Horrible scratch-built RC plane crash (with a special guest from Star Trek)

[hawkskyflier]

Way FUNNY!!!! Sorry about the plane.. "AiloRon"... but the comments were just hilarious!! had me laughing with tears... keep up the great work! OH. XJET... hows the east meets west with Ali?? Haven't heard anything yet... but I've been away for 3 months, I'll have to search. jc

[JohnnyJV52]

Rough take-off but looked like he nailed the landing! Roflmao....

[GamerSipes]

Great video! I love that you guys rib each other. RC is supposed to be about having fun with your mates, and some people tend to take this sort of thing far too seriously. Nobody is launching nuclear missiles here, so I see no reason not to laugh along with friends.

[spear913]

Ron is completely unaware of Capt. Picard. Hilarious!! Love your videos.

[TheAbd1122]

fail

[wolfe1970]

atleast he tried



[shattered79]

lmao

[SHYSHILLY]

god id live out there in that field motocross one day.. the next go carts then fly some planes.. sounds like a good week for me! so lucky ..

[Dagfinn0702]

Looks a bit nose heavy. Did you remember to check the center of gravity?

[luke242mx]

i probably would have worked if actually pulled up at the take off and tried to fly the plane

[24262748]

I think the word is SUCKS ?

[heterosharpshooter]

I felt embarrassed watching this video and no,

I can not understand yours sense of humor (thankfully)

[kachur777]

seems like a safe place to fly with all those people on both sides morons

[SHADOW10621]

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

[SHADOW10621]

“ who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly.

[SHADOW10621]

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood,

[rowen211]

well its better than anything I could have built...

[somethinextra]

Our club is exactly the same,just google =Runcornmodelflyingclub. and watch our vids,we have the piss taken all the time but thats what makes our club great to be a part of,our chief piss taker is Davef our UK equivalent of Bruce in Kiwi land...Fly-Safe..

[xXPancake11]

the tail isn't parallel to the wing thats why it swerd of and crashed....sry spelling

[FesterBable]

@xXPancake11 No it's not. I have flown planes way more crooked than this, and they fly just fine. It looked like a wrong CG to me.

[xXPancake11]

@FesterBable oh ok

[rccrazer]

Poor Ron. So passionate and so little sucsess. Is he in the middle of a new thing that should not fly? I love those,

[Gig540]

Seen the follow up video. Knew it would fly eventually. Good to see it in the air and looked like it flew great. Just mounting an air foiled stab flat on something flat tends to kick the LE a smidgon lol. Thanks for sharing

[belinda2118]

I enjoyed this. Thanks.

[Art456654]

bad engineering and he should of covered those ailerons

[ProShoTproductions47]

"oh iTs Landed" Hahahahaha =)

[forcedejection]

A little squirly on takeoff but she flew like a dream!

[MrCommonlane]

i am not being mean but did he check all the controls were the right away around becasue it looked like he was pulling up in but it just went down

[eimb1999]

Bugga.



[BarbosaUral]

Picard for damage reports!!! I'm laffin my ass off! Picard MUST be included in every crash.

[zefkosta]

Ron, if you come across this coment, I've noticed your booms are very flimsy, so when you pull up, the elevator may be forcing the stabilizer down, forcing the nose down.

[zefkosta]

That's really smart. I'm going to do the same. I'll shoot every flight at my club field making sarcastic coments and then post only the ones that fail so I'll look clever.

Apart from the obvious misalignment of the tail, and maybe wrong incidences and perhaps wrong cg position I wouldn't say the plane would't fly.

Congratiolations Ron, you have at least tried, witch is by far more than most do in a ARTF world.

[xjet]

@zefkosta Make sure you check the follow-up video from this one.  Ron's plane did fly!

[s70glt100]

@zefkosta smart ass

[mediarocker543]

@zefkosta, I think It's understood that they're just funning around. I do believe you've missed that they razz each other all the time?

[Flyingwigs]

looked to be the angle between the wing and stab was off, the tail lifted when the air off the prop hit it making it nose down. it was likely too far off to be corrected with up elevator so it "pitch hunted" to the ground :(

[daisy8luke]

I thought Ron held it together pretty well. Whenever I have a new plane I build from just a concept in my head, and things don't go well on the first few flights, I get pissy and sometimes cuss. Ron's attitude : "It can be fixed" is right on. I applaud him for two things. First, for being an outside-of-the-box thinker with the balls enough to give his idea a try. Second, for being a good sport about it. Good try, Ron!!

[iamsam87v]

I dont understand how anyone cant figure out the problem here. The CG might have been off, but the main dela here is that the elevator, and the rudder are in the prop wash, so the plane has Vector thrusting effects. A small pull on the elevator will cause a massive angular moment on the plane. Likewise when He tried to pull the plane up, the plane went straight up, and then he rapidly tried to level it before it stalls..... and a small down force on the elevator pushed the plane nose done dive.

[MrTupety]

hello there averyone, anyone down here at Central Otago, i live in Queenstown and justo wondering if here have a club or someone interested in join us for a good time flying rc planes, i love then, and about this video, don't give up Ron, this thing will fly, believe!!!!

Thanks

[48horijoe]

well its one week later and now I wait in anticipation to see Bruce's video of the second attempt at flying this horrible plane.....wonder if it will attract the same attention as this one did...and I locked Ken in the Hanger with Barbie ( after I got him away from his daddy )

[BigMeanyVids]

Hey, anyone who has been flying rc for any amount of time has had this same experience. Sometimes your creations just dont work as expected or at least your flying skills are not up to it. Oh well, try again. :)

[startazz]

Poor old Ron ;-) i'm sure he'll go back and think long and hard before he try fly that again,or not lol,good one boys.

[ClaritySWE]

What the f*ck is with all the weiners? Taking the piss out of your friends is the main purpose of having them. And sure enough you get the piss taken out of yourself. But some people just can't understand this humour, most of them are women and/or boring people. Nice vid anyway!

[nuttychicky]

@ClaritySWE oi you whats with the " woman" comment lol

[drjazzisme]

A BRILLIANT VIDEO BRUCE,HAVN'T LAUGHED SO MUCH FOR AGES.AND COMMENTS LIKE 'HOW WILL HE KNOW WHEN ITS FLYING UPSIDE DOWN'? AND 'LOVELY WOOD GRAIN' WERE CLASSICS.WE CAN TELL RON TOOK IT ALL IN GOOD SPIRIT.OF COURSE YOU ALL HAVE TO TAKE A RIBBING AT SOME TIME OR OTHER OR YOU WOULDNT BE IN THE CLUB AND ENJOYING IT SO MUCH.GOOD ON YA AND KEEP THE VIDEOS AND HUMOUR COMING,REGARDS FROM SOMERSET UK.

[xennelul]

Maybe you should interview Ron?

[maxadventure]

Brilliant! I love the design, I love the vid! You blokes have too much fun! Wish I could pop over on the weekend and fly with you! Unfortunately I struggle to find the time to fly at my local fields.

[Skydive4ever]

Lol, I think the NZ sun is getting to ya, first Ken, now Capt., lol, funny :-)

[catamaranman333]

...and as far as being too hard on the guy. I've seen you rib others the same way. Guys do this to each other. Especially guys who participate in the same activity. It's born from the spirit of competition and is part of many cultures....it's nice you all are sticking up for the guy, but he and Bruce obviously know each other well enough that a few playful digs aren't going to hurt anyones feelings.

[catamaranman333]

See, the problem with this video's title is that it can be interpreted a couple of different ways. Its either a horrible crash of a passable scratch-build. Or a slightly more meritous crash of a horrible aircraft.....

[rebelrvaus]

I’m guessing most of the negative comments are posted by yanks, those guys will never get the Aussie & Kiwi sense of humor and friendship and will defiantly have no idea about the inflection in your voice and it’s cricket reference.

And what do they expect one modeler to do about another that has a plane he’s hell bent on flying? are you supposed to tie him up and call the fun police?

[rpm303]

@rebelrvaus ,I'm a yank and think that was funny as hell.You can only rib someone like that if your good friends.

If your not good friends then your just an ass and the guy should have told him to bugger off.

It doesn't matter where your from,guys will be guys and if a good friend brings a piece of crap like that to the field,LET THE RIBBING BEGIN

[HallaBalla1959]

Free tips for design improvements:

- Lengthen tail boom

- Enlarge vertical stabilizer

- Make slimmer engine pod

[gastroking100]

you boys crack me up !! but were was james t kirk

[Soconnor97]

That's one hell of a busy place

[stephen5150]

I had to LMAO this was a bit of good old South Waikato fun, and Capt'n Pickard was a nice touch

[tankshermanator]

Jeez a bit sensitive today aren't some of us :o)

Good fun video Bruce

[bradp455]

just too funny bruce! what a culture! love it!!! we do the same by not letting any stupid thing we do at the club go to rest! those stupid things last for years ya know! geez, they even put up a mock up on the web, of when i forgot to fill the tank!!! ha ha ha

its all in good fun! hey, if you can mock your friends , who can ya mock!! ;-)

[sv650touring]

Bruce, you elitist bastard! How dare you and your friend fly your planes the way you see fit. RC flying is serious business, and should be left to people who understand that fun is merely a byproduct of our moral obligation to control small flying machines with radio signals.

[vanepico]

Cor tough crowd! The second you make this hobby more than just fun and a laugh extreme emotions come into it, if your not prepared to smash up your new model every time you fly, you should sell it and take up knitting! If you do Have a smash, get as much of a laugh out of it as you can! I love it, keep it up bruce!

[AfghanKnight007]

the whole weight is of the model is in wing area which causes centrifugal force in the middle and causes the plane to do sesaw and make it very sensitive to the elivator movements. you should balance the weight by moving some weights towards the tail and some towards the nose of the plane to avoide the plane being too sensitive to the elivator.. cheers

[helipassion]

at 1:33 "the elevator's got lift on one side"  LOL!!!

[ArjanHarre]

Bugger9946 .... I am pretty darn sure that Bruce and the rest of the crew at the field would have helped Ron in anyway they could once filming stopped. And please do not include me in your "remainder", because I have been there and seen experienced the atmosphere at this field. It is friendly with lots of good natured banter and ribbing. RC is a hobby it's not life or death.

[rogueqd]

You should have stuck Picard on the plane, he could have increased power to the main deflector and saved the nose. :)

[BUGGER9946]

Any respectable club-member in "My" area would have pointed out the

obvious errors inthe build, rather than filming, & trying to embarras the

Guy. Just fucking sickening. Shame on You Bruce, You elitest SOB.

Can`t tell You how disappointed I am.

[xjet]

@BUGGER9946 You still don't get it -- we already talked about the model in depth but Ron was happy that it would fly regardless of any "issues". Everyone gets the piss taken out of them at our field -- it's just the culture and it makes for a great environment. No stuck-up idiots around here -- everyone just has a damned good time. Because of that, many people drive hours to come fly with us rather than join clubs that are much closer to them.

[beaker2000]

@BUGGER9946 Wow, I watched the whole video looking to see how Bruce hammered or embarrassed Ron. What are you smoking? You are clearly out of your mind.

Another entertaining video Bruce, Thanks!

[T3beatz]

@BUGGER9946 , you really should calm down a little, and don't judge people until you know them... It looks as if they had a good time.

[Tedenz]

@BUGGER9946 I was there when this video was taken. Bruce is quite correct that the build quality was indeed pointed out to Ron. He was keen to be filmed for the maiden. So no harm no fowl. this would have to be the best bunch of guys n gals that i have ever met. All take the piss out of everyone. Great fun

[jambuttymegasize]

@BUGGER9946 do you think that the right brothers went "ow it wont work, we wont try it", anyway they were just messing around having fun.

[48horijoe]

@BUGGER9946 the Simpson of the year is it...first off Im pissing myself reading all this...the reason it didnt fly was due to a minor prob nothing to do with weight or the tail. wait for a few days and It will be up again...

As far as Bruce giving me shit..thats nothing you want to hear what he gets..and his little friends..

Thats the reason we go flying..the planes are just the excuse...well done Bruce. lol

[catamaranman333]

@BUGGER9946 I think your comment was more insulting to the guy than Bruce was.

[Stacky18]

@BUGGER9946

You clearly dont get the fun in place here. If you knew the Kiwi culture you would hear the humour in Rons talking. He is having a laugh at himself with some comments. Im embarrassed for you bugger9946 with your poorly interpreted view of what happened.

[parts2truck]

@BUGGER9946 you are a complete fuckwhit bugger off from this awesome channel everybody reading your crappy comments are sick of you BUGGER OFF BUGGER9946 AKA TURD BURGLER!!!

[3dkat1]

@BUGGER9946 I don't think you understand just what really goes on at the Tokoroa field . I've been a member here for about 4 yrs now and it's a bloody great place to fly (and talk). Everyone gives each other lip and if one makes a boo boo your going to hear sounds of laughter from the pits . Also it's not the first time Ron has flown or attempted to fly a plane of his own design. Don't worry Bruce gets the piss taken out of him too and he can take it just as good as he gives it .

[BUGGER9946]

@3dkat1 Point taken.....Thanx

[jayc004]

@BUGGER9946

Looser - Get a grip. Did Ron really look that upset?

[BUGGER9946]

@jayc004 Blow Me. This shit is two weeks old. And learn to spell

[MrCommonlane]

@BUGGER9946 your a wanka

[ZenCodeMonkey]

@BUGGER9946 Must be your first time here Bugger... Don't feel bad were all new once :P

[BUGGER9946]

I`ve been checking out Your channel for a couple days, & I thought You were

cool until I saw this. You obviously don`t like this Guy, for whatever reason.

You wer hammering Him before He even had it ready for takeoff. Your

better-than-thou attitude has made Me withdraw My sub to Your cannel,

& sapped any respect I once had. Wish His misfortune had taken out

Your fancy-ass camera on the way down. Pathetic.

Scott

[xjet]

@BUGGER9946 Clearly you don't understand the Kiwi culture or you'd appreciate that this was *fun* and Ron got as much of a kick out of it as we did. We're pretty laid-back and thick-skinned around these parts ;-)

[BUGGER9946]

@xjet You are correct. I don`t understand the "kiwi" culture, but I understand how Your attitude

appears to the ramainder of the viewers Who also don`t get it. His build was obviously flawed from

the beginning, but thick skin has nothing to do w/the fact that You displayed it to the whole world

for Him. Normally in Your vids, if something goes bad, You at least give the Dude a chance to explain

Himself. You hammered this Guy from the jump, & I wouldn`t trust You now. Give Me HIS link.

[xjet]

@BUGGER9946 I'm sure he'll chime in with his own comment sooner or later.

[jambuttymegasize]

@xjet well handeled. I see this bugger9946 doesn't have a sense of humor, or perhaps you went on a bit, I thought it was kinna fun

[catamaranman333]

@BUGGER9946 There you go insulting the plane again. I thought aside from possibly the tail boom engineering, it was overpowered and overbuilt just like they should be. Seriously, have you ever heard friends in the northeast of the US go at each other? It almost seems like the stronger the friendship, the worse they talk to each other! Seriously, you need to take it down a notch or 3.....

[eastcoast78]

@xjet yea were kinda liek that too,we have a SPAD guy who only flying coroplast. Just out for a bit of fun with

scratch building.

But 1 Question. Bloody hell did you even check the CG? casue it was way off lool .Good stuff.

Cheers

Canada

Ill see if i can find a vid of him flying his spads...

[catamaranman333]

@BUGGER9946 You need to check out both of Bruce's channels and for more than a couple of days to see that thats how they roll at Tokaroa....chill out. Watch a few more videos and you will see it go both ways.

[ArjanHarre]

Lol sorry Ron but that was funny. I should really come over more often. What's the story with the jetpack? Got it flying yet?

[troy5690]

Poor Ron.

[UtRadioGuy]

That's some Funny $hit

[UtRadioGuy]

That's some sunny $hit

[braaaapp]

i dont think that the H stab has a symmetrical foil. looks to be flat bottom so i think the tail might be lifting the tail up. also looks nose heavy

[RCllamadude]

DON'T LICK THE MIXING SPOON!!!!!!!!

[rcflight13]

Wing was too far back if you ask me. Better luck next time.

[degimedia]

Bummer ron! Sorry. :(

[TheLipRipp3r]

Poor guy!

[rotorwash46]

elevator not level with wing you can see it.

[pushinold]

looks as though this airplane needs a lot more rework that Ron is talking about. Might be a better start from the trash pail

[zombienumber13]

you guys in nz must hire all the ground support crew we have at my local field, same laughs and everything, lol

[ShoGinn]

Love the dolls HAHA

[TABINEKOMILK]

It is regrettable. That was beautiful plane...

[maahinberi]

Maybe he should straighten out the elevator and add more power.

[kaw1997]

I like the ALL white i thik i will do my next plane on just 1 color!!! LOL

[catamaranman333]

Kiwis seem to have gravitated to my favorite "sports": Sailing, motor racing and RC flight....how do I sign up?

[agektm]

i could have made that fly

[jsnhart]

"Lovely wood grain" might be the best line it the whole video.

[BMSWEB]

I wonder if Ken will get any higher lol

[davestynes]

the bikes in the back ground got more air send ron over to see if they tips LOL

[Soryt]

Desingner fault,tail to short

[erikdravn]

I too did the "walk of shame" this week. I took one of my home built planes out and it was not as ready to fly as I had hoped. However, the children watching got a kick out of watching the action, I had a good time providing the action, and the plane is totally fixable and will return to the field again REAL soon.

[SubatomicMD]

:) I love the whole "Star Trek" thing,... to Boldly go where no one has gone before

[xsykgaffelx]

to bad! that was beautiful plane!

I hav actually built a plane that is very simular to this one! i dident have the downward rudder tho! and it flew great!

[bingobongo17]

whats with the dolls, you gettin bored with rc planes?

[xjet]

@bingobongo17 It's really hard to get good help when making videos :-)

[bingobongo17]

@xjet all your imaginary friends run away? lol :)

[wellheeled88]

Ron ought to eyeball his beast before attempting flight. The stab is clearly not parallel to the wing. Somehow, i don't think that made much difference.