Ali Machincy flys The Worlds Largest RC ME-163 Komet

The Legendary RC pilot Ali Machincy flew The World's Largest RC ME-163 Komet at the Minnesota Jets event on June 14th and 15th, 2024.
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Infinity RC designed and built it for him. Ahmed Elbassal, Scott Russel, and Yan with Infinity RC. I had the opportunity to Paint the 45% model in the German captured RAF scheme. Stay tuned for the paint videos!!!
The Model Specs
-Wingspan 163"
-Weight 72lbs Dry without skid retract, 82lbs with
-Powered by Kingtech k260 G5 Turbine
-Spektrum iX20 /Synapse Receiver/Spektrum servos

[@aaronjames2156]

Love the jet….. very nice flying Cameraman…… dude…. Make an effort.

[@jimjasper9851]

Incredible aircraft and incredible flying, incredibly irritating and annoying camera work, pity, it took a great experience to just ok.

[@medscott2]

Camera man is terrible 😞

[@O-RoD]

I think the plane goes out of frame because for whatever reason they decided to crop the video to a square instead of leaving it wide-screen

[@briansilcox5720]

Why do people shoot any subject with cellphones turned vertical?

[@Mikeylikesit1968]

​@briansilcox5720 they have what's called vertical syndrome

[@johne9562]

Great plane..crap music spoiled the vid though :(

[@MatterFlight]

Excellent video of a great subject and perfect flying, but the music ruined it for me.

[@mtkoslowski]

Music not so good.

[@tonywright8294]

It’s totally crap

[@johngage9791]

Great flyer, great pilot. Now I want to see a full size reproduction that utilizes a modern turbine instead of a rocket. Great model. Loved the takeoff dolly and the dead stick landing.

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

Paint German signs on it!

[@FarmerFpv]

If only the cameraman had the same skills as the pilot. It would have been perfect. Incredible jet and pilot. Cameraman, not so much. lol

[@nuchbutter]

also This. Because Four-Point-Roll. Followed by double-aileron roll on axis. I am not worthy.

[@warbirdachim]

Nice model, but the paintwork!🙁 Really!?

[@EDCandLace]

If it would have had legit markings on it people would be pissed... hes damned if he does and damned if he don't. How bout just let him be happy with his model???? Would that be to much to ask????

[@samstewart4807]

HI,Is anyone making a RC kit of the horton 229?

[@flyingwing1]

Super impressive, congratulations.

[@FroggyFrog9000]

just jump in it and fly it. 🤣

[@billkunert7281]

Beautiful flying air craft and a skilled pilot. Very impressive.

[@798jamesb]

Wow the way she rolls super axial and Ali's flying super smooth and accurate amazing

[@tomgeorgsderholm4554]

German plane..German markins

[@MsPokey1234]

WOW!

[@redguard2946]

Beautiful - such a rare bird, and what a great choice of livery!!! Out of curiosity, how does it, or would it, handle with the turbine off? Decent glide ratio, or slightly better than a brick?

[@ArcherRC]

@@redguard2946 Ali actually turn the engine off on many of the flights and glided it in with acrobatics along the way. I know the musics going but on a few landings you can hear there’s no engine running. So to answer your question it flys like glider or to quote Ali “it fly like a big ZAGI” ! If you’ve been in the hobby you know what that is!!!

[@anonymus6810]

Oh man , really...vf241..

[@aeropixx]

Wow! Super smooth flight!

[@nuchbutter]

and then inverted knife-edge pirouette straight into an 8-pt roll. Because Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.

[@louisvanrijn3964]

What an increadible skilled pilot! A precision landing in front of him, using no engine.... many private pilots can not do that, such an exercise without engine.

[@bentleyblower]

Not the prettiest aircraft ever designed, but superbly flown.

[@ggimlick]

Beautiful flight Ali! What a way to show off a gorgeous jet, pure beauty in flight.

[@remicallant8756]

Very nice airplane, TOP pilot as always, greetings from Remi, Belgium

[@jamestullett6215]

It is an amazing flyer, shown off beautifully by the pilot. I surmise that this model uses a turbo jet - I could spot apertures let in around the nose for its air intake. I liked the "under new management" finish - presumably from a captured example that passed through RAF hands. The yellow underside (used for "prototypes" in the 40s) looks particularly good against a blue sky. Kudos to pilot & constructor(s)!

[@EDCandLace]

You can hear the turbine, clearly it's turbine powered. Without going turbo jet it would have to be powered by a large solid rocket motor and that wouldn't work well.

[@claysmoker1]

Dr. Lippisch would have been impressed!

[@flycatchful]

Plane and pilot become one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nuchbutter]

This. Because Masterpiece.

[@bagoistvan3182]

4:41.,..👍😁😁😁🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺😁😁😁👍

[@andywilliams8636]

Magnificent.

[@michaelhannah5376]

With RAF markings?

[@iancurtis1152]

Yes, for flight evaluations at RAF Farnborough. Note the yellow P (Prototype)in circle rear fuselage.

[@peterjensen3162]

Sweet ❤

[@kirkhall5309]

What a thing of beauty. Great job Infinity RC. I can’t wait to see these at your local flying club.

[@tonywright8294]

What a thing of beauty ! Dose your guide dog like it ?

[@Franky46Boy]

If it is not a rocket engine, where are the air intakes for the jet turbine?

[@Mikeylikesit1968]

Look closely at the front of plane

[@Franky46Boy]

@@Mikeylikesit1968 I've seen them, but they do not look very 'open' to me.

[@derrickgreen9020]

Interesting insignia

[@davewilshere]

It was the captured 163 Winkle Brown was said to have flown.

[@mikedunn7795]

@@davewilshere The German ground crew tried to talk him out of taking it up. Said it was too dangerous.