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May 3, 2010: Big Boy, Big Toy
Brit, Tony Nijhuis, like a zillion other people, built himself a model airplane.
But his 1/7th model of a B-50 bomber is so big... how big is it?
| ...it is classed as a light aircraft and had to be tested by the Civil Aviation Authority and requires a certificate to fly it at public shows. |
It's not only capable of carrying mini-bombs, it's sneaky quiet.
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'It's a model of the Boeing B-50 bomber that was used from the 1950s to the 1970s. It's all scratch built and has a wingspan of 19ft. 'It weighs just over 100lb and is powered by four, four kilowatt electric motors and each motor has 24 batteries powering it. The propellers have a 2ft diameter. It has 96 batteries that power four electric motors which drive the aircraft to 40mph along a 50m runway before it takes off. It can then fly for eight minutes in the air before it has to descend so the batteries can be recharged. |
I wonder if having to assemble a crew, and get government permission, takes some of the spontaneity from playing with this toy?
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ZenGum Monday May 3 05:09 AM
What would propel a man to build that?
SPUCK Monday May 3 06:10 AM
Quite electrifying.
Spexxvet Monday May 3 09:33 AM
I'm up in the air on this one.
ToastyOhs Monday May 3 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
What would propel a man to build that?
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In any case this is a 100 times cooler than the half a boat from the other day.
Shawnee123 Monday May 3 09:49 AM
Building it spanned 2 years, a departure from the norm. I'd rudder it didn't take so long.
rditlkustoleit Monday May 3 10:16 AM
All of this punning is putting my head into a tailspin.
I almost split my Buttock Line.
classicman Monday May 3 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
What would propel a man to build that?
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Undertoad Monday May 3 10:49 AM
Clearly he just wants a little lift in his life.
jinx Monday May 3 10:53 AM
| It has 96 batteries that power four electric motors which drive the aircraft to 40mph along a 50m runway before it takes off. |
squirell nutkin Monday May 3 12:57 PM
Well, there goes my plan to build a scale model of Nagasaki.
monster Monday May 3 01:24 PM
OK that takes care of what my 11yo son is going to be doing for the next two years....
....building a 1/7 size treadmill
Nobody tell Spirit or they might start trying to cram ua all into one of these to further reduce costs.....
Gravdigr Monday May 3 04:50 PM
Built from scratch?
That means...
Wait for it.....
...he was winging it.
Elspode Tuesday May 4 09:35 PM
24 batteries...for each motor? And each motor consumes 4k watts? WTF kind of batteries is he using so that the whole plane only weights 80#? Nuclear?
squirell nutkin Tuesday May 4 09:45 PM
Lithium and NimH are very light
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday May 4 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Elspode
24 batteries...for each motor? And each motor consumes 4k watts? WTF kind of batteries is he using so that the whole plane only weights 80#? Nuclear?
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SPUCK Wednesday May 5 05:51 AM
Look up LiPo.
HebeJeebie Wednesday May 5 10:23 PM
I could ride in that thing!
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday May 5 11:58 PM
You must be tiny. 
squirell nutkin Thursday May 6 12:11 PM
Or a big fan of Dr. Strangelove.
Yellow #5 Monday May 10 12:42 AM
I'm pretty sure this one is bigger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xNmLJju6n
I had the privilege of seeing it fly (and crash) when I was a wee propeller-head.
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