PRE-SHOW TEST FLIGHT ! GIANT B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber

[@garyk8558]

The B-17 was an amazing plane. My dad flew 35 missions to Germany and back machine gunner and radio operator. He was a member of the lucky bastards club. That is one beautiful model rest in peace dad I miss you.

[@roadking99jokerst60]

My own Father was also inducted into the Lucky Bastards club.Ball turret. He was in the 487bg. 839 bs. Sheldon crew. Near Lavenham

[@garyk8558]

@@roadking99jokerst60 God Bless Your Dad and his service to our country he was from The Great Gereration like my dad

[@jackquillman7680]

Mine did 33 missions -went through several planes. With the 303 RD and maybe with 305th .Seldom talked about it. Found some odd metal in our garage -I'm about 12, and asked dad what was this ? " Flack" . Took many years to understand and still don't know the full hell he went through .

[@nuchbutter]

Wow! That was a gutsy flight in gusty conditions. Well done, sir.

[@stevekilbon8395]

Thank you

[@dragonmeddler2152]

Proof a superior design will fly best. Boeing's nearly perfect bomber often made it home when lesser aircraft couldn't. What a beautiful flight! At scale, the gusty winds were near hurricane strength to the model.

[@rogerdixon3700]

Wonderful airman ship, a kiss my hand hand landing in challenging conditions AND no bloody music!!!!!!!

[@stevekilbon8395]

Thank you

[@LICobra]

Outstanding flight and landing in strong winds.

[@klassyedward9718]

What a beauty of a model B-17!

[@chuckcawthon3370]

Excellent model and flight demonstration. He is one with his machine. Well Done Sir.

[@stevesmolik24]

I love these XXL planes. They look so real. Beautiful plane, and thank you for sharing your videos.

[@robertnolan8240]

9 o 9...made me choke up at first... Beautiful lads

[@techlinker]

Great tribute to the 909 and the seven soles lost on October 2, 2019.

[@ChannelGarrett]

Souls is the number of living humans on board. I had to look it up just now.

[@wayneandrus240]

Absolutely fantastic. great aero modeling and great flying too!

[@meanstreetsuk]

Legend has it, this Bird was picked up on Heathrow airport radar.... Clear for landing, pilot with the red hair. 😃👍

[@stevekilbon8395]

lol

[@dw.7655]

Beautiful, excellent, that was great to watch even with the strong winds. Congratulations on a fine flight. May you have many more as you fly that beautiful B-17. From the USA

[@manueltubens535]

Excellent flight. Great landing considering the weather condition.

[@noelmccormack1862]

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen. Apart from that dude who build a miniature one that he can sit in and fly himself.

[@stevekilbon8395]

@@noelmccormack1862 thanks Noel

[@stevereid8486]

Well done guys, brilliant work!

[@marvinBrown-y4f]

Man I know how tough it is landing in high winds,nice job with that big ole 17!!!

[@DadsRCHangar]

Wow what an epic Bird, even with four engine, you could see the wind fighting her all the way, great pilot. Great footage Dom 👍🏻

[@leonardkrauss8257]

Beautiful landing in that much wind! Well performed!

[@orcaloca5733]

IT'S AWESOME. THANKS "RED BARON"

[@stevekilbon8395]

Lol you’re welcome

[@rolacook222]

WOW?! What a GREAT LANDING in the wind!!!!👍🏻

[@EssentialRC]

Yes indeed!

[@disseminationnetwork]

Wow! Great pilot and plane!

[@EssentialRC]

Indeed!

[@jamesschmehl5972]

That landing was well done. KUDOS!!!

[@stevekilbon8395]

Thank you

[@graemejohnson4388]

Gusty!! I reckon it was gutsy to take that beautiful model up in that wind. 👏👏👏.

[@terrygrotefeld4814]

Superb, congratulations to the film maker and to the builder of the B17,the views of the B17 against those lovely clouds were just like the real thing. Having followed the progress of "our B17 Sally B" I since she first flew all those years ago the model looked so real and what a super landing ,well done.

[@stevekilbon8395]

I’ve got some great photos of her parked next to sally b at duxford.

[@jeffreyknight3884]

Nicely done, it looks so realistic. Thank you for showing us your nice B 17.

[@EssentialRC]

My pleasure

[@frederickgrassie3383]

I don’t fly but if I did I’d never fly that much money in that kind of wind! Great flying video!😊

[@lordofglencoeandlochaberkl4804]

Danke!

[@EssentialRC]

Bitte sehr!

[@rondypollard8845]

Hey! That was a great! Video I enjoyed every minute of it and I'm sure you enjoy it everytime you fly it fly free and enjoy every minute of it.

[@stevekilbon8395]

Thank you

[@fandangofandango2022]

Lots of Love Here.

[@AndrewJarvis-hn7cc]

Mastery of the air- in miniature!

[@ChrisStrasbourg-p8r]

Nicely flown! Dude is a stud RC pilot!

[@stevekilbon8395]

Haha cheers 😂

[@RB-xj5zv]

Excellent job

[@rolfagten857]

Usethem in the wideshots for "Mastersof the Air"

[@dennispatrick4999]

Flying Art. How fantastic.

[@jimwhitsett4736]

Great job!!

[@billweston6579]

Beautiful aircraft piloted by a very skilled man.

[@Larry-jv6he]

awsome.what a beauty.

[@andrewchristian1052]

Beautiful

[@00fluxone]

fpv ball turret for a ride along would be sweet

[@Azzty45]

Perfect ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@earllsimmins9373]

The farm across my flying field had a wind indicator. If the roof got blown off the the chicken coop fly with caution if it flew off the barn come back tomorrow.

[@resitupfer7950]

Very strong wind.

[@enriquecancino7519]

Fantastic flight in very difficult circumstances! Bravo!!!

[@billuricoli5267]

So freaking cool sounds just like the real thing

[@DanielMigneault]

An ace!

[@Nel33147]

Beautiful landing !

[@Wyatt-x2z]

Well that was a true test of the planes capability and the pilots. Nice flight.

[@JimMcDonald-k2h]

All I can say is, WOW, WOW!!

[@smokeyray5017]

We had a real one come to our airport here in Burlington NC. The 909 I believe. It looks so huge from the outside but once you got in it there wasn't any wasted space. You could imagine the bombs in that thing. Man it was awesome. Then you think about the crew and pilots. Hell they were kids really. The old guys ,the pilots probably weren't more than 24 or so. You know, the old guys. With the crew being teenagers really. We owe a lot to them. The greatest generation? You damn right they were!

[@carmelonold1090]

Ut would be cool if you could offer some data as weight, span, motors details and aprox building time. Anyhow nice video and plane. 👍💯

[@stevekilbon8395]

21ft span 70kg all up weight Zenoah 38cc x4 Built in 1990 from the Richard Rawle moulds that were used for the Memphis belle film.

[@andrewhull7296]

That is awesome!

[@aguilacalva2625]

Wonderful 👍👏👏

[@Kickinpony66]

What a gusty day! I do love the sound of petrol engines, on an RC aircraft. I dislike electric with a passion. Real jet turbines are very cool as well! Man, he pulled a Greaser, when he landed! Well done!

[@williamb.9110]

The wind is your friend :-) Gorgeous model!

[@theflash0815]

Bravo!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@scaleplanes]

Its a Flying Fortress so it can also operate in windy conditions with a good captain, have a Good Day !

[@derrickgreen9020]

That would look fabulous on a calmer day..

[@TedB1800]

Very nice!

[@starpawsy]

Wow. A perfect bounced landing. Just like the real thing. LOL.

[@chuckhoward3626]

Wow!

[@joseidyndmayra]

My dad was on a B-17, but then the wing got shot so much it came off the B-17 went and half the wing was torn off and he died 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@fandangofandango2022]

Maginifnet

[@ToddReed-p2x]

Totally cool. Would really be neet to somehow rig it up to drop some kind of smoke bomb or m80 or even those kids snap bombs.

[@jackquillman7680]

The B17-is appreciated more in Europe -than in the USA.....I wonder why ?

[@RobinHarper-tv9ih]

Needs a camera filming from inside plane ✈️ 👍👍

[@EssentialRC]

Maybe I'll persuade Steve to put one of my FPV setups in it next year 🤔

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Very nice plane? What size engines and plane weight?

[@markjoslin9912]

Need to get those ball turret guns more level

[@MrParputt]

2-bladed props?

[@stevem7868-y4l]

The Ariel support Mustangs were absent this day, as they couldn't keep up!

[@FranksPlace-jk7pj]

How long does the fuel last?

[@enedenedubedene4811]

Die originale 909 lebt ja nicht mehr.😰😰😰😰 Viele Grüße aus Warthausen bei Biberach an der Riß

[@matthewstorer8236]

RIP Nine-o-nine.

[@patpby]

May I ask please, and I'm not an RC enthusiast, but why the two bladed props? All this incredible effort to create such a beautiful machine and replica then it's finished off with incorrect style props. I'm sure there must be a technical reason.

[@EssentialRC]

Yeah...it's optimum propeller for the engine being used. If it was 4 blade the diameter would need to be a lot less and it probably wouldn't be as efficient.

[@felipemunoz8105]

Por qué razón tiene dos palas en cada motor? El b17 tiene 3.

[@stevekilbon8395]

2 blades are more efficient with model engines.

[@felipemunoz8105]

​@@stevekilbon8395entiendo, gracias.

[@richardyates4577]

Why not four propellor blades ?

[@EssentialRC]

Because 2 blade propellers of that size are optimum for running those engines. If he used 4 blade propellers they would need to be stupidly small for the engine to reach max RPM.

[@backyardmechs2839]

Bird that size should be able to hide the rudder servo better

[@EssentialRC]

Sheesh. Some folks so hard to please 🤣

[@rudolfadolf1681]

sorry,schönes Flugzeug,Respekt,aber der original B17 Bomber hatte 4Blatt Propeller nicht wie hier 2blatt.ausserdem ist der Sound der Motoren Schrecklich,da gehören Sternmotoren rein die den originalen Sound sehr nahe kommen,und nicht so wie hier,die klingen eher wie ein Rasenmäher.ansonster ein gelungenes Flugzeug... Respekt...

[@EssentialRC]

First, should be obvious he is using propellors that allow the engines to reach maximum rpm. What does it matter how many blades they have when they are spinning!? Second, look up the price of radial engines.

[@rcthailandbasic9734]

👍👍🤘

[@j.munodemarte217]

👏👏👏

[@Robert-g2i]

Why did you push the plane out after you got the engines running, you could have let the plane drive itself to where you will be taking off from.

[@EssentialRC]

Because safety is priority and that's the rule. It has to be restrained until it gets to the edge of the runway. Generally that's the rule at every model flying club, show and event.

[@franciscosilva1672]

Gostaria de saber qual é a escala deste aeromodelo é se tem plans pra vender.

[@steve92219]

Needs 4 blades not 2!!!

[@metskipper]

They always spoil it with wring propellers. To bad!!

[@EssentialRC]

Some comments are spoilt with lack of good spelling. 🙄

[@Gusst210]

Très beau B17. Très beau vol Elle est très solide ......!!''' Heureusement car le pilote lui tire beaucoup sur la gueule.....💥 et il se pourrait bien qu'elle finisse par un crash .... a cause d',une rupture de structure .... Et cela serait dommage BRAVO