Video: YouTuber makes full-scale DeLorean fly for real in crazy test

YouTuber Brian Brocken has successfully made a full-scale DeLorean prop fly in a three-part video series, culminating in tethered and free flights after extensive iterative development. The project began with building a foam body closely matching the digital design’s mass and progressed through testing on an aluminium test frame, which proved too heavy and flexible. Brocken then fabricated a much lighter and stiffer carbon-fibre frame, reducing weight from around 8–9 kg to approximately 2 kg, which significantly improved flight control and rigidity. The build relied on eight powerful MP8318 100 kV motors with 30-inch propellers, providing thrust margins sufficient for takeoff and maneuvering. Initial tests revealed torsional issues with the aluminium frame during yaw maneuvers, which were resolved by switching to the carbon-fibre frame and retuning the PID control loops. Brocken also engineered practical mechanical solutions, such as a flap system to conceal propellers during non-flight and custom 3D-printed