View Full Version : O/T:- F-14 R/C Plane with jet engines video
Razor61
1st Apr 2005, 16:19
http://alldumb.com/link.php?id=14906
Watch when he starts the engines up... i'd be afraid to let this bugger take flight, but then he does look like he knows what he is doing.... very nice and very impressive...
Stan Bydike
1st Apr 2005, 16:38
Great find. Now thats a neat UAV :D
That's awesome!
:E :E :E
Jucky :ok:
Always_broken_in_wilts
1st Apr 2005, 20:39
Awesome:ok:
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
SASless
1st Apr 2005, 21:38
Awesome? Awesome is the KC-10 Tanker that is next on his list of models!
Onan the Clumsy
2nd Apr 2005, 00:20
Awesome? Awesome would be if he got the two of them together in flight!
Pontius Navigator
2nd Apr 2005, 15:10
Bloody good flying too. The landing was a damn sight better than some I have been subjected too and he wasn't even looking out the window.
Colonial Aviator
2nd Apr 2005, 15:49
Wow, how impressive is that, all I need to do is make more landings like that! :ok:
Razor61
2nd Apr 2005, 15:58
http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_flight2.wmv
nearly 30mb in size but also very impressive is this B-52.
SASless
2nd Apr 2005, 16:45
Wave of the future if there is to be an RAF maybe?
BigginAgain
2nd Apr 2005, 17:57
Not a spotter or modeller, but I am absolutely gobsmacked. It must be amazingly difficult to fly remotely. Anyone know how many engines it actually had?
BA
skaterboi
2nd Apr 2005, 19:16
I fly competition standard RC aerobatic models (up to 9' wingspan) and helis and it took me a while to learn. Obviously the flyings second nature but orientation is a real issue. A good appreciation of energy and airspeed are also vital. The money I spend on it is immense and I'm not even into jets yet!
That F-14 has 2 turbines, and the B-52 had 8. It crashed last year (pilot error suspected). It is being rebuilt but the full size is a little unstable in yaw, and I believe this gave some issues with the model. Despite the cost a real shame to see it come down. Theres also a C-17 flying too which is superb.
Razor61
3rd Apr 2005, 21:52
Didn't that B-52 model come down in an eerily similar way to the tragic B-52 accident at Fairchild?
skaterboi
4th Apr 2005, 12:43
Yes however this was a combination of a stall and loss of orientation of the model. The bloke flying it throttled back on the downwind leg, and effectively stalled it. The left wing dropped and perceiving a right turn he applied left aileron. The model then went inverted at low airspeed and piled in.
I remember a documentary about a RC lancaster a few years back. IIRC it had one pilot for the engines and another for the flight controls. Anyone got any links to a film of it?
Razor61
4th Apr 2005, 14:16
C-17A R/C Model (http://spiritsofstl.com/Interesting%20Things!/C-17/C-17%20Globemaster%20IIIl.htm)
Very very impressive, would love to see this beast in flight.
Donīt tell Hoon, you might give him ideas....... :}
Razor61
4th Apr 2005, 15:33
You're right!!
We'll get a spotter on this forum later this year now with a report from Shawbury asking why they are storing loads of R/C Models.
:rolleyes:
This 1/9th scale radio-controlled C-17 model was built in the United Kingdom. To date it has about 20 flights. It was built as the centerpiece of a 15 program television series produced in the U.K. for the Home and Leisure satellite TV channel.
From Razor's link on the C-17 ...... if you ever get a chance to see the above TV series it's well worth it (I'm sure they will repeat) ..... it's truly a magnificent RC project
Razor61
6th Apr 2005, 00:29
Does this mean these chaps can fill in the 'gap' when an RAF C-17A doesn't appear at this years RIAT in the flying programme :E
They could make up the loss of 100 a/c with R/C 'giant' models! :rolleyes: