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First four pictures show a pretty normal looking C-17 Globe master.
Note
how close that wing tip gets to the runway in the third picture.
The
fifth picture says it all. All in all, pretty cool!
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This 1/9th scale radio-controlled C-17 model was built in the United Kingdom.
To date it has about 20 flights.
It was built as the centerpiece of a 15 program television
series produced in the U.K. for the Home and Leisure satellite TV channel.
Built
with the aid of three friends, it took one year to build and is powered with 4
Jetcat P-120 turbines with a total thrust of 108 lbs. The model weighs over 250
lbs fuelled, and carries 12.5 liters (3.3 US gallons) of 95% kerosene and 5%
turbine oil fuel. Other details include 5 Futaba PCM receivers, 16 battery packs
(93 cells), 20 Futaba servos, on board air compressor, electro / pneumatic
retracts, etc. Wingspan is 20 feet 8 inches, and the top of the fin is 74 inches
(6 feet 2 inches) above the ground. Takeoff weight is 264 lbs. Complete with
retractable landing gear and pneumatically operated flaps, the rear cargo doors
open and they drop an r/c jeep on a pallet, as well as 2 free-fall r/c
parachutists. The model also has smoke systems on both of the inboard turbines, and uses 2.4 GHz data
link to provide real-time data to a laptop computer on the ground while in
flight, this data includes airspeed, turbine RPM, EGT, fuel consumption, etc. It
is covered in fiberglass and epoxy resin. It's built mainly from balsa and ply,
with many glass and carbon fiber moldings to reduce weight. This C-17
Globemaster III is one of the largest jet models in the world today!
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