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sabredriver
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http://vidmax.com/index.php/videos/view/3417

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that'd be a cheaper engine-conversion for sure! seriously, great looking R/C...

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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.

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Just put the gun down, and back away :wink:
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OMG!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
Try watching with the sound off. You'd never know it wasn't full size.
That thing probably cost as much as our house. :roll:

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ps..what country is this from?

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Actually, there are lots of model B-29s flying so this certainly could not be titled "The Worlds only...". :)
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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" :wink:
Or some other "disclaimer" type of title.

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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.
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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?

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When it goes by the sun and is back lit, it actually looks like it is leaving 4 contrails for a few seconds! :o

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That is a cool video. Quick question, tho, why do most RC planes have two blades on the props instead of four?
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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?

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Except it looks to be going about 500mph or so . . .
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That is a cool video. Quick question, tho, why do most RC planes have two blades on the props instead of four?
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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)
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Touche, Skybolt! I'll bet the aircrews wished they were that fast on those 10-hour missions though. :D

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