Durafly Excalibur Review | Flite Test 

i love your casual showcase videos like these. they do an excellent job of reviewing the product

Hi guys. I so pleased to see new durafly releases being reviewed with you guys again, and I'm glad you liked it. The Exaclibur was my first and only warmliner project I brought to market and one of my last full releases wth Durafly before leaving HK, so really happy to see it reviewed here and on the recommendations of the wider community. Look forward to more. Stuart.

Very nice guys and gals. Bixler is the reason i am in the hobby now. my first plane was the bixler from Hk in i think it was 2010 or 11 cant remeber and now my apartment is filled to the brim with planes and i also compete in pylon racing. thanks for everything you do for the hobby

Brake is the second menu in the ESC, you should try it, it makes an awesome whistling sound when you dive it with the prop folded in!

Great review guys, and nice plane Stuart! You will be missed!

I love your work guys. Have you made a video where you have had a competition amongst yourselves on who can drop a toy parachutists (from a candy dropper etc) from a RC plane (say 100ft high) to a target on the ground - who gets closest wins? Would love to see that!

Good one. Thanks. Looks like the quad was chewing a bunch of air to try and keep up....how did it compare to flying the big wing you guys did last month when you flew them in formation...?

Two years later and the Excalibur is still my go-to fast fun glider along with an MPX Blizzard. The original Durafly tail servos wouldn't center so all four servos were replaced with higher-quality MG. It seemed slow first flight on 4S with the stock 13x8 so I upgraded to 5S and 10x12 Aeronaut with metal spinner and set the brake. Current was still below 50A. Clocked a pass at 127mph. Tweaked the wings so after straightening went with 11x12 4S and keep it under 100mph or so. Yes it carries a fair amount of inertia for diving passes but excels at fast powered passes rather than punch, cut, dive. If the wings were covered or laminated it would no doubt be slightly less draggy and pick up more speed in dives, in addition to making the wings slightly stronger. The fuse failed behind the wing so it was reinforced. Lots of spoileron for landing plus I added a jet-style top-mounted speed brake just for fun. Very capable plane with a few mods.

Wow great video guys! I do love Flite Test, I'm actually not to far away from Peter Sirpol, he lives in Dayton OH. I live in Hamilton OH. I love this plane and the Review! I see this being purchased by me in the near future. Flight Test, these are the type of videos I thoroughly enjoy, planes I buy from hobby stores, not so much building them because I'm not talented enough and motivated enough to do lol. Please do more reviews like this. Josh Scott is the man, love that dude!

Nice work guys, thanks for the review!

I just recently purchased the excalibur and I would like to know if there is a video on how to set up my transmitter for this plane? Im pretty sure I dont have the connections to my reciever right as well as the settings for my v-tail cause the control surfaces are not moving correctly when I use the elevator control

This plane is awesome!! You guys too keep up the good work!!!!

Really would like to see a review of the Eflite Convergence, Ive had one that Horizon Hobby replaced do to it spinning out of control to the ground by itself. Ive put 10 or so flights on the second one with no problems yet---but I wanted to get your opinion and review--wanted to take it to Flite Fest West

Nice to see a return! It would be nice to see more glow/gas reviews!

Great video! You guys are awesome! :)

Hi guys i was looking at the Durafly v70 vtail is this one better to buy over the v70?

Hey Guys, Do you think this would be suitable as a 2nd plane? Been flying the FT Arrow for 2 months and I feel relatively secure with it. I would like to know if the Excalibur can be flown a bit slower and carefully to begin with. HK just lowered the price and I guess nobody can resist falling in love with the look of it!

Hey guys I was wondering if you could please help me with the throttle range calibration? For some reason I can't seem to get it right, I must be doing it wrong cuz I can't get mine to get full speed, I seen a lot of vids and mine goes half of all the ones I've seen, I will highly appreciate any help or input on it!!!...

Great Video ! Is there no brake for the engin ?

I want too see you guys play with the ornithopters , they are so beautiful in flight!!

Hey guys love your videos, keep up the great work!

Are you planning on reviewing the efxtra? Looks interesting...

YES! new flite test video, makes my day everytime

Was just watching the dive footage in this video and was thinking that a great challenge would be 3D printing a functional stuka diving siren for foam models. Would tie in nicely with the 3D printing theme for this year :D

you should review the Vusion Extreme race pack fpv quad all in one

Great review, but I'm a little disappointed you didn't take it up high and dive bomb it so you can hear how awesome it sounds with the motor off. It's by far the best feature of this aeroplane and you didn't demonstrate it. I have the Excalibur and absolutely love listening to it go by with the prop off. Other than that, you guys are my inspiration for getting into flight and I hope you continue to show and review planes that come out from time to time. I know you love your quads, but please don't stop doing reviews on planes. Thanks Flite Test for everything you do. :)

Every time I watch you flying I'm impressed by the videographer flying the quad. You could have a video on the quad being used.

Flite Test, please could you do a general review of E Flite UMX planes like the Pitts, Corsair and some other scale planes. Thanks

Had this plane for over a year now, crashed it once, but was fixed. It's amazing to fly but a challenge to land without a proper landing strip. Even with spoilerons it comes in so fast. And when you order extra prop and spinner, also order some extra bolts because they are not included.

Alex is a master at getting those awesome chase shots!

What receiver should I use? Gyro?

Are you going to cover the Taranis Q X7?

TALENT on those sticks Josh.

this looks like a fun bird. I'm going to research it and see about possibly getting one. but I have a question, I haven't seen a lot of foam core planes at all lately. seems like we've been reviewing a whole lot of stuff but not creating a whole lot. hope to see you guys get back into that more.

Hola Flite Test! Excellent review! Let's see Josh design and build an FT warmliner. 100mph! Love my FT Mighty Mini Arrow, first plane I've built from plans.

Is this an updated dynamic s ?

PLEASE REVIEW THE Durafly EFXTRA!!!!! I LOVE mine!

What kind of FPV camera is that on the excalibur??☺

Everyone is excited about the big miniquad, but I'm excited to see the excalibur fly!

2 kg, is that with packaging? That can't be right for flight ready at least. I have a 2 m EPP-Motorglider that clocks in at around 950g when all equipmen and trimweight is in. It would be nice to have the weight of the shown setup.

I would love to see some content on Propar HOTLINERS PLEASE. Fantastic Family, thank you.

Head to head with the Zephyr! You know you wanna :)

Was Alex chasing you guys with the FT 210 or something else?

I bought one on release day, but already broke it, frozen battery, so sad, it flew great :(

i just ordered a durafly brake card- the beeps are not fun trying to do

I never forget to watch your video :) desktop notification on.

Hi can you review the mini apprentice

you guys should build and review a giant scale top flite warbird.

How does this compare against the conscendo evolution?

I'd like a review of the hobby king shark plane. Add ailerons though.

It looks like these could benefit from flaps. It would have been nice to see more detail of the model, tail configuration, inside space etc.

Is there a discussion/ build guide for building the ideal FPV drone for chasing airplanes?

the yoke holes bigger than the prop adapter, so its a crapshoot getting the yoke on center- vibration *cough* aeronaut yoke spinner complete

When is the giant scale mini quad coming

Is that a good 4th plane?

I know this video is more than 4 years old, but this is an awesome airplane definitely my favorite glider. it sounds amazing and is so powerful with a big 4s battery.

It sure looks amazing. But sins i newer been at the controls of one it is way too powerfull and i like it to go looooong and slow so i can make pictures and scout the terain. There for i would like the rc kit for paper airplanes and hoping its just about keeping the airplane in the sky where i want it to be.

Did you guys enable esc braking?

Glad to see a plane review like the old days. I still watch from time to time, but I was loosing some interest in FT. It makes me happy to see you guys get back to what I have loved and missed on FT!

Maybe try out the new h king voltigeur?

Is better to have the plastic spinner than metal. Something is going to give in at the moment of impact, and if the prop, nor the spinner break, energy will transfer to motor parts, and possibly bending the motor center shaft. Much easier and cheaper to replace a spinner or a prop than a motor shaft, and who knows tear the motor mount etc. great video, thank you +1

Wonder how it compares with the Blaze.

like your tests very much. but sorry with this one you can do better 😉 1. activate breaking for gliding , with folded prop you can reach much more speed in a dive. 2. try the optional 13x8 prop. 3.try a more low profile cam the gopro session works as a airbrake, runcam works a bit better. you misses now 50% more fun with this awsome plane. thanks guys 👍👍

should do some throttle off dives guys. that prop spinning gives a lot of drag

please review some huge glider.. I like those episodes the best

Check out the Eflite Convergence!

I want to see you guys build crazy stuff! With fireworks! And blackjack! No really though I miss the crazy stuff you used to do with David W. and Peter S! Please do some more of that! The EDF afterburner episode is your best!

When are you going to review the convergence ?

i'm waiting for testing the life size hover bike

hey Josh, I like that leather hat you have on , I'd like to get one like that where did you get it? how much. thanks.

Doesn't look like you have the brake set on the ESC. Mine came without the brake set and slowed considerably in the glide with the prop windmilling. But once the brake was set it was a much better flight experience.

nice flying

Any chance to review more planes with gasoline engines? I don't mean like Nitro/glow engines. Like the old red Roadrunner in Flitetest episode? It was awesome episode, altought I felt sad about broken glider.

Clear Nail polish to balance your props, does wonders :)

price of the plane? Link?

love u guys

Is the camera person biased on this vid? usually, the camera flicks to each person when they announce who they are but today didn't move an inch towards TJ. Bad hair day?, lol I have not seen any RC petrol engine planes, do you guys review/fly these?

I love this channel!!!!

Hey Flitetest, I'd love to see you review the tiny balsa Edge 540 from hobbyking (1m, the red and yellow one). Nice video as always !

Also, why are you not using a mavic to chase?

Good gps quad?

great videos latley, back to the roots, i love it!

how about a Mini Talon challenge: 1. a water balloon bomber (sure someone won't mind being the target) 2. the long range flyer (just stuff as much Lipo in there so it barely takes off ;) 3. the lightning fast flyer (Powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr) 4. the totally modded BB-gun shooting warbird! (and thke the rest of them down) these MT's are so versatile and forgiving, I bet you guys can make some Awesome mods that even the Mini Talon forum coulnd't have imagined!

plane looks awesome for fpv. can cover distance fast.

Maybe reviev of Hobbyking Electrolyte?

what's the equivalent from Horizon or Tower Hobbies?

took me a half hour with a mini file just to open up the yoke to accept the props to fold -there went my 20 minute build time

This is what i subbed for years ago, so sick of the multirotor/fpv stuff. Keep up the good work guys.

I review of the new Durafly EFXtra would be nice

Review the e flite commander.

Cool vid

More gliders! Maybe a challenge who can stay up longest

That plane sounds great... Smooth...

review suggestion------- TUNDRA 3s a lighter plane vs Dynam PRIMO 4s a little heaver plane and better price

Yeees! I love watching reviews for some reason, keen to see more. Any chance we could get more fpv wings reviewed?

Dudes, these are motogliders! You're suppose to climb up with the motor and then cut it off! (Otherwise the retractable prop is useless)

I don't know why but I thought you flew Spektrum T-Bone

Stop reviewing such awesome planes! My paycheck can't take it!!! Ok not really - keep up the great work - love you guys!! This plane looks outstanding - it's on my wishlist now :)

flite test if you ever come to Appleton Wisconsin could you tell me love RC cars and planes and love your channle

Hello FliteTest! I was just wondering if you guys could design a swappable P-38 twin engine. I think that it would be awesome.