Episode #252 Flite Fest 2026 Q/A
Flite Test: Aviation - RC Planes - Multirotors
Flite Test
4.9 • 600 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to the FT Podcast! In this special Flite Fest Q&A episode, the crew sits down to answer YOUR questions from the community all about Flite Fest 2026! From camping and flying rules to events, build activities, night flying, and what you can expect this year, this episode is packed with helpful info and behind-the-scenes insight straight from the team.
Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime Flite Fest veteran, we're covering the questions everyone's been asking and giving you a closer look at what makes Flite Fest one of the most unique RC aviation events in the world. ✈️ In this episode: Community Q&A about Flite Fest Event tips for new attendees Flying, camping, and build activities Behind-the-scenes planning discussions What to expect at Flite Fest 2026 Stories and laughs from the FT crew Got more questions about Flite Fest?
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| 0:00.0 | Awesome. |
| 0:00.7 | All right. |
| 0:01.1 | So it's been a long time since we got into a podcast. |
| 0:02.9 | I think this is my first time with you. |
| 0:04.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:04.6 | This is, we just restarted the podcast. We did a podcast about the Toledo show that we went to. And now we are talking about Fly Fest. Yeah, I love it. And Noah, a huge thank you because I think this was something like it's been too long. We haven't been doing podcasts. A lot of times we can't unpack things in long format through a video. |
| 0:22.1 | People will disconnect or won't give them the whole picture before, you know, the YouTube algorithm says this isn't worth seeing. Yeah. So this is a great way to kind of unpack things in long form, talk specifically to the community. And then at the same time, give you guys something that you can go back to and listen again, especially with something like Flight Fest. Exactly. Yeah. This year is going to be unforgettable. Oh, yeah. When we talk about history, it's kind of funny because typically it's like, oh, man, this is going to be historical. Like we always think from a memory standpoint, you know, not just flying the most planes one year or having the largest electric flying event but this |
| 0:55.0 | could be history and we're believing it will be history because combining and |
| 0:59.5 | collaborating with the DARPA lift challenge history will hopefully be made. |
| 1:02.5 | Hopefully yeah and it's uh you want to give a brief description of what the DARPA |
| 1:07.6 | lift challenge is going to be. Yeah so basically the DARPA Lift Challenge is trying to accomplish or solve, I should say, |
| 1:13.6 | a problem that will not just change military, but it'll change the world that we know it. |
| 1:18.8 | If you remember when the Wright brothers flew powered flight for the first time and prove that |
| 1:22.9 | it could be done, that showed that the concept of powered flight was realistic and it could be something that can be developed. |
| 1:31.1 | What DARPA is trying to do with this lift challenge is to accomplish a 4 to 1 lift ratio where if you're going to lift 100 pounds, your aircraft is only going to weigh 25 pounds. |
| 1:41.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:42.0 | And today it's what? |
| 1:43.2 | Aircrafts usually lift maybe a 1 to 1, not even that? At the very, very best, it's 1 25 pounds. Yeah. And today it's what? Aircrafts usually lift maybe a one-to-one, not even that? |
| 1:45.9 | At the very, very best, it's one-to-one. Yeah, so they're literally doing something that everyone thought was impossible. It's straight-up UFO territory, if you ask me. And, you know, we think, oh, yeah, well, we have model airplanes that have, you know, sometimes 10 to one power ratio, which is on a whole |
| 2:01.6 | ludicrous level of speed. But it's not scalable up to a weight, you know, beyond 250 pounds. |
| 2:07.6 | So I'm not talking on their behalf of what I understand from seeing what they're doing is |
| 2:12.4 | they're trying to solve this problem where you can have something that weighs very light. In this case, it'll be an aircraft |
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