Massive RC Plane


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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.

via MArooned | Photo of the Historical Dina Might

Previously: Model B-50 Bomber

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...
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