Epic WW1 Triplane Firework Battle 💥✈ 4th of July

It’s time to combine some of our favorite things! Large size, DIY, World War I aircraft, and fireworks! We love building and flying. We also love fireworks and explosions. Today we combine our loves and see how much punishment the new triplane XL can take. Josh sets out to perfect this new design and make sure it not only flies good, but also builds easy. At the same time, we have fun with new vacuum form equipment from our friends at Formech and learn a little bit about how to add extra scale to our easy to build airplanes. After a quick paint job, we get with our friends and family to let them light up hundreds of Roman candles to see how much punishment these planes can take. Join us on this journey as we celebrate Independence Day in true Flite Test fashion. This awesome aircraft is now available in our store and ready for you to take as little as four hours of building.

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[antonsvids]

I love seeing Josh's pyromaniac side come to life every 4th of July

[AtomicFrog]

The triplane is by far my fav plane. If I ever win enough money to become a pilot... that will be the plane I fly lol.

[gbinford]

Awesome! 2 of my favorite things ; fireworks and rc planes

[Finn_The_Artist]

As a war historian I find this absolutely awesome keep up the great content

[danielschannel]

Very neat, glad you all had a good time, and thank you for sharing.

[Robert-niut]

Awesome tri Plaine battle and that new vacuum forming machine is great you'll be surprised at how much detail vacuum forming can do 👍😁

[davedeweese]

Just got back from Oshkosh: your designs were well represented at evening R/C flying events near the museum. And after watching a beautiful new F7F nose in and disintegrate, I'm even more inclined towards building my own foam board airframes.

[jameswebb]

If you could attach the cylinders to the motor so that they rote when the motor runs like the rotary engines in the original aircraft that would be awesome!

[johncheyney]

On the one hand that violates every law of fireworks safety I was ever taught. On the other hand, that was awesome. Thank you.

[williamcrane]

We used to do this stuff with spads, ok, we used paintball guns or the occasional spudgun, but it was a ton of fun. With the light foam board stuff it'd be much safer. Fun times relived, thanks.

[ohiorc]

Thank you guys for sharing. Make your videos a little more authentic and not so staged feeling and you’ll please a lot of people who miss the good ol days! 😎

[okiedoak]

Way too much fun...awesome...
And the video from the blue tri plane was cool...

[MrTiHiDi]

I say XL all the classics! who is with me... Love it guys. Buying this one as soon as it hits. Just finished the Jenny and LOVE IT!

[tlfunk]

That was awesome, thank you for sharing.

[robertmorey]

Love the big triplane. Will order one for sure.

[O.L.D_RC]

Awesome, one of my favorite warbirds! A link in the description would be grand!!

[donaldasayers]

Spent my whole teaching career using Formech vacuum formers. Great fun, they seem to have fallen out of favour in schools now, pushed out by newer tech like 3d printing and laser cutters. You really need a CAD CAM milling machine to make the moulds.

[airplane-mode]

Now we need an XL SE5 to fly with this!

[warbirdflyerFU]

That was an awesome video very fun to watch😅

[cfunkjunky]

I've been watching these videos for years and they never disappoint!