Simitar 540 Antique Nitro Flying Wing restored and flown plus other Bill Evans Aircraft designs.

[CaptDagwood]

Dave if I were younger I would love to have you as my Crazy Uncle! Blue Skies to you! You are an inspiration to many.

[beverke7]

fantastic job Dave, looks and sounds great, flies even greater, keep it up and fly hard !

[TAKTEZ]

I love my OS .46ax, my dad gave it to me when I first started and its been through 3 crashes and still keeps on going! Now its in my Phoenix Model Scanner and I've flown the crap out of it in the last year, and now its really starting to lose compression. Be a sad day when I retire it. :(

[MaxxPainII]

Great vid Dave, love seeing all these older planes.

[UsernameVb]

i have one simple question that's been killing me " It is hard to control those kinda planes, or more generally. overall ?

[NightFlyyer]

@UsernameVb You need to be on top of it for sure, and as long as you understand what the controls do, before flying and you can see it while flying, it helps. But practice and crashes is the only way in the learning curve to succeed. Good luck.

[anderman72]

There is nothing like the sound and speed of a nitro engine!!

[dioncuda]

thats so sweet, i would love to get my hands on one of those.

[raykiii]

WOW Dave, Nice video. Where is the build video? But really if you do another one of these great designs by Bill could you give some of us newer come latelies a look at how you build and modify these birds? Love your vids. See you in the air.

[605manuel]

very cool its nice to see the after so many years you still have alot of passion for what you love to do ,i think the is the key to live if you find what you love to do you will do it forever

[Skydive4ever]

Awesome Dave :-)

[ChuckBussey]

I love your vids. What prop were you using on that .46? Thanks!

[NightFlyyer]

@ChuckBussey Thanks very kindly. I am using a 10x6 prop.

[f14fan1243]

you should try an electric conversion!

[RcUniverseGuy]

dude since when do 10 year olds look 20? lolol

[NightFlyyer]

@RcUniverseGuy  Haha. I was pretty tall for my age.

[felarfurlong]

that's great!

[catfishmudflap]

This channel keeps getting better and better. Thank you. Great show.

[NightFlyyer]

@catfishmudflap I appreciate that a lot. Thank you.

[taofledermaus]

Love it! You are indeed a legend of RC!

[pinzgauernorcal]

wow nice its so fast

[waddle1290]

Great video Dave, I enjoy the history along with the planes, keep flying :0)

[dietcoke1996]

Great resurrecting and flying that piece of history, Dave! Same with me, RC flying sort of keeps me sane. Don't stop building, tinkering, flying and making these awesome "how- to" and "I see" informative videos with midi music (lol, part of the charm). Best regards from California.

[NightFlyyer]

@dietcoke1996 Hello California. Thanks so very kindly for your remarks. I do appreciate them. Happy Flying.

[ramis182]

wow mr. herbert, amazing video. really cool airplane designs and flying, and as always i learned alot, Thanks and great video!

[SvenOkonomi]

Man that thing is gorgeous! They aren't available anymore, are they? :( Id love that thing as an electric plane, with some serious wattage on it.

[TheLipRipp3r]

Great vid, Dave!!! ...great story to go along with it, too! Semper Fi

[slvmnr]

Just had to say you worked for Kraft radio....

Well Orbit black boxes was mine, and later Kraft bricks in gliders...

That will getcha....HA!....

[NightFlyyer]

@slvmnr Orbit made pretty good radios too, and I had a few. But gosh I havent heard the word Kraft Brick in a long time, of which I also had a few back in the day too. Thanks for the comments.

[spektrum33]

It was men like this that pushed the boundry of modeling.

What flyes as a model plane my not fly as a real aircraft ,that's what is so great about the modeling hobby.

[slvmnr]

Met Bill over at his house in the Valley, Socal, LA, area, and what a real nice guy.

Myself and a couple of other club members where called NUTSO'S. as we were

flying the fastest planes around for the time. With the exception of the pulse jets.

Still have the Desperato 40 and Desperato 3000. With anhedral wings, ahead of

Star Wars for the time.... HA......Tnx for the memories Dave...........

[NightFlyyer]

@slvmnr Thanks very kindly for your remarks. Glad you liked it, because like you, it restored some fantastic memories for back in the day while I was producing this video. Happy flying and go dust off that Desperado.

[HighFlight2k2]

Nice to see the Bill Evans planes again. I came across a Simitar article and had to build one. I had a great conversation with him and he sent me a couple cores. I only had a 4 channel radio so I had to build a mixer myself. I even built his largest one and made it into a bomber. My favorite was the .40 sized plane. My club was amazed how well it flew in both no wind and VERY high wind. I still have the wing from that one. Someday I'll make an electric. Great trip down memory lane! Thank you!

[NightFlyyer]

@HighFlight2k2 Thanks so very kindly for you comments. Get that wing out and get to flying. I would love to see it. 

[beech18s]

A great flying Legend. Never had one, but I can see I missed something. Leave it up to you, you will have a electric foam version soon. Tom

[NightFlyyer]

@beech18s Hi Tom, Thanks very kindly. Maybe soon and for sure it will be a Twin in keeping along those Beech 18 lines.....

[customeddie71]

Absolutely awesome! I know what I'm building next! Lol

[hypothesies1]

God, I wish you were my dad. You seem like a really great guy.

[NightFlyyer]

@hypothesies1 Thanks kindly, now go clean your room!. Lol JK, JK.

[martinba77]

What a great fligth Mr. that thing penetrates the air so well, really nice, thanks for sharing!Have a nice day!

[kpopRC]

beauty! thanks for the history! looks like a blast!

[WildBobsRC]

WOW, that thing really scoots with the os.46, another great video and flight.~Bob

[NightFlyyer]

@WildBobsRC HI Bob, Yes it really scoots. Jeff and I flew it again yesterday and I leaned it out even more. It is exhilarating to fly and is fun to have a plane that can penetrate wind for landings. Thanks for getting me the deal on this engine. It is a good one as all OS engines usually are.

[flyingchimp99]

now all you need are the lights!!!!!

[NightFlyyer]

@flyingchimp99 Haha.  Actually we flew these in the dark before years ago with Chem lights taped on. I may do that again this summer for sure.

[UtRadioGuy]

NOOOOO Don't make an electric one now. Stay true to the past!

[sonicrb69]

@UtRadioGuy ****As Dave says "Technology moves forward not backward"****1:19

[UtRadioGuy]

@sonicrb69 - Yeah I know. But you don't take a nice antique radio and add an a digital dial to it. Ya know what I'm saying?

[n1tmtu37]

@sonicrb69 Just because you can do something doesn't neccessarily mean that you should

[NightFlyyer]

@UtRadioGuy Your right, It takes so long to charge batteries for 1 or 2 flights. I just keep gassing this one up and flying. There is a certain beauty to that for sure and for staying true.

[Trentaur]

I was saddened to hear about the death of your friend and your dad. My condolences to you and your family.

[NightFlyyer]

@Trentaur Thanks so very kindly for your comments.

[UtRadioGuy]

You look a lot older than 10 years old in that photo. Good old time photo shot with the smoke in the mouth.

[NightFlyyer]

@UtRadioGuy Thanks, I think! Now I am 63 and everybody says I don't look that.....but....I feel it...LOL.

[lampropilis]

Excellent video!!!

greetings from Greece.

[NightFlyyer]

@lampropilis Greeting Greece and thanks for the comment.

[baalisgod666]

sorry for your loss.

Excellent video as usual, very enjoyable.

[shockflyyer3d]

another fantastic video, i just love these style of videos from dave

[NightFlyyer]

@shockflyyer3d Thanks very much. I am happy you enjoy these types of history vids.  I enjoy making them too.

[vanepico]

Can I get hold of the plan for the x wing? that would be an awesome plane to turn up to the field with!

[NightFlyyer]

@vanepico Yes, check the link in the description box for Eureka Aircraft. You can get the pre cut foam wing cores and such from them. You would love the Xwing. Thanks.

[vanepico]

@NightFlyyer When I click on the link for the x wing on the rcm website (#781) it links me to the pole star plan(#1088), do they share the plans or something? unfortunately I live in the UK and I don't think ordering a kit from the US would be cheap :s getting a plan should be cheap enough and my dad made a hot wire cutter so I may just give it a go!

[DigitalMediaUK]

You have such an interesting life! I wish history at school was like your videos.

[NightFlyyer]

@DigitalMediaUK Thanks very kindly. It has not been a bed of roses for sure, but the models kept me sane....well, sort of. LOL

[mafesto74]

Very nice

[poerik]

sweet design

grtzzz

[bobmaxiao]

wow, amazing bi-plane u built!!!

[NightFlyyer]

@bobmaxiao Thanks so very much. I appreciate your comment.

[heliparkflyer12]

cool!