This plane is, allegedly, a 1:5 scale model of the B-29 Dina Might. It weighs 463 pounds, has a 30 foot wingspan, and is powered by four 160cc engines.
monkeyhumper, here you go: Mac Hodges from North Carolina has been flying a slightly smaller B-29 for a decade in various r/c flyins and had this accident in the spring of 2010 at Cape Coral, FL when he could not pull out of a flat spin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhVP5otXg7k
He built a larger model and was back on the flyin circuit that fall...
Mac Hodges from North Carolina has been flying a slightly smaller B-29 for a decade in various r/c flyins and had this accident in the spring of 2010 at Cape Coral, FL when he could not pull out of a flat spin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhVP5otXg7k
He built a larger model and was back on the flyin circuit that fall...