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Chad Veich
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...B-17 homebuilt?!!!!

http://www.rchangout.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21045

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I would love to see that finished, I wonder what he is going to use for engines.

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Matt Gunsch wrote:
I would love to see that finished, I wonder what he is going to use for engines.


Somewhere in that thread somebody mentioned 80 hp Hirth engines. I have an A&P buddy here in town who has always wanted to build a scaled down Lancaster with 4 Rotax engines. I'll have to show him this "little" project!

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I knew it was only a matter of time!

Next you'll see B-25s, B-24s, B-26s, B-29s, He-111, Ju-88s, Bettys, Lancaster's, Wellington's.... :rolleyes:

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too bad you will have to have a multi engine rating to fly it

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Finally! 40 + years after the late, outrageously crazy Stan Mott proposed the idea in AIR PROGRESS-Stan planned his around 4 VW's :wink: :shock:

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Matt Gunsch wrote:
too bad you will have to have a multi engine rating to fly it

No, one (human) engine. Didn't you notice the pedals? :lol:

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What are the total horsepower maximums for the Sport Flyer Class? 150?Seems as long as you don't bust the horsepower or top speed limits, you could build a teeny teeny B-36 if you wanted to-do I hear wheels turning?

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What are the total horsepower maximums for the Sport Flyer Class? 150?Seems as long as you don't bust the horsepower or top speed limits, you could build a teeny teeny B-36 if you wanted to-do I hear wheels turning?


1/4 scale would give you a 36" diameter fuselage. 57-foot wingspan, 40 feet long. Not sure you could go much smaller and still be able to sit in it.
It WOULD be cool, though!
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looks like a 'fun' crowd around that tiny B-17.

Lots of beer drinking, beer bellies and automatic weapons.., YEEHAWWWWW!!

Could have an entire 1/4 scale air force!

sure does cut back on the fuel!

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too MUCH FREE TIME and TOO MUCH MONEY category for me. I can only dream of having that kind of time on my hands!
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Hard not to be impressed by all the work that has gone into that. What about a quarter scale B-36? Wouldn't that be about the size of a real B-17?

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Hard not to be impressed by all the work that has gone into that. What about a quarter scale B-36? Wouldn't that be about the size of a real B-17?

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About half the size. Real '36 is 230' wingspan. 1/4 scale would give you a 36" diameter fuselage. 57-foot wingspan, 40 feet long.


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Just awsome. Ive got a 16ft wingspan Lancaster RC model here. Its flying days are past but apharently they had to get permision to fly it due to its size.

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