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  1. dominicm

    P-47 Thunderbolt crashes into tree

    It can even happen to the best RC pilots
  2. dominicm

    Double EDF jet hand launch !?

    Double EDF jet launch and some hilarious action while the guys try to fly through the trees of doom !
  3. dominicm

    22 ft wingspan twin engine DH.88 Comet

    Steve Holland flies his exceptional scratch built scale replica of the DH.88 Comet G-ACSS 'Grosvenor House' that won the famous 1934 England-Australia MacRobertson Air Race from the United Kingdom to Australia. This model is powered by 2 Zenoah 74s. and in total it cost Steve £5000 in materials...
  4. dominicm

    Reverse thrust upgrade on giant Fokker 70 airliner

  5. dominicm

    Weston Park International Airshow, Telford, UK

    Compressed highlights of this top show of the year in the UK...
  6. dominicm

    Red Arrows fly formation with huge Avro Vulcan

    Just an awesome sight to see these big jets fly together.
  7. dominicm

    Giant scale English Electric Lightning XS921

    Luke Metcalf flying this in true scale style. Lightning by name and he flies it like Lightning. I had trouble keeping up. Full after burners and tight turns. TERRIFIC ! Span: 176 cm Length: 284 cm Engine: B300F turbine (320N thrust) Built by Paul from the Airworld Modellbau kit. 9 litres of fuel...
  8. dominicm

    Two kit built radial powered Waco biplanes

    The yellow Waco built and flown by Greg was built from a Barth kit (Germany) and the other Waco was built from an American AMR kit at the same scale. They weigh 23kg and the 29kg respectively and both are powered by Blackstar 250cc 5 cylinder 4 stroke radials from Tomahawk Aviation throwing...
  9. dominicm

    Near bird strike distracts RC airliner pilot

    I wouldn't say they were close. There are strict rules on distances to the crowd and buildings during the show. Guess it depends on your definition of close.
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    Near bird strike distracts RC airliner pilot

  11. dominicm

    Close formation flying 2 60% scale Clipped Wing Cubs (onboard 360 video)

    Formation RC flying doesn't get any better than this. Onboard action captured with the Insta360 ONE X2 action camera. Azza and Sonny on the sticks controlling these 60% scale Bill Hempel clipped wing Cubs.
  12. dominicm

    Huge electric 1:4 scale Lama 315B

    Great scale flight from the owner of this seriously large Lama scale RC helicopter. The owner shared with me that it is made by Vario and powered by a Kontronic Pyro 800 brushless motor on 12S 10,000 mah. Maximum 10 minutes flight time on a good day.
  13. dominicm

    3 metre FMS Fox with head tracked FPV. Total immersion

    With our new Arduino based head tracker the FPV experience is complete. Just brilliant flying experience and the head tracking enables me to concentrate 100% on the flying and not panning/tilting the camera with other controls.
  14. dominicm

    Turbine powered glider...stressing it to the max

    How he doesn't rip the wings off I don't know. There must be one very thick and strong spar in that projectile.
  15. dominicm

    55% scale Yak-54. Why not just jump in?

    Yup...bigger they are the easier they fly it seems...
  16. dominicm

    55% scale Yak-54. Why not just jump in?

    They don't come any bigger than this. An awesome display of this monster sized ARF by Steve Carr at the Popham Model Show. Wingspan: 180 in (4.58M) Wing Area: 6290 sq in (40580sq cm) Fuselage length: 161 in(4.1M), empty weight with hardware 65.9 lbs (29.9kg) Engine: 400cc min (Self...
  17. dominicm

    Exceptional scratch built twin turbine F-4 Phantom

    Challenging flight of Javad's exceptional scratch built twin turbine F-4 Phantom. Strong cross wind on the day but that didn't dissuade us from flying/
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    Crashed de Havilland DH 91 Albatross

    After a successful maiden flight in strong winds I was confident about flying the Frobisher again in kinder weather. The first flight of the day went really well although did show the difficult ground handling characteristics. The second flight ended in disaster. Powered up after pointing into...
  19. dominicm

    FlexJet Pro 90mm EDF jet on Radiomaster TX16S and TBS Crossfire

    20 years of aero-modelling so had a tidy up of several boxes of 'junk' and found a ChangeSun 12 blade 90mm EDF fan with a HET 1400KV motor and 120A OPTO ESC. Needed to put it in something and I liked the look of the FlexJet Pro. Turned out it was a very high quality kit with excellent assembly...
  20. dominicm

    de Havilland DH.91 Albatross 'Frobisher' with 4 motors

    Built by master aero-modeller Chris Golds over 20 years ago and in storage ever since. He was also a jet pilot of various full size aircraft including the English Electric Lightning and an accomplished aviation artist. He's enjoying retirement now so hoping he gets to see this vid of his...
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