Iconic Aircraft Aviation Forum

by **Spitfire** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:26 am

An interesting page of the Large Model site ..... How big is that Valiant ........ & what about that TSR2

http://www.largemodelassociation.com/construction.htm#Simon

by **RLN** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:52 am

Does anyone know what output engines are needed for that Valiant?

by **Spitfire** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:15 pm

RLN wrote:Does anyone know what output engines are needed for that Valiant?

It's all here RLN - 2 Jetcat 120 Turbines

http://www.per-ardua-ad-astra.co.uk/html/valiant_beginnings.html

Later that same year ..........

Here's 2 more Jetcat turbine engines - in 2 Large scale Red Arrows Hawks with brothers Steve & Matt Bishop flying as close to formation as you can get - smoke too

Unfortunately one of the models crashed spectacularly at another show (1:42)

And here's a brilliant large 1/3rd scale model of Carolyn Grace's ML407 2 seater - I think it's the largest Spit model in the world

by **Xplumberlives** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:59 am

What a shame they can't make a model aircraft engine sound like a MERLIN! :-o

by **Spitfire** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:57 am

Xplumberlives wrote:What a shame they can't make a model aircraft engine sound like a MERLIN!

Absolutely - couldn't agree more - there have been experiments with on board sound systems to make it sort of sound 'real'

More suited to electric planes obviously - if memory serves me rightly there is a very successful large scale Beaufighter or similar with on board sound that is very close to sounding right.

It's like model battle ships on lakes - you can have a most beautiful super scale 8ft cruiser correct in every detail serenely ploughing across a lake - but a speedboat goes by and the cruiser bobs up and down in the wake like a rubber duck in a bath - most un-scale

by **Pujgnie** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:19 pm

Yikes... the owner must have been gutted at that Red Arrows smash.

Controller failure or A/C failure ? What was the outcome... anyone know ?

by **Xplumberlives** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:57 am

Spitfire wrote:if memory serves me rightly

Not much chance of that, see you in the wrestling ring!

by **Bovril** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:04 am

here is a vid of that valiant - but now i think its gone ... wasnt this the one that crashed http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007120134,00.html

why simulate

Spitfire wrote:
Xplumberlives wrote:What a shame they can't make a model aircraft engine sound like a MERLIN!

Absolutely - couldn't agree more - there have been experiments with on board sound systems to make it sort of sound 'real'

More suited to electric planes obviously - if memory serves me rightly there is a very successful large scale Beaufighter or similar with on board sound that is very close to sounding right.

It's like model battle ships on lakes - you can have a most beautiful super scale 8ft cruiser correct in every detail serenely ploughing across a lake - but a speedboat goes by and the cruiser bobs up and down in the wake like a rubber duck in a bath - most un-scale

by **Mags** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:48 am

WOW! I love these.

Has anybody been to a large model airshow?

by **Jigsaw** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:50 pm

Mags wrote:WOW! I love these.

Has anybody been to a large model airshow?

No but I did bump into Samantha Fox at Waddington :o)

by **Hihonyr8811** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:33 pm

Mags wrote:WOW! I love these.

Has anybody been to a large model airshow?

Only the ones they bring to East Kirkby, which sadly the weather has been pants for both times so only seen a limited selection

But they are rather good, but I'm still curious why at the last EK show they shoved a tin of sweet corn inside the B-17 :))

by **Xplumberlives** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:34 pm

Hihonyr8811 wrote:
Mags wrote:WOW! I love these.

Has anybody been to a large model airshow?

Only the ones they bring to East Kirkby, which sadly the weather has been pants for both times so only seen a limited selection
But they are rather good, but I'm still curious why at the last EK show they shoved a tin of sweet corn inside the B-17

To adjust the centre of gravity!

by **Hihonyr8811** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:22 pm

Well that's just a boring reason

I thought maybe they were going to use it as a bomb or something =))

by **Xplumberlives** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:43 am

Hihonyr8811 wrote:Well that's just a boring reason
I thought maybe they were going to use it as a bomb or something

I can see it now, scaled down secret yank WW2 terror weapon to be dropped from model bomber! =))

by **Dan4th** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:33 am

No, that would have been SPAM!

D.

by **Mags** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:03 pm

by **Cluny** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:15 pm

Spitfire wrote:More suited to electric planes obviously - if memory serves me rightly there is a very successful large scale Beaufighter or similar with on board sound that is very close to sounding right.

That will be this DH Hornet model