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OT Giant RC model aircraft
Aug 27, 2019
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Wow they are big.
Some of those things look real, could use them for realistic movie making.
So do they use baby jet engines?
They do. qaurter and half or even 2/3d sale models are a lot easier to film to look 'realistic'
whisky-dave was thinking very hard :
No they are not models, that is the modern day RAF :oÞ
Some do, yes. Not so baby either
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Wow, some people have too much time and money!
I remember watching someone flying a four engine turbo prop passenger plane (maybe a Britannia) with a six foot wingspan a good many years ago, but some of these take it to a new level.
I remember seeing a Lancaster with a jet engine underneath the fuselage. I think it was the engine destined for the Vulcan.
Many years ago I used to be in the hobby. Yes, these big planes are impressive on the ground, but when screaming about in the sky they could be anything.
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1/2 scale tiggie
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Watch a 1/2 scale jet fighter come to pieces in mid air
Fark, not cheap. I can by a decent used car for that.
Good for strapping the kids into.
Like Boris did with one of the sports cars he was test driving for GQ mag, both the boys into the one pax seat. Caused a bit of a stir when some stupid member of the public videod it and howled about it.
I believe over a certain size and or weight one has to have special permission to fly them. They tend to have to be in managed areas for public safety. Even standard models these days have to be flown in many places by arrangement and with safeguards. None of what we used to do on Epsom Downs in the middle of the race course in the 1960s, there free flight control line and rc models and gliders shared with families having picnics. It was fun and most people survived, but these days everyone has to have insurance and belong to a club managing the area. I do however still notice some areas of land are being used shall we say off the record by people who have no idea or just cannot be bothered by all the red tape etc. Brian
Sorry, not quoting mr pounder, but missed the OP of this thred.
Not only certification, but the CAA has to be involved at every stage of the construction, including verifying that the materials to be used in fabrication have been obtained from certified sources, even before they are assembled.
(Experience from an acquaintance who made a 1/4 scale model of a WWI biplane)
A minute or so's displacement yielded:
"Gordon Whitehead 1 29/05/2019 21:05:59
Well I have more than 62 years of my life invested in this hobby, and it'll take far more than a £16.50 (and more if it inflates) charge to stop me designing, building and flying sport-scale models ..."
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So your start of term report is "must try harder" :)
Wot?
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