Flite Fest 25 ideas

LitterBug

Techno Nut
Moderator
Besides combat, you need who is the "Badest pilot" and since combat is hit and miss, you need a LIMBO contest. We use to have it at our Funfly's and that promotes certainly fellowship and lots of laughs within the group as well as the carnage.
Yes! Inverted for bonus points!

I may not be the badest, But I've had my moments of worstest!
 

Piotrsko

Master member
Be advised you have extremely talented people capable of vying for ugliest plane.

Inverted, meh. Had a radio with an inverted switch that reversed elevator throw. Converted bipe pattern ship didn't care which side was up, a sheet metal cub style landing gear worked well enough bolted on top wing. Club wouldn't let me launch inverted.
 

LitterBug

Techno Nut
Moderator
Be advised you have extremely talented people capable of vying for ugliest plane.

Inverted, meh. Had a radio with an inverted switch that reversed elevator throw. Converted bipe pattern ship didn't care which side was up, a sheet metal cub style landing gear worked well enough bolted on top wing
Yeah, technically you can throw Ardupilot into any plane and have it do a full airshow for you. There is an inverted flight mode and now even scripted aerobatics. https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/common-scripted-aerobatics-4.4.html

Guess I need to implement that in one of my more recent builds.
 

FoamyDM

Building Fool-Flying Noob
Moderator
I would still like to see a true Barnstormer contest.
This means everyone shows up with a biplane (FT jenny anyone?) try and go through a 1/5 scale barn opening say, 8'x8'. The hard part is transporting the structure. And how make it transportable.
 

LitterBug

Techno Nut
Moderator
I would still like to see a true Barnstormer contest.
This means everyone shows up with a biplane (FT jenny anyone?) try and go through a 1/5 scale barn opening say, 8'x8'. The hard part is transporting the structure. And how make it transportable.
I say we build a barn and MAKE IT SO NUMBER 1!

Build a lightweight wooden structure, add foamboard and paint!
 

FoamyDM

Building Fool-Flying Noob
Moderator
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FoamyDM

Building Fool-Flying Noob
Moderator
I decided to take a step back, as my mind races ahead, to think as to why this is such a fun thing in my mind.... this is what I can come up with. The thrills, and chills...
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It is possible that I start a separate thread for this to hash my (and your) thoughts out in.

Keep on with other ideas here.
 

LitterBug

Techno Nut
Moderator
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Imagine that as an end challenge during combat to fly through it......

Just add side walls..... Found some USED on craigslist/FB Marketplace pretty easy.
 

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FoamyDM

Building Fool-Flying Noob
Moderator
I have shifted Barn ideas for Barnstorming to the linked thread. This way we can continue other FF'25 ideas here. Barn ideas

Podcast Panel
One idea I couldn't pull off this last year, was a podcasters forum. Bring former podcasters in a panel in the instruction tent for an hour. For questions or general conversations. There is the FT guys, Andre from FT afterhours. Mr. Murphy and sometimes Mike Finley from the FT Community Cast. As well as Joe and I from the Aviation RC Noob. And sometimes Terry Dunn from the RC roundtable. I have also been trying to goad the RC Plane Lab guys to visit FF one year. So that could be a thing.
(Getting folks another place to learn more).

I also want to build a Flying Aircraft Carrier
 
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L Edge

Master member
Be advised you have extremely talented people capable of vying for ugliest plane.

Inverted, meh. Had a radio with an inverted switch that reversed elevator throw. Converted bipe pattern ship didn't care which side was up, a sheet metal cub style landing gear worked well enough bolted on top wing. Club wouldn't let me launch inverted.

Like minds, been there, did it. Trick was to use a bipe. Wanted to fly a turbine jet at club, club wouldn't let me saying that exhaust would burn the grass and if I do, out you go. Even had AMA card signed covering the turbines requirements since I flew Formula 1 at 200 mph.

Here is something about inverted when you talk about helicopters that's raises eyebrows.

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Along came helicopters and the first we(son and I) flew had no gyros. Then came mechanical gyros, then dip switches(no programming or head holding gyros) and to do inverted flight you had to do this.

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you had to flip the gear switch !!!!!!

How you entered it was at the top of a loop and flip the switch and later learn to do a top of a roll and flip the switch and then learn to mow the grass. Notice in the lower left portion of the radio, JR (Circus-Circus original dealer and others) supplied the radios for 11 years when we competed.
 

Flying Monkey fab

Elite member
I've never gotten to go due to "conflicts" with work and all but 2025 I will be retired and have every intention of being there and in full force. Is the last week of June pretty standard now?
 

FoamyDM

Building Fool-Flying Noob
Moderator
I've never gotten to go due to "conflicts" with work and all but 2025 I will be retired and have every intention of being there and in full force. Is the last week of June pretty standard now?
For the last number of years yes. I think the original date conflicted with another big RC flight event.