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I have this Bell 205 scale static bird in a kit.

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  • Member since
    February 2016
Posted by JonBailey on Sunday, April 17, 2022 1:17 AM

Yes, it's mostly old-fashioned smaller-scale prop airplanes one sees over American soil. But young American boys aren't much into scale r/c planes or helis anymore or much of anything SCALE anymore.  There are cheesy RTF kits. I'm sure if some American millionaire wants an ultra-fine-scale 1/10 Boeing 747 with true turbofan power, he can have one custom made for him from Germany, maybe, for the price of a new Mercedes. You probably fly what's most affordable to you. I see these cheesy un-scale toy r/c helicopters with this double prop counter-rotating thing on top. No true cyclic/collective/torque pedal control like a "real" helicopter. 

SCALE in modeling means "for the rich". 

 

I'll imagine I'm a five-millionaire. 

I would want my Boeing 747 cargo conversion (or perhaps a Boeing 727-200 Advance) with no ugly external control linkage and navigation lights to boot. True turbofan engines with fan blades painted in correct colors. I must have true-scale landing gear that operates at real-world speed. Must have braking system for wheels. Must have landing flaps. Must have a spring suspension for my retractible landing gear. Must have operating cabin doors and operating gear doors on all 18 wheels. Must have onboard camera. Must have gyros for aircraft stability. Maybe even a reverse thrust sytem if possible. How about custom purple paint with silver wings? Interior illumination through windows? Must have auto-altitude control. There's still the trouble of locating the party one can pay to build such a dream model. I don't know of any exclusive custom scale model builder for hire. 

 

I guess ones gets what he puts the money out for in this hobby and everywhere else. 

Current Model Worked On; 1/25 AMT Kenworth W-925 Tractor Kit, Future Models; 1/25 AMT Wilson Cattle Trailer, 1/96 Atlantis Boeing 727, 1/48 AMT Bell 205 Helicopter

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Sunday, April 17, 2022 6:32 PM

For 5 million up front I'll take that job!Whistling

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    February 2016
Posted by JonBailey on Sunday, April 17, 2022 11:10 PM

How about instrumentation for that super-fine-scale model airplane as well? 

-absolute altimeter

-bank angle indicator

-airspeed indicator/relative GS indicator

-compass/magnitude

-pitch indicator

-battery meter

-fuel gauge 

-low alitude warning buzzer

-stall warning/stick shaker 

-gear-up warning at low altitudes, don't forget to lower your gear for landing! 

 

Navigation lights and operational landing lights.  Camera to give cockpit view. HUD (heads-up display) for aircraft instruments data on video monitor goggles.  Yes, video viewing goggles (VR headset?) like Michael Douglas wore in the film Disclosure, 1994. Radio in hand. 

 I have 100's of hours flying experience in Microsoft Fight Simulator X Deluxe. Everything from Bell JetRanger helis to Boeing 747's. Auto-rotation experience too in helicopters.  Aircraft are much harder to fly unless you are getting the view the pilot would get seated inside the cockpit. You can almost feel the airplane's movements while the camera is in cockpit view instead of external views. 

 

Current Model Worked On; 1/25 AMT Kenworth W-925 Tractor Kit, Future Models; 1/25 AMT Wilson Cattle Trailer, 1/96 Atlantis Boeing 727, 1/48 AMT Bell 205 Helicopter

  • Member since
    August 2021
Posted by lurch on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 8:33 AM

Thats a fantstic collection there Jeaton. Very impressive.

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