Monday, June 10, 2013

Just Plane Awesome!

Talk about cool, this just about tops the list.

A 4 engine RC B-17 with a 19 foot wingspan and weighs 187 lbs. As complicated and time consuming as it was to build, I can't imagine taking the controls and risking all that work becoming a very expensive lawn dart. Multi engine flying is a completely different kind of flying... altogether! Doing it remote controlled is just crazy.

But kudos to the pilot, he did a fantastic job even after losing an engine in flight and makes a perfect landing. I wish I spoke German so I could understand what they are saying, but I pretty much got the gist of it. Kind of odd, Austrians building a B-17. What's next, a Japanese RC B-29?
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2 comments:

  1. an DonalbaneJune 10, 2013 at 10:14 PM

    Das ist ganz Ausgezeichnet!

    I'm not sure that the Nazi leader's countrymen building a B-17 replica is totally novel, inasmuch as the Germans were known to have captured and operated a few/several during the war.

    Related note: When I was attending junior high in Wien in the early '70s, it was still common to see bomb craters 6-8' across, and a couple of feet deep, when walking through the Wienerwald.

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  2. el chupacabraJune 12, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    Wow, that is cool. The B17 is still one of my favorite aircraft.
    Weren't a bunch of them used after WWII to spray pesticides for fire ants?

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