What would happen if you outfitted a couple monster planes with guns like what Stefan was firing- and having each plane have a dedicated pilot and a dedicated gunner? If the guns could swivel 360 degrees in addition to what it did in this video, then you could have some epic dogfights!
You need an arming switch between the firework and the system. The last thing you want is for it to go off in your hand. Take off, hit the arm switch and then battle.
... that's exactly what they were talking about doing at the end. Both the P-51 and the ME-262 will have a small amount of explosives onboard that will detonate if it is "shot down".
There was a little tank kit that my mom got me and my brother for Christmas one year, and they had lasers that had a reload time, the tank would light up and make an explosion noise when it was hit, and the first one hit 3 times would become inoperable. It was a lot of fun, we got creative with it and set up our living room and the adjoining dining room like battle fields, and I would go into enemy territory the first game, then he invade my base the next round, and so on.. it was a lot of fun, I actually wouldn't mind buying a new and improved version of that toy to use today, with my now not child brain, I could come up with some really cool base designs..
I think it would be so cool if you put 3 or 4 of these turrets on the battle ship and have a completely rc battle between the ship and the fighter plane
I remember when you did this years ago with that test product you were trying out. It is awesome to see that you guys have been able to optimise this so much since then.
Actually, this isn't that product. In fact, the development Flite Test did was completely independent of the ACE system. Neither of us were aware of the other's development. I must admit that I am a bit disappointed that the other system never made it. I always like to bounce ideas off of other developers to make things even better.
Hey guys, make a small head tracker device! It's pretty easy, you just need 2 small Arduinos... There are tons of videos on RU-vid showing how to do that! 😃 Anyway, fantastic work!!! Stay safe there with your families! 🖖😊
i want to see an aimable laser cannon mounted on the side of an RC AC130 and have remote gunners shoot ground targets. maybe tanks or AA vehicles? now that would be some SICK FPV footage!
Fantastic! I ordered my very first Tx last week just so I could turn a Power Wheels Jeep Hurricane into an RC truck and eventually design a turret mounted Nerf Blaster to it. I have been watching FT vids for a year or so and finally decided to grab a Tx/Rx so I could build some cool projects. (BTW I picked up the TS16S Max, from Buddy RC after watching your reviews! Should be here in a few days then onto the project!) Great fun, FT team!
That gun was on the edge of a second kill. Trim is taken half-way through the damage cycle. Another 2 seconds and you'd have seen that second LED light up. Mind you that controls return back to normal after a damage cycle, so if this happened your trim would return to normal. The system is meant to simulate WWII dog fighting. The plane takes damage and you know you are flying a wounded bird. Since all planes are different, the handicap (hit time) and trim adjust (rate) are adjustable. For the big birds, you will want the trim (rate) almost all the way up. For small planes, you want it between 1/4 and 1/2 way turned up.
Took them long enough. lol They’ve been operating illegally for like a decade. lol Unfortunately, even with the license, we are still second priority to licensed products, so we would have to transmit away from the wifi spectrum when flying on 5.8Ghz.
Take the battleship and mount those fpv laser guns to it. And then build a B-17/24/25/52 (something with gunports) the same scale as the ME262 or P51 and mount a bunch of the lasers in the gun ports. Then get everyone together for an EPIC battle!!! Everyone with theyre own gun (laser) with fpv... 1 pilot for the boat and 1 for the plane, 5 or 10 friends to have fun with at the same time🙂👍 #teamairplane
That was great! Is it possible to have two pilots in a plane, one as a gunner - build them a movable gun turret so they can fire without having to point the plane directly at the target...
Great idea but not sure if this is the right time in our world to be mounting anything that shoots on RC vehicles. But the idea of making a ground course with gates that you have to shoot your way thru to win sounds pretty fun. But need some mounted on RC trucks to. Make it an all out war.
Ham radio excellent. I have been a ham for years. I have never used my privileges in RC. t I did build a dish antenna to extend my range so I could use the oscar satellite. I am considering coming to the Edgewater area for an RC Vacation. I don't know what airplane to bring maybe Timber x.
You should, it makes the experience even greater. Also look into the Part 107 license from the FAA for more access to higher altitudes, further distance, flying around sunset and more!
My favorite toy was the RC airhog mini helicopters. They shot lasers as each other. When one would get hit it would spinn out of control and drop altitude. Youd get control after a short while but if you crash during that time you lose. Best thing ever
Consider a laser tag system to keep track of a life bar of some sort say 4 hits and the plane breaks in two unveiling a small but capable parachute to bring the plane safely down and ultimately ending the dog fight 😎👍🏽
I feel like they should have switched the rotation axes for the turret. Horizontal/rotational should be the base rather than the vertical so you don't get those drastic diagonal movements.
you guys should make a giant sbd dauntless and put to fpv setups in it, the gunner in the back and pilot in front, Try and bomb a target and the gunner protects you from another plane
Put laser sensors on each individual control surface including the cockpit, and set it up to where if a control surface is hit a certain amount of times it stop working, hitting the cockpit enough times is insta-death
We need large planes shooting nerf rockets at eachother dogfight style! There must be possible to mount a nerf automatic gun inside a fuselage. Seeing nerf rockets hitting the enemy trough the FPV cam must be awesome.
Awesome...create a scenario where you have a battle ship with the laser gun and simulate an attack on the ship, have the ship's gun fire back see who gets more hits. And make the ship's gun follow the plane.
Hate to mention it because I'm likely wrong but isn't the spread on the laser emitters kinda broad? Or are they focused to a beam like a laser pointer?
This is awesome. I love to see new combat physics, but there’s one thing I miss: I need to see the tracers, the bullet holes in the tail and the wings being ripped off by some 20mm... the fuselage catching fire and the pilot ejecting, and parachuting into a tree where the Vietcong find him and take him prisoner in a POW, and after escaping he returns to an America that spits on the veterans. He goes mad in a little town where he is unrightfully arrested and basically massacres the entire states police force, while his ex-commander is trying to get to his head...
It would be cool if you put the Lazer targets on each of the wings and one on the fuselage and when you hit one of the wings it turns the individual engine off for several seconds and if you hit the body it turns both off for several seconds
I had an RC heli that was controlled with infrared and it didn't work in the sun hardly at all. I wonder if you could test that with your set up. You may find some difficulties there. It's OK in the shade, but direct sunlight blinds it.
U could do something like have the ground unit on a fake handgun without fpv and the person shootig would shoot it like a gun so u could aim better and in 360!
You should place multiple sensors and explosive charges al over the planes (wings, tail, fuselage...) so it´s more realistic. Absolute realism would be to make .22 machine guns, which are not that difficult, and shoot airplanes that have nitro engines. Go to a desert and do it from a steel bunker, it would be awesome
Hi Flite Test big fan I got a video idea 💡 You guys have a lot of planes what if you suit up a few airplanes with the laser tag system And play against each other.
Might be more intuitive to build the turret with the large servo base rotating side to side, and the small servo controlling up and down. That way the rotation doesn't swing an arc down on each side, plus you'd get almost 360 rotation or whatever the rotation limit of the large servo is.
They need to bring it up more often to help bring more awareness so people won’t be breaking the law without realizing. They didn’t even mention about getting the license for FPV.
Yeah. I got my license after seeing a disclaimer on fpv gear. Also it has added a really good rainy day hobbie I can do in the winter. I upgrade my ham license and do both hobbies
You guys continue to be so amazing in what you dream up. This Old Man from North Carolina been following since almost day 1. Don't think I've missed any of your videos. Love what you are doing for our Hobby. Keep it up. ✈️😎💝
Would have been nice if you guys mentioned who makes the combat system! How are people supposed to know what to buy? It looks awesome and easy to setup.
next, paintball guns in 2 of your larger planes ,and dogfight.. laser is cool but the 'shot' flies straight. no deflection, no lead turns , point and shoot. its nice and way better than i expected at first but still feel like something's off ..
