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My friend Mac Hodges campaigns his 20-foot, "100lb+" B-29 and Bell X-1 models to R/C events around the US. I build and fly aerobatic R/C planes, but nothing on this scale, lol. Mac and a small rotating crew maintain the bird between shows.
Dan Stevens built the B-29 and this Bell X-1, both to scale, from scratch. He pilots the X-1.
Big!
Launch!
X-1 dropped.
Dan loops and rolls the X-1 in a glide, then at the last moment pulls the nose up and lights the rocket motor. It zooms a few hundred feet up and he lands it- a crowd pleaser!
Then comes the aerobatics! This giant model has programed throttles for differential thrust (and a smoke system), and Mac puts it through a thorough routine.
A nice inverted pass.
Lots of other models at this event- about 3 miles from my home...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBYwgwpk_4s"]Here's a vid of the B-29 show.[/ame]
I shot these with my old Minolta A-1 DiMAGE last year. The vid is someone elses.