RC Plane Talk

[aferguson]

Global Hawk, around 1/17 scale. I mentioned this a long time ago but they went out of production. They're back and at what looks like a good price.

Comes painted as shown with decals.


http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbycity/stor ... aff=101814

[supersonicfifi]

hello it's a litlle bit too BIG ( 1/6!) but i think i've never seen something like this :

my fav' Airplane fighter jet

http://www.su27.de

[pcoughran]

When looking at supersonicfifi's post about the Su-27 I noticed this C-17 on one of the side videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUyR0eez ... re=related
is this about 1/18 or a little larger? - trying to imagine a 3 and3/4" guy standing next to it.

[aferguson]

i've seen that before....it's 1/10 scale. Really impressive.

[pcoughran]

Yeah, it'd be neat to see about 30 or so paratroopers fly out the back for a mini "mass tac" airborne operation. Or, better yet a palletized 1/18 hummvee drop out the back. I bet it could carry the extra weight, would just have to figure out center of gravity and a way to "release" the load.
The paratroopers would be easy - just roll them all up in their parachutes and lower the ramp and give a good nose up, they all come falling out the back. It'd be more realistic if a motorized interior wall could be controlled to push them out slowly as the plane remained in horizontal flight.

[aferguson]

U-2A coming. About 1/15 scale though. Will be much cheaper in time.

http://www.ready2fly.ch/shop/USER_ARTIK ... 4b049d59fd

[CW4USARMY]

U-2A coming. About 1/15 scale though. Will be much cheaper in time.

http://www.ready2fly.ch/shop/USER_ARTIK ... 4b049d59fd

That is nice enough that it will be a must have!

[aferguson]

but it's BIG.

Unfortunately when first announced it was a TR-1, which would have made in nearly perfect 1/18 at those dimensions. But now it's a u-2a and is too BIG.

But it is a very nice looking plane.

[supersonicfifi]

thie is a nice F 14 : http://www.bananahobby.com/2062.html

Aferg : what do you think ?

[aferguson]

that's the same one i've been talking about of and on for a couple of years now.

Much cheaper here:

http://aerialhobby.com/index.php?main_p ... cts_id=564


quite nice...and light. And no spots.

[supersonicfifi]

No aferg this one seems different !!!!

here is one you were talking about :

http://www.bananahobby.com/1884.html

there is a black night version too : http://www.bananahobby.com/1966.html

but this one seems from another manufacturer & smaller (995 vs 1118 length):

http://www.bananahobby.com/2062.html

the finish seems different

phil

[Stug45]

Diy Drones.


http://diydrones.com/

[aferguson]

1/18 Osprey coming in August:

http://www.rotormast.com/rm/

no idea of price....could be a lot.

follow this thread, starting on page 2, for more info:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1092585

[aferguson]

Tornado F3 ADV:

looks to be spot on 1/18 or maybe a hair smaller. Coming end of august. I'm all over this puppy.


http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1284569

[aferguson]

U-2 update: upon further inspection, these appear to be loafers...er, upon further inspection, this U-2 appears to represent a U-2R, which makes it almost exactly 1/18 scale. The U-2A looked the same but was much shorter in both length and span.

The U-2R was also the basis for the later TR-1, which had the big surveillance pods, that looked like huge drop tanks, under each wing. The U-2R did not carry these pods however. The U-2R was used extensively over vietnam and other theatres as well, during the cold war.

So anyway, it's almost bang on 1/18......you listening CW?

[CW4USARMY]

U-2 update: upon further inspection, these appear to be loafers...er, upon further inspection, this U-2 appears to represent a U-2R, which makes it almost exactly 1/18 scale. The U-2A looked the same but was much shorter in both length and span.

The U-2R was also the basis for the later TR-1, which had the big surveillance pods, that looked like huge drop tanks, under each wing. The U-2R did not carry these pods however. The U-2R was used extensively over vietnam and other theatres as well, during the cold war.

So anyway, it's almost bang on 1/18......you listening CW?

Oops!, I forget to check this thread sometimes. Im all over that U2 when you find what you think is a reasonable price. I still havent built my B-25 yet. I'm having another garage built that I plan to use to finally learn how to paint and weatherize small scale stuff. First project will be to put together that B-25!!

[aferguson]

found a CH-53 body. I think it's a bit big, around 1/16.5 scale but it's the only one that's close that i've found.

Take a bit of work to make it look good but for those willing, it's a good way to go:


http://shop-rc.causemann.de/CH-53-Rumpf ... chrauber_1

[aferguson]

The C-17 has been released. Nowhere near 1/18, it's actually about 1/35. Still at nearly 5 feet long it would look impressive.

Airframe kits are $180 at this place but it will surely be cheaper in time. Probably down to $120.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachme ... id=3451910

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1301820

[aferguson]

update on the U-2R: will be available november in airframe only. Price could be under $100.

Here's a recent picture of it:

http://static.rcgroups.com/forums/attac ... 20%2810-12%


The Tornado ADV, which nobody seems to give a hoot about but i am personally quite excited about, is due around the same time. Likely do be around $150 though.

[thatf14guy]

just bought the banana hobby p-38 cali cutie, great looking plane, still in build phase, can't wait to fly this thing!

[CW4USARMY]

Hey Aferg, can you re-post the website that has the latest picture of the U-2R? The link isnt working (maybe you have to be a member?) Im definitely intertested in that one. Would do the tornado too if I had any painting skills

[aferguson]

here's the thread, the pic is on page 8 about half way down:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthre ... r+1&page=8


The tornado is supposed to be coming in RAF colours as well....shouldn't need any repainting.

[aferguson]

RAF Tornado is for sale. $104. I'm not crazy about the black trim but i guess it could be fairly easy to overpaint, as long as the colour can be matched...there's probably a testors spray colour that's perfect. Otherwise, looks delish...

http://www.x-flight.com.hk/index.php?sp ... w=&lang=en

[aferguson]

Anyone thinking of getting the Su-34, the time to act is now. Here's the best price you're likely to find on it and they are now out of production, as i understand it. So when they're gone, they'll be tough to find and need to be bought second hand.

When you sign up for an account the price drops by $40, to $116....with shipping it will cost just under $160.

It's a tad larger than 1/18, about 1/17 and from all the pics i've seen a very nice lookng model. 57 inches long, about 35 inch span.

Choice of 2 camo versions, blue and green. The green is not accurate, as far as i can tell but the blue is pretty good. Even though the picture is of the green version it is the blue version, which you can see a pic of here:

http://www.xtremehobby.ashop.com.au/p/1 ... ector.html


This is the place to order from cheap:

http://aerialhobby.com/index.php?main_p ... yword=su34

[aferguson]

if anyone wants one of the 63 inch span B-2 bombers, aerial hobby has them for $80 plus shipping. The catch is they don't come with decals. Otherwise a nice model.

Not advertized on their website.....go to aerialhobby.com and send them an email regarding the b-2 kit with no decals.