posted 02-01-2010 04:42 PM
*Jaw-drop...eyes bugging out...* ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! WOW!!!
David Bryant Member
Posts: 986 From: Norfolk UK Registered: Feb 2005
posted 02-01-2010 04:46 PM
At Duxford IWM they have an annual flying model show: a couple of years ago they had an Me 262 and a B52: both huge, both (like this!) beyond words!
GoesTo11 Member
Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004
posted 02-01-2010 05:18 PM
Those models are amazing...But I could could never trust myself to fly one! Crunch it, and there went $10,000+
Gilbert Member
Posts: 1328 From: Carrollton, GA USA Registered: Jan 2003
posted 02-01-2010 08:35 PM
If I owned that model I'd be holding my breath the entire time it was off the ground. Unbelievable!
astroborg Member
Posts: 200 From: Woodbridge, VA, USA Registered: Nov 2000
posted 02-09-2010 11:23 AM
Ausgezeichnet!
randy Member
Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
posted 02-09-2010 01:10 PM
Absolutely INCREDIBLE!
WAWalsh Member
Posts: 809 From: Cortlandt Manor, NY Registered: May 2000
posted 02-11-2010 05:43 AM
Not quite as impressive perhaps, but a B-29 with Bell X-1.
Peter Kemp Member
Posts: 91 From: Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom Registered: Jul 2002
posted 02-12-2010 05:46 AM
David Bryant mentions the giant B-52 model. I believe that this had something like a 21 foot wingspan and was built by Gordon Nichols who had previously built a number of large scale models. It was powered by eight Wren model jet engines.
Unfortunately it crashed while being flown at the BMFA National Air Show in August 2004.
This model was so large that the incident was formally investigated by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority.
I had heard that this was the second B-52 he had build that had subsequently crashed and the authorities had refused him permission to build a third.
I think you can still view videos of the test flights and the crash on YouTube.
Scott Member
Posts: 3307 From: Houston, TX Registered: May 2001
posted 02-12-2010 08:14 AM
That video is incredible. I'd not seen it before and it's my new favorite.
Here are the B-52 flight and crash videos Peter mentions: