World's currently only flying B-29 Superfortress in action
Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:04 am
Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:34 am
that'd be a cheaper engine-conversion for sure! seriously, great looking R/C...
Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:10 am
C'mon, is the thread title a joke? It isn't a B29 Superfortress at all, it is a scale model of a B29 Superfortress.
Cheers,
Matt
Cheers,
Matt
Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:13 am
Jollygreen,
Just put the gun down, and back away
Just put the gun down, and back away
Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:39 am
OMG!!! 
Try watching with the sound off. You'd never know it wasn't full size.
That thing probably cost as much as our house.
Mudge the impressed
ps..what country is this from?
Try watching with the sound off. You'd never know it wasn't full size.
That thing probably cost as much as our house.
Mudge the impressed
ps..what country is this from?
Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:47 am
Actually, there are lots of model B-29s flying so this certainly could not be titled "The Worlds only...". 
Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:58 am
Sabre...sounds to me like you might want to change the title to:
"What I think is the most impressive model B-29 I've seen but may not be the only one flying"
Or some other "disclaimer" type of title.
Mudge the conciliatory
"What I think is the most impressive model B-29 I've seen but may not be the only one flying"
Or some other "disclaimer" type of title.
Mudge the conciliatory
Last edited by Mudge on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:23 am, edited 1 time in total.
Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:09 am
I know that is somewhere in Europe, but it looks to be about the same size at the two B-29's that were build by Byron Models long ago and were flown at shows at Ida Grove, Iowa.
It is definitely the largest scale B-29 currently flying.
It is definitely the largest scale B-29 currently flying.
Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:17 am
I'm with Mudge, no sound and it looks perfect. The gear even retracts slowly like the real thing. By the way, didn't some group have a flying B-36 a decade or so ago that was even larger?
Cool stuff!
Cool stuff!
Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:46 pm
When it goes by the sun and is back lit, it actually looks like it is leaving 4 contrails for a few seconds! 
Pete
Pete
Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:45 pm
I believe located in central East Wisconsin...
Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:38 pm
That is a cool video. Quick question, tho, why do most RC planes have two blades on the props instead of four?
B
B
Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:42 pm
Second Air Force wrote:I'm with Mudge, no sound and it looks perfect. The gear even retracts slowly like the real thing. By the way, didn't some group have a flying B-36 a decade or so ago that was even larger?
Cool stuff!
Except it looks to be going about 500mph or so . . .
Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:32 pm
banndit wrote:That is a cool video. Quick question, tho, why do most RC planes have two blades on the props instead of four?
B
Because most model airplane engines simply don't have enough torque to efficiently swing more than two blades without resorting to some sort of gear drive. (of which few are available) Generally you have to drop down in diameter to run more blades which looks just as bad, and maybe worse, as a larger diameter two blader and usually does not perform as well. I'm talking in generalities here, there are exceptions, but that is why you don't see scale props on flying models very often. (Except for static display)
Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:13 am
Touche, Skybolt! I'll bet the aircrews wished they were that fast on those 10-hour missions though. 
Scott
Scott