rcKeith - Invidious

rcKeith

Welcome to rcKeith!

I design, build and fly RC model aircraft, from foam flying wings to jets like my Navy-liveried Goshawk. Most of my builds start life as a block of foam and a hot wire, using CNC hot-wire cutting, then 3D printing and CNC routing for the rest.

Here you'll find:
✈️ Build videos, from first cut to first flight
🔥 CNC hot-wire foam cutting: machines, software (LinuxCNC, Mach3, GRBL) and techniques
🖨️ 3D printing and CNC routing for model aircraft parts
🛩️ Maiden flights and flying footage

I post when I have something worth sharing, and partly as a personal archive of what I've built. I hope some of it is useful for your own projects.

Want to build your own foam cutter? I design and sell plans for 4-axis CNC hot-wire foam cutters. Details, plans and more at 👉 rckeith.co.uk

Questions or ideas? Leave a comment, I'm always happy to help.

Subscribe if you'd like to follow along with the next build. Happy flying!

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1:11:33

Cut Foam Wirelessly: CNC Foam Cutter with FluidNC

rcKeith

Shared 6 days ago

12K views

3:01

Building a Hotwire CNC Foam Cutter — Mechanical Assembly - Quick Look

rcKeith

Shared 1 week ago

2K views

2:23

How Hard Can It Be to Take Off and Land Without Crashing

rcKeith

Shared 2 weeks ago

770 views

42:21

Grbl Hot Wire v6.4 – Now with FluidNC Support! Big Update

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Shared 10 months ago

4.2K views

2:44

CNC Upgrade - Frame and Electronics

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Shared 2 years ago

1.8K views

3:26

3d Lab Prints P-51D Mustang - 1st Flight

rcKeith

Shared 2 years ago

873 views

29:48

The Creality K1 3d Printer Is Three Times Faster At Printing Thin Wall!

rcKeith

Shared 2 years ago

10K views

58:49

grbl Hotwire: Free CNC Software And Firmware For Your 8-bit And 32-bit Controllers

rcKeith

Shared 2 years ago

15K views

11:36

3d printing with Carbon PLA - rc airplance V-turn flying wing

rcKeith

Shared 2 years ago

1.6K views

51:12

Free Tool To Convert Dxf Drawings Into Dat Airfoil Coordinates

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Shared 3 years ago

5.8K views

24:37

How Hard Can It Be To Launch An FPV Grom?

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Shared 3 years ago

1.1K views

19:30

Using the Creality Ender-5 S1 for 3d printed RC airplanes like the GromFPV

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Shared 3 years ago

1.5K views

3:23

DJI Mini Pro 3 maiden

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Shared 3 years ago

271 views

39:19

4 and 5 Axis CNC Controllers for CNC Foam Cutting

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Shared 3 years ago

11K views

40:14

DevCNC Foam,DevFoam, DevWing Foam and DevFus Foam Compared

rcKeith

Shared 4 years ago

11K views

28:12

5-axis CNC Foam Cut controller from Hobbild

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Shared 4 years ago

16K views

1:15:16

CNC hot wire foam cutter using Marlin 3d printer firmware Part 2

rcKeith

Shared 4 years ago

7K views

3:57

CNC hot wire foam cutter using Marlin 3d printer firmware Part 1

rcKeith

Shared 4 years ago

6.6K views

4:11

How to make RC Plane with a CNC Needle Cutter

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Shared 4 years ago

4.6K views

19:19

CNC Foam Cutter Easy Axis Direction

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Shared 4 years ago

3.2K views

55:32

PDF to G-Code using Free Software

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Shared 4 years ago

19K views

3:50

3d printed RC plane. Did it fly?

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Shared 4 years ago

1.2K views

28:22

CNC Needle Cutter for Depron Foam Board RC Airplanes

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Shared 4 years ago

12K views

1:05:29

How to convert a Parallel Port CNC Router to a USB Interface

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Shared 5 years ago

15K views

26:08

Fusion 360 for 4 axis CNC Foam Cutters - Parallel Cuts Only - Part 3

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Shared 5 years ago

3.7K views

1:03:59

Fusion 360 for 4 axis CNC Foam Cutters - Parallel Cuts Only - Part 2

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Shared 5 years ago

2.4K views

52:34

Fusion 360 for 4 axis CNC Foam Cutters - Parallel Cuts Only - Part 1

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Shared 5 years ago

6.8K views

15:29

FRCFoamies F18 with fake servos and how to fix them - maiden, crash and rebuild

rcKeith

Shared 5 years ago

853 views

25:09

GRBL HotWire Mega 5X Update v5.01 - CNC Foam Cutters

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Shared 5 years ago

4.1K views

2:03:00

4 Axis G-code Software for CNC Foam Cutters to make foam wings and fuselages.

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Shared 5 years ago

13K views

1:42:21

Upgrade Your Cnc Foam Cutter With Mks Gen L V1.0 – Part 2

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Shared 5 years ago

6.9K views

1:16:39

MKS GEN L For 4 Axis CNC Foam Cutters - Part1

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Shared 5 years ago

14K views

1:18:37

The Easiest Way to Wire a USB CNC Foam Cutter

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Shared 6 years ago

27K views

26:18

CNC Foam Cutting - Where to Buy - no PC required -Jedicut fix

rcKeith

Shared 6 years ago

12K views

38:34

GRBL HotWire Mega 5X Update v3.2 - CNC Foam Cutters

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Shared 6 years ago

9.4K views

1:05:09

GRBL HotWire Mega 5X Free Software & Firmware - CNC Foam Cutters

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Shared 6 years ago

53K views

1:22:32

USB CNC Foam Cutter Troubleshooting and Questions Answered

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Shared 6 years ago

5.1K views

18:38

LockDown Hanger - Build, Repair and a little 3D Printing

rcKeith

Shared 6 years ago

734 views

50:38

DevWing Foam 2 Tutorial Part 3 Cutting Parts for CNC Foam Cutters

rcKeith

Shared 6 years ago

8.1K views

1:04:13

DevWing Foam 2 Tutorial Part 2 G-code for CNC Foam Cutters

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Shared 6 years ago

8.4K views

1:07:25

DevWing Foam 2 Tutorial Part 1 - Design - for CNC Foam Cutters

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Shared 6 years ago

20K views

8:07

Did it Fly? Making Rotor Blades with a CNC Foam Cutter - Pt2.

rcKeith

Shared 6 years ago

816 views

51:44

How To Make Rotor Blades with a CNC Foam Cutter - Pt1

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Shared 6 years ago

2.4K views

1:13:35

Making the First Cut on a DIY CNC Hot Wire Foam Cutter -Part 4

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

26K views

32:23

How to Build a USB Hot Wire CNC Foam Cutter - Part 3 Mechanical

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

18K views

16:42

How to Build a USB Hot Wire CNC Foam Cutter - Part 2 Electronics

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

15K views

9:22

How to Build a $200 USB Hot Wire CNC Foam Cutter - Part 1

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Shared 7 years ago

51K views

3:29

DevFus Foam 2 Will it fly take 2 ** NOPE**

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

1.7K views

21:39

DevFus Foam 2 Maiden Flight - Didn't go well

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

2.7K views

10:25

RC Powers Mig-29 Vectored Thrust Build and Maiden

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

1.3K views

6:28

Strange and Wierd Flying Machines - Saucers and Ambulances

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

838 views

12:48

DevFus Foam 2 Assembly

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Shared 7 years ago

6.2K views

12:10

DevFus Foam 2 Cutting Tail and Canopy slots

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

9.7K views

11:43

DevFus Foam 2 Hot Wire Cutting the Fuselage

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

7.5K views

4:46

RC Jet Airliner Crash - VC10 Final Flight

rcKeith

Shared 7 years ago

1.7K views

6:36

Hot Wire CNC Foam RC Hawker Hurricane IID - Part4 - Maiden Flight

rcKeith

Shared 8 years ago

4.9K views

32:03

DevFus Foam 2 Generate the g-code

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Shared 8 years ago

3.1K views

46:14

DevFus Foam 2 Design

rcKeith

Shared 8 years ago

4.7K views

27:13

DevFus Foam 2 - Overview

rcKeith

Shared 8 years ago

11K views

7:28

RC Lancaster Bomber On Board Video and the Mohne Dam 2018

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Shared 8 years ago

1K views