A First Person View F-16 cockpit to turn any RC plane into your own FIGHTER JET
Four live instrument displays. A working HUD. Backlit panels that glow at dusk. Drop it into your jet, put the goggles on, and every flight feels like the real thing.
DEPOSIT 100% REFUNDABLE UNTIL YOUR UNIT SHIPS · SHIPS FOR CHRISTMAS — OR YOUR DEPOSIT BACK · BUILT IN BOSTON
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Builder — every unit by hand
4 + HUD
Live displays, real flight data
10
Handmade founder spots, ever
In action
See examples of this in action
Put the goggles on and look around: the canopy rails, the glowing HUD, the wing sliding past below you. This is the flying experience — and the level of quality — Batch 1 is built to.
Referenced footage by 轩_快出来飞飞机
V2 — updated Nov 12, 2026: three-quarter from the left — nose, gimbal, panel
V2 — updated Nov 12, 2026: left console close-up — gear handle, jettison, landing lights, every placard readable
V2 — updated Nov 12, 2026: the full panel, every console in place
V2 — updated Nov 12, 2026: front to back, displays and pedestal
V2 — updated Nov 12, 2026: from the pilot's seat — keypad, displays, HUD frame
V2 — updated Nov 12, 2026: side consoles, seat and head-tracker fitted
V2 — updated Nov 12, 2026: section view — how it all packs inside
V2 — the centre pedestal, every gauge and placard in place
V2 — the centre pedestal and right console, caution panel in place
V2 — the left console, every switch and legend modelled
V1 — the detail level, every switch and placard
V1 — the full-detail 3D model
The V1, in motion
This is the current prototype.
This is the current status on the prototype, it will only get better from here. What you reserve is a finished unit from Batch 1, which will be hand painted and crafted to be plug and play. That will be the V2 or V3 model, so there's still a lot of work to be done — feel free to track this project's progress on my socials.
Batch 1 is ten cockpits, handmade one at a time. The half price is a reward for the people generous enough to give this project a chance to live — call it the Supporters discount.
Waitlist · Free
Keep me posted
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Not ready to commit? Leave an email and you're in line behind the founders.
First access when Batch 2 opens (regular $400)
First claim if a founder spot opens up
Build updates — the real ones, failures included
No payment. No spam — build emails only.
Batch 1 · Founders
The "Supporters" edition
$400 $200 total
$50 today holds your spot. $150 more only when your unit is ready to ship. That's it.
Handmade by the builder — numbered Batch-1 unit
Founder price locked: $200 vs $400 regular
Fully refundable until your unit ships — one email, no forms, every cent back
Secure checkout by Stripe. Your $50 is fully refundable until your unit ships — every cent back to your card — and if it can't ship in time for Christmas, you get it back. — Quinlong
Why cheaper? Batch 1 is the first run — handmade, with hours of work in every unit — and the feedback from these ten owners designs Batch 2. The discount is the thank-you for the faith. Later batches are $400 and worth it; founders just never pay it.
The complete airplane
No F-16? Get the whole airplane.
The cockpit drops straight into the Motion RC F-16 — but you don't need to own one. The Longfly Prandtl wing is a 3D-printable flying wing designed around the cockpit: its centre section is shaped to fit it exactly, so the panel, displays and HUD you just read about become a complete airplane.
The design is based on the 2015 NASA paper on Prandtl wing distributions — a bell-shaped lift distribution that increases efficiency and produces proverse rather than adverse yaw, completely removing the need for a vertical stabilizer. It's heavily inspired by the Horten H. IV, one of the first flying wings ever to exist.
The cockpit under its canopy, HUD lit — concept render
From behind — the pusher prop and clean planform
In flight — concept render
Concept renders — the wing is in development and flies before it ships.
Look around the real thing
This isn't a render — it's the actual print geometry, straight from the design file. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom.
Print it yourself
Files + all electronics
+$100 over the cockpit
Every print file for the airframe, plus all the electronics the wing needs — shipped to you. You print the airframe on your own printer and drop the cockpit in.
Full STL set + print settings + assembly guide
Centre section shaped to exactly fit the cockpit
Electronics pack included — nothing else to source
No printer?
We print it for you
+$250 over the cockpit
Same files and electronics — and the airframe printed for you, ready to assemble with the electronics pack and your cockpit.
Airframe printed, checked and shipped with your order
Identical fit — printed from the same files
Just assemble, install the cockpit, and fly
Expected flight time: 15–30 minutes — about 4× the F-16's. The jet's EDF is the bottleneck — a ducted fan burns most of its battery making noise and heat. The wing's pusher prop and tailless layout sip power by comparison. This isn't a three-minute blast around the field: the wing is meant for scenic, long-distance flying — settle into the head-tracked view and cruise. That's a design estimate at this stage, not a stopwatch number — it gets proven in flight testing before the wing ships.
The wing launches alongside the cockpit. Reserve a cockpit above and you'll be first offered the wing add-on when it opens.
Reception
People are noticing.
Reddit · r/rcplanes“Working hud? Holy shit.” — HowlingWolvenReddit · r/fpv“imagine attaching this in front of the fpv camera on a drone 🤯” — Erde555Reddit · r/rcplanes“Beautifully done.” — IAmElectricHeadTikTok“bro, this is so fucking cool, I hope you get your bag for this” — Slimez FishingInstagram“WHY IS IT SO PEAK?” — mr.aim9x
Inside the cockpit
Not a sticker. A cockpit.
Live instruments
Four real colour displays — airspeed, altitude, heading, engine and GPS — driven by live flight data, not a looping video.
Working HUD
A real heads-up display floating flight symbology in front of you, the way the jet was meant to be flown.
The dusk glow
Warm backlit panels and indicator lights. At golden hour it stops looking like a model and starts looking like a jet.
Controls that move
Stick and throttle move with your inputs as you fly — the cockpit is alive, not a photograph.
Head-tracked view
The camera lives in the pilot's seat and follows your head through your FPV goggles. Look left, see the wing.
Plug and play
Built to be seamlessly integrated into any jet. No wiring, no soldering — just plug and play.
4× IPS displaysHUD with symbologyWarm-white backlightFor the Motion RC 70mm F-16Batch 1: handmade
Fit note: please make sure your jet can hold a cockpit of this size. Designed to fit the Motion RC 70mm F-16 ($249); it might require some physical modification to fit other platforms. Questions — DM @longfly.us.
The story
Built at a desk in Boston, at 3 a.m., by one student.
I'm Quinlong — lifelong FPV hobbyist, and a dude who's crazy about one day flying a real fighter jet. Every cockpit is designed, printed, wired and tested by me at my desk in Boston. Thanks for supporting my project.
Handmade, every one
Each and every unit is handmade by me, with hours of work in every single one. You get excellent, handmade quality — it's just a huge pain in my ass to make, because it's all by hand.
What founders fund
Your deposit pays for the custom circuit board that replaces the hand-wiring — the step from ten handmade units to a real product. You're not buying a toy; you're starting a company with me. And honestly? You're gonna save my back and help me reclaim my social life — the boards mean I don't have to spend so many hours wiring and soldering in the future. For that, I'm deeply grateful.
How it works
Step 1
Reserve or join
$50 fully refundable deposit holds a founder unit. Free waitlist if you're still deciding.
Step 2
Watch it get built
Build updates by email and TikTok — your unit taking shape, tests, the first flight.
Step 3
Balance & ship
$150 balance only when your unit is ready. It ships tracked — in time for Christmas.
FAQ
Questions, answered straight
Is the deposit really refundable?
Yes — fully. Any time until your unit ships, one email to me and the full $50 goes back to your card. No forms, no phone call, no hard feelings.
What if it doesn't ship in time for Christmas?
Your choice: full deposit back, or keep your founders price and be first in Batch 2. I won't hold your money hostage to my schedule.
What exactly do I get?
The cockpit unit for your F-16 RC jet — displays, HUD, backlit panels, controls — ready to install. The jet and FPV goggles aren't included.
Why is Batch 1 half price?
As a reward for being so generous as to give my project a chance to live. That's what the Supporters discount is: $200 instead of $400, handmade, numbered. When these ten are gone, they're gone.
Waitlist vs deposit — what's the difference?
The waitlist is a queue for news and Batch 2. The deposit is a held unit, a locked $200 price, and a Christmas ship date. Only the deposit holds a cockpit.
