Preparing Our 20 Foot B-17 For Battle 🔥

Now that we’ve gotten to see our monster be 17 take flight, it’s time to bring history to life with an amazing paint job. This week we put paint, more paint, and then even more paint our 20 foot creation. Thanks to our good friends from the community and in life, this B-17 is it going to celebrate the history of dear community members grandfather. The aircraft will be a replica of bomboogie which flew over 99 missions. As the paint job gets finished up, we take on a new challenge to make the Turrets, In smoke systems work seamlessly off of a joystick in Arduino board. Finally we put our aircraft into the air for one last time for an amazing flight at flite fest 2022. Every flight is a challenge and every flight is a huge reward as we get closer to our final video with laser tag, combat, and of course tons of special effects.

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[Specter]

You should use both smoke bombs. Gray smoke simulates lesser damage, like a radiator leak or fuel leak. So make it go first. Black smoke simulates fire and more serious damage, so it goes last.

[ChrizRockster]

Because of the speed it is flying at - this is one of the most realistic B-17 models I've seen! It looks perfect in the air.

[taofledermaus]

That looks awesome! I'm really excited to see the next video.

[stuartthurstan]

The plane is really good, but that paint job is absolutely epic. Lifts the whole model up another notch.

[jackcat]

Absolute beauty.
Gramps did his tour over Europe as a belly gunner and he would tell me his stories of battle and how (Big ass bird) would always bring her boys back home I have to say I’m 57 now and all them stories came flooding back in my memories as I watched this beautiful bird take flight and I cried like I was 10 again when Gramps made his final flight home.
Thank you so much for capturing the spirit of the bravery that took place during those days of uncertainty.
This one holds a special place in my heart.

[mustangxxmatty]

i had an amazing time at flight fest 2022 ..drove 12 hours from Massachusetts and actually got to meet and talk to Josh Bixler who has had an amazing impact on my life ..this hobby saved me from a bad addiction and depression and thanks to the flight test guys I found this hobby and filled that void 5years clean and still going ..FOREVER GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS...can't wait till next year

[samuelhaines]

I have loved every second of this B17 build series. You guys are doing EXACTLY what I've always wanted to do and have not had the opportunity to do yet. You are making so many dreams come true. I can't wait to have the resources and time to join this community and come to Flite Fest. Thank you so much for sharing all your passion, talents, and energy with this community!

[thinkaboutit]

It’s beautiful guys!!! My dad, , , and I’m sure many many more WW2 vets would have been so very proud of you guys for what you have accomplished! Really love it!

[BlackGryphn]

My Grandfather (Col. Raymond Brown) was a B-17 pilot during WWII. I joined the military because of him. He would have loved this video. <3

[bryanmadewell]

Absolutely beautiful plane. The realistic look it had when it was flying was awesome. Brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for bringing such a beautiful warbird to life. Awesome job. God bless all the young men that flew aboard these beautiful and strong girls. God bless those who did not make it back and God bless you and your team for keeping their memory alive.

[JollyPirateAhoy]

That was pretty slick. You guys and the pentric bros are reason why I started this hobby. The enthusiasm. I recently had a bunch of stuff stolen so I have been really disheartened about flying. But this hobby did something I never thought would happen, after 25 years of me and my step father basically hating each other, this hobby has created a bond between us I would never had expected. It's like we are friends now. This hobby is something special, I'm hoping to get back to flying soon.

[gryfandjane]

It was a definite treat to see this amazing airplane at Flite Fest, both up close and in the air. It’s truly an amazing build, and I wish you guys many happy flights with it!

[TastierBackInThes]

I've been watching the channel for a long time, and this feels like a beautiful progression from tentatively taking those first few flights, right up till you get that one rc model you've always wanted.

[ronfullerton]

Awesome build! The epic looks of this warbird just heightens the honor you built this for the recognition of those members of the greatest generation who manned those bombers back in World War 2. A great plane honoring great men!

[matchthat]

1987 my instructor at the Memphis Aviation School let me help build the flap for the Memphis Belle. My salute to the crew who flew her so well to be the first to complete 25 missions over The Germans. People have no idea how much it meant to me to have such an honor. Thank God for our brave men and women who fought so hard for our freedom in impossible situations during WW2. Thank You!

[pollyg]

TO THE BRAVE MEN OF BOMBOOGIE, THANKYOU Sirs and thank you guys for your educational family-friendly channel its rarer on the platform than you might think, this channel runs the gambit of ages from 5 to 105 well done the whole team past and present

[multihobbyman]

I have a suggestion to make:

You should add sound to an airplane.

I model railroad. It’s fun and all, but the sound adds a touch of realism.

I haven’t seen it done on many modern rc planes, I think it would be a great challenge to add sound to an airplane, wether it be the b17 or some other scale airplane. You could fit a decently large/heavy speaker in a larger airplane. You could hook it up to a voltage reader or something and when the airplane throttles up, then would increase the audible rpms. Would be cool to see the results.

[slicaltimistic]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Let just take a moment and give these guy a applause. Yall did a excellent job on B-17. Flies like a real thing. And that's the crowd pleaser, and they love it. That's what Radio Control is all about. Fun!!

[matchstikman]

That is the coolest thing I have seen ya'll build so far! I love how Jason (Jason was flying it right?) was so pumped after sticking the landing, but he kept his composure the whole time! Great job everyone! Thank you for all your videos! I hope to make it to Flitefest soon!

[davidweaver]

Seeing that fly made me so emotional. All the work and expertise that went into it. When it was up in the sky, you couldn't tell if it was a model or "the real thing". Great job guys 👏 👍