Well, balsa wood overcast in this case. This fellow is making an RC B36-D. I don't know if he'll have the 4 jet engines as well. But the large motors driving the 6 pusher props look like they're going to be tremendously strong. Flaps, 12 servos running 6 flaps. Plus assorted servos for elevators, rudders, ailerons, nose and main gear, bomb bay doors (yes) and who knows what else. This thing will be amazing. It's turned diagonally in a two car garage to have room to work and test assemble.


I am in awe.

Cute Public Affairs Officer (very jg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-MruLa3Qeo...feature=channel

Amazing stuff! It is hard to believe that he is going to use electric motors. I am use to big models using gas engines. I have been out of the RC Hobby for about twenty years, and back then electric models were usually made out of foam with about a two minute flight endurance. Keep us posted if you find out when he flies the beast.

FWIW, my son just got one of the little Air Hogs RC helicopters from Target and it is a kick to fly around the house, the noise drives his mother crazy. It costs about $25 plus you need six AA batteries for the charger. I am tempted to get one too.

The very idea of putting something like that with thousands of hours of labor and love into the air would just be more apprehension-inducing than I can imagine...regardless of how experienced the pilot.

But I sure admire peoples' willingness to do so, otherwise, it's kind of wasted. I'd wind up with a five-figure hangar queen even if I could build it.

Electrics have come a long way. LiPo batteries and brushless motors are inexpensive enough to be mainstream now. Most anything under "40" size is now electric, and most anything over "120" size is now gasoline. Glow has been a declining segment of the hobby for the last 4-5 years. Electrics have brought many, many people into the hobby, but they're also slowly eroding some of the old standbys, such as club fields. Plenty of people starting out don't bother to join a club and just fly in parks, which can be a problem. Electrics might not make much noise, but that in and of itself doesn't make them appropriate for the local soccer field. It's not unusual to find an inexpensive electric that can do 100 mph+. Sure, it might only weigh 1.5lbs, but that's still a hell of a lot of potential and kinetic energy zipping around. If nothing changes, these people will give those of us who participate responsibly a very bad name.

For a large, 6-engine project like this one electric is the way to go. It's a lot easier than trying to manage and synchronize six gasoline engines.

Not to high jack the thread Doug but look at this link,
http://www.su27.de/seite1.htm

Each jet engine is at least $5,000.

Probably the most expensive unintentional RC crash in history. Eight jet engines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSuawMl4lOo

...and a huge B-29. Gas engines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmKdA6L_MWk...feature=related

I just so would not have the nerve....,.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWbzId0vQGM

All for the lack of inserting a small bolt in the wing.

He built a composite wood, fiberglass, aluminum model all of which was VERY scale accurate JUST to make a negative mould, so he could make positive sections out of fiberglass and carbon fiber.

Why isn't this guy building REAL full sized aircraft?

For the same reason this guy didn't build his 1/3rd Ferrari 312P 1:1 (if one were 2' tall, it could be driven)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRuAXXmUEqo

or this guys' 1:5 Merlin engine.

http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm


http://www.enginehistory.org/ModelEngines/...XX/MerlinXX.mpg

That Merlin sounds SWEEEEEEEEET!

Like that did'ja'? Get yerself one of these. Be sure to check "prices" before ordering bits and pieces.

http://dynamotive.netfirms.com/merlin/index.htm

Somewhere around (I've misplaced the link), there is footage of a 1:5 or 1:6 scale small block chevy and a supercharged chevy. Both are scale and run.