aviddigi

You guys forgot about the C-17 [link=http://homepage.eircom.net/~skycam/C-17A_Globemaster_III/]Here[/link] I have heard that it might have flown already.

fumus

Not to forget Peter Michel's Airbus A380. Wingspan 5.4 meters (213'') and four Jetcat P120.

Heatseeker_Hill

i'll have the f4 mark if its free.

Mark H

Its free to the highest bidder ive had more inquires on this site than the for sale site
So its highest bidder first come first served. Its one fine flying airplane.

lov2flyrc

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Is the F-4 crateable? Does the fuselage break down or, one piece? Interested!

ColinS

There are two C-17 models on this side of the pond, the one shown is 1/10th scale and has been designed and built by Davie Matthews in Ireland, but at the time of writing has not yet flown.

My C-17 is slightly larger, being 1/9th scale, and was designed and built during 2003, with the first test flight at the end of that year. It has now had almost 20 flights, and has flown at shows in the UK and Germany. Powered by 4 Jetcat P-120 turbines, it is 6.3 metre (20 foot 8 inch) wingspan and 5.9 metre (19 foot 4 inch) long, and weighs around 250lbs fueled (12.5 litres) and with cargo. Currently I think this is the largest airworthy jet model in the world - unless somebody knows better?

It air drops a jeep on a pallet, as well as two R/C freefall parachutists, has smoke systems on the two inboard turbines, and has a Jetcat datalink system to a laptop computer, giving realtime airspeeds, turbine RPM and EGT details etc.

I offered the model for sale recently, but no-one so far has been brave/mad enough to buy it!

Hopefully there should be some images of the model attached to this post.

ColinS

More images attached.

Colin

bela

AND THAT AS THEY SAY... IS THAT!

Heatseeker_Hill

why you selling it mark if its so fine . my bid is 50 pound . my missus would kill me if she knew i'd even bid that high . don't think mine will be highest bid though

Milliways

Forgot to mention the half dozen mishaps in the 20 flights, from the damage on the discovery flight, to the traffic cone hit, to the mangled U/C in RCMW when it overshot and hit the potato field.. . . . . .Ouch ! ! ! !

No wonder they are looking to sell it. Looks and Sounds like a bit of a handfull for the pilot to fly.

Nice model though.

Milliways

Now Peter Michel's Airbus A380 . . . have you see the videos of that baby . . . WOW. Some model that is

Milliways

So what's the story on that other C-17 model then. It it designed to fly or just be static or has it crashed??????

ColinS

To respond to the comments about flying the large C-17, it is anything but a handful, actually being a piece of cake to fly, however it is not suitable to fly from grass, as was identified at Rougham when due to the extra drag of the soft ground and wet grass. Due to this the model took a much longer run than usual to get airborne, and proceeded to run over a traffic cone, although the take off was completed safely.

We tried later in the year to fly from another grass field, but with no wind the pilot, who should remain nameless but was in fact myself, misjudged the required take off run, and ran out of runway, thus damaging the undercarriage in the following excursion into a suger beet field.

The Discovery flight was the first flight on the model, and due to the filming deadline had to be flown in less than ideal conditions with a 30mph gusty wind. Being such a unique model, the control throws could only be guessed at, and were in fact far more than was needed even at low rate, meaning that the landing was less smooth than intended. Pilot misjudgement caused the model to then roll off the side of the runway, which bent the noseleg, but this was the extent of the damage on this first flight.

I would like to know about the other 3 mishaps to the aircraft, as I must have missed them, even though I am the sole pilot of the model!

It is obvious that a model of this size has to be handled more carefully than a smaller model, however apart from having to be careful when judging when to flare for landing, and operating only from hard surfaces, the model really is very simple to fly indeed. It is extremely stable, requires no rudder input for smooth turns, suffers no trim change when the cargo doors open, and lands relatively slowly with the (very) effective flaps lowered.

Colin

Mark H

NO!

bela

To Colins
Your project is magificent! could u start a new thread on it or post a lnk to a website? I would love to learn more about it.

Mark H

Hello MILIIWAYS
I was at the testing of the C17 and ok there were a few problems with U/C which can be expected with a new project of this size . The u/c was sorted out on the day and testing went on. but i can tell you the plane is no hand full it is an absolute babe with no vices and a stall that comes at you 20 seconds earlier shouting "Hello i,m goin to stall" and as for the crashes they were not ,they were mishaps that happen because colin had told people that the plane would fly at their show having being told the runways were very short grass, and unfortunately the short grass was only say 70m short then longer grass but people had come to see it fly and as it was seen to be safe to try colin didnt want to let them down, and of course colin ended up with alot of work.
I do wish people on this site would not jump to conclusions and make snide remarks before they know the facts please if you have things to write get the facts right .
Mark.