Does this look familiar?

[C J Campbell]

The RC model B-52 that was the subject of a popular video circulating around
the Internet recently has crashed. :-( It looks like the pilot stalled it in
a steep turn, rather like the terrible crash at Fairchild. A real shame;
someone had put a lot of work into this airplane.

http://www.teambanana.co.uk/b52crash2.wmv

--
Christopher J. Campbell
World Famous Flight Instructor
Port Orchard, WA


If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals.

[Jay Honeck]

> The RC model B-52 that was the subject of a popular video circulating
around
> the Internet recently has crashed. <snip> A real shame;
> someone had put a lot of work into this airplane.

A shame, indeed. At $3K per engine -- times EIGHT -- that's a really,
REALLY bad day at the R/C field.

(Shoot, I felt awful when I crashed my little $200 plane -- I can't imagine
what that guy must feel like...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Peter MacPherson]

Can they get insurance on these RC models?

Pete

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:W0v%c.130238$9d6.44149@attbi_s54...
>> The RC model B-52 that was the subject of a popular video circulating
> around
>> the Internet recently has crashed. <snip> A real shame;
>> someone had put a lot of work into this airplane.
>
> A shame, indeed. At $3K per engine -- times EIGHT -- that's a really,
> REALLY bad day at the R/C field.
>
> (Shoot, I felt awful when I crashed my little $200 plane -- I can't
> imagine
> what that guy must feel like...)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Nathan Young]

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:44:23 -0700, "C J Campbell"
> wrote:

>The RC model B-52 that was the subject of a popular video circulating around
>the Internet recently has crashed. :-( It looks like the pilot stalled it in
>a steep turn, rather like the terrible crash at Fairchild. A real shame;
>someone had put a lot of work into this airplane.
>
>http://www.teambanana.co.uk/b52crash2.wmv

That's terrible. It was definitely a cool model.

From mic on the video camera, it sounded like it was a windy day.
Without an ASI to refer to, the 'pilot' can really only rely on
pitch/power and a guestimate of airspeed (from the groundspee) to keep
the thing flying.

I had an RC model plane when I was younger. Flew it about 10 times
with another pilot doing most the takeoffs and landings. I put the
thing into storage, and then got it back out after I got my pilots
license. Managed to get the engine running again, and made sure the
controls worked. I figured if I could fly a real plane, I could fly
an RC one, so I made a trip to my families farm for a test flight...

Let me tell you - PP-ASEL skills don't translate to RC skills :)

I could not keep the plane straight & level, and eventually ended up
stalling it into the corn field. I walked corn rows for about 10 hrs
and never found the plane. Fortunately, our tenant farmer managed to
find it before the combine chopped it up. I still have it in storage,
and plan on rebuilding it and giving it another go (with supervision)
someday.

-Nathan

[Jay Honeck]

> I could not keep the plane straight & level, and eventually ended up
> stalling it into the corn field.

I feel your pain.

I crashed my R/C plane repeatedly, and darned near severed a finger in the
prop.

After that little incident, I "retired" my plane to static display, put the
R/C gear into a car, and have since opted to do safer things -- like
motorcycling and flying big planes.

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[jawilljr]

"Peter MacPherson" > wrote in message =
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> Can they get insurance on these RC models?
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> Pete
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> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message=20
> news:W0v%c.130238$9d6.44149@attbi_s54...
> >> The RC model B-52 that was the subject of a popular video =
circulating
> > around
> >> the Internet recently has crashed. <snip> A real shame;
> >> someone had put a lot of work into this airplane.
> >
> > A shame, indeed. At $3K per engine -- times EIGHT -- that's a =
really,
> > REALLY bad day at the R/C field.
> >
> > (Shoot, I felt awful when I crashed my little $200 plane -- I can't=20
> > imagine
> > what that guy must feel like...)
> > --=20
> > Jay Honeck
> > Iowa City, IA
> > Pathfinder N56993
> > www.AlexisParkInn.com
> > "Your Aviation Destination"
> >
> >=20
>=20
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Anybody who flies R/C models should join the AMA (Academy of Model =
Aeronautics). They have $2.5 million liability coverage. It is only =
about $58 a year... well worth it. I do not know if there is insurance =
on the model itself.

http://www.modelaircraft.org

http://www.modelaircraft.org/templates/ama/PDF-files/103.pdf

Jerry

[David Wright]

> The RC model B-52 that was the subject of a popular video circulating
around
> the Internet recently has crashed. :-( It looks like the pilot stalled it
in
> a steep turn, rather like the terrible crash at Fairchild. A real shame;
> someone had put a lot of work into this airplane.

That is a shame. I saw this fly at Duxford in the UK back in April (I think)
and it was a real monster of a plane - great to watch.

D.

[Dean Wilkinson]

CJ, how dare you post a link to a crash video solely for the purpose
of providing voyeuristic entertainment! How insensitive of you!
Think of all the RC pilots that will be incensed by this...

I'm surprised that Dudley hasn't posted yet and given you a real
tongue lashing!

Dean

"C J Campbell" > wrote in message >...
> The RC model B-52 that was the subject of a popular video circulating around
> the Internet recently has crashed. :-( It looks like the pilot stalled it in
> a steep turn, rather like the terrible crash at Fairchild. A real shame;
> someone had put a lot of work into this airplane.
>
> http://www.teambanana.co.uk/b52crash2.wmv

[Jay Honeck]

> I'm surprised that Dudley hasn't posted yet and given you a real
> tongue lashing!

You're baaaaaad....

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Dean Wilkinson]

I know... couldn't resist temptation. :)

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message news:<fBP%c.135650$9d6.32919@attbi_s54>...
> > I'm surprised that Dudley hasn't posted yet and given you a real
> > tongue lashing!
>
> You're baaaaaad....
>
> ;-)

[Dan Luke]

"jawilljr" wrote:

> Anybody who flies R/C models should join the AMA (Academy of Model
> Aeronautics). They have $2.5 million liability coverage. It is only
about
> $58 a year... well worth it.

That aircraft was over the weight limit for AMA coverage.

> I do not know if there is insurance on the model itself.

Not available from AMA.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

[Dan Luke]

I flew RC for 15 years and that's the first RC crash I've ever seen - or
even heard of - that resulted in a fire.

[Maule Driver]

I flew them for a long time too. I've seen the results of a fire after a
crash but I'll bet the fire itself was so small it was practically
invisible.

The crash looked like the classic and much misunderstood "downwind turn".
I'd guess the pilot pulled the turn tight enough to look like a normal turn
on a light wind day to a ground based pilot. With the higher wind, pulling
hard enough to get the same look from a ground reference stalled it. Damn
shame.

Sort of analagous to a full scale pilot in the cockpit being tricked by
ground movement in a low altitude turn in high winds -- but there are so
many other cues when in the cockpit
"Dan Luke" > wrote in message
...
> I flew RC for 15 years and that's the first RC crash I've ever seen - or
> even heard of - that resulted in a fire.
>
>

[Dan Luke]

"Maule Driver" wrote:
> The crash looked like the classic and much misunderstood "downwind
> turn".
> I'd guess the pilot pulled the turn tight enough to look like a normal
> turn
> on a light wind day to a ground based pilot. With the higher wind,
> pulling
> hard enough to get the same look from a ground reference stalled it.
> Damn
> shame.

That's what it looked like to me, too.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[Dean Wilkinson]

I have seen an even more impressive RC crash video than the B52...

It was a pulse-jet powered model built by someone in the Boeing RC
club. They video taped several flights of the thing, and it screamed
around the sky at one speed with no throttle... 150mph?

In any case, on the third flight in the video, it took off and went
vertical, lost its empenage, and dove straight back down into the
asphalt. The resulting explosion sent an orange fireball into the air
that turned into a black mushroom cloud (it ran on gasoline). It was
too cool for words.

Dean


"Dan Luke" > wrote in message >...
> I flew RC for 15 years and that's the first RC crash I've ever seen - or
> even heard of - that resulted in a fire.