"you want to use your table as a friend" you guys are so gosh darn family friendly it warms my heart. You guys do good work

I've been away from flying RC for probably 15-20 years, but now that I've got kids that are old enough to get interested, these simple foam board planes look like a great way to introduce them. And also a good way for me to brush up on my lack of skills before I crash one of my old wooden ones. I'm almost done converting the first plane I built as a teenager to electric, but think I will build one of yours to fly first. Thanks for the very informative build videos and also for sharing the plans so people can build without a kit.

I love the random dude walking in and whispering “sorry” in almost every build video 😂

I want to thank the guys at Flight test for the tour of their shop and our new scout plane cant wait to try it out. looks easy enough even for this guy. Great work guys.

I picked up the Simple Scout kit at the Hobbytown in Provo, Utah, this week, while up visiting family. Now, getting together everything I'll need to build it. I've been wanting to try one of the FT foamboard planes for a while.

I started to build my new FT Simple Scout that I received yesterday. Taking it really slowly to try and avoid dumb mistakes that I make too often these days. Watch a little of Josh's build video, then build that section. So far, seems to be working well.

So nice to see a build video again. I think you need more of these, always nice with a model for a beginner but some of us have been following you from start. I would also like to see some more complex builds, so that one can grow with you.

I'm building mine now. The wing shape and the removable power pod are incredibly good designs.

Gaaa!!!! I got my Simple Scout yesterday, put it together last night. Installed the FPV pod... not quite the same way Josh did - I cut a small amount of the cockpit to get it to fit... got it all balanced. And today... rain. And when it's not raining... wind. Well, I guess I could go paint it...

I really like the removable landing gear design. This will really help with a lot of future builds.

My grandad was passionate about remote control planes but he died when I was too young to really remember him. I didn't realize they were so simple and cheap to get into. I think I might build one in his honor.

WOW! After sanding bevels with varying degrees of success, I finally got the blade technique down after much practice on scrap. The best "secret" I found to doing this is to treat foam board like iron-on covering - ALWAYS use a new blade and change it at the first sign of a non smooth cut. The blade is still useful, just not for cutting foam board.

The best and fast plane out your whole stock

Thank you guys! My scout looks great!

I really like the look of this plane. I've recently got into mini quads and built a 5 inch racer and also own a collective pitch helicopter but I've been looking at building a Wing and then maybe even a plane afterwards so I really like the look of this. Only downside is shipping. Unfortunately as I live in the UK and to have this shipped is not far off the price of materials. I understand the reasons and it isn't Flitetests fault but I can't justify the cost shipping myself. I know they do plans for scratch building but I don't think I'm confident enough to do that. I hope they eventually start selling their kits in other countries such as the UK as if they did I can think of at least two I'd buy. Until then I'll have to make do with alternatives but keep up the good work Josh and the rest of the Flitetest team, I really enjoy your videos and even if I can't build your plans they still inspired me to get more into this hobby. Also to the people criticising this video just because of a few issues (which I did notice too, but chosen to ignore), so what? Look at it this way, there is still a lot of TV programmes with a much higher budget than these guys who accidentally leave bloopers or errors in and they probably only have say 10 episodes per series. These guys are releasing content every day, of course they're gonna let some issues slip through the net. It's not to say you can't criticise things but it just seems people are too quick to point out the negatives and not focus on the positives which is sad when this content is made for us for free and isn't something they have to do. If the content didn't achieve it's goal of helping you to build this plane then fine, but I watched the video all the way through and can't see anything that would make this impossible to follow and I would be confident building this plane while following the video.

You teach this so well Josh. And in such a comforting manner that it makes me feel confident I could do it too.

help, the power pack was out of stock so I'm building using my own power pack parts and a park 480 motor with 40amp esc. So do I use the power pack box supplied with the kit, then glue the wooden firewall to the front of the box and then attach my motor to that firewall ? This build video shows the esc being glued to the box not far behind the firewall. Since my park 480 is maybe 20 grams heavier than the motor that would come with the power pack - I'm thinking I may need to move the esc farther back to get a good balance - if I glue it to the side of the fuse box will that mess up the lateral balance too much ?

I'm building this at the moment and I would suggest putting the skewer in the tail skid before you install it because you can slip it just under the edge of the fuselage piece so it doesn't catch on the ground 🙂

Thanks Josh for that build,im sure anyone purchasing this plane will have no trouble putting it together,very informative post.

Putting this in my favorites, Josh. Good job and I love the beautiful build!

Hi guys, love your videos. I recently bought this speed build kit. The firewall is wider than my power pod. Is this supposed to be like that? In the video it shows it being the same width as the power pod. Thanks

hes not drunk, I am! this video is the only thing getting me through the build. thanks josh.

Thank you Flite Test for inspiring me to making RC Planes a hobby.

That's the best plane you have designed ... one single thing for scratch builders - the distance from the leading edge of the wing to the motor should be 3-5 cm longer other wise you will never balance it as it should be. Nice job , nice planes nice plans but if you really give them for 'free' for beginers ... just take in to concideration that not all ppl put fpv, landing gear, and the same type of battery. :*

It's fun watching build videos even if I'm not building it🖒

Hi, I had a question, I recently bought the speed build kit. My ESC is not working, and I have tried it on my other planes. Could you give me some advice?

Question: My prints (scratch) says to use the bigger firewall wood piece and my foamboard it bigger. This correct? I'm going to do that right now to see, no way smaller firewall will fit.

I have built and flown the mini , now I need this one too. How many foam planes are aloud in a person’s basement/hanger? Lol

Video shows installing mighty mini firewall. I bought some but they are too small. Feeling Duped!

How is everyone powering their Runcam on the scout? Using a separate battery or tapping into flight battery? Thanks in advance.

First time in my life I see foam plane bild. Trickier than I imagined...good old mini quads that can survive a lot :)

Would a e-flite Power 10 and 4S batteries be too much for this?

Does the hole under the wing is staying open or you close it?

Finally I’ve been waiting forever for this thank you guys so much I’m your biggest fan 😱😱😱😭😭😭😍

I was watching you putting the screws in the servos. You said support the screw with your fingers. For me and lots of others out there this is next to impossible. I have neuropathy in my hands so my fingers don't exactly have any feeling. You need to come up with a plastic centering tool that fits over the servo arm with a plastic tube on the servo arm allowing someone like me the ability to easily center the screws.And once screwed in the centering hole the tool can be removed if made right it should center the screw ,and keep the servo arm from moving.

Very interesting aircraft, like to build but just want to make sure about the power installation. Can I put a2212 1400kv brusheless motor, 50a ESC with 7.4v 2s lipo battery ?

I love your videos which have inspired me build the simple scout. Was it's not so simple as the things I got in my kit such as firewall, pushrods and a build vid that turned out to not reflect what I received in the kit. It's been hard to reach anyone in C.S. I'm a frustrated long time balsa builder wanting to stop sanding and covering. Can you guys PLEASE help me?

Could you make a p-38 lightening

I'm looking to build this as my first plane, but getting hold of 10 x 4.5 props here in the uk is difficult. What would be the next most suitable prop for 3 cell use? Could I use a 9 x 6? Or a 10 x 6?

I didn't notice until I got he kit that there are no wheels. I have a roll of TPU so I designed some wheels. After I test them where would be a good place to put the files #FliteTest

What are the lengths of the push rods and the sizes of the wheels/landing struts? I don't live in the US and the government is making shipping kind of meh... But I can get this stuff locally.

do you guys have military discounts for your website?

waiting for the awesome flite fest, can't wait to see it also make an live stream for flite fest for those who can't come and see it

Can I use coro sheet for the build

I'm totally new and want to do a simple DIY for my first plane. What is he talking about with batteries at 1:50? Would any battery with one lipo cell or any multi-cell battery used the way he described work?

39:05 The 45º angle bevel hero! :)

The mini power pod section confused the heck out of me. I was looking into the Simple Scout to see if it accepted standard power pods, but the store page didn't indicate whether it was compatible with the swappable series. I come here to see a mini power pod and hear talk about A and F packs. Finally in the comments for this video I see that it does use B and C packs - but that it has a shorter power pod that isn't swappable compatible. I know you're planning on reuploading this when you've fixed it, but may I also suggest updating the description in the store to clarify the nature of this build's power pod?

What size power pod does this use? There are instructions for the mini power pod, and what I think is the F pack @13:08 ; but the C pack and the trimmed down power pod later, @1:24:00

What size are the wheels and the thickness of the wire you used?

Is this plane does not require coxal control

What size battery do you use in this plane?

I think this is an incredible plane.

Great work as always. Instead of blunting your knife you could use the other edge, which is not sharpened

How are they running like an 8 inch prop on 1806 or 2204?

Nice tutorial, very competent. Great build too.

I like the plane bcz it has servos on its wings as well as on elevator

Why are the Plans tiled Not correctly !? I tried both formates, a and b size and nothing works with the DIN A4 formate

I really want to order the scout with powerpack. I'm a newbie so I want to make this as simple as possible. However, I've been asking when the B Power Pack will be available, but I haven't heard back from anyone at Flite Test. Does anyone know when this pack will be available again?Glenn

a quick noob question. can this plane be used as a "chuck glider" without electronics?

I am a begginer and will be scratch building my first plane so should I go for this or the cub?

Could you fly with only rudder and elevator to begin with and plug ailerons in later?

He uses a 2300kv in this video, but in the Flite Test store a 935kv or 1100kv motor is suggested (via recommended Power Packs B or C)... so which is it? A power pod from a Mighty Mini series plane is powering this park-size flyer? Really excited about this build btw :)

hi everyone yesterday some how one of my servo (which controls the elevator) unlatched it self from the foam board. that servo is inside the fuselage and very hard to reach. do you have any suggestions to hot glue back to the foam board. my first idea is cut the frame take out servo/recenter it and glue to another foamboard and glue and ducktape the part that i cut. do you have any other suggestions? Thank you very much :)

Hey. I know it is off topic but how do the build tents work at flitefest. Should i bring anything? Money? Radio? Tools?Can we by what we need there? It us my first time. Sorry

Just started my build of this model. Different motor block than this. The firewall has no offset and two holes on top. and larger. Hope this will fit.

Please can you kindly give a guide on how to measure for length in the template

Awesome guys always :)

Oops! At 9:04 in the video, someone forgot to complete the stabilization in the edit. There's an error message covering the screen. It's a good video for the build, but it really failed the QC check! Clearly no one watched it before uploading it... Audio problems, people walking in and talking as filming was taking place, duplicate scenes left in, and so on.

Hi Guys, are the Flitetest kits available in the UK or Europe?

Does it come with a transmitter and rc remote?

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to test servos and the motor without a servo tester, as the one you use is out of production (and because I'm a cheap-ass student)

Something y'all should work on is making a MQ 1 Predator or MQ 9 Reaper I just graduated BMT and I'm currently going though RPA sensor operator tech school right now I think it'd be awesome to see that

What is the thickness of foam board

Ive got the guts from a parkzone archer and a 2700mah 30c 2s battery, would that work in this plane?

Can we use a sg90??

What would i do if I cut through the paper?

Plans call for swappable firewall but build shows mini firewall/power pod and an f pack. I thought this was a b pack plane?

The power pod assembly is not the one for the simple scout. Don't know what way to install the firewall?

I watched the x-29 build and this one and I enjoyed them both, the only issue is when I go to your site to buy something, it doesn't seem to match with what you talked about. They showed on the x-29 video ducked fan version (I can't remember the 3 letter) but don't see it on your web site and here I'm not sure of the motor or electronic. I build for a friend nitro planes that he fly's but he is not into electric planes, so I don't get help from him, and I would really like to build some. Can you help josh

can i buy this remote and other accessories ?

wow man, that's awesome, thanks for sharing

OMG Josh is so loud in the build compared to the intro. Startled me pretty good on headphones lol

can I use 2204 2300 kV motor and 6.4 propeller for this plane??

Do you have any recommendations on what receiver to use? Thanks.

can i convert it in a fpv plane? love from italy and what kind of materials is the plane made?

Hi, I just finished the scratchbuild of the Simple Scout. It would be very userfriendly to give the mesures of the Battery compartment on the plans, to know in advance which Battery fits in. The 1300mAh ones I bought are now just a bit to long.... Thanks it's a great model. And I wonder how to get the plane a little bit nose heavy with a 1200mAh Battery. I had to ad 25gr lead to the nose....

Will it be available at Graupner ???

How well does it handle wind?

Wy did you build a mini pod with mini power pack in the beginning?

Why is this the video for the Simple Scout but it is showing the instructions for the mini power pod in the video. I know the construction is the same, but it doesn't indicate the orientation of the port for the motor wires that are on the Simple Scout plans. This is a small thing but it makes a big difference when you start to run your wiring.

nice build i sill need to upload mine lol

What was that frame not stabilized thing?

What thickness of board do you use?

If you are an experienced or novice modeler, this video has many, many tips which come from decades’ experience and are happily shared by Josh Bixler who is a master craftsman and designer. Listen to and integrate into your building advice like, “Use the table as your friend.”, “Favor the glue to…”, “This must be square…”, “It will still fly well, but it will look funny.”, “Use soft hands…”.

I'm about 3/4 through the build. How much is this supposed to weigh?

Hello! Thanks for this awesome video! I would like to scratch buid this but, where are the plans?

Where can I find the full flitetest theme song, finally heard more than the intro and love it

Can I submit a design for ft? I have an idea been mulling over for some time....

I have built the Mini Scout 3 times now. I kit fro FT, 2 scratch built with FT Store parts. I still can't fly it. I don't why it won't fly. I have flown only on a simulator (Realflight) with my own radio. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Is it possible to fly simple scout with tale control only???