RC Piper PA25 Pawnee - First aerotowing attempt

[winsor68]

The takeoff was beautiful and amazing to capture it on video from that angle... Played around with RC towing a bit over the last 25 years... The last time was with a foam wing behind a standard .40cu Scanner Rc... used "Velcro" fastener for both ends of the tow release... Worked a treat (the KISS principle)... don't know if it would work for these larger models... the trick is to climb like a homesick angel once established in a good stable position after takeoff.

Thanks for sharing this video.

[steve1mac]

Do you have a towline release mechanism in the Pawnee?

I'm thinking of buying this model for towing purposes.

[aviatorsbh]

@steve1mac I added one myself.

[MCDEVVOMAN]

IN THE SNOW!!

[MrHelidude]

Very nice. Well done. Congratulations.

[folkerburgle08]

where is this at?

[aviatorsbh]

North East Germany.

[reddragon84n]

great vid!

[ksandom40]

Love it. The commentary was great!

[GMTK11]

it looks as if it was real after it took off into the air

[aviatorsbh]

Thats what it should do...

[hrford]

lol, I've done the real thing. RC doesn't touch full size for fun :)

[aviatorsbh]

This would be a bit too expensive for me...

[guily6669]

No it can, try 3d giant rc planes, and u will see u can doo lot more things than a real plane, but offcourse it's not as fun as a real plane...

Anyway u can now buy FPV and fly in first person, u can make a complete and cool dashboard for the plane, and it's almost like flying a real plane, + it has head tracker, so u move ur head the camera will move...

+ with rc u can be all day flying with friends, each one has like 2 3 or more planes, u can fight with combat wings...

[KevlaminKatsuragi]

Incredible footage, love the glider perspective!

Glad to hear that the plane is okay tough, those things cost enough money as it is :p

[itzajdmting]

Absolutely awesome! I really appreciate the effort put into this, the views and attention to detail were excellent. I just had my first aerotow by a pawnee the other day, my sister caught it on her phone's camera, please check it out if you have time.

[mavamaarten]

FANTASTIC flight !

The plane with the camera, has it got a motor ?

[aviatorsbh]

Aerotowing means that a motor plane tows a glider. So the rear plane with the camera is a glider without an engine.

[RalleTaildragger]

Fantastic video, especially the winter landscape. I hope, the new Pawnee is alright. I'm looking forward to see other videos from aviatorsbh.

[aviatorsbh]

Na, trainierst wohl Dein Englisch? Die Pawnee blieb erstaunlicherweise unversehrt, wie auch im Video erwähnt!