Topic: Scale shuttle landing at Miniatur Wunderland
p51 Member
Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 11-21-2014 06:20 PM
Interesting arrival at the HO scale airport Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. Watch what comes in just after 12:20:
I wish they'd shown how the little HO scale airport people took care of that!
jjknap Member
Posts: 273 From: Bourbonnais, IL USA Registered: Apr 2011
posted 11-21-2014 10:32 PM
Really cool
onesmallstep Member
Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
posted 11-24-2014 10:50 AM
They probably had to keep the crew waiting aboard the orbiter while a gate opened up.
By the way, that was one impressive landing; with no 'chute deployed, those brakes worked really good!
p51 Member
Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 11-24-2014 10:54 AM
Not to mention the angle it came in at. I'm sure they have all aircraft programmed for the same angle on 'landing' there.
p51 Member
Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 04-02-2015 06:45 PM
This video was shot on one of the largest model railroads in the world, in Germany. Everything is in HO (1:87) scale.
Look at 1:00 for the very slow space shuttle launch. Never mind the ridiculously compressed concepts of American geography.
And soon after, the orbiter Atlantis lands on the German section of the layout, at a massive working airport, on an apparent TAL.
Editor's note: Threads merged.
Ronpur Member
Posts: 1211 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
posted 04-03-2015 07:49 PM
That shuttle landing video reminds me of something from "Thunderbirds"!!
p51 Member
Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 04-03-2015 07:59 PM
Funny how they have the orbiter apparently taxiing in to the hangar.
Makes me wish they'd build a SCA/orbiter model to fly in and out of there. They have countless other planes, including prop-driven stuff with spinning props.
posted 11-21-2014 06:20 PM
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