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  1. dominicm

    Star Wars Pod Racers at Liepzig Modell-Hobby-Spiel trade fair

    Amazing creativity from the DMFV Indoor Flying Team at the Modell-Hobby-Spiel trade fair. Almost all of their models were scratch built from 0.2mm depron. Such fun to watch them fly these but also to the backing track and theme of the race. [video]
  2. dominicm

    Giant 3.1m super light indoor flight of F4U Corsair

    Giant but super light indoor flight of 3.1 metre 1:4 scale RC F4U Corsair with folding wings, twist & turn retracts. Filmed at Modell-Hobby-Speil in Leipzig, Germany.
  3. dominicm

    Gigantic 1:6 scale 10 metre Concorde with 4 x 300 N jet engines

    An amazing piece of aero-modelling. Flown with the famous Reds Duo who we regularly see on the UK RC Show circuit. Technical specification of the Concorde Scale: 1:6 Wingspan: 4 metres Length: 10 metres Height: 1.85 metres Take-off weight: 149 kilogrammes Turbine: 4 x Jetcat P300 Fuel: 4 x 6...
  4. dominicm

    Super scale Pilatus PC-21 turboprop

    The Pilatus PC-21 is a turboprop-powered advanced trainer with a stepped tandem cockpit. The full size aircraft is manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. This model kit is manufactured by Tomahawk Design in Germany. In the air it looks and sounds no different to the full size aircraft...
  5. dominicm

    Giant scale Air France Concorde (low and with smoke)

    Keeping the memory of Concorde alive. This giant scale dual turbine powered, Concorde is about as realistic as it can get. [video]
  6. dominicm

    Giant scale MD-11 airliner. Good flight but bad landing

    A very nice flight of this MD-11 nearly ended in disaster with the less than graceful landing. Failure to flare resulted in the nose wheel touching down just before the mains and pitching the aircraft up into an unrecoverable stall. This McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Martinair Cargo has 1 turbine...
  7. dominicm

    de Havilland DH.88 COMET G-ACSS 'Grosvenor House' twin engine racer

    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...
  8. dominicm

    De Havilland DH.91 Albatross Passenger Airliner

    Fantastic DH.91 built and flown by Peter Harbusch. At 1:8 scale and 4 metres wingspan and 2.7 metres length this is a large scale model which looks impressive in the air. Take off weight is ~20 kg. The wing profile is NACA 2415. The four motors are brushless 1000W with 15x8 vario-prop. 5 x...
  9. dominicm

    Twin turbine RC B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

    The CARF Models B-2 flies at Weston Park International Model Show for the first time. On take off the B-2 inadvertently heads to the right and just gets into the air by virtue of a fortuitous bump in the grass strip. Quick reactions from the pilot on the ailerons steered the jet away and into...
  10. dominicm

    Giant 2/3rd scale RC French WW1 HANRIOT HD.1 Fighter Biplane

    The Hanriot HD.1 was a French World War I single-seat fighter aircraft. Rejected for service with French squadrons in favour of the SPAD S.7. The type was supplied to the Belgian and the Italian air forces, with whom it proved highly successful. Of a total of about 1,200 examples built, 831 were...
  11. dominicm

    Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-17 EDF jet

    The latest large scale EDF jet from Avios. Features a howling 90mm ducted fan system that pushes it along at good speed, retracting landing gear with gear separately sequenced gear doors, an air brake and LED light system. Needs a 6S5000 to 6000 pack to fly. Take off and landing were very easy...
  12. dominicm

    Large scale Handley Page 42 Vintage 1930s Airliner

    Absence of music was more by luck I think. This was on the practice day. On the public days the commentator insisted on playing 80s music. I have no idea why. Yes...hard landing. Got away with it. Well engineered landing gear obviously!
  13. dominicm

    Large scale Handley Page 42 Vintage 1930s Airliner

    Undoubtedly a work of flying art and a very well setup reproduction of this 1930s airliner. Worth watching the engine start sequence alone ! Flown by Joachim Damrath, this Handley Page 42 oozes style and elegance as it cruises around the sky at the Airliner Treffen Show. At 1/10th scale the Wing...
  14. dominicm

    Giant 1:6 scale Avro Lancasters Formation Duo

    At 1:6 scale and 18 feet wingspan these are certainly giant scale RC aircraft. Each Lanc is powered by four Zenoah 38 engines. Flown by Steve and Andy at Weston Park International Model Show.
  15. dominicm

    Vintage 1:4 scale Beech-18 scale aircraft Formation Duo

    You're welcome Mike. I hope folks get as much fun watching them as I do filming them. Cheers ;)
  16. dominicm

    Vintage 1:4 scale Beech-18 scale aircraft Formation Duo

    Not just jets at Airliner Treffen. Some very nice fixed wing passenger type aircraft were displayed. Here Ralph and Wolfgang fly their scratch built Beech-18s. I don't think they had flown together before but they did an awesome display for the attending crowd ! Scale: 1:4 Wingspan: 3.6 metres...
  17. dominicm

    Giant 1:6 scale Lockheed Super Constellation TWA 'Star of America' airliner

    Owned and built by Keith Mitchell, this model took 5 years of combined design and construction. Its initial flights were taken under the Large Model Association scheme (approved by the CAA) for model aircraft over 80KG. It underwent 12 test flights for combined flight time of more than 2 hours...
  18. dominicm

    Boeing 777-9X Airliner suffers very bad flutter. Awesome save

    Probably the best example you will see of flutter on an aircraft. Ramy's first flight at Airliner Treffen Show nearly ends in disaster when the push rod on the rudder becomes lose and the flutter destroys the lower part of the rudder. Added to that a bad hinge on an aileron results in flutter of...
  19. dominicm

    Largest RC Avro Vulcan & Victor Bomber turbine jets fly together

    Sorry Mike. I don't have pics or videos of the assembly but obviously these models break down into several pieces but are still transported in big vans. The fuselage on these models is 2 pieces as well.
  20. dominicm

    Largest RC Avro Vulcan & Victor Bomber turbine jets fly together

    Our annual treat at seeing Dave Johnson's huge Avro Vulcan, powered by four gas turbine engines, flown at RAF Cosford. This year flown in formation with the equally large Victor flown by his son, Andy.
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