19 ft. R/C B-17 "Flying Fortress"

19 ft. R/C B-17 "Flying Fortress" (Aluminum Overcast)

Maiden 2013-04-20 MFC St.Margarethen (Austria)
Pictures of how to built: https://www.flickr.com/photos/80143796@N07/sets/72157633358260800/show/
Pilot: Peter Pfeffer "Peda"
Scale: 1:5.6
Wingspan: 5.70m (19 feet)
Length: 4.15m (14 feet)
Height: 1.06m (41.7")
Plan - Sketch: cdscaledesigns (paperwork ca. 60m ca. 15kg)
Engine: Armin DeVries 4x Vt 42 4T
RC control: Weatronic
Rear Gear: Wabo
Main Gear: Eigenbau - selfmade
Weight: 85 Kg (187 pounds)
Project start: End of 2010
Second Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iDHEI2RV00
With bigger engines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oY8IFzi5Gg
Paybacksays...

He's almost to the point where his hobby costs more than actually owning a real (non-r/c) areoplane...

...maybe past it.

oritteroposays...

Well each of the four engines is €800, and at 5.7m wingspan it's over half the size of a piper cub (11m wingspan)... the cost probably wasn't that far off. I didn't look up any of the other components though.

The next video shows it with upgraded engines, that cost almost €1200 each... in this one the engines weren't powerful enough for three bladed propellers like the original, hence the upgrade.

Paybacksaid:

He's almost to the point where his hobby costs more than actually owning a real (non-r/c) areoplane...

...maybe past it.

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