Giant RC Airliner BUILD | FLIGHT | CRASH all in 1 video
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RTF weight: 3,360 grams
Wingspan: 1.6m
Length: 2m
Print time: 220hrs
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I think the best thing about this video is the presenter staying cool over the crash. No dramatics. Just a review of what happened. You can't keep a passionate Modeler like Troy down. Onto the fix and she'll fly again. Amazing build of an aircraft. Thank you for posting it.
jah quite impressed - would not have thought that was possible with 3D print. Kudos.
If hes this far in the hobby, hes used to it
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Lol
its not as if there were little people on board.
14:10 "WHOOP! WHOOP! TERRAIN! TERRAIN! WHOOP! WHOOP! PULL... UP! PULL... UP!" 😅 The beauty of 3D printing is in a few hours you have spare parts and ready to fly again! Nice project, man!
Haha! Exactly, I have the parts printing now ;)
@@TroyMcMillan😄 👍
Is it bad if I can hear the actual alarm going off in my head just reading that?
@@SOAxZIPPER Only if ur on a plane
@@SOAxZIPPER same. im waay to much of an avgeek.
You could not have asked for a more well composed shot of the crash. Hands out in desperation (just in frame), the plane descending to it's demise and a beautiful scenic background to echo the crunch of PLA. What a fantastic production. A night to remember, haha!
Lots to admire about your video : from your design, build and fly skills to your willingness to show the whole story, despite the crash. Not to mention your fortitude and determination to rebuild and improve. Great example to us all!
"It's part of the hobbie" This is the kind of people that enjoy life to the fullest. Great video, thank you for sharing.
Totally agree mate good to see
Lol yeah you absolutely will not go far in RC unless you can take a lot of bloody noses. It's part and parcel of the hobby. It's always great if you can go out, fly at least two times, and come back without a scratch, but you have to accept that things can and will go wrong. If you can't, then you're gonna hate it. If you can, then believe me, you'll love it or I wanna know why not, lol. Especially FPV. It's truly a special experience. :-)
@Sig Bauer I've never seen one go off just laying there in the plane but I have seen them come close. One of mine went full on smolder festival in a crash, which was pretty inevitable, but one came down hot and puffy just flying normally. I counted myself lucky that it hadn't gone off and taken the whole plane with it.
Totally agree
I think you got the order of events of the crash wrong. The edf's and ESCs would have pulled too many amps through the wires connected to the battery. The wires wouldn't have been thick enough and so got hot enough to melt the insulation, shorting the battery. That would have caused the battery to explode and the esc to shut down. This would then have shut down the receiver, making you lose signal. Up until then, it looked like it was flying great and the plane looked pretty awesome. moral of the story: use thick wire that's rated for the current (2x 80A) and make sure your battery can have a high enough C rating to power it
You dont know how any of this works do you
@@krotchlickmeugh627 Actually I think he does, and his theory is very nearly correct. Early on when I saw the wire harness and the length I said to myself "Not going to work well". He should have used much shorter battery leads, and dual batteries.
@@krotchlickmeugh627 I've crashed 2 beautiful planes having done similar thing. But I had separate power to receiver, but bc I didn't have an rpm sensor i didn't know my motor quit early enough and It was too late when I realized and far and too low from runway and I just had to glide straight ahead into dirt and bushes. I would suggest using a better receiver too, with satellite antennas unlike that small 636A.
@@samdish yes theres always your set up. But i have been in it long enough to know about redundancy. If you have issues with dead sticks man best thing to do is get into thermaling a glider. I learned by pylon racing. A plane that was modified to be slick as hell and over 200mph. Is going to land at 100mph at idle. So you get her up into the patern and kill the engine. Learn the glide slope and stall tendencies. Gets you really good at dead sticks
@@JustPlaneChris My theory is that WRECKTRUM is pure junk and has crashed thousands of models all over the world.
Absolutely incredible. Inspiring. It was incredible watching it fly. Your attitude over the malfunction and crash was as inspiring as the build and flight. Bravo.
Amazingly cool demeanor after a devastating crash. Loved the attitude! "Part of the hobby" doesn't usually come out of my mouth for a couple of hours and numerous cuss words later. Awesome build and fly! Neat that you already have files of the parts you need! Too bad I'm too old to learn that stuff. They make the foamies for old analg guys like me:-)
And me, lol
The thing I love about your videos is that even when things go bad, you’re still positive. It’s a joy to watch you and your sweet wife. So grateful to you and the way in which you compose yourself. Keep up the great work. I’ll buy you a coffee.
The crash part is so realistic, but sadly it crashed :(. Nice Jobs though Troy!!!
Very realistic, it was pretty grim. Thank you so much though :)
proving that behind the plane is safer
@@TroyMcMillan It very much reminded me of the Asiana 777 that crashed at SFO complete with the wing high 180 degree spin.
The good news is he can just 3D print the parts for repair.
Check the Black box🤣🤣🤣 But you doing Great bud Awesome work 👏😊
gotta be such a great guy to be smiling and taking it easy after THAT LOSS. Cudos to you for showing us your build.
Great job on the design and build. There's a lot to learn from this crash. The fuselage is clearly a lot stronger than it looks in the build. Just beef up your wiring, add a separate receiver battery, provide some cooling for your ESCs and batteries, replace the plastic wheels and gear with something that can absorb the shock of take offs and landings, and version 2.0 will be much better!
Yeah I'd say a battery for control surfaces and a battery for the motors
I believe there should be independent batteries for both engines, the benefit of a twin-engine aircraft is that it is still maneuverable when you lost one.
reliable battery for controls and surfaces, and then high powered 1 battery dedicated to the engines
@@Kni0002 motor battery with auto eject in case it gets too hot 😊
Wow! Breathtaking. At least The Pilot step away, literally unharmed. 😀 It were beautiful, everything, up until the crash. And I am not glad about. Still we could learn from it all. Thanks for sharing with us. I wish for a happy and quick rebuild. Seeing that it is so light and strong, how about a small increase in size? (I am a layman. And have no realistic idea of what it will take to obtain a "size rise".) 👋🏻🌻
Nice, I got some Ramy rc vibes because of the selected music😆
joakim karud
Great Job! Thank you for taking us on your build and flight journey. It was fascinating and informative. Sorry that your test flight ended badly. I guess it's how aircraft test flights sometimes end up in the full scale world. Thanks again for an enjoyable ride!
Hello, Old flyer here, but completely new to 3D printing after a club member showed us his ME-109. So I'm really wanting to give this a try. And my eyes want more than a small 109, but damn 220 hrs to print! Maybe I had better start small. I'll be following you as so far I like your videos. They are easy to understand. Sad about your crash, but everyone in R/C flying should understand, Never fall in Love with a plane. They WILL leave you!
After all that hard work it's great to see that you're such a good sport about losing it. It did fly beautifully, though.
There are two things I fear: 1. Bears 2. "Telemetry Lost"
Bears: beets: Battlestar Gallactica.
This is why I fly with an autopilot - if you just lose signal, it'll fly back home. In this case of course, it wouldn't have helped much since he completely lost power... No amount of software can fix a major hardware issue.
Hey, fantastic job on that. Your build was perfect. This is like real life issues a plane might encounter. Very interesting
Agreed!
This is the first time I have seen 3D printing being used for RC plane builds, simply amazing!
You made a lot of clever design choices in making this! Very well done!
Thank you so much :)
Most impressive thing I've ever seen printed. Congratulations!
I can't believe you 3D printed this thing yourself and it flies like a bird in the sky!!! Congrats on that!! As for the crash, you found out pretty quickly what had happened, so maybe drill a few holes in the fuselage for air and it'll be fine next time. Thank you for sharing this video!!!
And that’s why they said you’re more likely to survive a plane crash if you sit more towards the rear! You either pay for luxury or you pay for safety. Great video!
Troy, you did a superb job building that A321, and she flew very well. The fact that it wasn't a complete hull loss is a true testament to your building skills my friend. It held up pretty well in the crash. You really can't do much when a battery completely fails on you.
GPS, IMU and auto-land preprogrammed for the strip would help.
I love the mini version of AIr Crash Investigations at the end as well! Plane looks so cool and seemed to fly really well. Be good to see v2 up in the air
Just stumbled across this video , never seen any of your other ones but I have a 6 year old autistic boy who’s non verbal and he was pointing and signalling to your page, we sat and watched in awe. Where did you learn all this stuff man, truly impressive. The design and build process too man, hats off. You made our morning sir
Thanks for the video Troy, beautiful build, shows that 3D printed models have really come of age. Sorry to see it crash like that, a real shame, can't believe how composed you were. I would have been fuming with smoke coming out of my ears. My last crash was a Hanger 9 Meridian 10cc nitro powered plane, didn't fly for 5 years after that after a string of crashes (all my own fault). Now I'm printing an Eclipson Model C to get back to flying, so thanks for your professional and informative videos. They have been a great help. Also, credit to the camera lady for being so calm and supportive.🙂
Troy, I'm really bummed out for you. Your design was brilliant and it definitely did fly well while it was airborne. The problem was in the power source not the plane, so don't let this get you down. I am truly impressed by your efforts in creating and building cool aircraft and opening up the field of 3D printed planes to your followers. Keep up the great work!
3300g meant that he spent $100 on filament, but the decals and the motors are something else. At least he has the STL in stock.
Congrats! it looks great, but I would've gone with a light coat of paint just to conceal the fuselage section lines, purely cosmetic. Sorry about the crash, but great NTSB work figuring out the cause of the crash. At least it wasn't pilot error. :)
can we just take a moment to know that this took so long and here we are just chilled and maybe even in bed watching this 17:44 video that took this guy DAYS TO MAKE!
as a fleet service clerk for American Airlines, i highly APPROVE THIS!!
You might want to check your overall load on the battery in amps. Those turbo fan motors looked pretty beefy. Incredible build thought. Debris Field behind the plane after crash was kinda wicked. So realistic. Here's a coffee.Cheers.
Thank you so much for the coffee! I have watched the crash a couple times over, and looking at the debris field was definitely grim. I learned a lot of things I can apply to the next build.
Amazing build! Great flight! Epic crash! You had all the highs and lows of the hobby in one project.
Exactly! The highs of it keep you going though, especially with this build
Ngl my chaw dropped when I saw it flying! I was impressed by it!
I didn't think it was that emotionally invested and I knew what I was getting into but heart sunk when it crashed.
Plot twist: The hydraulics fluids leaked, and the aircraft became uncontrollable
I was expecting it to end in a pile of dust, but it took that crash quite well. The uncontrolled glide at the end was nice and stable too.
I was really happy by how well it glided down too!!
@@TroyMcMillan THAT is because of your good trimming. Nice job, she will fly again!
Stunning! I find no other words for your project. Thank you so much for sharing! Keep up the good work, don't let the crash bring you bad mood. This thing is absolutely awesome...
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What a great work Troy. From the very beggining, in every phase, excelent !!
Amazing build, I'm jealous no, I'm overwhelmed with how it all came together. Even though the end was disappointing I enjoyed watching this from start to end.
Y uu
Very nice!
He was so chill when the play crashed he didn’t even make any mad noises or anything and even at the end he was smiling
I love the A321 NEO good design!
Thanks for taking the time Troy to bring that video to us, a lot of work there ! Great to see how well it flew, not your fault the battery gave way and as you say “All part of the hobby” indeed we have to learn from things like this or we will get nowhere ! All the best fella from Blighty 🇬🇧
Such a large model requires flaps and a separate power supply for the receiver.
I will be adding a separate power supply to planes like this in the future!
@@TroyMcMillan Will you be adding flaps? I really want to buy this modell but my airfield is a grass field and need to get the landing and takeoff speed down.
@@Sindrg1 For this plane I will not be adding flaps. I am rebuilding it right now to test out the landing without flaps. I also plane to test out flying it without gear for a cart lunch and belly land it on grass.
@@TroyMcMillan Belly landing will rip off the engines again - gaurenteed!
Yea man with all that work. Shit. Second backup battery
so adorable how your girl pretends like she gives a shyte
She likes a man with toys
What an amazing build. You’re extremely accomplished builder. I’m not sure I could have had that great of an attitude if I were in your shoes.
Good to see it in the air and flying great!
Yeah!
Not for long
@ALEXANDAR NIKOLAY DRAGANOV oh yay
Hi
Hello
My condolences to all of the passengers who died in that crash :(
Luckily it was reported later that they all survived!
@@thefanfilmshow I though they found no servival ??? !!!!!
don't worry, its only the first class passengers that died. everyone else is fine
@@jamesjunction 🤣
@@jamesjunction serves those bastards right 😂
I would probably have cried. Beautiful build though. Your work is so inspiring! I never knew what was possible with 3d printing and seriously considering getting into it.
Respect! You did an incredible job! So sorry for the crash. Best vid on YT, the love that goes into the project.
I loved watching this go together and it broke my heart when it crashed. What was amazing to watch is your attitude. Looking forward to your next build.
With two EDFs you should have run one battery for each EDF. EDFs draw very high current .
I definitely learned that the hard way :)
Rest in peace to all the crew members inside the plane. never forget ✊🏻❤️
This guy should be in the rc toy store and he gonna get money
That is incredible. I'm starting to believe that 3d printing is the future of rc modelling
Wow you really stepped it up for this project. Amazed how well your design worked - really didn’t think a single walled EDF airliner could work anything like this well. Shame you had the problem with the current draw but a second one (or this one repaired) should work as well as this did before the meltdown. Congratulations - a brilliant project!
Thank you so much! I did a lot of strength testing and prototyping for this single wall design, and I was so happy that it held together this well. Parts are on the printer now for the rebuild
Very sorry to see your lovely aeroplane crashed. You took it well and remained optimistic. Good for you.
За крушение - отдельный лайк нужен!) молодец, с нуля создал, жаль, что крушение произошло, но и оно было эпичным)
Congrats on a magnificent design and build Troy!! Probably the best 3D printed design I've ever seen! Sad to see you crash. My guess would also be the too small wires before the split and the XT60. They are only designed to hold 60A and you draw close to 130A at take-off. Use the XT90 and thicker wires if you rebuild. The rest should be fine. good luck and happy flying!
Thank you so much for the tip! I am learning so much from this build. Planning on rebuilding it and I will be switching these things out next time!
@@TroyMcMillan You're doing just fine. step by step. EDF is tough and overall draw has to be considered all the way thorough. But you're a exceptional 3D designer and your projects are inspiring! Keep up the good work!!
Boy, alot of time went into that build. Nice job designing, printing and assembly. Really nice looking bird. The crash was unfortunate but no one was hurt which was good. We learn by mistakes. I still feel bad for you.
I appreciate it, yes exactly thankfully it was just a great learning experience!
Well done for not bursting into tears at the crash.
props to the pilot for steering the plane away from heavily populated prairie dogs.
Brilliant. 3D printing is a tremendous technological advance.
Its AWESOME right up to the point of impact.... or until you leave it in your car on a hot day.... OR hang it from the ceiling in your garage... I just lost my entire 3d printed fleet of 7 very large airplanes. Last Monday, Salem Oregon was THE HOTTEST place in the country..... I didn't even stop to think about planes in the garage until Wednesday night. 3:00ish AM I say straight up in bed from a dead sleep and thought, OH NOOOOO..... Went downstairs, opened the door and got hit in the face with a blast of hot air. At first glance everything looked ok. Upon closer inspection, the rubber padding over the string I use to hang the models had pushed ever so slightly into the plastic. I thought, ok I can deal with this. That's when I looked at the Corsair. I saw it straight on and I could tell the wings were not right. From the side, all the models were drooping just a tiny bit behind or in front of the motor(s). Every plane with motors drooped a little between the motors and the center of gravity. Gliders long wings drooped the most. They almost look ok, but there is no way they will fly. Not even close. As display models they are ok. I figure it will take me 1800 hours to reprint them. Double that to paint and finish. Two hadn't been flown yet.... I figure the garage must have reached 130ish? Salem got to 117 officially. My house was 119. The garage has a black roof and was in direct sunlight from 5am to 9pm....
Crikey, I never anticipated that sort of outcome. Sorry to hear it.
Wow what a cool building process, you've inspired me to try something similar one day! Flew like a beaut and great attitude when it ended in such an epic way.
Incredible work! Almost in tears at the end.... but kudos to your passion! Now I wonder what value have I brought in on this earth. What's the purpose of my life. Its incredible how sportingly you took it! Cheers!
Nice job, shame to lose it like that. I worked in 3D modelling and print since the mid 90"s and was sceptical that this would stay together under load in flight but the way it survived that impact was impressive.
Sorry for your loss, but that was the coolest RC crash I've seen, very scale!
You are amazing, the end broke my heart
Me too
Passengers look safe. Pilot did a good job at landing the plane.
Incredible job building it, looks like it’ll be back flying soon. Congratulations on an awesome job
Awesome work Troy. I'm surprised how well it survived that impact!
What an amazing survival story. In scale, the engineering clearly outperformed actual contemporary aircraft. It would be interesting to see what a quarter scale model of a current production aircraft would do in the face of a common accident scenario.
You forgot speed dude
Flew really well, cool crash, actually very realistic! At least you can build another one...and no passengers were harmed in the making of your video.😂. Excellent work!
watching everything slide in so perfectly was great, the build was great, but a sad maiden flight
Extremely impressive. My only gripe is no retracts. Hopefully you design an upgrade to incorporate retracts for those that want that functionality. I loved all the other design elements though. Great job!
Good thing it didn't have retracts because the loss would have been much greater. It's good to build an experimental, work all the bugs out, then deck it out with all the goodies.
First time I've watched your channel and I am impressed with your build and enthusiasm,its great that you can just 3d print the parts again but it still requires a lot of work and effort,congratulations on the flight it looked awesome until the battery blew up,top job
So much work, yes it's part of te Hobby, never give up. Thank you for your great videos all the time
the magnetic door is really cool, besides everything aelse of course. The crash was brutal. It flew like a charm.
Waiting for NTSB report ) Glad no one hurts
What a great video..And such a precise build! Love how it flew, hated that it crashed :( R.i.p. Lotta respect for how much work you put into this.. Amazing!
Incredible model, thank you. A real beauty! In awe. Amazed you printed this. I need to catch up! But well done.
Man, that is amazing to be able to build a cool little jet like that! Bummer that the battery caused the control failure. Hope you get it back in the air soon. Thanks for sharing!
What a shame. Looks like the wire melted first which caused the battery to short. what gauge wire was the battery plug into?
Sorry to see this loss, that was a beautiful plane and you are to be commended for the design.
This was probably the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while
this crush was really fun dude. made the new version better.
Cool build, great music behind this vid. Good luck with keeping it flying!!!
This was almost like watching The Miracle on the Hudson.
INCREDIBLE, that crash was exactly how a huge jet niner crashed. Please crash more
he wasted his life on this project his wife left him after he abandoned his family for the last 36 months to build this plane. she took the kids... hes holding back the tears after the crash
@@kskdcartman8792 whered you get this info
@@ronlorn568 from his ass, he's joking
@@mrb2917 lmao ma bad
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AWESOME; reminds me of The Spruce Goose.... HUGE project, made from "heavy" material, proving the Design and Fab skills with ONE flight justified the entire Adventure !! Mission Accomplished !! I hope the FAA took note that the passenger compartment was still intact , and the faulty Lithium battery was WAY oversized (to scale) of FAA limits, LoL !
Well done Bro. Learn and improve., we need a "ramy rc" this side of the the Atlantic 😁😁😁😁😁
Impressive project! I hope you build a second one 👍
A sad fact of life, nothing is perfect...! A great build non the less... I look forward to your next build..
***I LOVE AIRFORCE AND PLANES*** TY !
Great build. Keep it up! I'm sure you thought of this, but it's always good to have the controls on a separate circuit than the main flight battery. Next time!
This build was amazing. The flight went perfect until the battery explosion. I am currently taking flying lessons and have 30 hrs.in. Any thing to do with hobby flying is my passion. Great job.
Amazing work! Саме такі відео мене надихають! Це вражаюче!
Wow. Fantastic job 👏. You took the crash with such good grace and a smile. Pleasure to watch. 🇬🇧