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It's difficult to pick a favorite plane, but one of my favorite fun paint jobs with this Flite Test Scout XL, done for the short-lived cartoon series, "Dastardly and Muttley In Their Flying Machines." The show ran for one season in 1969, and the planes the "Vulture Squadron" flew to try and stop Yan...
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Maiden flight video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GSXhI9hY04
By the way - the UMX Air Tractor has no problem carrying a Matecam 808 keychain camera along for the ride.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQv8cRS8ruI
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I ordered a second canopy hatch for my 50mm Habu, and modified it to hold one of the small FPV cameras. I figure I'll fly it at least once LOS with the FPV camera running, and the video receiver recording, to see how it does before I do an FPV flight. The camera is one of the little Wolfwhoop types,...
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In the meantime, video from my second flight on the Habu, recorded on a Matecam 808 keychain camera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2iOD3HFSHU
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First test flight recording from the FPV camera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U_5FkojsS0&t=161s
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I have a Habu 50mm on order, and have been flying the model in Realflight. Can anyone attest to how well the simulator compares to the real model?

If the real model flies like the model in Realflight, then this is going to be one very sweet bird. I was doing touch 'n' go passes with it, and with a...
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Here's the video from the maiden flight on mine. She handles carrying the Matecam 808 just fine. I've flown her on both 3S and 2S power, and she balances fine with the 2S 900 mAh batteries that I already had. With the 900 mAh battery, it still showed 75% remaining after a 5+ minute flight.

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