Huge (21 foot) RC B-17 Flying Fortress!! Steve Kilbon at Buckminster
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Some footage of Steve Kilbon’s B-17 Flying fortress in windy conditions at the BMFA Buckminster site in April 2024.
Model info below….
Make: Richard Rawle
Model: B-17 Flying Fortress
Wingspan: 21ft / 252” / 6.4m
Engines: 4x zenoah 38’s
Originally built by Dave Johnson approx. 30 years ago!
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Wow just an awesome looking B-17 nice flying in the crosswind too just beautiful job! 👍
Brilliant flying when you consider that cross wind. Excellent skills. Great model too.
Nicely done, mate! That landing was smooth as butter.
Beautiful tribute to the never forgotten 909
Apart from the engine noise, the perspective as it climbed out made it look like a real B.17 somewhat in the further distance. Well done.
Even with that crazy cross wind, that was a great landing. Well done.
Excellent flying in that wind. Landi g was butter
Thanks for posting mate. It was a challenging flight with the cross wind.
@rc_plane_guy1
Ай бұрын
It was! Fair play to you for going for it regardless haha!
Very nice !
Nice looking huge model and amazingly smooth landing, especially considering the blustery crosswind the pilot was flying in. Speaking of wind, I've always followed one simple rule which continues to serve me well: NEVER fly an RC model or drone in winds I wouldn't dare fly a real airplane in. Cheers from Thailand!
@stevekilbon8395
Ай бұрын
Thank you. It’s always windy when I want to go fly so we get used to it.
B-17, some very nice scale speed flying, our friends over the pond don't understand that concept, all about speed and size 👍.
One heck of a crosswind!
Incredible job flying in that wind! If I was on board I would have tossed my lunch. Also one awesome looking plane and awesome flying skills.
How remarkable!!! WOW!!
@stevekilbon8395
Ай бұрын
Thanks.
How awesome is this !!!
@catlady8324
Ай бұрын
Super, very, extremely awesome! 👏
@raymondo162
Ай бұрын
11/10
@catlady8324
Ай бұрын
@@raymondo162 It only goes up to 10/10, otherwise it’s infinite and meaningless.
Liked and subbed. Unlike Pete's channel which I follow, you have a mix of construction and tips besides just flying. USA
@rc_plane_guy1
Ай бұрын
Thank you! I do try to give a mixture of videos.. pretty much all of my journey in the hobby.. from my own projects to what i see when attending events and shows etc 😊
Never turn into a dead engine. Keep air speed with increasing other engines and avoid over banking turns. I got to fly on 909 with B - 24 Witchcraft off our wing. Took off right behind pilot’s seat then had access to every part but ball turret and tail gun. Tail wheel blocking rear fuselage access. Unlike B- 24 with no restrictions other than ball turret which is very confining anyway.
Way too windy for flight to compromise that excellent build. I've always made it a rule to never fly with over (5mph) winds. It's paid off tremendously. Outstanding landing. And thanks for posting without music. Don't crash it guys. That sucker is so cool.
@raymondo162
Ай бұрын
Are you deaf ??
@rc_plane_guy1
Ай бұрын
Unfortunately in the UK, if you wait for 5mph winds, we would never fly! 😂
@stevekilbon8395
Ай бұрын
Thank you.
Awesome airplane.... and I think I just realized what BMFA actually stands for... 🤣🤣🤣
That’s some crosswind Steve, brave lad and well done. Will we see you at Woodsprings this year? Hope so
@stevekilbon8395
Ай бұрын
Thanks mate, I’ll be at woodspring.
Très très beau B 17 TRES LIMITE EN PUISSANCE....!! ATTENTION A UNE COUPURE D' UN OU DEUX MOTEURS AU DÉCOLLAGE.....!! AIE AIE AIE.... TRES REALISTE BEAU BOULOT 👍👍👍🍾🍾
Sometimes making a "model " so big it almost stops being a model and starts becoming a real tiny airplane.
😊😊😊😊😊
Yikes! That crosswind was too much for me!
It's a shame you couldn't do something with that mic problem. A wind sock might help...
seriously IRRITATING background moozak. YOYOY ??
Why no scale 3 blade props? Always such an embarassment for a mighty ww2 warbird with a big 3 or 4 blade prop to fly in RC with a puney piper cub prop. I know they make big 3 blade RC props....
@TheGraemeEvans
Ай бұрын
Usually cost and availability of specific sizes.
@santiagoecheverri5743
Ай бұрын
Pero el solo costo total y hermosura del modelo completo ameritaria la compra de la hélices correctas al original. Pero aclaró que solo soy aficionado a este Hobby solo para mirarlos. No tengo conocimientos reales de costos y disponibilidad, como alguien que si debe saber, ya aclaró. Felicitaciones.