Plane freaks, check this out!!!

[wdavidhicks]

My dad sent me this link in an email. It's amazing.

Ever build a model airplane? Then you will love this!

This is a labor of love!

Actually has 8 "real turbines" at about $1500 each!

It took over 2 years to build.

Takes multiple pilots as there are so many things to control.

Think they are nervous during the maiden flight?

Unbelievable that someone would make this - all real turbines! Check out the movie link below.

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_flight2.wmv

 

[savagelover12]

that thing is f***ING huge!!!! i never knew turbine could be that small

 

[WoodiE]

This was posted in the vid's section a while back - that plane is amazing!


-Michael

 

[PiErow]

YOu guys know it crahsed. Something went wrong and the whole thing went up in flames.

 

[wdavidhicks]

dammit....

WoodiE, I thought about doin' a search ahead of time and I thought.... "no way"

let's call it a bump!

(I just did a search... it's too bad that thing crashed...)

How would you get an insurance policy written on something like that?

 

[vbgagnon]

guy's my father has the crash vid on his comuter. I'll find somewhere to post it tomorrow and post it up for you guys to see. I almost had tears in my eyes it was so painful!

 

[wdavidhicks]

I heard nitro sounds outside my window just today and went outside to investigate.

I came around the corner just in time to see a T-Maxx laying on its lid with three tires spinning. I was behind the operator as he was approaching the TU vehicle. Half way in his approach the TRX25 died of fuel starvation. I felt his pain.

I think he had just hit the curb. One wheel was extremely cockeyed. Upper and lower a-arms and shock caps were snapped on one corner.

His name is Mike. We might see him here soon.

"My name is Mike. I'm a nitroholic"

VB... I'd definitely like to wince (morbid curiosity) while I watched a B52 crash and burn.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Heavy bomber
Contractor: Boeing Military Airplane Co.
Power plant: Eight Pratt & Whitney engines TF33-P-3/103 turbofan
Thrust: Each engine up to 17,000 pounds
Length: 159 feet, 4 inches (48.5 meters)
Height: 40 feet, 8 inches (12.4 meters)
Wingspan: 185 feet (56.4 meter s)
Speed: 650 miles per hour (Mach 0.86)
Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,151.5 meters)
Weight: Approximately 185,000 pounds empty (83,250 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 488,000 pounds (219,600 kilograms)
Range: Unrefueled 8,800 miles (7,652 nautical miles)
Armament: Approximately 70,000 pounds (31,500 kilograms) mixed ordnance --
bombs, mines and missiles. (Modified to carry air-launched cruise missiles, Harpoon anti-ship and Have Nap missiles.)
Crew: Five (aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator and electronic warfare officer)
Accommodations: Six ejection seats
Unit Cost: $53.4 million (fiscal 98 constant dollars)
Date Deployed: February 1955
Inventory: Active force, 85; ANG, 0; Reserve, 9

what's the scale of that model they built?

 

[.21Rc10GT]

Looks like a 1/5 or 1/4 scale... maybe 1/6.... those things are gigantic!

 

[micro07]

dude i could ride that thing

 

[Nathan_454]

yeah I saw the vid of it crashing it kinda put a small grin on my face... isnt that society today though? lol

 

[vbgagnon]

Sorry I didn't post it yet the net has been down I'll get it up tonight or in the am.

 

[wdavidhicks]

My brother found it, VB.

Click on the videos link:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.ashley/teambananaracing/

 

[Rolex]

Photos and video of the tragic event. $32,000 worth of incredible perfection.

http://balsabusters2.warp0.com/B52M.html

 

[micro07]

omfg i would kill my self if that happend to me

 

[mcvickj]

Oh man. To have that kind of time and money invested and to watch her nose dive into the ground. Talk about a kick in the nuts.

 

[greenwing7]

on some other forum there was like a 15 page post that I read one night they were all tlaking aobut the roll of a b-52 and critical air speed and how if it rolls too far it can't come back b/c it will just stall when you get that big, little mistakes have BIG consequences, I don't think they ever figured out why it crashed tho

 

[robriguez]

i guess they forgot to put a little black box in it.

 

[scottm]

it looks underpowered when it takes off, I think it needed 10 engines. Real b52's tip stall just like that. Some years ago some hotshot pilot came in to land at Boeing in Seattle, and had it banked perpendicular to the ground. It just fell straight down and desintegrated. The pilot was disiplined a couple other times for flying too crazy, but that was his last mistake...

 

[msly]

It looked like a real nasty day.... I probably would have never let it fly. Very Cool
Plane. Well at least it lives on video.


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