History of the RCPowers F-117

2008 joined, just don't have the money to get em flying. Love watching them, try maken them like u did with kieth.

I received one of the last (or the last) F-117 kits and I had a real blast with it. It was my second R/C plane and a great one for the job. Not too fast, flies well but will do cool stuff like the spin to touchdown, touch and goes (yes, did lots of those), and really cool high alpha. Great plane, team R/C Powers!

Love the F-117, been wit you for years bud, I got and still have 3 sizes. Small, medium and large!

Russian engineers are one of the best only behind Californian engineers

Here's an idea we are working on, bomb drop full of the snaps from the dollar store. drop those pups over a parking lot and get some oos and aahs! Built this plane twice as a version 1, version 2 on the build list.

All f 117s are very squirrly on the roll.. The trick is to widen the ws so it's more flyable. Another problem is that ALL the weight is on top so it has a tendency to flip over. Idk how rcp did it, but I know it took some brains

@orandaboy Then we get less harassment.

@youronlycow Dude, we ran out of show ideas years ago!

@Powertampa "Perfection is when there is nothing left to take away" something like that?

Made the F117 from foam fighters, very very similar to your version!!!!! Its a very stable aircraft and one of the easiest to build and fly! Well done Dave for sticking with it and making it a great aircraft to fly and you know its good when other people copy it and make it there own!!! lol ;-]

Love this HISTORY! Way better than George Warshington.

all the home boys! lol

@DaveSuperPowers hehe well I'm sure many viewers gave suggestions.. Maybe you could look at some of them :D

where is keith, tell now

@RCSuperPowers G'day... Well, I took to studying the F-117 when the sit-in versions became public knowledge. So, when I took to streamlining Solar Panels for Highway-Speeds the Faceted-Aerofoil was the OBVIOUS way to go. All that flat glass. Even So, I had to use Ramscoop-Driven Boundary Layer Control Vents to unstall the Trailing- Facet...! Search 'SunFoil Mk3 Construction', to see details ; also the "Turbulator Rope" test that proved ALL the CUTE Aerodynamics !

@daz28pike the only difference is that the rcfoamfighters is more of vertical stablizers than v tails like the rcpowers one

The smaller F117 was my first scratchbuild nearly 3 years ago. It is still one my "go to" planes that I fly on a regular basis.

Yeah, that's it! I wasn't interested in the F-117 until I watched this video. Now I want to build one! Telling the story behind the designs is a great idea!

lol russian accent

I tried making my own version of this plane. Didn't fly very far.

thumbs up for cold war Russian awesome impression you should give that guy freee plans for life along with the other who helped you

I like the insider info, all this time I thought you were a genius.....

I have the F117 with the side scoops and bomb drop. I liked it so much I made a 160% size with a .32 glow engine on it. It flew great also.

@tim78704 Hahaha! Ah, thats pretty good...

@tim78704 Ok, I laughed at that like 30 seconds too long. Good one dude.

@maxjosephwheeler Ha! I'm smart enough to steal everyone else's good ideas!

@ssur44 I remember that. Anything you can do, Russ can do 160% and gas.

This plane got reviewed in the UK for RCM&E Magazine (May 2009 I think)

have you totally dumped the vtol idea Dave? cant seen to find any info on updates to the 4yr project?

respect for RCSuperPowers... you're a God in RC...

I flown the v1 alsome plane

Look at this German F-117:

can the F-117 fly with ductedfans??...

Sure, the rusian guy and others taught you and now you ask us money for the plans.................

it was worth my money for the pdf. this plane is way more fun to fly per dollar than most of the $150+ so called beginner planes. i have been flying the version 2 for about a year and been part of the group for about 2. every time im flying in the park, there is always a group of people stopping everything to watch for half an hour. it mesmerizes then or something. now i can tell them a Russian engineer had a part in it.:)

im not hateing but i dont relly like the f117 now i dont want people telling me what to do but i do like the look of the plane.

@AnCheeseEagle haha

can you make a b2 bomber

@tim78704 Epic LOL

@737Pilot122 I think Scott did something like that. He combined elevators, ailerons, and rudder into ONE control group. Looked pretty cool and Was pretty stable with gyros.

Dave, are you going to continue the VTOL idea, or is a backseat project or gone?

my name tells ewrything :D

OK got the F-117 plans - both of them - cut teeth on X35 - broken, Mig-29 broke the second one - first still flying, F-15 - beautiful - I save this one for impressing my friends on a quiet evening. F-22Mk2 next up - maiden next week. The F-117 will blow their minds - back soon.

@tim78704 Funniest thing I have heard all day!

"divine approval" lolol

Where can i buy good rc planes?

I've made the f22 v2 and like it alot, Is the f117 worth the build?

like the russian accent

sir can you give me a free f-117v2 because i really like your version and it is better than rcfoamfighters.

miss you Dave