May 3, 2010: Big Boy, Big Toy

xoxoxoBruce · 05-03-2010, 12:00 AM

Brit, Tony Nijhuis, like a zillion other people, built himself a model airplane.
But his 1/7th model of a B-50 bomber is so big... how big is it?

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...it is classed as a light aircraft and had to be tested by the Civil Aviation Authority and requires a certificate to fly it at public shows.

It's not only capable of carrying mini-bombs, it's sneaky quiet.

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'It's a model of the Boeing B-50 bomber that was used from the 1950s to the 1970s. It's all scratch built and has a wingspan of 19ft. 'It weighs just over 100lb and is powered by four, four kilowatt electric motors and each motor has 24 batteries powering it. The propellers have a 2ft diameter.
It has 96 batteries that power four electric motors which drive the aircraft to 40mph along a 50m runway before it takes off. It can then fly for eight minutes in the air before it has to descend so the batteries can be recharged.

I wonder if having to assemble a crew, and get government permission, takes some of the spontaneity from playing with this toy?

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ZenGum · 05-03-2010, 04:09 AM

What would propel a man to build that?

SPUCK · 05-03-2010, 05:10 AM

Quite electrifying.

Spexxvet · 05-03-2010, 08:33 AM

I'm up in the air on this one.

ToastyOhs · 05-03-2010, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

What would propel a man to build that?

- Umm... Propellers? 4 of them.

In any case this is a 100 times cooler than the half a boat from the other day.

Shawnee123 · 05-03-2010, 08:49 AM

Building it spanned 2 years, a departure from the norm. I'd rudder it didn't take so long.

rditlkustoleit · 05-03-2010, 09:16 AM

All of this punning is putting my head into a tailspin.
I almost split my Buttock Line.

classicman · 05-03-2010, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

What would propel a man to build that?

The answer seems plane enough to me.

Undertoad · 05-03-2010, 09:49 AM

Clearly he just wants a little lift in his life.

jinx · 05-03-2010, 09:53 AM

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It has 96 batteries that power four electric motors which drive the aircraft to 40mph along a 50m runway before it takes off.

What? No treadmill?

squirell nutkin · 05-03-2010, 11:57 AM

Well, there goes my plan to build a scale model of Nagasaki.

monster · 05-03-2010, 12:24 PM

OK that takes care of what my 11yo son is going to be doing for the next two years....

....building a 1/7 size treadmill

Nobody tell Spirit or they might start trying to cram ua all into one of these to further reduce costs.....

Gravdigr · 05-03-2010, 03:50 PM

Built from scratch?

That means...

Wait for it.....

...he was winging it.

Elspode · 05-04-2010, 08:35 PM

24 batteries...for each motor? And each motor consumes 4k watts? WTF kind of batteries is he using so that the whole plane only weights 80#? Nuclear?

squirell nutkin · 05-04-2010, 08:45 PM

Lithium and NimH are very light

05-03-2010, 04:09 AM	#2
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Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I'm up in the air on this one. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

05-03-2010, 08:49 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Building it spanned 2 years, a departure from the norm. I'd rudder it didn't take so long. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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rditlkustoleit Violator of Customs Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 49	All of this punning is putting my head into a tailspin. I almost split my Buttock Line. __________________ If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?!

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SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Quite electrifying.

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Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Clearly he just wants a little lift in his life.

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OK that takes care of what my 11yo son is going to be doing for the next two years.... ....building a 1/7 size treadmill Nobody tell Spirit or they might start trying to cram ua all into one of these to further reduce costs..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	24 batteries...for each motor? And each motor consumes 4k watts? WTF kind of batteries is he using so that the whole plane only weights 80#? Nuclear? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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