Check out this C-17!

[mike furline]

Holy Cow,

http://spiritsofstl.com/Interesting%20T ... 20IIIl.htm

Not sure why the above link won't copy correctly? Thats the exact text in the address bar.


http://www.coastalplanes.com/Photos/c17/c17.htm


Regards,
Mike

[RMAllnutt]

That's insane! A 20ft. Wingspan, and over 108lbs of thrust (which translates into about 1000hp). WoW!



Wonder how much the bugger cost to make!

Thanks for the link!

Cheers,
Richard

[maxum96]

Wonder how much the bugger cost to make!

Each one of those turbines is in the $3,000-$4,000 range. I'd say you're easily looking at a cost of around $20,000-$25,000 just for materials for that C-17. My RC P-47 with a 7 1/2' wingspan cost around $2,000 to build. And that's with just one engine that sells for $425. I bet they manufactured a lot of stuff themselves for that bird. I'd love to see what the landing gear looks like.

I think this has been seen on here before, but here's a link to a video of a RC B-52 with 8 turbines,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MeBNQtBFbKI&feature=relatedY