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  1. dominicm

    Giant 2/3rd scale RC French WW1 HANRIOT HD.1 Fighter Biplane

    The Hanriot HD.1 was a French World War I single-seat fighter aircraft. Rejected for service with French squadrons in favour of the SPAD S.7. The type was supplied to the Belgian and the Italian air forces, with whom it proved highly successful. Of a total of about 1,200 examples built, 831 were...
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    Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-17 EDF jet

    The latest large scale EDF jet from Avios. Features a howling 90mm ducted fan system that pushes it along at good speed, retracting landing gear with gear separately sequenced gear doors, an air brake and LED light system. Needs a 6S5000 to 6000 pack to fly. Take off and landing were very easy...
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    Large scale Handley Page 42 Vintage 1930s Airliner

    Undoubtedly a work of flying art and a very well setup reproduction of this 1930s airliner. Worth watching the engine start sequence alone ! Flown by Joachim Damrath, this Handley Page 42 oozes style and elegance as it cruises around the sky at the Airliner Treffen Show. At 1/10th scale the Wing...
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    Giant 1:6 scale Avro Lancasters Formation Duo

    At 1:6 scale and 18 feet wingspan these are certainly giant scale RC aircraft. Each Lanc is powered by four Zenoah 38 engines. Flown by Steve and Andy at Weston Park International Model Show.
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    Vintage 1:4 scale Beech-18 scale aircraft Formation Duo

    Not just jets at Airliner Treffen. Some very nice fixed wing passenger type aircraft were displayed. Here Ralph and Wolfgang fly their scratch built Beech-18s. I don't think they had flown together before but they did an awesome display for the attending crowd ! Scale: 1:4 Wingspan: 3.6 metres...
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    Giant 1:6 scale Lockheed Super Constellation TWA 'Star of America' airliner

    Owned and built by Keith Mitchell, this model took 5 years of combined design and construction. Its initial flights were taken under the Large Model Association scheme (approved by the CAA) for model aircraft over 80KG. It underwent 12 test flights for combined flight time of more than 2 hours...
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    Boeing 777-9X Airliner suffers very bad flutter. Awesome save

    Probably the best example you will see of flutter on an aircraft. Ramy's first flight at Airliner Treffen Show nearly ends in disaster when the push rod on the rudder becomes lose and the flutter destroys the lower part of the rudder. Added to that a bad hinge on an aileron results in flutter of...
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    Largest RC Avro Vulcan & Victor Bomber turbine jets fly together

    Our annual treat at seeing Dave Johnson's huge Avro Vulcan, powered by four gas turbine engines, flown at RAF Cosford. This year flown in formation with the equally large Victor flown by his son, Andy.
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    Eurofighter Typhoon turbine jet with innovative wing tip smoke

    Probably the best demonstration I have seen of Gunter Zielke's unique and innovative electronic smoke system. This also shows off the G-force initiation of the smoke system as the pilot performs some high speed aerobatics.
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    Impressive multi-pilot prop hang ends with spectacular crash

    14 pilots put up their rides for a combined prop hang for a Show record! Even with their prop hanging skills this was no easy feat. Avoiding all the other RC aircraft was challenging and there was at least one near miss. Unfortunately there was one crash at the end. One adventurous pilot tries...
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    Eastern Lockheed L-1011 Tristar Airliner with RC Tug\Tractor

    This Lockheed L-1011 Tristar would have been perfect by itself but when his son used the RC tug/tractor to pull it out to the runway...and pull it back to the pits...
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    Giant scale twin turbine Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

    Twin turbine powered Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird scorches down the strip at Airliner Treffen. Flown to perfection by Matthias Blaß with his father Walter, the builder of this jet, assisting on the flight line.
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    Jase Dussia: Ignoring the Laws of Physics

    Seriously, this guy has zero respect for the laws of physics! Any other RC pilot understands the basic concepts of gravity and lift and turbulence etc and stays within them...but not Jase. He just ignores those limitations and puts his airframe through unreal torture...all for the appreciation...
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    3 Twin Turbine Concorde Airliners in Close Formation

    This was something you would very rarely see, if ever ! Three magnificent large scale twin turbine powered Concordes. Built to perfection, featuring smoke and nose droop...and all flown expertly in close formation.
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    Giant Boeing 777-9X Electric Ducted Fan (EDF) Airliner

    Master aeromodeller, Ramy, flies his EDF Boeing 777-9X for the big crowd at Airliner Treffen in Germany. Spectacular ! Scale: 1:20 Wingspan: 3.6 meter Fuselage: 3.8 meter Weight: 22 KG Power: 2 x 120mm EDF from Schübeler ESCs: 2 x 160 amp from Castle Creations Batteries: 12s 6200mah
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    SAB Avio KR84 Tortuga - Freaky Fast

    "IT's TORTUGA TIME !" That's what we heard as our Italian friends from SAB Avio bungee and hand launched their Tortugas into the air to give a hot demonstration of the speed of the new Tortuga from SAB Avio. TORTUGA is a Full sandwich Fiber glass / Airex Fuselage (made under vacuum). - Super...
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    SAB Avio Havok and Drake 3D thrust vectored jets

    Very unique and distinctive new RC jet aircraft designs from SAB Avio. You would think the Havok was inspired by Star Trek's Klingon Bird of Prey spaceship. Amazing aerobatic capability in the hands of the right pilots...and these guys were the right pilots. Filmed at Weston Park International...
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    Rarely modelled Gloster Javelin turbine scale jet

    I have not seen an RC Gloster Javelin flying before so it was fantastic to see Joe's new turbine powered version of this jet at the North London Model Flying Club Scale Day event. You can see the effects of the wind turbulence on this jet through its low fast passes and on final approach. Joe is...
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    Tony Nijhuis 4x50mm EDF Concorde (retracts and nose droop)

    Stunning EDF concorde from Tony Nijhuis Designs. Features 4x50mm EDFs running on a 4S5000 pack, retractable landing gear and nose droop. I suspect kits will be available here in the not too distant future... https://bit.ly/2EyERIq ...but he did share that these are the fan/motors he is...
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    Giant P-51 Mustang destroyed on take off

    A very expensive electric conversion destroyed within seconds of take off. Even the most experienced pilots make small mistakes which can have disastrous consequences.
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