How not to land a C-17
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Ok, so it's not a real C-17. Check this out for a smart toy! ....
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 UK. for the Home and Leisure satellite TV channel.
Built with the aid of three friends, it took 1 year to build and is powered with 4 Jetcat P-120 turbines with a total thrust of 108 lbs. The models weighs over 250 lbs fuelled, and carries 12.5 liters (3.3 US gallons) of 95% kerosene and 5% turbine oil fuel. Other details include 5 Futaba PCM receivers, 16 battery packs (93 cells), 20 Futaba servos, on board air compressor, electro/pneumatic retracts, etc.
Wingspan is 20 feet 8 inches, and the top of the fin is 74 inches (6 feet 2 inches) above the ground. Takeoff weight is 264 lbs. The rear cargo doors open and they drop an r/c jeep on a pallet, as well as 2 freefall r/c parachutists.
The model also has smoke systems both of the inboard turbines, and uses 2.4 GHz data link to provide real-time data to a laptop computer on the ground while in flight, this data includes airspeed, turbine RPM, EGT, fuel consumption, etc. It is covered in fiberglass and epoxy resin. Built mainly from balsa and ply, with many glass and carbon fiber moldings to reduce weight.
This C-17 Globemaster III is one of the largest jet models in the world today! Complete with retractable landing gear and pneumatically operated flaps
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 UK. for the Home and Leisure satellite TV channel.
Built with the aid of three friends, it took 1 year to build and is powered with 4 Jetcat P-120 turbines with a total thrust of 108 lbs. The models weighs over 250 lbs fuelled, and carries 12.5 liters (3.3 US gallons) of 95% kerosene and 5% turbine oil fuel. Other details include 5 Futaba PCM receivers, 16 battery packs (93 cells), 20 Futaba servos, on board air compressor, electro/pneumatic retracts, etc.
Wingspan is 20 feet 8 inches, and the top of the fin is 74 inches (6 feet 2 inches) above the ground. Takeoff weight is 264 lbs. The rear cargo doors open and they drop an r/c jeep on a pallet, as well as 2 freefall r/c parachutists.
The model also has smoke systems both of the inboard turbines, and uses 2.4 GHz data link to provide real-time data to a laptop computer on the ground while in flight, this data includes airspeed, turbine RPM, EGT, fuel consumption, etc. It is covered in fiberglass and epoxy resin. Built mainly from balsa and ply, with many glass and carbon fiber moldings to reduce weight.
This C-17 Globemaster III is one of the largest jet models in the world today! Complete with retractable landing gear and pneumatically operated flaps
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Oh dear,
This not having a seat anymore really is getting to you fella
It's only a matter of time 24 blades, only a matter of time...........................
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
This not having a seat anymore really is getting to you fella
It's only a matter of time 24 blades, only a matter of time...........................
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
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Holding short over here in the U.S...i witnessed a real C17 do that....
it was doing circuits and each landing was so frightning my student and i gasped.... I think that C17 I saw needed a hard landing inspection and a full D check.....me thinks the cadet in the real one should have practiced on the R/C first!
it was doing circuits and each landing was so frightning my student and i gasped.... I think that C17 I saw needed a hard landing inspection and a full D check.....me thinks the cadet in the real one should have practiced on the R/C first!
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Off to fix the plaster holding my glasses together
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The rear cargo doors open and they drop an r/c jeep on a pallet, as well as 2 freefall r/c parachutists.
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Aerial delivery from the RAF C17 is specifically forbiden in the contract - spoil sports.
Having spent 5 years of my life getting RIBs to fall out the back of K Hercs reliably, my first thoughts on standing in the back of a C17 for the first time was "Ummm LRIC". Well a lad can dream, can't he?
Having spent 5 years of my life getting RIBs to fall out the back of K Hercs reliably, my first thoughts on standing in the back of a C17 for the first time was "Ummm LRIC". Well a lad can dream, can't he?
Suspicion breeds confidence
Aerial delivery from the RAF C17 is specifically forbiden in the contract - spoil sports.