.

@ZoniesCoasters

5 жыл бұрын

@Positive Anion yeah but a lot of the anti gun people are gonna ask "what's to stop them from mounting a real gun" BS and try to ban guns, Airsoft, and RC.

@moonstryder1740

5 жыл бұрын

oh yeah... its sad how idiotic your firearms laws are and then people want to use australia as an example of what the US should do..... My advice, keep fighting, if all else fails, move to New Zealand. I wouldve said South Africa too, but we are doing horrible right now, thank god trump is sending us some help to stabilise our situation

@cryo2156

5 жыл бұрын

@@moonstryder1740 the NZ firearms community is getting hit pretty hard too right now

I'm blown away by how that basic ft wing can stretch to that size and still have a ton of strength. Off the shelf motors are bringing the hobby into range for a lot of people

OUTSTANDING, gentlemen! Awesome work! Thanks for sharing!

Literally the coolest thing I've seen all year. Great job guys! This is 100% Grade A Badassery!

THIS is why I subscribe to Flight Test!!!

Be sure to add something to make the signature BRRRRT sound to the gun! Love it!

Surprisingly emotional first flight. Well done, chaps!

You Guys must have had a fantastic childhood, I love the teamwork and what You've achieved here Well Done will be back to watch more of your videos :)

Just more proof that Fairchild Republic really knew what they were doing in 1970 and just how stable that design is when scaled down.

You guys read my mind! I've been wanting to make an A-10 that shoots airsoft for quite some time now. If you make an AC130 that shoots paintballs and airsoft with sidemounted FPV cameras I will be ecstatic!

@andytaylor1588

5 жыл бұрын

An AC-130U would be extremely cool.

@bluecaller-eh3qq

5 жыл бұрын

That would be pretty hard to do and the plan would have to be pretty high up in the air to circle around like the real one but that would be f****** awesome

@muskokamike127

5 жыл бұрын

This is a case of "should you"? Because you KNOW some idiot will use the information to mount a real firearm or even start shooting people.

@VoluntaryPlanet

5 жыл бұрын

Muskoka Mike You realize that it’s literally a matter of mounting a servo on a trigger to do that, right? It’s not a secret. People like you should really stop thinking in a protectionist way. You can’t kill ideas.

@muskokamike127

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah? if it was so simple why isn't everyone doing it? People like you should start thinking instead of commenting about things you know nothing about. Here's some factors that you (as usual) didn't think about: 1) structural integrity: the airframe has to be able to survive the recoil 2) power to weight ratio 3) if the firearm is located at the front of the plane, will the plane continue to fly due to the stall of the recoil of the weapon? (you know, because it's an issue that the Mosquito had to deal with when firing their forward facing cannons. They were so powerful that it would almost stall the aircraft). 4) Aiming: how do you know where the round is going to go? Because rule number 1 with firearms is you NEVER pull the trigger until you are certain you know where that round is going to hit. But then again, like many, common sense is a thing read about in a book and never practiced. "you can't kill ideas" but you sure can prevent people from acting on them. Do you know why the security lineups are so long in airports? Because people had ideas on how to get weapons on board. I bet if you were on one of the planes flown into the WTC you'd be wishing they had those "protectionist" ways the week before.....

I think I just found a new favorite channel. Not just the proto type model A10, but the positive energy through the video.

Super cool. Great team and great video. Thanks!

Can you please do a speed build kit of this planes please?

@katananoob5117

5 жыл бұрын

yeah that would be awesome

@austins.3313

5 жыл бұрын

Please please do a speed build kit! Would buy!

@K3Flyguy

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! The A-10 is my dream ship! I love everything this plane was designed to do, tough, durable, fast enough, and armed to the teeth!!!! Ugly can be beautiful! Please make this available! I will need two! One for fun, one for further mods. Camera, air soft, smoke trails, with a hot motor package, I want realistic performance!

@dirhoz1753

5 жыл бұрын

I will love to have one.... PLEASE make plans!!!!

@karlhutson8821

5 жыл бұрын

I want one, please do speed build kit, and enlarge some other kits as well. i vote on the simple cub.

I'd like to see you guys design a delivery drone. Also, more slope soaring! those video's are my favorite one's you've ever done.

WOOW this is soooo AWESOME you guys just did. Thumbs Up for the master designer Andres

Your team, creator, and finished project.... AWESOME!!! Can't believe anyone would "dislike" this, jealous I'm guessing.

please please please please please make this a kit. please.

@Z-animul

5 жыл бұрын

Yes please!

@A-a-ron480

5 жыл бұрын

Please please please!!

@TannerP97

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@mojo2019

5 жыл бұрын

Yes please!

@andrewjohnston7535

5 жыл бұрын

We need this

YES JEREMY! THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EPISODES! :)

OUTSTANDING BUILD!!!! My favorite aircraft of all time....A-10 WARTHOG!!

This just goes to show how well design the Warthog is! You guys built it on a visual. I was screaming with you guys lol. You guys left me hanging on the High 5 I guess you didn't see me. Thanks enjoyed it.

That's dope. I want one.

Let me know when this is on y'alls store as a quick build 😂. That would be awesome 😂

Thats so amazing,SMOOTH LANDING, you look so happy

Well done guys. Outstanding!

How many times do I have to tell Andres to settle down with his awesomeness? The kid kills it again! Rock on, Andres!

@FliteTest

5 жыл бұрын

Patrick Murphy haha 😂

"Give me a low-level show of force" "Roger. Inbound."

Andres...you have a gift man...excellent design young man!!!!

The flying of this prototype was wicked and that landing; spot on!

Ooooh make a micro a-10 I would buy that In a heartbeat

So a thought just crossed my mind... I love flying RC planes... I love airsofting in big fields and MILSIMS... i wonder if I could build an A-10 and use it with FPV as a “support plane” that my team mates could call in. That would be the coolest thing ever.

@FarmerFpv

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! That would be awesome! If you ever do that you must make a video 🔥

@GarryOzols

5 жыл бұрын

I had the exact same thought :-)

@fhuber7507

5 жыл бұрын

Well... you'd want to be careful with that, since you have just said you essentially want to fly an RC model, over people, and have them shoot at it with paint guns, or otherwise simulate battle damage.

@woutchauvaux6672

5 жыл бұрын

It sounds awesome but if they shoot back at it it is possible that they hit electronics causing you to crashland on a field filled with people...

@tobiasebastiantempella9792

5 жыл бұрын

You can also put air balloon on the airplane so the airsofters can shoot it without damage it and obviously the airplane have to come back when all the balloon are destroied (sorry for my bad english ;D )

Genius people doing amazing things.. Cheers!

Very Nice, Guys! Highly impressed

anders is still in highschool? the dudes a legend.

IVE BEEN WAITING ON THIS EVER SENSE I SAW IT ON INSTAGRAM!!!!!

Guys, i'm really happy for you, and can't wait to see a battle between your other creations to come :) Kudos!

This was FUN to watch!!! I can just imagine how much fun you guys had doing this! Congrats!

you guys rock... great f..ing work

I love the thrill in the cheers and comments from the FT team!! You guys hit a home run with this bad boy! I would love to buy this kit...when available. So have you thought of doing a 'cat series? WW II Wildcat/Hellcat/Bearcat and then the Tomcat?

That flew so well! This was a really cool video, keep them coming as I know you will.

Guys!!!! What a treat to see the whole process, screen to workstation... I want one. You guys are so cool

Your videos are awesome guys! How can I have those plans for laser? I own a laser very similar to the one in the start of the video but most of the FT plans are to be printed and cutted by hand but it would be awesome if you guys posted or sold pdf plans for laser! When I download the pdf plans there is so much to do with removing all the extra logos and texts you dont want the laser to cut. Thanks!

This what flite test is for

Great job to the designer, builders and drone pilot. Ohhh and the videographers. It felt like I was there. Great job. Thanks

You guys are amazing. keep it up. Andres, you should't have a problem getting a job designing anything anywhere!

You this make this! And I will buy it! And my dad will build it! (Just like the founders kit in progress) And then I will fly it so it survives. :-)

All it needs is a paint job 👌🏽

Well done..that landing !!

ONE OF YOUR BEST PROJECTS YET!!!TO ME AT LEAST.FREAKING AMAZING GUYS! WOW.

Signed the petition! :D

“The thing in this camera smells weird “ *says Andrew*

As a 30 year hobby veteran.... Hearing you address the 336 bill as classy as you did makes me sooooo proud. :) You have a new subscriber. :)

BRAVO! WIN! FIRST CLASS!

*I found one like this in LIDL*

The FAA is NOT amused.

That's amazing. Andres must be able to think around corners! Great job guys.

Very nicely done!

this is actually pretty nice I subbed for more ;)

I love how stoked they are. THAT is what life is for!

Great Job, not only on the build, but the flying...nailed the landing-that's the hardest part!

Perfect landing too!! BRAVO GENTLEMEN!

If this goes to your store for a speed build kit I’d be the first to buy it.

1:57 How I take selfies

So so cool that! Thank you for sharing.

His is so awesome!! The A-10 has been my favourite plane for years and I have been waiting for a diy one with an airsoft gun. This is amazing

Did anyone else notice the carbon fiber camera mount, that magically appears, then just as magically disappears, at about the 9:38 mark? Rather spooky actually. ;)

@DanielKezar

5 жыл бұрын

lol unless the place crashes bad so they cant fly it they usually do one flight in the video without a camera on it and then later stick a selfie stick and gopros on it to get flight footage

@comerfordwill4415

5 жыл бұрын

poopy

@chrish1590

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah i see it all the time, check out the viggen video.

11:48 those are some WICKED cool looking P90s you have there!!

All I can Say is WOW!!!! You guys rock!!

This was so great! i haven't watched a FT video in so long and I'm so glad to be back! Love you guys

Pleaseeeeeeeee put this in a kittttt

I wonder if any A-10 pilots have named their kid brrt?

@provvisorio100

5 жыл бұрын

for the sound of gun

@phoenixperplexity3784

5 жыл бұрын

Probably Bart 🤣🤣

@seanc.5310

5 жыл бұрын

More like brrt brrrrrrrt brt

@bensreenacting3161

5 жыл бұрын

Bart or Bert

@jamesdavidson8278

5 жыл бұрын

You guys don't have it up for sale yet I looked on your website hurry up what's taking you so long hahaha the kid is in school the brains of the whole situation right hahaha give you old guys a hard time

omg I keep checking back for the 2nd video!!!! Cant wait! This video was the first that introduced me to you guys.. I have to say, you are making me want to get into trying flying.. Thank you :)

Fantastic work guys....

what batteries did they use in powering their plane

@dynamicsolution8166

5 жыл бұрын

8 aaa Duracell

SPEED BUILD! SPEED BUILD! SPEED BUILD!

@CujoG

5 жыл бұрын

840GlazeIt That speed was realistic for the Hog! Lol

@katananoob5117

5 жыл бұрын

i mean like speed build kit

A bunch of really cool planes sitting in your workshop waiting to be shown & reviewed

Amazing design, fantastic build, and exciting maiden! This has been one of my favorite aircraft ever since I got to tour the A-10 production floor as a young AF ROTC cadet. Will definitely need a bit more power... maybe use beefier motors and 3- or 4-bladed props? I look forward to see what follows from this!