Dave flying his Hughes H-1 Racer

This is a video of a Howard Hughes H-1 Racer electric powered R/C scale model, masterfully built by Martin Robinson, and expertly flown by David Stubbs. Martin scratch-built the model in 2005 from Bob Holman plans. Construction is mostly wood with fiberglass cowl and 3-mil aluminum film covering the fuse. The model has a 60.5 inch wingspan, weighs 8 lbs with a wing loading of ~25 oz/sq ft. Dave gets about 4:30 minutes of flight time using an APC 14x7 e-prop with a 5S 5000mAh lipo battery (note, the end of video references 6S battery but in fact cell count was 5S not 6S). Dave made some impressive speed passes then ended flight with a greaser landing, absolutely butter smooth.

[@timington87]

Love it when you tube does it's job recommends low small view video uploaded but folks that are having fun doing what the love !! Keep up the good work folks that up load it !

[@28th_St_Air]

That was one hot landing. Well done.

[@navar45000]

Sweet plane!

[@davestubbs2124]

Thanks, Mehrdad. I'm blushing... everywhere.

[@Planekrazy1]

Great flying and landing David.

[@kirkglundal4289]

Sweet!