My Longest RC Airplane Flight

10 hours and 45 minutes
340 miles or 547km across the ground
Phoenix 2400
Matek F405 Wing with Arduplane code
12x12 APC propeller
Racerstar 4108 600KV motor
Turnigy Plush-32 30A ESC (LVC disabled)
50,000 mAh 4s Li-Ion battery pack that I made with LG M50 cells

0:00 Intro
0:51 Assembly
2:06 Arming
3:05 Launch
4:43 Condensed Flight
7:04 Landing
7:54 Touch Down
8:46 Airplane Tour
9:50 Summary

[johnnyrocket]

Don't apologize for feeling joy! It's the most beautiful emotion and I petty the one's who judge people for that!

[adamfacey]

I set out in 2016 with a radian glider on a 3cell 2200 to do my longest flight, it was over 4 hours. It was extremely painful the last hour or so. I was in a lawn chair and got the worst sunburn I ever got. I kept getting thermal after thermal and hungout with birds most of the time but I pretty much used only servos the entire time. I’ll never forget that day.

[slembcke]

Holy moly! I did not think that was possible. It even flies pretty slow for such a heavy plane. Very impressive.

[CA-FE-C-FF-EE-]

It is NOT embarassing to be happy and jump around. Life is sad and horrifying enough. Let your feelings win when awesome things make you happy.

I am just getting into and already pumped to look at Planes that are autonomous :) Thx for the video

[pascalfust]

I really like your pragmatic approach. Instead of trying to work on some technological issues, you step back and realize that other (simpler) solutions appear. Well done

[RogerTheJanitor]

Ill be honest, when I first clicked the video, I wasn't really impressed. Once I realized how LONG you were flying - I am totally blown away. Really great work.

[satyris]

Fair play to you staying out in a field all day, takes some dedication!

[pokerchannel]

Hi: full scale planes can drop their empty tanks in the military. I believe your plane can be more efficient if after a battery is depleted, the dead weight is dropped. The space shuttle has the same idea. Rocktes also utlize the same principle

[AeroStuffFPV]

Holy crap! That is fantastic! Congratulations & Hats off on 10h without solar power!

[deanedeane]

Thankyou for sharing such an epic journey with us ! It gives my blackdog a real lift to see someone super happy about their goal/achievement ! Well done You ! ♥️😉🙃😎 NZ

[FPVREVIEWS]

Yes, they can carry a lot of extra weight, especially with a high aspect long wing..
WOW what a result! would be neat to make a video talking about all of the arduplane settings, and why you chose each one.
I see you have comment from Andrew Tridgell. He's the lead dev. for arduplane. Having his compliment to your work is amazing. Great Job!

[AndrewTridgellHome]

fantastic! Getting that sort of flight time takes a lot of effort

[JonnyWaldes]

Amazing! A scooter battery with wings! Such a craft would be suitable for all day surveillance.

[rico]

incredible! I have no RC fixed wings but this is the motivation i need!

[DLH-wsxy]

Ahhh. The sweet smell of success. FYI. My would have nailed the fence. Love the
wing insert design. Great vid. 🏞

[griffithtvr]

In 1990 I found a model plane magazine from the 60s with a description of a 14 hour record flight, it was a huge glider with a 1.5cc motor.

[ethanharcourt]

One of the best videos I have seen in a while. Really inspiring. Would love to see a video about the auto pilot components you used

[nevillecreativitymentor]

Why the .... do you need to apologise ... dude you are owed some ADRENALINE from all of us. that was just amazing.

[wiiperico]

Not embarrassing at all man, congratulations!!! You did a really nice job!!!!

[weltvonoben]

Now that's a calming hobby! Great.