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Title: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: mtnman on August 24, 2011, 10:26:58 PM: My son and I dropped into the last afternoon of the Midwest Warbirds RC Fly-in this weekend, and I thought I'd share some of the pictures he took. Not too bad for a 12 yr old with mom's camera!

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/wildcat.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/Wildcat7.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/wildcat3.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/wildcat6.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/SE5.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/birdpicnicandrcairplanes243.jpg)
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: mtnman on August 24, 2011, 10:28:37 PM: (http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/P51109.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/Kate.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/F16.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/B171.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/B17.jpg)
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: mtnman on August 24, 2011, 10:29:16 PM: (http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/1906.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/190.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/1905.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/GBomber.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/A6M.jpg)
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: mtnman on August 24, 2011, 10:32:11 PM: (http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/airliner1.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/airliner3.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/Dauntless6.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/Dauntless.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/Mower.jpg)
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: mtnman on August 24, 2011, 10:33:11 PM: (http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/Jug4.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/Jug3.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/Jug2.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/Jug.jpg)
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: clerick on August 24, 2011, 10:43:37 PM: I heard that there was a P38 there... until it inexplicably fell apart and went flaming into the ground, scattering an unknown frozen mixture everywhere :bolt:
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: skorpion on August 24, 2011, 11:24:39 PM: :rofl @ the flying lawn mower!

the p47 was the sexies one there! :cool:
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: mtnman on August 25, 2011, 06:03:00 AM: Quote from: skorpion on August 24, 2011, 11:24:39 PM
:rofl @ the flying lawn mower!

the p47 was the sexies one there! :cool:

I was most impressed with the P47 and the F4F. They looked and flew very realistically. The 190 and B17 were right up there too, though. I'm really not interested in F4F's, 190's, or P47's, so that's saying a lot...

I didn't get to see the B17 fly. We were there just for the last afternoon, so many people had already cleared out with their planes.

The F16 looked pretty good, and there were several other of those noisy hair-dryer jobbies. They rank about a 1/10 out of 10 on my interest-scale, but my son liked them... They kept coming over the loudspeaker telling us they (jets) were flying in the 170-180mph range, and the part that impressed me there was thinking "That's not too bad, but I do have a little bird at home that can do 100mph faster than that, and my bird can pull far more G's and outmaneuver the snot out of that jet!"
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: B-17 on August 25, 2011, 07:23:07 AM: :rofl Look closely at the Lockheed Model 247 in the first pic... something is amiss there....I don't think it was supposed to be! :lol

Very nice pic... The B-17 made me drool :x
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: oakranger on August 25, 2011, 09:49:37 AM: Quote from: B-17 on August 25, 2011, 07:23:07 AM
:rofl Look closely at the Lockheed Model 247 in the first pic... something is amiss there....I don't think it was supposed to be! :lol

Very nice pic... The B-17 made me drool :x

I saw that too.
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: Rich52 on August 25, 2011, 10:27:53 AM: That is about the coolest hobby Ive ever seen. Used to live near a dedicated field where I used to sit for hours with my dog and watch them fly. I couldnt pick a favorite from the pics but the Jug does look great as does the B-17.
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: Becinhu on August 25, 2011, 10:38:07 AM: Quote from: B-17 on August 25, 2011, 07:23:07 AM
:rofl Look closely at the Lockheed Model 247 in the first pic... something is amiss there....I don't think it was supposed to be! :lol

Very nice pic... The B-17 made me drool :x

hmm...2 engines...maybe they let Dan fly it...or taxi it. :noid
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: skorpion on August 25, 2011, 02:07:13 PM: Quote from: mtnman on August 25, 2011, 06:03:00 AM
I was most impressed with the P47 and the F4F. They looked and flew very realistically. The 190 and B17 were right up there too, though. I'm really not interested in F4F's, 190's, or P47's, so that's saying a lot...

I didn't get to see the B17 fly. We were there just for the last afternoon, so many people had already cleared out with their planes.

The F16 looked pretty good, and there were several other of those noisy hair-dryer jobbies. They rank about a 1/10 out of 10 on my interest-scale, but my son liked them... They kept coming over the loudspeaker telling us they (jets) were flying in the 170-180mph range, and the part that impressed me there was thinking "That's not too bad, but I do have a little bird at home that can do 100mph faster than that, and my bird can pull far more G's and outmaneuver the snot out of that jet!"
f16's are always loud no matter where you are :lol and 170-180 is pretty darn fast for a R/C plane!
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: Shuffler on August 25, 2011, 02:41:42 PM: There is a RC field right across from our shop here in Deer Park Texas.
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: flight17 on August 25, 2011, 03:52:17 PM: Quote from: B-17 on August 25, 2011, 07:23:07 AM
:rofl Look closely at the Lockheed Model 247 in the first pic... something is amiss there....I don't think it was supposed to be! :lol
Maybe because there is no such thing as a Lockheed 247? there is a Boeing 247 and a Lockheed electra 10, but it appears to be neither. In reality it is a Beechcraft 18, but since its military, that would make it a C-45.

Im about 99.9% on that :)

Thats exactly how the Beech 18 wings come off and if you compare the windows you can see the upper cockpit window modeled in, which the electra doesnt have

It looks great though none the less. Im really liking that Lockheed L-188 Electra II. Thats the first RC of it i have ever seen. Would be really great if they can find four bladed props for it
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: TUK on August 25, 2011, 04:54:19 PM: Very nice, thanks for sharing. :aok. I plan on attending and flying in my first rc meet next month.
Gonna take my scale Cirrus Turbo and my F16 ducted fan. .Wish me luck. :salute
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/5971272080_9ac512b13f_b.jpg)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6080544453_6dd17a2621_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: mtnman on August 25, 2011, 05:09:40 PM: Looks good TUK!

These ones didn't load properly last night, but I still wanted to post them. That Electra II was pretty decent-sized.

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/airliner2.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/Mtnman_03/1904.jpg)
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: TUK on August 25, 2011, 05:18:44 PM: Those guys have thousands and thousands of $'s in those birds. The are very scale and BIG!. My favorite is The Japanese Kate or B5n. Very nice.. :salute
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: mtnman on August 25, 2011, 05:22:29 PM: Quote from: skorpion on August 25, 2011, 02:07:13 PM
... and 170-180 is pretty darn fast for a R/C plane!

Yup, it is.

I had a slope glider that I flew while I went to school in Montana that was probably flying around that speed at times. I didn't know what dynamic soaring was at the time, but that's basically what we were doing.
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: mtnman on August 25, 2011, 05:27:41 PM: Quote from: TUK on August 25, 2011, 05:18:44 PM
Those guys have thousands and thousands of $'s in those birds. The are very scale and BIG!. My favorite is The Japanese Kate or B5n. Very nice.. :salute

They said they had a mid-air between two jets last year. $20k worth of airplane(s) fit into one garbage bag.

They had a beautiful corsair in a trailer, that was wrecked and only fit for parts-salvage.
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: B-17 on August 27, 2011, 09:32:33 PM: Quote from: flight17 on August 25, 2011, 03:52:17 PM
Maybe because there is no such thing as a Lockheed 247? there is a Boeing 247 and a Lockheed electra 10, but it appears to be neither. In reality it is a Beechcraft 18, but since its military, that would make it a C-45.

Dammit! I got the names mixed up. Oh well. Thanks for correcting me :)
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: colmbo on August 27, 2011, 10:36:51 PM: Quote from: B-17 on August 25, 2011, 07:23:07 AM
:rofl Look closely at the Lockheed Model 247 in the first pic... something is amiss there....I don't think it was supposed to be! :lol

Are you referring to the Beech 18 with the missing wing?
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: flight17 on August 28, 2011, 05:54:31 PM: Quote from: colmbo on August 27, 2011, 10:36:51 PM
Are you referring to the Beech 18 with the missing wing?
already covered that... ;) :D
Title: Re: Midwest Warbirds
Post by: B-17 on August 29, 2011, 08:41:50 AM: :rofl Thanks though, Colmbo.