Here's a quick ground test video of #astronaut Hoot Gibson's scratch-built XFY Pogo. He completely designed and scratch built the model himself and it's a very scale looking representation of the Pogo...not to mention insanely cool! The model wasn't quite ready to fly, but he did give a quick demo of the counter rotating props through the scratch-built gear box he made. Hoot mentioned that he originally built the model with glow power, but during testing, the vibration would wreak havoc on the g

1.6K views · 28 reactions | This scratch-built model of the Convair XFY Pogo is just ONE of the projects being built by this week's guest on the AMA Podcast, Astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson! Learn all about his building process, and find out the status of his Pogo model on this week's AMA Podcast at modelaircraft.org/ibuildama! Listen to the audio at modelaircraft.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. | Academy of Model Aeronautics | Facebook