Something a "little" Different

[Naki]

These pics were taken a few weeks ago in Matamata - large scale RC Rally

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Not scale - but awesome to see flying - a jet turbine model - has working disc brakes so it can slow down enough in landing - heaps of power - sounds like the real thing.




Forgotten what this was - nice early timer anyway


Fokker DVII, Seafury, FW-190


Real Nice 1/4 scale Beech 18 has working remote airspeed indicator and stall warning, retracts etc




1/3 scale Sopwith Pup




1/2 (!) Scale J-3 Cub - thats my 6 year old sitting under the wing - He could of just about got in and flown it! - plenty of scale J-3 Cubs as they fly real nice and are easier to control - I have a 1/5 scale J-3 kit but not built yet.

[Alex]

Wow, awesome stuff, some of those larger scale aircraft are really impressive.

Alex

[Zöltuger]

arg! giant people!!

love those models, I didn't realise they got quite that big. Didn't realise you could fit disc brakes and stall warnings to them either. extremely impressive!

[benwynn]

Thats So Coool!! I wana fly in the 1/2 scale Cub

[FlyingKiwi]

Those are really cool; I think if I'd taken the effort to build something like that Cub I'd be too afraid to fly it though.

[Matthew]

Cool! I wish I was small enough to fly that Cub

[scon]

ha cool,That J-3 is really big

[Charl]

Nice outing!
Sure the Cub is amazing, but ain't that Beech sumpin?
Many years ago a mate and I dreamed of building a 1:20 scale B-52 and I haven't forgotten the sense of awe the idea gave us.
It would've been nearly 3m long.
But as someone has mentioned, can you imagine actually flying something that took a thousand manhours to make??

[Ian Warren]

Theyr super models , that cub is near the size of the microlight mini planes , reacon had your son had the keys , he could have taken it for a spin

Charl the B52 would have been a great model , and I guess with the UC layout a little safer to land and not break it ! maybe it should give it a go i wonder

[ardypilot]

Awesome pics Naki- did you get to see any of them in the air?

I've always wanted an RC plane- perhaps a slightly smaller one that would be easier to control, but there is not much room around where I live to fly one

Heres a really neat "in-flight" video from a RC A380: http://youtube.com/watch?v=AmrVX7gmaVI

And another one: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XapSTmWeXpM

[G-HEVN]

Some very nice models there

[Naki]

Awesome pics Naki- did you get to see any of them in the air?

I've always wanted an RC plane- perhaps a slightly smaller one that would be easier to control, but there is not much room around where I live to fly one

Saw most of them in the air including the jet, the Beech (real nice - Beech 18 aerobatics anyone? - and sounds about right too), the Pup, the Fw-190, the huge J-3 and the old timer. Same builder/pilot for the Pup, jet and Beech (many thousands of dollars there I would think).

Actually a larger model if the wing loading is okay (like a Cub) is easier to control as they can fly slower and aren't as twitchy. You need to start with a high wing trainer (not sure whether a 1/20th scale B-52 would count!). My father (who has flown RC models for over 40 years) reckons it easier to fly the real thing than a model (he also use to fly full size a/c a few years ago) as it is difficult to judge height and direction.

[Charl]

My father (who has flown RC models for over 40 years) reckons it easier to fly the real thing than a model (he also use to fly full size a/c a few years ago) as it is difficult to judge height and direction.

Yes I have a fond memory of a wise-ass RC chopper pilot showing us his high-speed pass coming head-on.
Of course, you need to remember that left is the A/C left, not your left, and so he zigged when he should've zagged...
They're actually quite dangerous, and when we emerged from the bushes we saw the damage the thing had wrought.
2 servos + battery were salvaged, remainder of 200 hours work left in campsite skip.
Man, but they are difficult to fly.
Way way harder than real helicopters, tiny little twitchy movements on the R/C controls.

[Naki]

Yep my R/C trainer (I built it from a kit) on one the first times I took control (after my father test flew it) had an unfortunate accident - now rebuilt and had quite a few more flights. It is currently in storage awaiting for me to find time to get it back in the air. Also need to build my J-3 kit. FS is my flight saviour at the moment!

Have seen many $ mashed into the ground over the years (radio failure, pilot losing control, mid airs etc). My dad has had very few accidents although he wrote off one of his R/C planes a few months ago which he has been flying for over 20 years - some do survive the years.

[Zöltuger]

I never got into RC for that very reason- 1 mistake and you've written off $$$.
that A380 vid is awesome tho.

[A185F]

Cool planes
I have just got back into RC flying after a 5 year break. Is the best of fun and there are some very cool/expensive models out there. I got me a nice little high winged trainer that i had since i was 12 which ive just got back into the air in the last couple of weeks. Gonna fly it round for a few weeks to get me hand back into it the blow the dust off a P51D that I have sitting up in nelson, has only once. Very fast little ripper and hard as to fly. Once ive finished with me trainer i gonna sell it so if anyone interested....let me know Got my eye on a nice 1/3rd scale piper cub to replace it with

And yea RC planes are way harder to fly than real ones. And the bigger they are the easier i recon. I.e the small ones are real twitchy, harder to see, more affected by wind ect and just downright difficult !

[firefly]

Great photos Naki. Matamata is a busy little airfield on the weekends. By the time you get the models, the sky divers, gliders and then powered aircraft going it can get quite busy.

Thanks for sharing those with us.

[G-HEVN]

Not quite, but this is the closest I've found to it...

http://www.shuttleworth.org/shuttlewort ... s.asp?ID=2

[Naki]

I have found out what the the old timer is. It is a Barnwell Monoplane - designed by Frank Barnwell who later became a designer for Bristol and designed the Bullet, the Bulldog, Blenheim (the WW11 bomber) and the Bristol Fighter (amongst others). The Barnwell Monoplane made only one flight.

The model is appoxiamate scale only as it is made from photos - there were no plans/drawings available of the real thing.

[K5054NZ]

1/3 scale Sopwith Pup

The Pup has to be one of my favourite Allied WWI aircraft....man, that model would be very cool to see!!! Any more pics of her, by chance?

I'd love to get to Aussie and see one of the airworthy replicas there, or get down to Wigram to see their "late production" example.