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  1. Inq

    The Biggest Butt...

    Last Edited: 3/23/2023 Leaderboard Winners @quorneng - Score = 5.33 - https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/the-biggest-butt.71215/#post-746009 Honorable Mention - Those thinking about, designing, building, flying, videoing @Dr. Looping Looie - Score ~= 2.5. Actually, The Biggest...
  2. AgentC

    Bush Plane Challenge III - The Timber Scout

    Starting a thread for my build for the challenge. I started with a FT Commuter that I tried to adapt, but benched that for the time being and went with a new design I'm creating called the Timber Scout. As the name suggests, it's a mashup of the UMX Turbo Timber and the FT Mini Scout. The idea...
  3. FoamyDM

    Plane EZ Viking S3b by FoamyDM 1.1

    FoamyDM's EZ-Viking S3b Yard flyer While building a MS large park size build of this model, I wanted to see if I make a quicker version of this Labor of love, to check CG and have some fun. (glide test model) (see below on the progress shot of the bigger version) The EZ-Viking S3b weighs 40g...
  4. CatholicFlyer

    The Aladin Flying Carpet Challenge

    We have all seen the movie Aladin with Robin Williams, that awesome flying and fighting carpet, well, is it possible to make a real Persian Carpet Fly? Now, they might be pricey and all other things, so use a fake Persian Carpet or something similar, so it looks like the real thing, how would it...
  5. FoamyDM

    FBRC 2018 Spacefarers of Catan by FoamyDM

    This thread is to document my jump into model rocketry with a Spacefarers of Catan Model Rocket. The Plan I will use foam board to build the rocket and a simple set of led circuits to light up the Cannons have For the rockets, I will be making a number of these: using the screw on...
  6. C

    Solar powered flight!

    Hey everyone! I'm new and interested in model aircraft! But a major turn down for me is short flight times! I'm wondering would adding solar panels not give planes a little longer life (those solar panels on calculators could work right?)