Guy Builds Remote Controlled Airplane From Scratch

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This guy displayed his brilliant DIY skills. He built a remote-controlled airplane from scratch. Although it took him a couple of attempts to get it right, he was finally able to create a plane that worked flawlessly. *The underlying music rights are not available for license. For use of the video with the track(s) contained therein, please contact the music publisher(s) or relevant rightsholder(s).

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00:00 Alright guys, good morning. Welcome to episode 187.

00:04 Today's gonna be exciting. On the docket today,

00:06 Kristi is staining the deck.

00:08 And before you guys get mad at me for not helping her,

00:10 I went down today and helped move a bunch of stuff.

00:12 I'm gonna clear off the deck for her.

00:14 I power wash the whole thing by myself.

00:16 That was our deal. I power wash, she stains.

00:19 We're gonna restart this, and then this afternoon,

00:22 I'm hoping to get the rest of my parts for my airplane in.

00:25 So my goal is to take the maiden flight with that today.

00:28 Alright, let's get it done.

00:30 Alright guys, Kristi is rocking and rolling getting the deck knocked out.

00:51 It's definitely not easy, so big time props to her for doing that.

00:55 I am still in my pajamas.

00:58 Taking it really easy today, but I do keep having a lot of

01:02 like silly projects pop up today that I want to accomplish.

01:05 So right now I'm gonna work on editing a Friday episode.

01:08 I want to do my RC airplane today.

01:10 I just noticed that my subwoofer in the living room is not working.

01:13 So I'm gonna figure out if the subwoofer is broken, or if it's the cable.

01:16 And then whatever I gotta do to fix that, cause that's annoying.

01:19 And so forth and so on.

01:21 Let's go.

01:22 Here's the subwoofer that's not working, so let's see what we can figure out.

01:32 So the sub is working, so it's gotta be that cable that's bad.

01:37 So there's my cable.

01:40 There was a lot of pressure put on the back.

01:42 I found another cable, I'm gonna just splice them together for now.

01:44 Make sure that fixes the problem, but my plan is I'm actually gonna get a

01:47 permanent install plate right here.

01:49 That's a RCA output, so I can just strip this down and connect it to that plate.

01:53 And then I'll run a short wire from the plate to the actual subwoofer.

01:56 But this will get us by for now, and at least show me for sure if that's a problem or not.

02:00 So that's the plan. Let's do it.

02:02 Tip and sleeve.

02:10 And I've got three conductors inside.

02:12 So I'm gonna have to figure out which two.

02:14 I assume the shielding and one of the other ones.

02:16 But I gotta figure out which ones are actually making the connection.

02:19 Ba-bam.

02:24 Alright, cooking pizza for lunch.

02:34 [Music]

02:56 Alright, check check check.

02:57 Apparently my microphone battery died, or I broke it because I did this track.

03:01 It's almost dark, and I'm gonna try to fly this thing really fast.

03:05 I mean, not like fly it in a fast manner, just try to fly it before it gets dark.

03:09 Oh my gosh.

03:10 [Music]

03:28 Number two.

03:29 [Music]

03:40 So the good news is it flies.

03:42 The bad news is it lands really hard.

03:46 I'm gonna have to get this out where there's more space because I kept it boarding.

03:50 I was afraid I was gonna hit a neighbor's house.

03:52 That would be bad.

03:53 Alright.

03:54 [Music]

04:00 Alright guys, so enough with trying to fly that airplane tonight.

04:03 It's probably a really bad idea to give that a shot.

04:06 But nonetheless, it was pretty cool to see that it flew.

04:09 It was pretty stupid of me to try to fly that in my neighborhood.

04:13 It became very obvious to me that I'm gonna need to get into a big, gigantic open field.

04:19 Right now I'm heading out to grab something to eat.

04:22 And then when I get back to the house, I'm gonna spend some more time with the RC airplane.

04:27 I do think that's the coolest thing ever.

04:29 One thing I am considering, our church does different small groups every semester.

04:33 And this semester, Kristen and I are both attending some.

04:37 We typically lead one or two small groups.

04:39 Like typically we try to do a couples one that's based around finances or something.

04:43 I am a glutton for punishment, so sometimes I like to do a second one as well.

04:47 I am trying to figure out the logistics of how we can do an RC airplane small group.

04:52 Because I think that would be super fun.

04:54 The hard thing is trying to figure out where to have it.

04:56 It would be awesome to have it in a spot where we could get all of our things out and leave them out for 13 weeks.

05:03 I have a lot of space in my house, but nowhere that I could leave out like, you know, five model airplanes for 13 weeks.

05:12 So that's the plan, Stan.

05:14 I'm going to grab something to eat and more than likely we'll see you tomorrow.

05:18 So Sunday starts now.

05:20 Hey, welcome back. Welcome to Sunday.

05:22 Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.

05:25 I have the week off, I'm not on sound.

05:27 So we get to go to church together as a family.

05:30 We are not necessarily late, we're close on time.

05:33 We'll be on time.

05:35 You said you wanted to leave five minutes ago.

05:37 Yeah, because I went five minutes late.

05:39 Today is going to be awesome.

05:41 Christy's going to stain the deck some more.

05:44 For me, today should be pretty cool.

05:47 I'm going to fly my RC plane, watch some football and all that.

05:51 Do you guys want to go with me to fly my RC plane?

05:54 Yeah, we should actually go.

05:56 I have to find a big field.

05:58 I've got everything working right, but I've got to find a huge field to do it.

06:02 We could do the sports complex.

06:04 That's what I'm thinking, I might go to the sports complex.

06:06 Because you could just lie there and it's not too empty.

06:08 [Music]

06:11 [Music]

06:13 [Music]

06:41 Alright guys, I noticed on some of yesterday's footage there's no sound.

06:44 So I had to get more batteries for my microphone.

06:48 Yeah.

06:49 [Music]

06:56 We need to name the plane. Can you guys help me name it?

06:59 Flash.

07:01 Flash? What are some other names that could work for it?

07:03 Alright, we're going to name this sucker Earl.

07:06 Earl.

07:07 Everyone cool?

07:08 Yeah.

07:09 Earl it is.

07:10 Can we play at the park?

07:12 Yeah.

07:13 I want to see it when I grow up.

07:15 Oh, should I wear a mask when I play basketball?

07:17 Let's see what we can do here.

07:19 [Music]

07:48 Oh, look out!

07:50 [Music]

07:52 Alright, so at least we have the drone to fly.

07:54 I'm going to let the kids fly that.

07:56 I'm not sure what was up with that.

07:58 Probably just bad conditions.

08:00 It's a little gusty.

08:01 I have no idea.

08:02 I got to figure that out.

08:04 So, anyway, let's fly the drone.

08:05 [Music]

08:34 Back to the drawing board.

08:36 See if I can get it repaired.

08:38 Try again.

08:39 Maybe later today.

08:40 It's supposed to be less windy later.

08:41 We will definitely give it another try.

08:43 [Music]

08:51 I purchased everything that I think I'm going to need to rebuild.

08:54 My thought is this big airplane is just so much to manage.

08:57 I'm going to try to scratch build.

08:59 So, I've got my foam board here.

09:01 Two sheets of that, $2.00.

09:02 I've got some Velcro, some popsicle sticks.

09:05 That's for the girls.

09:06 I need like two of them.

09:07 Rubber bands, $5.00.

09:09 And glue sticks, $6.00.

09:11 So, I'm going to try to scratch build a smaller plane that's hopefully a little more manageable.

09:16 That's maybe a little more precise.

09:18 Because I'm not exactly sure what the deal is with this one.

09:21 I was obviously pretty reckless.

09:24 Just trying to throw it in the air like that.

09:26 But something wasn't right for sure.

09:28 So, a little disappointed.

09:29 I will try to fly the big one.

09:30 But I also want to try to build a small one.

09:32 Alright, so I got the plane put back together.

09:34 I'm not sure how long this battery is going to last.

09:36 But I'm going to try to fly it.

09:38 I'm here at this school.

09:39 There's obviously no one here on a Sunday.

09:41 We've got all this space.

09:42 So, I hope it's pretty safe.

09:43 I'm heading right into the wind.

09:44 Which I think is what I'm supposed to do.

09:46 So, let's see what happens.

09:47 [Music]

10:15 Oh!

10:16 I have really good news.

10:18 And I have really bad news.

10:20 Oh, crap.

10:21 The good news is it totally flew.

10:23 The bad news is I couldn't get control of it.

10:25 It kept doing looped loops.

10:27 Oh my gosh.

10:29 Oh!

10:30 And I landed it on top of the school.

10:34 Crap.

10:36 I'm going to go get the drone and see what it looks like.

10:39 So, I was really trying hard to be responsible.

10:42 I wasn't trying to do loop to loops.

10:44 It was the only way I could.

10:45 It kept climbing and the only way I could keep it from stalling would be to make it go all the way around.

10:49 So, I know that a lot of the faculty, which is this vlog, more than likely before you see this episode,

10:56 you will realize that I've crashed my airplane on top of your school.

11:01 And I'm going to have to get it down.

11:03 Or just leave it there.

11:04 I'd really like to get it down.

11:05 At bare minimum, salvage the electronics from inside of it.

11:08 [Music]

11:28 Alright, so I've been texting my friend, the assistant principal over there.

11:31 And apparently, there's no easy way to get up there.

11:34 One of their maintenance guys actually has to physically get a ladder, put it up through a scuttle, I assume.

11:39 I think I saw it right there by where I crashed it.

11:42 And then climb up and out.

11:44 We'll see how it goes.

11:46 [Music]

11:50 Alright, so the vice principal says that the maintenance guy will get up there and get it for me tomorrow.

11:55 Awesome, big time thank you to those guys.

11:57 I had it in my head that I was going to paint my plane tonight.

12:00 And since that's not an option, I'm taking on a scratch build.

12:03 So I had downloaded one of the scratch build plans from flighttest.com.

12:08 I just cut out all the pieces and paper.

12:10 And now I need to cut them out of my actual hobby board or whatever it's called.

12:15 So I'm going to get this laid out.

12:16 Also watching the Packers game.

12:18 Aaron Rodgers is my fantasy quarterback.

12:21 He's having a heck of a game.

12:22 Anyway, I'm hoping to get this cut out and painted.

12:25 See how this goes.

12:27 [Music]

12:35 I got it built.

12:36 Here's my plane.

12:37 Pretty slick.

12:38 [Laughter]

12:40 Doesn't glide so well.

12:42 Now that I got it built, I'm going to paint it.

12:44 I'm going to get this sucker looking good.

12:46 So the girls thought that the new airplane kind of looks like a turtle.

12:50 So we're going to name it after one of the Ninja Turtles.

12:54 Leonardo.

12:56 I'm going to call it Leo.

12:58 This was the closest thing to green I had.

13:00 It's teal.

13:02 We're going to do silver and teal.

13:04 That's the plan.

13:05 [Music]

13:23 All right, guys, so here is Leo, our little turtle flyer.

13:26 It turned out pretty good.

13:27 The spray paint did seem to kind of delaminate the paper a little bit.

13:31 So we'll see how this flies whenever I can get the electronics out of the other one.

13:34 But, guys, we're going to go ahead and wrap our weekend episode.

13:37 We do want to say thanks for tuning in.

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