The Rock! and The FT3D

PlaneCoolRC Episode 1 - The Rock and the FT3D

     This is our very first episode, and we hope we continue making episodes with a goal of putting them out weekly. For this episode we had two planes, the FT3D from FliteTest and The Rock, a scratch built plane made by Evan. The Rock, affectionately named due to its lack of flying, eventually flew but after changing out the prop. We will put out a seperate episode based on it, and another epsiode focusing on just the FT3D, at a later date.

     Josh put all of the bells and wistles on his FT3D. From the veegees to the naca duct. I have heard him compliment the FT3D numerous times on it's stability, yet still being able to perform even the hardest maneuvers. This plane has really helped him to improve on his flying ability and with his 3D flying.

     Evan's plane, The Rock, was built in our high schools model aeronautics club, ehich we formed earlier that year. He worked hard on it all year, and after a quick prop change he got it flying. I was surprised at how easily he was able to fly it. From the looks of it I thought it would be extremely unstable, however after some trimming it seemed to be on the contrary. Also, Evan's previous flight experience had only been on a store bought trainer, so I was impressed by his flying skills.

The FT3D

The Rock

Always remember to turn on your camera

The brief flight of The Rock

The FT3D in flight

The crash

The worse crash

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