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After being on hiatus from the FliteTest family for a while, I must say--it is great to be back! I have been moving around but finally have settled down and unpacked the hobby shop. Sadly, I lost most of my aircraft during the move due to moisture seeping into the trailer that held my gear. After unpacking and sniffling about my losses, I am back with avengeance!
My new project will be a B-25 with a 96” wingspan. Don’t get too excited though, as this is a freestyle build off of a three view drawing, I will not be posting any plans. Most of the building techniques are the same that are used on all the FliteTest aircraft. For more information, detailed drawings, pictures, and video footage; visit and follow my Instagram account @adam__dube (two underscores).
I started with a tube fuselage with internal formers to give the fuse some torsional strength as it will be about 72” long.
The nose was built up with internal formers for shape, then poster board for skinning—much like all of the other FliteTest builds.
The empennage is 30” so doubling it up would not have the sufficient strength to keep the drag on the vertical stabs from twisting and warping the horizontal stab. I reinforced the horizontal with a carbon aero shaft sandwiched between the two layers of foam. The vertical stabs are reinforced with ply and steel 90 degree brackets to keep the strength at the point of attachment.
Elevator and rudder are simply doubled foam with debro nylon hinges. The reliability and the smooth operation of the nylon hinge is much better than the paper and glue hinge and provides a lot less initial drag load on my servos.
The wing is built up much like the 200% cruiser. The central wing section is built up much like a balsa build with ribs, spars, and sheer webbing. An internal box spar made of foam and basswood square stock will have a tang that will be accepted into the outer wing panels—just like the cruiser, as it will also be a 3-piece wing.
Engine pods are made up of 1/8” ply and foam and are connected to the basswood spars. I will be running twin 42-38s and 70 amp brick ESCs; spinning two 14 x 5s on a 4S 10,000.
More updates as building progresses. Feel free to post on my Instagram (@adam__dube) as I will get back to you a lot quicker. Pictures and videos are posted daily. Currently working on the electronics bay and the full-functioning bomb bay!
My new project will be a B-25 with a 96” wingspan. Don’t get too excited though, as this is a freestyle build off of a three view drawing, I will not be posting any plans. Most of the building techniques are the same that are used on all the FliteTest aircraft. For more information, detailed drawings, pictures, and video footage; visit and follow my Instagram account @adam__dube (two underscores).
I started with a tube fuselage with internal formers to give the fuse some torsional strength as it will be about 72” long.
The nose was built up with internal formers for shape, then poster board for skinning—much like all of the other FliteTest builds.
The empennage is 30” so doubling it up would not have the sufficient strength to keep the drag on the vertical stabs from twisting and warping the horizontal stab. I reinforced the horizontal with a carbon aero shaft sandwiched between the two layers of foam. The vertical stabs are reinforced with ply and steel 90 degree brackets to keep the strength at the point of attachment.
Elevator and rudder are simply doubled foam with debro nylon hinges. The reliability and the smooth operation of the nylon hinge is much better than the paper and glue hinge and provides a lot less initial drag load on my servos.
The wing is built up much like the 200% cruiser. The central wing section is built up much like a balsa build with ribs, spars, and sheer webbing. An internal box spar made of foam and basswood square stock will have a tang that will be accepted into the outer wing panels—just like the cruiser, as it will also be a 3-piece wing.
Engine pods are made up of 1/8” ply and foam and are connected to the basswood spars. I will be running twin 42-38s and 70 amp brick ESCs; spinning two 14 x 5s on a 4S 10,000.
More updates as building progresses. Feel free to post on my Instagram (@adam__dube) as I will get back to you a lot quicker. Pictures and videos are posted daily. Currently working on the electronics bay and the full-functioning bomb bay!
