I can't believe...

Here is a better video of the Concord. I can't get over this thing. I'd have guess it cost in the hundreds of thousands. Just guessing though. 

patrick206

I recall a dollar figure of about $70,000 lost when that '52 augered in, those jet engines cost a real bundle. I dread the day that one might end up in a bunch of spectators, an opportunity for a tragic result.

Fingers crossed.

Patrick

 

GMorrison

I was at an airshow up in Windsor CA at the Cal Fire base. In between S2 turbo take offs and some air stunts, I wandered over to the RC area. Guy has a big helicopter model.

Goes straight up about 25 feet and straight down about 26 feet.

"Oh well, there goes $ 5,000!" he grumbles.

 

Oh man. Expensive hobby.

I was at an airshow up in Windsor CA at the Cal Fire base. In between S2 turbo take offs and some air stunts, I wandered over to the RC area. Guy has a big helicopter model.

Goes straight up about 25 feet and straight down about 26 feet.

"Oh well, there goes $ 5,000!" he grumbles.

I recall a dollar figure of about $70,000 lost when that '52 augered in, those jet engines cost a real bundle. I dread the day that one might end up in a bunch of spectators, an opportunity for a tragic result.

Fingers crossed.

Patrick

I wonder with something that expensive, can they insure it?  I suppose if you can afford to own a model that expensive, you could probably afford the premiums.

GMorrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68WZ6PgsBhM

And the announcer says, "OK, next up....."

I use to fly, and one montra we said was you WILL crash at some point. That actually took some of the stress off. The bigest plane I flew was a 1/6 scale Spit with a 6' wing span powered by a Super Tygre .90 if I rember. Flew well and I sold it before I crashed it.

"Yep. Seen that before, and you're spot on, that's exactly what I'm talking about, Bill.

I guess some folk could live with that. Too much stress for me.

In the meantime, I've wondered after seeing that video the first time a while back, are steep turns an authorized maneuver in full scale B-52s? I'm guessing not so much, but really I have no idea.

It does look like the model sustained the turn until maybe 45-50 + degrees of bank before beginning the pirhoutte into the flat spin, though. Impressive, in a way."

Amazing. It's a big RC plane with a big smoke plume that goes with it. Just like the real thing.

Any thoughts on what that Concord would cost to make? 

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Hi;

 We have a group that flies near here. The biggesst I've seen fly so far was a B-24!!

Yes the risk they are taking each time those huge R/C planes takes to the sky is enormous!

GMorrison

 

 

Greg

Folks who fly these must have been born with nerves of steel.

Very cool. I've had the experience of seeing RC jets fly on a couple of occasions, but none of the very big ones like this one.

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68WZ6PgsBhM

 

 

Yep. Seen that before, and you're spot on, that's exactly what I'm talking about, Bill.

I guess some folk could live with that. Too much stress for me.

In the meantime, I've wondered after seeing that video the first time a while back, are steep turns an authorized maneuver in full scale B-52s? I'm guessing not so much, but really I have no idea.

It does look like the model sustained the turn until maybe 45-50 + degrees of bank before beginning the pirhoutte into the flat spin, though. Impressive, in a way.

Greg

Folks who fly these must have been born with nerves of steel.

Very cool. I've had the experience of seeing RC jets fly on a couple of occasions, but none of the very big ones like this one.

 

Cool

Greg

Folks who fly these must have been born with nerves of steel.

Amen to that, Greg considering the costs involved.

Here is another cool one...

Folks who fly these must have been born with nerves of steel.

Very cool. I've had the experience of seeing RC jets fly on a couple of occasions, but none of the very big ones like this one.