Make sure you go to the end and read about this plane. Interesting
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 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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