18 MORE Mistakes EVERY RC Pilot Makes 

My cat knows what all my transmitter switches do. I remove the prop, because he’s a cat.

good tips ! ... here's one about flying into the sun ive been using for 20yrs.... when about to cross the sun.... hold up your transmitter up above you as a sun blocker ...cross your flight path through your controller in one side out the other... holding your maneuver as you pass through your controller ... it will pop out the other side with out hazing your eyeballs and you will be quick to pick-up focus on your craft....

That trim advice in the beginning of the video is some of the best info I’ve gotten so far. thank you guys!

I've been tasked with repairing a quadrotor drone at work. At first I was picked on for removing the rotors before working on it while it's powered on. Once I got it working, and we all saw how fast it was swinging four 15x5 carbon fiber props, they changed their minds.

15, part B: Forgetting to power off your TX so you have to hear it beeping at you from the trunk

19. Becoming an RC Pilot 💀

Thankyou PCBWAY!, now Tail Heavy Crews can pay rent

You are amazing❤ it is good to understand our mistakes❤

Wow! I never knew that chargers can sometimes be faster on DC! Also holding your transmitter up infront and using as a sunblock works really well.

Did you ever notice that Murphy"s Law and R/C flying kinda work together ? Murphy would love this hobby !!

3:55 I recognize that field!

Thanks guys

You've been on fire with some great videos lately! Nice work!!

Very good! Thank you for posting. 😎

This might be the most relevant sponsor ad I've seen on RU-vid ever, given I'm currently on a dead sprint to finish Lasercutting plans before I lose access to the school Lasercutter. Definitely gonna need to check this out

Great tips! Always use silver bearing solder when making adapters, the kind that comes in a coil and a bottle of flux, such as Stabrite, and use baking soda in water to clean the joint after. Regular rosin core solder can melt with high amperage draw. Don’t ask me how I know.

You smashed it again.

Thanks for your awesome video's. To add to the sun blinding you issue - if you can't avoid flying through the sun, just close one eye when the plane transitions.

Great video, as always. I am amazed that I still have my very first learner aircraft, with original prop, and the dents I put in it, way back in 2009. Even now, it still flies super sweetly :) .

As usual AWESOME video.....

I know how to solder, but I just have always preferred adapters because they are quicker. I did not know they would fail. Thanks for the video!

Have u guys ever flown the Eflite 1.1 m T-28? It’s a great plane, I’ve had it for almost a year and still love it.

Tip from a glow flyer, have two charged glow driver's, and then a flight box glow driver as well just incase

3:27 gave me war flashbacks

I love this channel

All good tips, especially the last one one about charger wattage. I have an iCharger 406 Duo. Input voltage can be from 12 to 24 volts but it will only charge at max power with a 24 volt input.

Do range checks with the motor running too - it can make a difference.

WOW!! The RC Saylors mounting their gear on their free Carbon-Z Cub BACKWORDS!! Thank the RC gods that I have never watched that video or I would have given them the appropriate amount of grief for that utterly stupid move. I mean, it's not like they're any kind of absolute shills or anything like that. Seriously. Cheers fellas and keep the content flowing!

Transmitter on the car roof . Iv been there. So happy I’m not the only one 😂

Good one 😊

Happy Saturday!!!

I love how you showed jay’s savage bobber.

Just built my first plane (Its scratch/kit built from flitetest) ever few days ago! I got inspired from watching your videos but it was mainly due to Flitetest. Your videos has shown the fun sides of this hobby. Thanks for all the suggestions! 😊 Flying planes where i am isnt common but the videos from this channel really made me alot more interested! Especially videos like this. Thanks for all the content and showing the fun sides of the hobby!❤

Recently learned my transmitter says the battery is full until it shuts off without warning. Luckily, it was with the flight simulator and not out flying.

Trippn sht!!! I didn't know about the carbon fiber !!! Great Video !!! We don't know what we don't know ! 😉🙃😎

I always thought you only used rosin core solder on electric connections Wow

Good reminder boys. 😊

I’ve seen guys do everything you said and still crash , especially after range checks. Remember only one way to find out, anything gonna happen it’s gonna happen out there not on your bench.

He estado más de 40 años en R.C. Sigo usando los Futaba ( long antenas) .Pero gracias...no sabía que el ( carbón fiber ) afectaba la señal de los radios modernos. Muchas gracias.

Can you make another video about the FM's pa-18

After flying solo at the park and many times at my club field, I can say I've made a few of these! I always charge my radio, but forgot to charge my son's; I threw his MiG-15 up into the air and watched it canon ball into the ground with him screaming at me as his radio was at 4.7 volts (instead of 7.4+).

i love how u guys make it sound like common sense isnt that common anymore, oh wait it isnt. thanks tail heavy keep em coming

My first RC plane was the Freewing F-4D... I REALLY wanted one so I sort of impulse bought it. I haven't crashed it though because I haven't had the balls to take it up yet. I bought a little power glider to practice on first, and a second plane that's a little more advanced yet to practice after.

for #14, I made an adapter for my TX that lets me charge it off one of my 3s batteries (your TX might be different, check your charge voltage!). I just noted the polarity of the charge cable's wires, snipped it, and put a male XT60 on the TX's side and a female XT60 on the wall power side. Now I don't need to worry about remembering to charge it! I've done the same for field charging my flight batteries. Got a 100AH 4s LiFe battery to power my iCharger 306b. Now I can not only avoid charging in my house (except for the LiFe battery), but also need fewer lipos to keep flying since I can recharge many times! Bonus, I can let my fellow fliers charge so they don't have to go home due to running out of batteries! For the depth of discharge I usually do, I can charge at least 18 3.3AH 6s batteries, more for smaller batts.

6 use a rotary dial for the throttle cut then if you bump it the prop wont spin it becomes deliberate

#18 hit home with me! I was pissed when my Spektrum S155 kept charging my 3S packs at 4amps but my 4S packs at 3.2amps. Totally thought I screwed something up in the (ahem)"Smart" battery settings... Come to find out, more "Ess" means more needed powah!!! Live and learn. Especially in this awesome hobby. Thanks for the tips and tricks, guys! oh, and the awesome TShirts 😊 👍

I’ve done them all except #15🙈😁

For #16 (learning to solder), don't underestimate the power of adding additional flux! If you're having trouble getting solder to wick, getting it to melt at all, you might just need some flux. As I understand it it helps by removing oxides and slag, which interfere with soldering.

I’ve got this as a check-list. And even did something else, because I’m not only flyer, but also a designer, builder, FPV and rocket guy, lol.

Thanks for putting my vid in you video. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯🔥🗣️🗣️

Bro it feels like the first part came out 100 years ago

Haven't flown in so long I'm pretty sure I'll have to start over at Mistake #1 again.

you guys made rc planes finally look fun to get into vs my first time at 16 where I crashed and destroyed immediately. I picked up a wl toys cessna and slammed that thing into the ground so many times my tummy hurt from laughing too much. But it was also blowing 12-14mph winds every day and I finally got the hang of it and was able to take off and land. the tips and confidence to not be afraid to crash from you guys has been amazing. I swapped the landing gear around to make it a tail dragger and now I can land in grass. I just picked up a carbon cub s2 1.3 and can't wait go give it a try this weekend. I just found a local club so going to bring it over there for the maiden. Thanks for the confidence to start

that's why aircraft maintenance technician use aircraft maintenance manual for correct installation and to prevent wasting time by disassemble again and reassemble

My dad stopped flying 3 years ago and I took over his 15 planes. 3 were worth keeping the rest were repaired with epoxy, even balsa & covered planes. Epoxy might be strong but it is also incredible heavy.

That RX problem with battery to close is only with spectrum, and ten plus years is not enough. Half the foam flyers don’t even know what lift means or a stall.

You forgot leaving your transmitter at home….been there and done that on several of your errors!

Many times I have bought a kit, built the kit, flew the airplane, reduced back to kit form, lather, rinse, repeat........

Update: my fw190 had a seizure on its first flight and crashed

The most obvious thing not mention is the proper CG location and how to calculate it on different types of wing platforms. This applies to both fixed and rotary wing configurations.

1 use the sub srim

My poor soldered plug is more likely to fail than a quality adapter. Soldering plugs requires experience and a good iron, especially using big wires. (XT90 and EC5)

This might be a dumb question but carbon fiber it really messes up your signal?

Damn, imagine needing to care about antenna placement / orientation and range checking. - This post bought to you by ELRS gang.

It's just impossible to not love your videos and your sense of humor while giving very important information. So good to see that I am not the onkly one who made some of these mistakes!

“Plugging your plane in before turning on the transmitter” my fingers say hi

#9 an old fart from out club taught me to put the controller up in front of the sun to block it if that happens, haven’t lost a plane since, and I fly into the sun often for some reason lol.

Call me old school, but I will have at least 1 antenna, preferably the main receiver antenna outside the airplane. I don’t care about radio waves passing through x,y,z I want to have line of sight to at least one antenna.

*Let the Sunshine In...*

Done them all.

#19 don’t forget to pack your wings before going to the field 😭

Yeah, I did #10 but got lucky. The problem I'm having currently is, my car thinks it's a plane at about 70mph. 😁😄

RC Sailors are the Jays 2 Cents of the RC world.

Turning your transmitter on before powering up the plane is a dangerous redundant requirement. A modern brushless ESC cannot enable the motor drive outputs until it completes its boot sequence. If the transmitter is already on and has a throttle setting less than minimum the ESC can enter programming mode also if your hands are in the proximity of the prop, (refitting a battery cover or canopy), and some how the throttle is advanced you can be injured. Even in the Spektrum manual is says that such a transmitter first requirement is negated if the failsafe is set for minimum throttle. I am trained in electronics and communications with Spread Spectrum experience and training. A modern 2.4GHz receiver will enter sleep mode if it cannot find its bound partner transmitter. Whilst in sleep mode the throttle output is DISABLED. Like the ESCs the receivers have a boot up sequence which must be completed prior to enabling all of its channel outputs. Since researching the circuitry and programming on modern radio control systems I have NEVER powered up my transmitter first and likewise I have turned off my transmitter the moment it is no longer required. I have NEVER had a single false motor start in doing so, (10 years so far), Just two more things! I do not use or promote Spektrum radio equipment as it has its own issues and I advise all of my students to fit flight stabilisers or controllers to all of their planes for safety of the plane and of the general public. For $20 the dollar savings can be very significant in the short turn and massive in the long term.

When you realise you are going to fly into the sun.... point your eyes to a point where the current flight path will "leave the sun". Planes do fly in relative predictive lines. You forgot tip #19 NEVER charge a battery inside the plane....

I ALLWAYS turn on my sender before the receiver (choosing the right setup ofoz) Thats nr 1 Rule to not connecting to what so ever in the near, everybody knows that! What are u talking about????

Super bummed an F-16 is not a great starter plane.

But is it scale?

i make mistake today i crash in invertet flight i repear it so 😅😅😅

NO, not "every" rc pilot, maybe most though. I've been building and flying since 1977 and have NEVER done any of these things. I'm also a full scale pilot, so I treat all my models like the full scale versions. Makes a huge difference. Not bragging, just saying you don't have to do stupid things, or crash models!! It's ALL in how you approach the hobby and models.

Plane on 17

Flying into the sun....Fit a stabilization gyro to the plane or arm safe on a spectrum then if you fly into the sun you can just let it fly out again and bring it on home (Those that say its stupid to have an autopilot just remember how many real aircraft use .auto pilot

-- Damn, best pole to flat spin into a pits landing ever at 4:34! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cN-nWbhya6g.htmlsi=S_H-OjC49nkICMo7&t=274

What is the monstrosity at 3:12 and why are there no videos on that? Also, what's up with the carbon fiber? I tape my antennas to the carbon fiber in my plane and have no noticeable issues. Also quads are fully carbon. Does carbon absorb signal or?

Lithium batteries are always a force to be reckoned with In fact I bet some people have died from lithium battery fires that rapidly evolve into house fires ( I know of a father and son who died in a house fire caused by a Christmas tree lighting overheated And here’s a tip If your rc plane crashes and it’s lithium battery is hot Chances are it will lit on fire due to the force of impact. Always bring a fire extinguisher You never know what might happen and if there is a small fire from a plane crash It will soon become a wildfire if nothing is done And if it destroys somebody’s house kills the entire family in that house and burns 5 acres Your charged for supposed arson and muder So yea

Just planted my second plane into a tree :/

I see a 'top 100' or so version of THIS!

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Lesson 101 friends don’t let friends fly spectrum.

Whoever crashed that Aeroscout in the intro must have really sucked at flying.

Or buy a transmitter that doesnt need satelites to work correctly

Warum zwei nervige Werbungen vor dem Video?😊

I love men

Ha I edited this comment so your left wondering how it got top comment

Ugh spektrum. Stupid satellites. They are terrible and that’s why I fly futaba. No satellites needed

3D is dumb!!

can you guys upadtae your discord invite its invalid?

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Well, about that "beginner's plane"... AeroScout is only good if you're committed to AMA with your checkbook -- before you even know whether you'll come back more than twice --, or you have an FAA-holes' license to fly your Cessna as well. That's why everyone these days begins and stays with FPV quads which are aplenty under 250g.