Remember the fabulous B-52 R/C model? It crashed, look
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/duggy/b52.wmv
To the foks who missed the first unbelieveble video here it is, as the plane was before the crash
http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_flight2.wmv
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Sad ending for such a marvel
That sucks. I’ve seen fixed-wing crashes that shattered into a thousand pieces and I’ve seen trainers pop their wings and tail sections off where it’s easily fixed.
It’s hard to get to an advanced level of piloting with these aircraft and keep your crash rate at 0%. The problem is once you graduate past trainers the aircraft you fly don’t take crashes too well.
My dad has been flying and building for many years and has lost some very expensive planes due to things out of his control, like losing his radio signal, etc.
That’s so sad.[:(][:(][:(]
Such a beautiful piece of machinery lost.[:(]
And I feel bad when I drop a model 3 ft. I can only imagine how heart broken that guy is.
Ouch! That sucks. I’ve dug in some prop jobs before and it hurts.
maaaaaan… that’s one expensive bummer…
I’m not normally into RC, but I thought this B-52 was COOL! Just imagine - working jet engines!
Such a shame indeed, that was one beautiful RC plane.
Look at that weather. It was too windy and crappy to fly that day. Should’ve known better.
Tragic, just tragic, even if I’m not into R/C, I know a superb achievment when I see one. But watching the tape of the first flight over and over, I kept getting the impression that the bird was underpowered by quite a bit. It was very mushy, and easily seemed to fall into a PIO mode, so the coffin corner for that big model must have been about 1 or two mph, and even the little bit of lift lost in a gentle turn might have been enough to crash it. Of course, we don’t know the details, and I’m purely talking through my hat here. He could also have had an engine failure or a signal failure, which, even for one ignorant of R/C, I know is a major cause of crashes for those guys. But when I saw the stats, that each jet gave 12 lbs of thrust, and the bird itself weighed over two hundred pounds, well, do the math. Still, I feel for those guys, but if I know people who take on such tough projects, be it us, or rocket people (of which I am one when not stuck in this huge no rocket zone), they will be back with an even more awe inspiring project. BTW, does anyone have the link for the Me-163. I have an ANG F-16 pilot friend who doesn’t believe me. He didn’t believe the BUFF either, till I showed him the tape. He also predicted it would crash soon. At the time, I was offended by his pessimism, and told him so. Oh, well. Ce la guerre.
That’s really sad. I was totally impressed by this RC marvel. The builder(s) must be gutted… I agree with John that the weather was really bad to fly such a big-winged (and apparently underpowered) plane. What’s interesting is that it crashed the same way I have seen a full-size Buff go down. You can see the video here (be patient while you are redirected):
http://www.globemaster.de/airextreme/jets.html
Apparently, beyond a certain amount of bank, the ailerons (B-52s apparently use spoilers?) become ineffective, and the roll can’t be stopped. I wonder if the controls of the model worked the same way. If they did, maybe the crash was unavoidable (flying downwind trying to get a decent turn radius). If the model crash was sad, the real thing going into the ground was a disaster.[:(]
That’s a real bummer. One good reason to stay with static display models ??
Regards, Rick
man that was a sad site.
Wow, and it even burns like the real thing… If you didn’t know that was an R/C plane, you’d swear that was a real crash…
That is sad indeed.
In considering what may have happened to it, I was wondering if maybe someone had a R/C SA-11 “Gadfly” that could have caused this? [:o)] [:-^]
Mike
that is horrible. sad to say the least.
joe
Hate to see a plane like that go.[:(] All that hard work. Only thing to do now is build another.[:D] A BUFF rising out of the ashes like a Phoenix…a sight to see.
That would bring any modeller to tears.
That was really a shame to see. But the bigger shame would have been for the owner to build such a beatiful R/C model and not fly it at all. I guess you don’t expect the model to crash but it has to be in the back of your mind every time you take it up.
I hear taps being played softly from somewhere what a shame.