Radio Control the Big Ones

globecar · Post by **globecar** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:56 pm

<a href='http://www.aerotraining.com/html_gif/boeing_b52.htm' target='_blank'>B-52 RC Video</a>

BarryTheAviator · Post by **BarryTheAviator** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:22 am

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(globecar @ Jul 26 2005, 10:56 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><a href='http://www.aerotraining.com/html_gif/boeing_b52.htm' target='_blank'>B-52 RC Video</a> [right][snapback]4450[/snapback][/right] </div> Sadly I believe that it crashed and was completely destroyed in a later flight. One heck of a model though, must have cost more than some full size aircraft."

globecar · Post by **globecar** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:51 am

"That is a shame. Having been involved in RC flying many years ago I know as well as anyone that sooner or later, they all crash. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img]"

Post by **nwadc10** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:45 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(globecar @ Jul 27 2005, 01:51 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>That is a shame. Having been involved in RC flying many years ago I know as well as anyone that sooner or later, they all crash. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img] [right][snapback]4460[/snapback][/right] </div> I second that! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] One day I misjudged how far away my trainer plane was and flew it right through a tree! There were no leaves on the tree at that time so it made it most of the way through before its wings were sheered off, rolled 180 degrees and did a nose dive into the ground. I think I wrecked another one too but it was quite a few years ago that I can't remember what happened. I was able to repair the second, but the first story I ended buying a completely new plane. I was able to salvage the radio though and I think the engine so I saved quite a lot of money. I would love to get back into RC flying but I don't have the support equipment to do it (storage space and shop, vehicle for transport, nearby RC field)."

globecar · Post by **globecar** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:48 pm

My last one was 20 years ago and was a 6 foot wing span P-51 which flew once then I sold it before it became toothpicks.

BarryTheAviator · Post by **BarryTheAviator** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:16 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(globecar @ Jul 27 2005, 04:48 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>My last one was 20 years ago and was a 6 foot wing span P-51 which flew once then I sold it before it became toothpicks. [right][snapback]4462[/snapback][/right] </div> The only (and last) experience I had was when a guy at work gave me a really old RC Helicopter that had not been used for about 10 years. This was just after I came out of a long spell in hospital and so I took it as a project to help the recovery (big mistake). I completely stripped, cleaned and rebuilt the whole thing, spending about ?200 ($350 US) on spare parts, new batteries etc. took nearly 4 weeks I finally got it all together and balanced for its first tethered flight to the grand height of 6 inches. All went well so being of an adventurous leaning I tried a free flight hover. This went really well and I managed a very unsteady hover at about 6 feet - feeling very pleased with myself I throttled back (the throttle is linked to the collective) and made a fair landing (if a bit unsteady). [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] As a final test I started a slow hover (keeping the skids just on the ground) and tried a slow turn about its own axis - at which point my dog start walking towards the beast - so I immediately shut the throttle to cut off - except (being a novice) I actually slammed the throttle wide open. The thing went up like a rocket climbing what seemend like 50 feet in about 1 second and crashed into a big oak tree at the end of the garden - almighty splintering and graunching noises followed by a shower of very expensive rotor blades, engine, batteries, radio control actuators and perspex over the whole back yard. <!--emo&

-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif[/img] 4 weeks and ?200 gone in about 30 seconds [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif[/img] I'll stick to an aircraft I can sit in - at least I won't have to clear up the bits if it falls out of the sky. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]"

globecar · Post by **globecar** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:31 pm

"You were right Barry, the B-52 was destroyed. There is a video of the final flight available and the crash was attributed to high winds and an aggressive turn. The whole flight lasted about 45 seconds and went up in a spectacular ball of fire and smoke. Only 2 engines and one servo were salvaged. Those 22 litres of Jet A would make things a bit messy - [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif[/img]"

wijnand · Post by **wijnand** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:59 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(globecar @ Jul 27 2005, 08:31 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>You were right Barry, the B-52 was destroyed. There is a video of the final flight available and the crash was attributed to high winds and an aggressive turn. The whole flight lasted about 45 seconds and went up in a spectacular ball of fire and smoke. Only 2 engines and one servo were salvaged. Those 22 litres of Jet A would make things a bit messy - [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif[/img] [right][snapback]4469[/snapback][/right] </div> I wonder, how long did it take to built such a model? A pitty it was destroyed. Wijnand"