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    Help! Ft Aura 5 with FT Guinea Pig

    This is my first self built airplane. I am just confused on the wiring and setup. I am using a RadioMaster Pocket and a R88. I cant figure out to wire and setup the aura 5 lite. I was able to get the left motor and allerions working but not anything else. I followed the Differential thrust video...
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    Help with FT RV-12iS

    I am building my first RC Plane with an 11 year old who is obsessed with planes. We have been enjoying following along on the build video up until the landing gear step (here: ). He mentions the "medium guage wire" but we have no idea what thickness that is and the one we assumed it to be is...
  3. ArcherPilot

    ESC / BEC problems with Flite Test ESC

    Hi Folks- back to the hobby after a 40 year break! I'm having troubles with the ESC supplied with the Flite Test "power pack B" (it's labled 35A / BEC 3A 5V / LIPO 2S-4S). I've got a Tattu 1300mAh 45C 3S battery. The issue is that when I connect the battery to the ESC, I get the full...
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    Help with VTX and goggles

    Hey everyone, brand new to forums and would love some help. I just finished putting together my first fpv drone and cannot seem to get any video to my goggles. I have matched the VTX channel with the channel in my goggles but all I get is static! Is there a way to know which component is causing...
  5. RainbowderpHG

    I Need Help to Make Bogie Landing Gear For Boeing 757-200 1/19 scale

    I Need Help On Making Bogie landing gear for my Plane. I Had some Ideals But problem I Can't Find a landing strut with V Type looking Spring (Picture or link of what i meant...
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    Help! Fs-T6 not working with pc

    Hi all, Im having trouble getting my fs-t6 to connect to my pc. I bought this cable, I hook it up to my pc and in device manager it shows up as ppm, but in the "set up a usb controller" section I cant get any data to show up from my sticks. Its the same in all the sims, It just doesn't pick up...
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    FT Blunt Nose Versa motor?

    Hey, Finished building my blunt nose versa. What motor should I use? I want a motor giving me fast performance and long flight times. I am planning to use a 10x7 prop. I have checked the cg without any electronics mounted (servos doesn't count) and it's sooo tail heavy. I tried placing 2 3s...
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    Looking for Multi Rotor help! Please advise!

    Hey everyone I'm new to the Flitetest community and came looking for help in the hobby of multi rotors, more specifically a quad. I've done my own research on youtube and online but still not sure on all the parts or specs that would "WORK together". I've put together a quad similar to one I've...
  9. Vlad

    Old Speedster ESC help needed

    So I am looking to build a pair of Old Speedsters so that my grandfather (a former private pilot) and myself (only trained on combat simulators and a full scale Cessna 172) to get into the hobby. I have done a little flying with a S.E.5a from flyzone that I burned the ESC out on within a month...
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    [HELP] First QuadCopter

    Hi Guys Since 2days ago i decided to build a QuadCopter so i made a list of parts that i should buy to make it, can you guys check it if its ok or I forget something?...Can i make a quadcopter with this parts? does it all work togheter? Tips are welcome! Here is my list: Frame: Turnigy...
  11. Vlad

    Looking for room to grow

    So I am looking at spending about $100 to $150 this summer on a radio and receiver combo. I want to have at least 6 channels to work with so I can do bomb drops and stuff. Something that lets me have presets for different planes I own would be nice. Im open to anything a little over or under...
  12. Vlad

    Flying platform

    I have a project in mind and figured I would ask the largest bank of flight knowledge I have access to. I have decided that I want to build a flying war platform with FPV and bomb drops and the like. Since I partake in Nerf wars quite regularly and many of them are outside I figured that a UAV...
  13. Vlad

    Flyzone S.E.5a success and failures

    So I decided that for $70 I couldn't pass up the chance to start flying with a WWI warbird. I have flown full sized planes before and had been playing combat simulators since I was a wee tot and figured that if I could handle flying anything from a Sopwith Camel to a Spitfire, even a Corsair...
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    Glider Salvage Build-Help!!!

    From a pile of rubbish to something that will fly? Unlikely, but this is the fuselage of a RC glider I bought for £10 ($17) in the Antiques Village, Manchester, UK. It looks rough, but the wingspan is over 2m, and the fuselage is mostly intact, with control horns and pushrods installed and...
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    6mmflyrc Parkjets?

    Has anyone ever built or flew one of these kits, and are they any good, it's going to be £90 ($150) so I want to make sure they fly well, and are relatively easy to build. Thanks in advance. Andrew. \m/_