Giant Sea Duck Build - Behind the Scenes

October 31, 2018|FliteTest

Are you interested in the NEW thicker Flite Test Foam Board coming out soon? Here's what you can do with it.

The FT Sea Duck is such a great performing seaplane. It holds a special place in Josh Bixler's heart, so he just had to put together an enormous version. This isn't a one-off build, however. We've got a new type of durable foam board for these projects coming out soon so you can make models as large as this!

New Thicker Foam Board

The new foam we're testing at the moment is around twice the thickness of our regular Flite Test board. To create a giant scale airplane using this material, all you'll have to do is scale up any of our Flite Test plans by 185%. We will have tutorials of how to do this soon.

Currently, we stock:

Boxes of 25x 5mm thick sheets

Boxes of 50x 5mm thick sheets

New Power Systems

To propel these crazy sized builds, we'll also be releasing a new power pack with 40-30 sized motors. As well as up-scaling the foam board airframes, we've up-scaled the power systems! These are the same type that we used on the upgraded Warthog from the recentA-10 Vs. Tank episode.

Building a Giant Sea Duck

The giant Sea Duck builds just like the smaller version.

All that is different is the addition of some extra strengthening in the form of some appropriately 'low-tech' plywood.

The time it takes to assemble one of these is comparable to a standard speed build kit if you have the pieces pre-cut.

You'll need more cans of paint, but the finished result is undoubtedly worth it!

Flying a Seaplane From a Kyack

Don't try this at home!

This experiment was just a little bit of fun. Always stay safe and take precautions when operating RC any aircraft in any environment.

The seaplane had a ton of power and could pull Josh out into the Lake without a problem.

Alongside him, the Sea Duck could be unclipped from its mooring and let loose.

Coming towards Josh, the big flying boat almost looked like the real thing! If you're wondering which radio Josh uses at the moment, his main radio is the Spektrum iX12 available in the Flite Test Store.

Back on the water, Josh could once again use the model to propel him across the water. Who needs paddles?

Mission success!

The Power of Monster Builds

If you want to check out how this Sea Duck could pull a fully loaded kyack along the water for yourself (if you've not seen it yet), check out the full video here!