thailazer

Not long, but well done...

[link]http://player.vimeo.com/video/48642618[/link]

Fly RC II

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Pretty awesome if I say so myself!

Edwin

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Oh yeah, love it. Did anybody else catch the CL-215's episodes on Ice Pilots that were sold to the Greek government? One of their pilots did a runway landing wheels up, then took off.
Note to self, if it takes full power to taxi, check for gear down.

Edwin

STUKA BARRY

That would make an awesome 1/3 scale.....

swify

The planes were sold to the Turkish government, but Turkey is pretty close to Greece.

Edwin

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Naturally I'd be off a country or two.
I really like the looks and performance of the 215 and would like to make it a future project, (behind the 20 others).
Edwin

abelard

Depends on what you call "close". They're adjacent, but they've gone to war with each other four times since Greece became an independent country in 1821. And that's just the shooting wars...

abelard

Interesting airplane, the CL-215, and unusual in two ways: (1) It's the first airplane ever designed from scratch to be a water bomber, and (2) It was designed around an engine that went out of production two years before the airplane went on the market.

The original version used the P&W R-2800 to take advantage of the loads of brand-new R-2800s available on the war surplus market. The engine mounts were designed to be easily convertible to turboprops when the R-2800s ran out, and many operators have made the conversion. When Canadair was ready to shift to turbo production, it also upgraded the airframe to the CL-415 version that holds more water and has better flight controls.

swify

I've been to both countries, aware of the proximity to one another.

kevinocarro

Note to self, if it takes full power to taxi, check for gear down.