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Electric Stunt => Gettin all AMP'ed up! => Topic started by: Ron Hook on December 24, 2013, 12:20:52 PM
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Not related to electric but worth watching.
http://digg.com/video/hobbyists-fly-an-enormous-jet-powered-rc-airbust-a380
Merry Christmas To All!
Ron Hook
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How much does it weigh. It looks like a fun project if you can risk BIG$ every time you go airborne.
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That sho' ain't yo' daddy's idea of a model airplane! (Mine, either.) Awesome!!! Absolutely incredible.
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Way too much plane for this old man. But, I like the looks of it.
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Wow!!!!
Marcus
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This thing must be loaded with telemetry, to monitor engine status, fuel, airspeed, systems function and a lot else. Anybody have a link to the development of this airplane? They must have test-taxied and test flown at a full scale airport before committing to flying at the site in the video. How is it transported? Dismantled? Kept in a hanger at the field? From the language it sounds like Switzerland or maybe Austria; I couldn't follow the version of German being spoken. In any case, WOW!!
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Some of our hobbies do consume us in a very serious manner, and Swiss RC aircraft enthusiast Peter Michel happens to be part of that select group where they eat, drink, and sleep with their minds concentrated solely on just one project at that point in time. In November, Michel showed off his huge scale model of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 at a club meeting in Switzerland, bringing along with it some pretty amazing specifications that definitely had pulses racing and jaws dropping. A quartet of JetCat P120 jet turbines will power this unique RC model, where each of them will offer approximately 30 pounds of thrust. Of course, that is a far cry from the 280,000 pounds on the actual Airbus A380, but it is more than enough to deliver a similar power to weight ratio, considering how this model weighs a mere 155 pounds in comparison to the fully loaded 1.2 million pound Airbus A380. Too bad the small 2.5 gallon fuel tank of this model allows it to remain in the skies for slightly more than 8 minutes. Michel required approximately 5,000 hours and 8 months of work to come up with this 1:15 scale A380, where plenty of styrofoam and lightweight balsa wood went into its construction.
Ron Hook