TonyL1
09-22-2006, 06:19 PM
check this plane out, massive !!!!!:eek:
The four builders are shown in the lower left image above. Colin
Straus, the owner, is at the nose of the aircraft.
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 model 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. Complete with retractable landing gear and
pneumatically operated flaps, 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 on 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. It's 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!
The four builders are shown in the lower left image above. Colin
Straus, the owner, is at the nose of the aircraft.
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 model 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. Complete with retractable landing gear and
pneumatically operated flaps, 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 on 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. It's 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!