teecee Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I want one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Man, that is one very impressive piece of engineering. Couldn't you do some damage with that if you were having a bad day... Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymar99 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 The retractable landing gear is also impressive. Look at size of that baby. Is that 3 RC units to fly it? I wouln't want to be the one that landed gear up. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I always wanted one like that. Just after the war when I was in my early teens I used to make balsa wood scale models which flew with elastic motors. They went ok but there was no controlling them. Then my Father made a minutely detailed scale hurricane with a 5' wingspan powered with six quarter inch square elastic . Boy, did that go. Took off alright but unfortunately it crashed more often than landed and we needed to go to the biggest park in the area to fly and retrieve it. In the end we got fed up with it and my Father turned his attention to making working models of the famous steam engines using his new lathe for all the turning. There's one of his was still on display in the reception area of Tate & Lyles head office up until he retired. We lost track of it then. It would be worth a bit now. As I remember it, it was huge. But then, when you're young, everything looks big doesn't it?! Sorry, you took me down nostalgia lane. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Very good indeed a few years ago i was at a local airshow and there was a vulcan bomber about the same size as this and some other planes including a spit all roughly the same size i have a vid somewhere will have a look. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Wow!... how cool is that but watching that guy starting the blades scared the hell out of me... couldn't imagine if he hesitated for a second after starting it and oohps.... no more 'punishing the monkey' for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_A Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Noticed the two human 'chocks' restraining the plane while he was starting it too. Hand swinging a prop has always scared the wossname out of me, and even at that scale a slip would do you some nasty damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemills Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Loved that, particularly the flypast and that touchdown, great. Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I'm glad I'm not the only one nervous about that hand start! But wow, what a toy! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CathyH Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Now all we need is a little Japanese fighter......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 No thank you Cathy! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extra260 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Pretty impressive... amazed that they are allowed to fly something that big near a built up area and over buildings, wouldn't be allowed to do that in aus. Certainly puts my 3 meter wingspan (170cc engine) models (extra 260 and Yak55SP) in the shade. Hand starting with a 2 blade prop is no problem, with a 3 blade you have to be quick smart about getting the hand out of the way.. "flick it like you hate it" I always say Vincent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CathyH Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 What are they using for engines? sounds a little like a flying Weedeater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extra260 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 What are they using for engines? sounds a little like a flying Weedeater? Without knowing the wingspan & weight I'm guess it's 4 x 50cc gas engines, something like these : http://shop.desertaircraft.com.au/catalogue/c9/p8 These are not your average weedwacker engine though. Vincent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bosch Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I had a work colleague send me a video of a siimilar sized model the other day. He asked me "When do we stop calling it a model?". I replied "I think it's when the pilot moves from the outside to the inside ... which makes the tigermoth somewhat doubtful". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_A Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Or, when does it go from being a model to being a UAV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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