RC Plane Talk

[Studly]

Nice one B29 looks great well done.

[aferguson]

Here is something a little different. An Air Tractor agricultural plane ie crop duster. Almost 18 inches long, nearly a 28 inch span. Decent replica....spinner could be a bit longer and pointier and wheels are a bit too big but not bad. Would work best as an AT-302 or an AT-400, which are the smallest Air Tractors made (the biggest model Air Tractor makes look nearly identical but are almost 40 feet long and have 60 foot wingspans.....there is even a military version). For either of AT-302 or AT-400 it works out to 1/19.6 scale, so a bit on the small side but a very unique aircraft. Shop around for a better price.

https://www.e-fliterc.com/product/umx-a ... 16450.html

[aferguson]

XFly Su-57 Felon. Decent camo colours and application of digital paint scheme. Smallish though, about 1/20.5.....about the size of a 1/18 F-18.

https://www.amazon.ca/XFLY-MODEL-Aircra ... B0DG8WLVQK


I have to say, Xfly has made some really nice aircraft. Well proportioned, decent detailing for an rc, pretty accurate colours and markings.. The Su-57, Su-27, and F-22 they make are all pretty much in scale with each other at about 1/20. Add to that the Freewing Crusader which is also about 1/20. That's a decent start to a 1/18 sub collection. Put them in a different room and you probably couldn't tell they are smaller than 1/18.

[aferguson]

A beautiful looking SR-71. Stated scale is 1/17 but it's actually about 1/17.6, nearly bang on 1/18.

Come to papa...


https://www.motionrc.com/products/freew ... -fj32211pg

[aferguson]

A Hawker Tempest, abut 1/16 scale. Looks pretty good. Might be fun to chase around your 1/18 Pegasus V-1 with. Note that this will be bigger than an XD Thunderbolt. They will be about the same length but the Tempest will be significantly spanier (by about 4 inches).

https://www.motionrc.com/products/skyne ... ky1065-001

[B-29]

A beautiful looking SR-71. Stated scale is 1/17 but it's actually about 1/17.6, nearly bang on 1/18.

Come to papa...


https://www.motionrc.com/products/freew ... -fj32211pg

It’s a beautiful flyer too! Love mine. The drag chute is really cool to deploy on landing.

[B-29]

Also, Dynam just announced a 1/16.4 scale E-2C Hawkeye. Looks pretty good! Will need to figure out some 8 blade props to update it to a Hawkeye 2000.

https://www.dynamrc.com/products/e-2c- ... e-airplane

[B-29]

A few shots of some my latest completed 1/18 RCs.. 500 size MH-53M Pave Low and CH-54 Tarhe.

[pickelhaube]

Pretty cool !

[aferguson]

holy cow! Did you scratch build those helicopters?

[aferguson]

btw i have a couple of planes to add:

Xfly j-65.......nearly an exact copy of the Gulfstream 650, a business jet nearly the size of a DC-9 airliner. It's 1/17 or 1/17.1, something like that

https://www.xfly-model.com/productinfo/752686.html


FMS Beaver stol aircraft.....bang on 1/18 scale, comes in a yellow usaf SAR scheme and also a red and white civilian scheme. The white parts are unpainted foam, not sure it it will yellow over time or not. Fun little plane though.

https://www.fmshobby.com/products/fms-8 ... 0485872918

[B-29]

holy cow! Did you scratch build those helicopters?

Thanks guys! The helis are fiberglass fuselages from a guy who goes by Buamodel on Facebook. He’s based in Thailand and does amazing work. The CH-54 was converted from the firefighting version, and I built custom mechanics to fit inside the small fuselage spine.