Large-scale Model Lancaster

As long as that’s not behind the scenes footage of the Jackson remake, we’ll be okay!

It looks a bit suspect with those AJ codes all over the place:eek: 😮

It depends on the size of the model and what functions their are on it. Usually a large model spanning 10ft wingspan upwards will have a lot of working features. Sometimes the models are so large that two operators with two transmitters are required to fly it. One will operate the basic aerodynamic flying of the machine, i.e. ailerons, elevator, rudder and undercarriage. The other person will operate things like flaps, brakes, bomb doors.

I owned and flew a 10ft span B17G that used 2 battery packs, 2 receivers, 2 gyros, 16 servo’s, 2 on ailerons, 2 on flaps, 2 on elevators, 1 on the rudder, 1 for the bomb doors, 1 for each undercarriage retract, 1 for each brake and 4 for throttles, one on each engine and about 50ft of cable. Even with the gyro stabilizers on board the aircraft was still a handfull to take off and land using just the one Transmitter. A lovely model in the air but sadly lost in a very rare double engine failure on the port side causing her to pitch in hard, the port wing catching the ground ripping it off, the rest as they say gentlemen, is history…..

usually rigged to one channel, though most aircraft of that size have simple onboard computers. also generally the transmitters used on such models are 10+ channels

Can these guys control each engine individually, or are they rigged to one channel?

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjvkz8hgVqQ&feature=related

How about a squadron of these at airshows. Looks very authentic.
IIRC there was a 1/4 scale Halifax at airshows in Yorkshire.

Cheers

Cees

Should send that to BBMF, to show them how to do a top side pass:dev2:

As long as that’s not behind the scenes footage of the Jackson remake, we’ll be okay!