ssculptor Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 1 minute ago, ssculptor said: There is an RC Group who fly ultra light ultra slow RC in an armory in New Jersey. That's my speed! You cant lose it since you can trot along side it while it is flying and actually reach out and grab it in flight. Since such activities are suspended due to the current plague, I am working up RC control for my large scale model railroad trains. ssculptor ll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 7 hours ago, Gazzas said: Here is a question for you: How far away, or how high can the remote reach the plane? We use to take them so high you could barely make out the shape of the airplane. Line of sight range was pretty good. But I flew on a military base when I did it, and over to the far left of the field there was something about 500-600 yards out that would cause a glitch in the signal. If you were too low in that area you could lose an airplane. Some did. Military base had all kinds of strange RF floating around. Now this was back in the old 72 Mhz. days. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I will tell you my R/C fantasy... It may be mad, and may have been superseded by modern technology. But I wanted to make a 1/3 scale me-163 Komet. The simple motor would be a pipe or pipes holding solid rocket launching cylinders...I'm not even sure what they are called properly. I admit I have a total lack of knowledge of the area. It was just something I wanted to do... to mimic that awesome rate of climb. Of course, I would experiment a little bit... Just like me and my buddies did when we found an entire can of black gunpowder in our teens. Fortunately nobody lost any digits, appendages, or eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Veich Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Gazzas said: I will tell you my R/C fantasy... It may be mad, and may have been superseded by modern technology. But I wanted to make a 1/3 scale me-163 Komet. The simple motor would be a pipe or pipes holding solid rocket launching cylinders...I'm not even sure what they are called properly. I admit I have a total lack of knowledge of the area. It was just something I wanted to do... to mimic that awesome rate of climb. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Chad, Thank you for showing that. They are a beautiful flying aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Amazing how they can stay ahead of something flying that fast. I watched Bob Violett fly his jets back in the late '90's and I was blown away at his reflexes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Veich Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/29/2021 at 10:30 AM, ScottsGT said: Amazing how they can stay ahead of something flying that fast. I watched Bob Violett fly his jets back in the late '90's and I was blown away at his reflexes. Speaking of reflexes. Smokeyforgothispassword 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyforgothispassword Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 38 minutes ago, Chad Veich said: Speaking of reflexes. I’d be lucky to see it let alone fly it! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 If you want something hard to see try 450 +mph......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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