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R/C Model B-29 Crash
R/C Model B-29 Crash. I think this has gone viral.
I got to see the first B-29 when I lived in SW Florida in Cape Coral. This guy did things with this plane I'm not sure the full size B-29 could do! http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2203748 http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2205860
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MAJOR Bummr !
I remember a R/C B-52D powered by four turbines being demolished in a firey crash about 10 years back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAWwe474YHk
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GH, That sucker had 8 R/C turbines not four. The builder wanted it scale. I remember that plane and crash. BTW, I saw the second one fly not the first. Their were four total. The day after I saw the second one, it crashed in a flat spin, no survivers!
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The B-29 r/c pilot is Mac Hodges. I'm lucky to count him as a friend. I have witnessed his show many times, and it is always a thrill, especially when the X-1 drops, is flown almost to a landing, then the rocket motor is ignited and it flies in a beautiful arc upwards.
The bomber's left outboard engine throttle servo connector failed, so the model developed a massive yaw, and crashed. Sad, but not the first time he's had one tear up! It's quite a complicated model, as you would imagine! Allen |
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Wow. I thought that B-52D used one turbine per two-engine nacelle.
At 2 grand each, that's $16K in engines alone. I remember seeing some pics of mangled turbines as a result of the crash.
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Thanks Allen. My eldest son sent me the link, which I saw earlier. He flies for the U.S. Navy. He is a EP-3 driver in Washington State at Whidbey Island, where the movie "Officer and a Gentleman" was filmed. I will be out there in late August. I can't wait to be out there again. GH, I could be wrong, but I remember there being 8 engines with that model.
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Here is the interview with Mac Hodges the day after the crash.
Some good footage... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1uD...eature=youtu.be Allen |
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There is some dern fool who was thinking about launching an Avro Lancaster rocket powered bomber at NARAM. Trying to light 8 motors at once, talk about asymmetrical trust. And no RC to save it if it doesn't fly straight up like a rocket should. Might just scare him off
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