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Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 5:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thought a few of you may be interested in some information and images of the large C-17 Globemaster I built for the U.K. T.V series Supermodels. The model has now had three very successful flights and we are due to fly again this weekend.

Scale is 1/9th, with a total wingspan of over 21 foot. Weight fuelled is around 240 lbs, and it is powered by four Jetcat 120 turbines.

We have opening cargo doors, and have dropped a Land Rover model on pallet on the second flight.

Equipment includes 5 Futaba PCM receivers, 20 servos, 16 battery packs, on-board air compressor, etc, etc.

I hope the images appear, as this is the first post I have made on R/C Universe.

Colin Straus

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 6:05 PM   
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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 6:05 PM   
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What an awesome job, well done. Just goes to show you that a little thought goes a long way. How did she handle? A true labor of love congratulations.

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 6:17 PM   
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That is a very nice looking model.
Great job.

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 6:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		Something smells fishy with this post. Was that really your model??? I recall seeing the here build up of this model. I will double check.

IS IT THE SAME ONE?????

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_1267845/anchors_1849952/mpage_3/key_/anchor/tm.htm#1849952

http://homepage.eircom.net/~skycam/c17construction-1.htm


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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 6:30 PM   
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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 6:48 PM   
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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 7:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		As one who spent many hours working on those beast and wishing I had the talent to pull this off I am glad to hear all went well and she looks awsome!!

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 8:09 PM   
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I feel totally ripped off that we cannot see these kind of great projects in the US. At least not at any qualified gatherings anyway. Just how awesome it would be to see this accompanied by a few Avons 1:9 F-15s at a jet event near us

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 8:38 PM   
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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 9:08 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Turbulence

Something smells fishy with this post. Was that really your model??? I recall seeing the here build up of this model. I will double check.

IS IT THE SAME ONE?????

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_1267845/anchors_1849952/mpage_3/key_/anchor/tm.htm#1849952

http://homepage.eircom.net/~skycam/c17construction-1.htm


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no that is DAVEs one, not Colins!!!

Colin, its about time you joined RCU!,
come whats happening with this plane!,
all the doors, cameras, etc, and i havent seen it once!!!!
comeon, get on with the airshows!!!!!!!!!

Let me know Cosford, any LMA meets!.

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 9:48 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ColinS

Thought a few of you may be interested in some information and images of the large C-17 Globemaster I built for the U.K. T.V series Supermodels.


Has your episode aired yet ?

If not, any idea when & what station (so that I can maybe get my folks to record it for me) ?

If it has aired already, any idea whether we can order copies of the episode, or get a dub made somewhere ? (I have an all-region VCR to watch British stuff on, so no problems with the format)

Thanks,
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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 10:16 PM   
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Awesome! I bet that thing has a very high landing speed at 240lbs! Video please

Not if it's anything like the full scale one. At Oshkosh it joined the pattern with the Cessnas and took about as much room to land. Just about every other jet there used the straight in approach. Looks like the model has scale flaps. I'll bet it can fly slower than the pilot has nerve to.

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 10:30 PM   
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My apologies to Colin


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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/27/2004 11:02 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ColinS

Thought a few of you may be interested in some information and images of the large C-17 Globemaster I built for the U.K. T.V series Supermodels.


Has your episode aired yet ?

If not, any idea when & what station (so that I can maybe get my folks to record it for me) ?

If it has aired already, any idea whether we can order copies of the episode, or get a dub made somewhere ? (I have an all-region VCR to watch British stuff on, so no problems with the format)

Thanks,
Gordon


it has already played and finished!,
maybe there will be a week where we can catch up ( a replay of each episode)
id love to record it.

Colin Try and get H+L to reply it

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/28/2004 3:03 AM   
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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/28/2004 5:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		What a beast, great job on the plane. If anyone has a video please let us know, I too would love to see it.

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/28/2004 6:00 AM   
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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/28/2004 6:02 AM   
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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/28/2004 7:04 AM   
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is there a Camera mounted at the top of the stabilizer?
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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/28/2004 7:10 AM   
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Yeah, buy it Sung. Then come and pick me up in it!

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/28/2004 12:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Colin,

I avidly watched the building of the aircraft and the first flight and landing including the run off at the end!!!

Did the presenter really have a tear in his eye as it flew round, it seemed so on the program!!

A fabulous project, most interesting to see unfold and how many different aspects go to make such a fantastic flying machine.

I was really interested in the parachute dropping technology, did it all work as planned, and will you be able to market that for others!!!

Also, can I borrow the guy who did the painting, he made spraying and preparation look so easy........

Will you be flying at some of the LMA events like the one in July at Cosford UK?

All the best, and when is anyone going to build a twin engined Tornado GR1 with all the working bits????

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/28/2004 5:49 PM   
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Thank you for all the kind comments about the model, we have been very pleased with the reactions of those few people that have seen the model when we have been test flying.

To answer a few of the questions;

This model is not that built by Davie Matthews, it is a completely separate model designed by myself and built by me and the other three guys in one of the pictures, it was built for the Supermodels T.V. series in the U.K.

We have full scale flaps and with these down at the 40.5 degrees landing position the model slows dramatically. We have installed the Jetcat Data-Link system and have recorded flight speeds from a high of just over 90 MPH in full power level flight down to a low of around 50 MPH clean with no flap. We have not yet checked the flight speed with flaps deployed.

We have smoke systems fitted on the two inboard turbines and can air drop a scale Land Rover vehicle on a pallet under a parachute.

We have also got two radio control free fall parachutists we will be dropping at shows.

During the last flying session we also installed four cameras onto the aircraft for in flight filming, one being visible at the top of the fin. the film from these cameras was quite amazing!

I understand the 15 part television series is available on video and DVD, the website to look for is www.trainspotting.tv

Please be aware that only around 30% of each programme is on the C-17, the rest concentrates on other unusual models, ranging from steam engines to submarines, etc, etc. The last programme of the 15 includes film of the first test flight.

It is likely that there will be a further programme out later this year which will show the later flights, along with the Land Rover drop and on-board film.

As soon as we have completed the test flying programme required by the U.K. CAA we intend to fly the model at model shows around the U.K. and Europe.

Colin Straus

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 5/28/2004 6:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		WOW Very good work. It would be something else to see both this plane and the 8 Turbine B-52 at the same show. I wish we had some projects like this in the US. Way to go guys!

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RE: Giant Globemaster!! - 7/10/2004 11:57 AM   
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They are both going to be at LMA Cosford tomorrow and I'm going.
http://www.largemodelassociation.com/cosford04.htm

Will post pics if any good. (Weather isn't looking too good so far!!)

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