karel47

You always though rc tanks and rc planes would not go together well you are dead wrong

look at this advertisment 1/16 rc Spitfire

http://www.shamrock-maastricht.nl/in...em.php&id=6820

http://www.shamrock-maastricht.nl/images/content/b.png); color: rgb(171, 171, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 102, 13); font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">Kyosho Airium Spitfire Mk.I VE29 PIP

karel47

others will follow

karel47

Kyosho Airium Spitfire Mk.V VE29 RTF (Ready to Fly)

KP-10951RSB

Combines super-realistic scale form with nimble flight performance!
Features advanced 4-channel R/C system with rudder for full flight control.

The dream combination of high-performance flight and incredible scale detail has finally been realized. With its stunning scale finish, you could mistake this model for a desktop display. But the compact size of this “aiRium series” model is packed with advanced micro-plane technology featuring full 4-channel control that delivers stunning flight performance. The specially designed high-performance brushless motor and ESC (electronic speed controller) combine to deliver powerful output directly to the propeller, smoothly and reliably without a gear reduction unit. When powered by a 450mAh Li-Po battery, 5-minute flight times of true fighter plane performance worthy of the SPITFIRE name are achieved. The model comes as an almost fully pre-assembled Readyset and includes an advanced 2.4GHz DSSS system that automatically selects open frequencies for safe flight control. With expert design and build to realize flight performance that will be appreciated by owners over a long period of time and a detailed scale finish that will draw admiration from all, this SPITFIRE opens the door to a deeper fascination with scale aircraft flight.

3-blade propeller doesn’t just recreate the original prop for display; it produces powerful thrust for realistic fighter plane flight performance.

Features such as panel lines, machine gun and air intake are recreated down to the finest detail. Scale form combines with nimble flight performance way beyond its actual size.

ncludes ball link display stand that can be set at various angles to recreate different flight scenes.

http://www.giatrakos.gr/product_info.php?products_id=6396

Rustytrax

Karel, I get the coolness. However I am not going to stand around and battle while someone pilots a 210 gram plane close to my body or my children. If the battle area was closed in plexiglass that would solve the safety issues, but until then....

Maybe if the tanks where placed and the planes attacked and dropped markers while everyone was clear that might work. The those "hit" would be out and the battle resumed until the next wave.

karel47

yes i agree fully but for making movies on the battlefield it would be awesome ... w'll see how its develops ... am curieus though ...

ausf

I always thought it would be cool to have coodinated battles, ie. Stuka and armor or P-47s buzzing around but after spending some time with RC AC, the amount of room required for just the Ultra Micros (between 1/48 and 1/35) is roughly a football field. Anything larger will need considerable space as well as experienced pilots.

The learning curve with AC is vastly different than armor, run times are very short on electrics and wind conditions need to be ideal.

I modified a UM P-51 to use a brushless motor so it can carry some weight and after about a year and a dozen planes I've become adept enough to line up strafing runs, I bet I could set up a Mako board and emitter just like I did with the Kettenkrad rider w/Panzerschreck. It wouldn't be a battle, but trying to get a Tiger across a field before it was destroyed would be fun with lining up runs and the tank dodging.

CaptainB

Helicopters for a vietnam style battle with Walker Bulldogs would be better......................................

Ronan87

I await the first videos of those smacking into people, tanks, scaled buildings... lol

CCC2012

damn....where can i buy one?

pattoncommander

Agree 100% with Rusty..Only safe way would be to have the planes attached to a wire ...like a zip line...suspended above the battlefield. Visual and sound would be there and the direction of the line could be varried. I've seen some pretty dumb moves with RC tanks by inexperienced operators....planes could be a great hazard.

YHR

Kamikazi

Perry S.

Those are neat little planes for sure. I searched them out on youtube and they are fast and cover a lot of ground. I think it would be hard to keep them in the proximity of an IR battlefield much less have them participate in some sort of way. Maybe static props but you would be paying a lot for a static decoration. Maybe a zip line approach as described above.

Perry

Pah co chu puk

A movie of tanks driving past planes taxiing for takeoff would be very cool. 

Other than that, it seems like they would not mesh so well.    Funny that nobody makes tanks from Japan or England but the planes are from those countrys.  

That spitfire would look nice parked next to a Chirchill...    

Glen B

Especially if I was flying one

Don't ask how I know.

ksoc

I started RC with gas powered planes and gliders,
There is a reason I eventually switched to tanks....
90% of the time my day ends when I run out of battery, not when my take is in pieces

Still, these planes are great! Thanks for sharing.

herrmill

Try flying that puppy at scale speed.

Until someone comes out with an IL-2, I'd say don't get hung up on the scale & get one of the DuraFly 1100mm Stukas. Its 1:12 but would look more fitting in the field.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...FQzhQgod1A0Aaw

Tanque

Now THAT would make a real neat platform for some sort of featherweight FPV system when making an IR strafing run on a column of 1/16 tanks..

jerry

herrmill

Its already here, either IR or airsoft & pretty cheap.

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/rc-helicopter-gun.html

Of course you can always amp it up a notch. Maxtronics makes a lovely assortment of toys that, if purchased & modified, will certainly get Homeland Security's attention & you on a watch list.

http://www.maxotronic.at/de/produkte.php

karel47

they have a zero yo DAn

Martellus

That maxtronic equipment is awesome...

Would love to see a non battle tank with some of that stuff, would look great firing.

mortak

Lends credeance to the idea of "Battle Damage...." I have to agree with PattonCommander.... zip line.. Having RC airplanes in a close quarter area would be totally against the AMA charter (Academy of Model Aeronautics)... Too much chance of injury.... Even with those small coax heli's.. one gust of wind and they fly into whatever.... Really cool idea!!!!but in the wrong hands, could be ugly (though please share your youtube moments......) I suppose if you do want to simulate air/ground combat.. use a human with a programmable remote.... INCOMING!!!

karel47

you can spread the contact first battle on, an when the airstrike is announced all the people of the battlefield and then lets the birds come over for a sweep only with expierenced pilots ... would be an extra consideration for clubmembers to be there and ride on ...
its not that hard to practise at home some weeks, these little birds have stabilisator systems into it so with a little practise most people can fly with it but its not a toy remember that when somebody wants to try, its no then !!!

i found one just scale 1/16 4 channel from durafly models wings 1100mm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3xayo2l_80[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llkwCSyHPxE[/youtube]

karel47

what about this then a real B17 into scale of our tanks

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUQU37weWj8[/youtube]

karel47

de retracts van het landingsgear

Airbrushler

lt would look cool with some weathering and a few bullet holes