Flite Test - FT Spitfire - BUILD

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Thanks for your support!

[christianpst]

Thanks David and Josh for this beautiful plane and the opportunity to be part of Flite Test. You two are amazing!

[Kingsnake]

Just built one of these, and I must say, I am amazed at how well this plane flies! All the looks of a warbird, yet handles like a trainer! Stall tendencies are almost non-existent! My hats off the Dave and Flite Test for sharing this sweet Spit! It's a keeper! Next up: mini Corsair!

[tma]

Thank you David. Finally had a chance to build and fly this thing today. By far the best scratch build I have flown so far. Suggested throws are alittle tame on the roll. I was worried but the vertical stab and rudder being so tiny but tracks so well at slow speeds and has great rudder athority ee.

[ashwinvandenaarssen]

Just finished building this in September 2024. Thanks for a great design, David!

[Project-Air]

I'm designing a Hurricane Mk I at the moment. Ill build it after my exams or something for you guys to see :) Loving the videos! I think everyone will agree they are better at the moment than ever!

[calculatedsurvival]

Just bought this kit at hobbytown today! I have been a big fan for years and love all your videos. Keep up the great work! The Flite Test videos got me back into the hobby 3 months ago.

[mrmurder]

Going to be ordering this speed build kit in a couple of days, this video will make the build even easier. :-)

[logansportpilotrp]

Hey guys salutations from Ford City PA, i got this kit from u guys about a year ago, i love this plane, really good strong construction, brilliant design, and i love how it flies, one thing i did to mine was, where the two skewers go through the fuse, i glued pieces of popsicle sticks to the outside holes of the fuse to to keep the skewers from ovaling out the foam thus keeping the holes true and tight, i love you guys show, oh one more thing i did was, i took a empty soda bottle, cut it and made a cock pit covering, and it came out sweet thanks again guys.

[xuzme]

That's awesome! Always warms my heart to see new pilots coming into the hobby and finding success. My granddaughters are just getting old enough to start flying if they want to and at a recent birthday, I met one of her friends who was trying to learn to fly with his dad. But dad didn't have any flight experience either so they had gone through a few airframes quickly. I told him about the swappables and Flitetest videos to hopefully get them on the right track.
Good luck with yours!

[ronjodway]

So, I've watched this AWESOME video like 4300 times (Well, not THAT many), and you guys are always talking about suggestions. Might I suggest an FT Bf109 to go along with the Spitfire? If the suggestion has already been done, my apologies, otherwise, I think this would the most logical progression from this great build! Thanks for great vids! Keep them coming!

[daanvandenbossche]

Going to rebuild this beautiful warbird after 6 years. Always a awesome plane and still is!
Pure nostalgia! Love it!!

[MrSpitfireMustang]

35:50 seeing this was so satisfying. Two cuts and pop. Really clever guys!

[Vass]

the wing is a superb representation of the spitfire, even the dihedral is perfect. great strength too. great design :-)

[laconiclamp]

Does anyone else get chills when he uses the scrap foam to scrape off the excess glue? Just me?

[PACubFlyer]

Got my Spitfire Speed built kit from Lazertoys at last weekend's WRAM expo. Can't wait to get started on the build.

[mcandies]

Just getting home from the flying field where I maidened the Spitfire. Wow, what a great flying plane. Great job guys.

[Stashmanfpv]

Just received my Spitfire kit. Quality is amazing! We finished the POD and are presently watching this video again to make sure we're not missing anything. I'm just super-impressed at the quality of the cuts, etc. just a really good "kit." Only problem I had is that the paper/stock that comes in the kit for covering the top of the fuselage and the rear of the kit came ruined, bent, and unusable :(
We had to go to the store and purchase more, as it was basically no good.
Can't wait to get our first "plane" assembled and electronics installed and then get her in the air!!!
It's gonna be much different than flying our multi-rotors, but that's kind of the point and being able to hand-build this plane just makes it that much cooler!

Thanks Flite Test! I foresee MANY more builds like this in our future, as you offer SO MANY good ones ;)

Stashman 😎

[zip]

Cheers guys. I paused the video, drove straight to Walmart to get an Ad-Tech Glue Gun. it Rocks! Now I can trow down a solid bead. Thanks for mentioning that.

[brianbutcher]

I just received my spitfire quick build kit. Thank you for the transmitter lanyard that is awesome. I look forward to building and flying this kit.

[Kinematographer]

I'm building this from the free plans, i feel like I'm 12 years old again! Its a really great and rewarding build!