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Old 09-10-2007, 10:06 PM
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Default Re: R/C B-29 & X15 Model Flyers

Awesome. Steve....thanks. I was stationed at Wright-Patterson from 1974-1976. Lived in Page Manor base housing right on Col. Glenn Hwy. directly across from the Air Force Museum and the old runway. Every year they had a huge....huge r/c show and national get-together. There were some fantastic old warbirds and some great flying (esp. pattern plane aerobatics) but I saw none there as large as the B-29 in your video. I once saw a flight of a large scale r/c model F-86 with a jet engine when model jet engines were first being introduced....awesome sound....speed is incredible and it requires a nibble and gentle hand on the controls I would imagine. The guy flying the 29 was extremely skillful (great low level inverted pass). I wonder how difficult it is maintain level trim on that beast. Thanks again.
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