Check out the Intruder starting at 16:10 in the FF16 recap video...
If you attended Flite Fest 2016, you may have seen a pair 60" Intruders flying around Furey Field. Keegan and I debuted a new design that we have been working on for the past several months. This design is Based off the Air Hogs Intruder toy airplanes that were sold in the early to mid 2000's. They came in two different colors on two different frequencies so you could fly them in pairs.
Keegan thought it would be cool to try and make one out of foam board. Only much bigger... like 300% bigger. So we set out designing and building a prototype. After successfully building and flying the first prototype, we decided to make a pair and bring them to Flite Fest. We got to fly them with Josh Bixler and Peter Sripol and get there feedback on them. Flite Test even did a small video segment for the maiden flight of the Red/Yellow one on Thursday night at Flite Fest. Look for it appearing in a future Flite Fest recap episode.
Also, Keegan and I both flew them in the Guinness World Record attempt on Saturday and both made it through the duration of the flight to be counted for the record! Here is a shot of Keegan and I with the Intruders just after the world record flight.
Special thanks to Rasterize for making the graphics to match the Air Hogs toys!
Wilmracer captured some video of Keegan flying his Purple/Yellow Intruder at Flite Fest.
It is going to take a pretty significant amount of work to make this a friendly and repeatable build. So, let us know...
Would you be interested in free build plans and a build thread for this model? Reply to this thread and let us know.
If you attended Flite Fest 2016, you may have seen a pair 60" Intruders flying around Furey Field. Keegan and I debuted a new design that we have been working on for the past several months. This design is Based off the Air Hogs Intruder toy airplanes that were sold in the early to mid 2000's. They came in two different colors on two different frequencies so you could fly them in pairs.
Keegan thought it would be cool to try and make one out of foam board. Only much bigger... like 300% bigger. So we set out designing and building a prototype. After successfully building and flying the first prototype, we decided to make a pair and bring them to Flite Fest. We got to fly them with Josh Bixler and Peter Sripol and get there feedback on them. Flite Test even did a small video segment for the maiden flight of the Red/Yellow one on Thursday night at Flite Fest. Look for it appearing in a future Flite Fest recap episode.
Also, Keegan and I both flew them in the Guinness World Record attempt on Saturday and both made it through the duration of the flight to be counted for the record! Here is a shot of Keegan and I with the Intruders just after the world record flight.
Special thanks to Rasterize for making the graphics to match the Air Hogs toys!
Wilmracer captured some video of Keegan flying his Purple/Yellow Intruder at Flite Fest.
It is going to take a pretty significant amount of work to make this a friendly and repeatable build. So, let us know...
Would you be interested in free build plans and a build thread for this model? Reply to this thread and let us know.
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