Flying C-17 Model

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 11:06 am

Very cool.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~skycam/c17c ... tion-1.htm

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 11:26 am

Neato! And Ace, STFU before you even think about hitting the reply button....

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:15 pm

Seriously cool. Talk about having a lot of time on your hands

.

(Ace, you've been warned

)

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:25 pm

That is not a C-17 model, that is the model of a C-22.39 trijet proton scanner. The C-17 is made in by the Russians in 1991 and delivered in full force by the contrabutions of the wu tang clan, insane clown possie, and a hand full of little green men who are full fledged cuban patriots.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:06 pm

wicked!!

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:22 pm

Man, that would suck to crash on the first flight. I would bet that that cost around 4-5k.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:44 pm

Real turbine power baby!! The engines alone cost 2k-4k apiece.

Hostile · Post by **Hostile** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:08 pm

LOL Goobcombat!!!!

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:58 pm

Not bad, but the r/c B-52 has it beat =)

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:06 pm

Stress and Top, YOU STFU!

those are very nice. WOW!! thats all i can say, those are very realistic looking and HOOORAH!!! for Jet Turbine and not Fan Jet crap.

i like both, and i loved the B-29 r/c plane that guy made. it had a 36 foot wingspan and could even drop little miniature bombs, or a rocket powered Bell X-1.

man id gladly pay to go see those planes in action, (the b-29 crashed after a wing snapped

)

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:07 pm

Flatlander wrote:Not bad, but the r/c B-52 has it beat =)

Wow, your pen!s IS bigger than mine.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:44 am

Video of the B-52.

http://deakraus.bizland.com/sitebuilder ... 52taxi.avi

http://deakraus.bizland.com/sitebuilder ... irstto.avi

http://deakraus.bizland.com/sitebuilder ... 52long.avi

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:39 am

Both are WAAAY cool

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 10:47 am

wow, that B-52 even takes-off like a real B-52, and the jets even sound very close to a full scale B-52.

maybe i need to switch hobbies

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:11 am

Might I suggest base jumping?

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:49 pm

rofl!

Ace you can't afford these planes..Those turbines for example are in the neighborhood of 3~5K each...

Hattrick · Post by **Hattrick** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 1:01 pm

Very sweet!

Its been many moons since Gonz and I were at the flight line.
Even though we never got to witness huge replicas like these two fly, We got to see some sweet giant scale planes at several events(Gonz was bigtime into giant scale r/c and I was his mechanic as well as the video operations person).

Ace I think you might be confused.
It was the worlds largest flying B-17 replica that folded a wing over during a flyby at one of the big R/C events(I believe it might have been osh-kosh but my memories a little fuzzy).

*EDIT*
Also just to give y'all an Idea on costs
Gonz Has a 1/3 scale spitfire the bare minimum kit alone cost $7,000(no engine controls/landing gear/etc etc). The engine costed $2,500 (2.4 inline 2 cylinder).
I imagine planes like these are well into the high 5 digit catagory

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:04 pm

You know what they should do, put an X-15 under the B-52 wing and then drop it and fly it! Yeh! It could be like a bottle rocket!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:05 pm

STRESSTEST wrote:rofl!

Ace you can't afford these planes..Those turbines for example are in the neighborhood of 3~5K each...

obviously you are too narrow minded to think that maybe i could shift putting my money into computers and technology, and shift it to R/C Airplanes.........just a thought

Hattrick wrote:
Ace I think you might be confused.
It was the worlds largest flying B-17 replica that folded a wing over during a flyby at one of the big R/C events(I believe it might have been osh-kosh but my memories a little fuzzy).

Hat, notice i said B-29. i know about the B-17 aswell. i was at the show when the B-29 had a similar fate. the guy was

just like the "Old" AceCombat

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 8:34 pm

Hattrick · Post by **Hattrick** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 10:05 pm

obviously you are too narrow minded to think that maybe i could shift putting my money into computers and technology, and shift it to R/C Airplanes.........just a thought

Well, I have no doubt you might be able to afford the "fun scale" size(still a good deal of $$).
But Like I and others have said, you about have to be already rollin in cash to afford the "giant Scale replicas".

Then the time involved, It takes incredible amounts of time to build the Giants Trust me on this I've been a part of nuemerous giant scale builds for gonz!
For just a giant scale trainer your lookin at a Grand to $1500. and that is just to get plane to flyable condition.
Next comes radio gear $300 for base model skys the limit on the advanced models.Then Starters, tools,repair nescessities(sp),gas and probably some more im forgetting.
Giant Scales are pretty much a great hobby if you can handle droppin at least 2.5 grand to get a start.
After training is over the price to play becomes substantially higher.

But as I said, "Fun scale" aircraft are cheaper, and if you can settle for small electric planes you can enjoy the hobby for less than a grand start up(some even considerably less).
One thing I can say, the proceeds I currently get from my ranch would definately keep me in the small electrics

Fixed your quote tag - MD

heh, Thats what I get for posting after spendin considerable time at the bar!
Maybe I need to bookmark this site whenever I feel the urge to PWUI !

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:25 pm

I am trying so hard to ignore posting in response to you

Then why don't you?

When's the last time you posted something that *wasn't* a blatant trolling of AceCombat?

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:55 pm

Lothar wrote:
I am trying so hard to ignore posting in response to you
Then why don't you?

When's the last time you posted something that *wasn't* a blatant trolling of AceCombat?

heh..TY Lothar

hey hat, im searching for pics of that B-29. so give me some time i will find that plane. many of those RC Forums im thumbing through talk about the plane itself and its first flight and disaster

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:08 pm

He's the upgraded AceCombat version 2 Build 244. Upgraded graphics from

to

j/k

I wish I had the time & money to build something like that.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:11 pm

very funny nitro