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Posted: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 11:29 PM UTC
Guys
I've just found this on H/s

B52

unfortunately the large scale R/C b52 has crashed at the British Nats, all that was salvageable were 2 engines and a couple of wing servo's.

Pete
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Posted: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 11:36 PM UTC
Oh....man...........Not good
Sensei
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 12:04 AM UTC
OUCH!!!!

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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 12:04 AM UTC
I crashed mine too, the first time I used, I was trying to learn, ripped to pieces, I fixted it now but I'm afraid to fly againg
Cactus911
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 04:28 AM UTC
That's a great video. Any idea what went wrong with it? At least it went in with grace...

Stephen
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 04:39 AM UTC
In principle this is kind of what is wrong with having a "fixed" time and date to do this kind of flying. I would bet good money that the owner of this plane had some real hesitation about flying with the obvious wind and bad weather shown on the video.

Jim
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 05:33 AM UTC
The plane looked as it it was having problems from takeoff. Very shaky. I wonder it there was a RC problem or interference?
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 05:36 AM UTC
Hi there

My brother used to be a keen flying model enthusiast. He told me how a member of his club built an enormous R/C B-36 Peacemaker which featured working bomb doors and dropped bangers (fireworks).

On it's first outing, everything worked fine and the crowd were totally amazed. On it's second flight, the bomb doors jammed... you can probably guess the rest.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Friday, February 10, 2006 - 08:02 PM UTC
I agree, just seemed a little too windy to me.
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Posted: Friday, February 10, 2006 - 08:16 PM UTC
Amazing video.....
Sorry to see it go down.
Sure resemble the crash of that real B-52 a few years ago. Hung up on it's wing, and down she went.
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Posted: Friday, February 10, 2006 - 08:40 PM UTC
Shame so much work goes down like that and has gone from a few months if not years to put together only to go in seconds. I have seen the video before, been out for like close to 2 years now.
winchweight
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Posted: Friday, February 10, 2006 - 08:59 PM UTC
A former collegue of mine built a beautiful P47 Thunderbolt. It took him 2 years and about £2000 to build. It had a 6 cylinder radial engine and looked and sounded beautiful. The grand unveiling took place on a windfree, sunny winters morning. First he flew a couple of circuits with the gear down and the cowls removed for testing. Then he refitted the cowls and flew a circuit, finally he raised the gear and did a roaring pass at about 6 feet. As it passed the enthralled crowd it began to pitch up and left, before snap rolling over and nose diving into the ground. The thing was destroyed. He salvaged a few servos and that was it. ........... then his wife got hold of him, she'd allowed him to build it in his living room. She'd put up with the dust and the expense because "she loved him". Apparently he has never walked the same since
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Posted: Friday, February 10, 2006 - 09:35 PM UTC

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A former collegue of mine built a beautiful P47 Thunderbolt. It took him 2 years and about £2000 to build. It had a 6 cylinder radial engine and looked and sounded beautiful. The grand unveiling took place on a windfree, sunny winters morning. First he flew a couple of circuits with the gear down and the cowls removed for testing. Then he refitted the cowls and flew a circuit, finally he raised the gear and did a roaring pass at about 6 feet. As it passed the enthralled crowd it began to pitch up and left, before snap rolling over and nose diving into the ground. The thing was destroyed. He salvaged a few servos and that was it. ........... then his wife got hold of him, she'd allowed him to build it in his living room. She'd put up with the dust and the expense because "she loved him". Apparently he has never walked the same since
Sounds like a classic case of interference, somebody may have turned their transmitter on at the wrong time. Thats a shame though, luckily I don't have that much invested in my planes, so I can afford to lose one... or all of them.....


as the old saying goes for R/C model aircraft, you can love the hobby, but not your planes, for eventually they will all crash.
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Posted: Friday, February 10, 2006 - 09:42 PM UTC

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Guys
I've just found this on H/s

B52

unfortunately the large scale R/C b52 has crashed at the British Nats, all that was salvageable were 2 engines and a couple of wing servo's.

Pete

Yea that's sad. A plane like that is worth a fortune in materials and labor. My Dad was into RC planes and I'd go out and watch. I bet I've seen hundeds of years of hard work go down the tubes. Allot of them do crash.

BH
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