TonyT Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 As we used to say in RAFG.... Want a Starfighter? Buy a patch of land and sooner or later the Luftwaffe will stuff one into it. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) Famous one and expensive too, £20,000-£40,000 [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=68WZ6PgsBhM Edited June 28, 2017 by TonyT mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 That B2 would be a bugger to fly both for control and disorientation on which way it's going, coming or going? upside up or upside down. LSP_Matt and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 The Corsair is really nice, clearly tons of power but looks hard to land because of that. Even at idle and full flaps it idles hot. I had one years ago in 1/4scale and it was the same way and almost always flipped onto its back breaking the rudder. Couldn't slow it down.....even with crabbing/side slipping. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jessie_C Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 More of that Vulcan, with onboard video mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 They're impressive. My inner Safety Sam does flag how close people are to the flight line. That SAAB crash is demonstrative enough of what could foreseeably happen. It looks like people have just become accustomed to the risk...much like the loons that stand right on the road to let 100mph rally cars go between them. I also wondered how long it'll be before VR headsets and drone technology is adapted to RC planes. The in-cockpit view might offer a BVR capability that'd be pretty cool. Matty mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jessie_C Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I also wondered how long it'll be before VR headsets and drone technology is adapted to RC planes. The in-cockpit view might offer a BVR capability that'd be pretty cool. Oh, about three years ago... mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Wow. That's the very report I had seen. It's on in my city most nights. I was thinking about the technology being adapted and used in the 1/4 scale RC planes...especially jets. Matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jessie_C Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 And at the other end of the speed range... mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 Ok with that effort and spend, why wouldn't you just spend the money and join a glider club and do it for real? That makes absolutely no sense. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Damn Impressive. You guys have to stop posting links to YouTube...I end up wasting HOURS on it. It's definitely the new Idiot Box! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 That was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jessie_C Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Now let's look at the other end of the size range. They're a little difficult to see in the videos but... AdamR and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 DAMN!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Saw a quarter scale pulse jet Me-163 awhile back.............pretty neat. Just like the real deal, scale fuel run then a glide in after a bomber run! Cool. Seems like it would have been easier to do with a model rocket engine. The real one was a rocket, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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