Worlds largest RC plane. - Page 1
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author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 03:17:53 pm
content: Takes off like a dream....

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 04:38:42 pm
content: Great stuff. I've seen a RC Concorde at least this large too.Large planes are usually much more stable than the smaller ones, so they behave a bit closer to their 1:1 counterpart.A freaking lot of work here to build something like this.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 04:41:41 pm
content: So cool. And as hobbies go for rich guys this is a good one, wow, $100k RC plane, but it's a beauty.

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 04:47:43 pm
content: Here's another very large model from 34 years ago. Much older technology with gas engines. It made quite a stir when first flown and required 2 pilots.https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2205860-The-End-of-an-Era-Mac-Hodges-Talks-About-the-B-29-IncidentNot quite as big as that jet, though. I don't believe either version is still flying.

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 06:31:39 pm
content: It looks like the plane in my video is large enough to support a 12 year old or a really small slim adult lying down in the fuselage.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 07:19:30 pm
content: This is the one I was referring to:

author: Coordonnée_chromatique
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 08:07:40 pm
content: Could you ear the strident sound of hiddens EDF's at the landing moment ?

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2025, 05:32:08 am
content: I recall the world's largest RC plane crash as well, with scale black cloud too.https://youtu.be/YAWwe474YHk?list=TLPQMjIwMzIwMjXkuEUdH6N3xQ

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2025, 06:34:09 am
content: Quote from: Coordonnée_chromatique on March 21, 2025, 08:07:40 pmSounded more like the drone following it to me.

author: Coordonnée_chromatique
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2025, 06:44:41 am
content: Quote from: BradC on March 22, 2025, 06:34:09 amExact ! i was focused on the plane and i forgot to look at the horrible bees that were lying around

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2025, 06:45:22 pm
content: these are interesting because there might be some real engineering that can be done to understand how to use it as a mother ship for a smaller craft

author: MT
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2025, 08:10:08 pm
content: Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on March 22, 2025, 05:32:08 amBank Angle! WopWop "Bank Angle" WoopWoop. B52's are known for stalling at low speed and to high bank angle.The woman who screams is the wife to the copilot i recall.

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2025, 02:23:27 pm
content: The plane is finished, and it is a beauty...

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2025, 02:33:17 pm
content: Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on March 22, 2025, 05:32:08 amI think this one is slightly biggerhttps://youtu.be/zuynxwQMad4?si=71RSKLXhg1S59vuA

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2025, 10:24:27 pm
content: Nuclear testsIn 1946, eight B-17 Flying Fortresses were transformed by American airmen into drones for collecting radioactive data. They were controlled at takeoff and landing from a transmitter on a jeep, and during flight by a transmitter on another B-17. They were used on Bikini Atoll (Operation Crossroads) to gather samples from inside the radioactive cloud. During test Baker, two drones were flown directly above the explosion; when the shock wave reached them, both gained height, and the lowest was damaged. The U.S. Navy conducted similar tests with Grumman F6F Hellcat drones. The B-17 drones were employed in a similar manner in Operation Sandstone in 1947, and in Operation Greenhouse in 1951. In this latter test, also several Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star jets were used, modified into drones by Sperry Corporation; however, the complex system resulted in a very high accident rate. One of the B-17 drones, tail number 44-83525, is currently under restoration at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base.[citation needed]