R/C B-29 with X-1 Rocket Airplane

[bru333]

Wow! Not only is this an impressive looking plane, but the pilot is very skilled! Makes me want to get back into radio control planes.

http://www.flixxy.com/rc-plane-b29.htm

Speaking of skillful pilots:
http://www.flixxy.com/aerobatic-flight.htm

[Joe 1320]

yeah, it's a very cool RC display. I have something sililar that is in the design phase. I'm building an SR-71 that will have two forms of propulsion. A folding pusher prop and two solid rocket motors. The idea is to launch under pusher prop power and once a hundred feet up, fire the rocket motors for a quick blast up to a thousand feet or so. you gotta get back into RC. the technology that has come out in recent years has made some pretty good equipment filter down into the affordable catagory.


The other design I am currently test building is a formation of four F-18 hornets with full Blue Angels dress. All four will be in a diamond formation and should look stellar in the air.

[MN6WS6]

That B29 is an awesome display. I have never seen a big plane flown like that one was. Very impressive.

I just got my first RC heli a fewweeks ago (Esky Honeybee CP2), and have been flying it on the simulator nearly every day. I took it out today, but ran into some interference from somebody on the street. Don't know if it was a cell phone, cordless phone, or what, but it went a little haywire. I didn't crash it, but it did do a number on the tips of the blades, so I have 2 new sets on the way. I was doing good until then. I'm glad I spent all that time on the simulator because otherwise I would have crashed the heck out of it the first time I turned it on!

[Joe 1320]

ran into some interference from somebody on the street. Don't know if it was a cell phone, cordless phone, or what, but it went a little haywire. !

A frequency checker is a good investment. It's a small hand held device with an LED for each frequency of the FM spectrum. The LEDs light up to show what's being used.

[MN6WS6]

Joe, where do I get one of these? I'm ordering 4 sets of stals Monday to stop this from happening again (hopefully). The reason I'm thinking it was a phone was that it was very intermittent. I could fly fine for 5 minutes, then all of a sudden it would go haywire. Luckily I didn't have it high enough to do much damage other than the tips of the blades.

[Joe 1320]

Tower Hobbies has it.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXJUP2&P=ML


I went though lots of glitching issues, a frequency change solved most of that! I was able to fly for a long time on 28, then all of a sudden all my planes started glitching horribly. It got so bad that a couple of the single conversion channel 28 planes just went haywire with a mind of their own. My B-2 all of a sudden decide to do outside loops as it started to fly away. Yes, it crashed and crashed hard. I rebuilt it with a new receiver and such and it flew great for about a minute, then went wacko again. I had enough of 28 and went to channel 54, now no problems.

[bru333]

you gotta get back into RC. the technology that has come out in recent years has made some pretty good equipment filter down into the affordable catagory.


The other design I am currently test building is a formation of four F-18 hornets with full Blue Angels dress. All four will be in a diamond formation and should look stellar in the air.

Maybe when my Daughter is out of braces ($$$) I'll be able to get active flying again.

Those F-18s look like a neat project.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

Have you seen the new spread spectrum radios that operate on 2.4 GHz? No more interference problems or worrying about someone else on the same channel.
http://2.4gigahertz.com/
http://www.jrradios.com/Articles/Art...ArticleID=1667

[Mark B]

Those things seem to be getting bigger & bigger. At what point do you need to get a license for the FAA to fly one?

Maybe when they start carrying pets?

[bru333]

The FAA doesn't regulate UAVs. No license required. You do need to make sure not to fly into the traffic patterns of full-size aircraft, and stay out of restricted/closed airspace.

Ultralights would be the smallest, people carrying, aircraft the FAA regs cover. Still no requirement for a license though. Just defines what they are, where they can fly.