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10-08-2006, 02:03 AM | # 1 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Radio control C-17! Get a load of this.................................. "This 1/9th scale radio-controlled C-17 model was built in the United Kingdom. To date it has about 20 flights. It was built as the centerpiece of a 15 program television series produced in the U.K. for the Home and Leisure satellite TV channel. Built with the aid of three friends, it took one year to build and is powered with 4 Jetcat P-120 turbines with a total thrust of 108 lbs. The models weighs over 250 lbs fuelled, and carries 12.5 liters (3.3 US gallons) of 95% kerosene and 5% turbine oil fuel. Other details include 5 Futaba PCM receivers, 16 battery packs (93 cells), 20 Futaba servos, on board air compressor, electro/pneumatic retracts, etc. Wingspan is 20 feet 8 inches, and the top! of the fin is 74 inches (6 feet 2 inches) above the ground. Takeoff weight is 264 lbs. The rear cargo doors open and they drop an r/c jeep on a pallet, as well as 2 free-fall r/c parachutists. The model also has smoke systems both of the inboard turbines, and uses 2.4 GHz data link to provide real-time data to a laptop computer on the ground while in flight, this data includes airspeed, turbine RPM, EGT, fuel consumption, etc. It is covered in fiberglass and epoxy resin. Built mainly from balsa and ply, with many glass and carbon fiber moldings to reduce weight. This C-17 Globemaster III is one of the largest jet models in the world today! Complete with retractable landing gear and pneumatically operated flaps" | ||||||||||||||
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10-08-2006, 02:43 AM | # 2 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Radio control C-17! Yup, saw that one from another forum. Pretty impressive I might add! | ||||||||||||||
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10-08-2006, 03:17 AM | # 3 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Radio control C-17! That's awesome!.......Looking forward to seeing the crash video. | ||||||||||||||
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10-08-2006, 02:03 PM | # 4 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Radio control C-17! What do you go home and tell your wife when you crash something that big. | ||||||||||||||
| I can take umbrage, I can take the cake, I can take the A-Train, I can take two and call me in the morning, but I cannot take this sitting down. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take five. | |||||||||||||||
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10-08-2006, 03:12 PM | # 5 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Radio control C-17! Wow! The pic of it in flight looks like the real thing. I wonder if they offer rides on it?  | ||||||||||||||
| "...a nation at war puts aside all internal conflicts until the moment of victory or defeat..." Gunther Rall. on another topic: Free the Three! | |||||||||||||||
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10-08-2006, 04:01 PM | # 6 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Radio control C-17! I think if I crashed that thing I'd get pretty close to suicidal  | ||||||||||||||
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10-08-2006, 04:10 PM | # 7 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Radio control C-17! If you crashed that thing, you would more than likely have to deal with the FAA!! That thing is a monster. | ||||||||||||||
| I can take umbrage, I can take the cake, I can take the A-Train, I can take two and call me in the morning, but I cannot take this sitting down. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take five. | |||||||||||||||
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10-08-2006, 07:05 PM | # 8 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Radio control C-17! That is a nice looking C-17. Looks so real in the air too. I have a feeling i be to nervous to even fly that C-17... If it crashed .......Oh my my wife will say no more flying  JP | ||||||||||||||
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