World's Largest RC Plane - Byron B-29

[323tiim]

Damn, you could sit on top of it while controlling, and give yourself an awesome ride!! Haha!

Missed the runway for landing..

[001pixy]

いまいましいＢ-29

[JohnSTF72]

This RC plane needs its own hangar LOL

[ElliotReviews]

Any bigger and you could just put the controls inside

[MattacksRC]

lie down inside it and fly it headfirst!

[locouk]

So what are the arguments going to be like between the 3 pilots when one of them screws up?

[ThePostal67]

Had gone to Ida Grove several times! The first time I found out no motel at the beginniing of the show. Bought a tent, only place I could put it, with permission, was at the east end of the runway to the side. Bad choice, early bird in a twin Beech used the tent as a weather vane on warmup and check mags. LOL My cousin was an Expert pilot and worked for Dubro Parts, believe the name right, it's been a while...Greatest show and no plane hit me in the face.

[FishBowl911]

These are dangerous as hell. I'd never be in the crowd. If the controller ever makes a mistake that thing will crash into my face.

[MrBigInfidel]

@FishBowl911 "These are dangerous as hell." Deaths per year for full scale general aviation is about 8 people dead on the ground. In the entire history of RC there have only been a few deaths of innocent bystanders in the US, so I'm not sure where your fear is coming from. Hell, Aspirin is responsible for 4,000 deaths a year! You are far more likely to be killed by a full scale plane falling out of the sky.

[MrAgent34]

Don't tell me how much that thing costs...

[J0ttis]

And now,? build a Small town to bomb ?

[toob247]

needs a hampster pilot

[Pitt2k11]

But CAN IT BLEND :D

[xXJoshuaDXx]

The ant queen WANTS YOU for the ant air force.

[brpoole336]

very cool

[mizukami999]

When will they start making 5:1 scale models

[drummerboyjack]

cool toy...

[224StuartWhite224]

Can I have a go?

[MrTheSmidget]

ooh, could i load my airsoft m60 onto the frame and use its remote feature! :D DEATH FRRROM ABOVE, LEEEEEERRRROOOOOYYYYYYYYYY....

[ChuckTestas]

Dear santa....

[itwontcomeout5678]

CAN IT DROP HAND GRENADES

[b101aa2]

@itwontcomeout5678 can drop scale bombs. for display of course.

[IamEyalMarcosLevit]

@b101aa2 Seriously?

[steezyskiier1]

not the biggest, the USAF predator drone is the biggest!

[zodaman76]

i too saw this as a kid it was a great show that my family went to several years in a row. its to bad to hear that it is like it is today :(

[rcmodelcrashes]

Where is the Easy Button when you need it...sorry to hear about the crash...Gerry

[reluctable]

Three pilots? One to steer it, I guess one for the engines? But what's the third guy doing?

[mitche1987]

@reluctable playing with their gearsticks

[atomdragon4]

Mission failed!

You missed the runway!

Press F to retry.

Press ESC to quit.

[JulioStoner63]

Awesome!!

[rubikfan1]

lol this rc model is bigger than the first plane ever

[mrwalmart12345]

Dear santa

[Motherg00se45]

that's amazing but i thought the Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) was one of the most biggest, could be mistaken.

[toogoodbw]

I think they mean "real planes" when they say "full scale planes"

[17br549]

Zombiefreak, It is actually called the U.R. Gay

[Razzle957]

How many channels is required to fly this size of aircraft?

[MrZombiefreak101]

isent the plane called  ENOLA GAY

[Snipes2324]

@MrZombiefreak101 eh, i know you made the comment 3 months ago but, the enola gay was the B-29 that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, not the actual name of the plane

[TrainAsia]

This old kit is amazing! wow!

[TrainAsia]

when I was a kid, my dream was to buy Byron's 1/5 scale RC plane ......

[b101aa2]

@TrainAsia if you got the money now... i know the people who own it, where it is at, how many rivets are in the panels, the air pressure in the tired, etc etc.... but ya, i feel ya. i wanted to fly it for a very long time, but some douchebag city employee brown nosers kept trying to be control freaks.

[skyhawk551]

what are the dementions on this aircraft?

[harry102563]

That was really awesome & I wish my dad could have seen that!

[xxkil]

aha now that makes it more clear thanks

[baloneyjazz]

flutter is not your friend!

[xxkil]

this has been on before  it,s not the largest rc plane in the world

[b101aa2]

@xxkil it was by far the largest before a few years ago. this plane was first built in 1987.

[hod05]

@b101aa2 in the current pic the model looks like its in a museum does it still fly or has it being retired to a exhibition?

[b101aa2]

@hod05 just some refurb cleanup, rebuild the engines or get new ones, and new radio stuff and it is good to go.

[rcmodelr]

@b101aa2 You mean "largest" as in HEAVIEST or largest wingspan??? If you mean largest wingspan, Byron's B-29's had wingspan 5 FEET SHORTER than one of the Mankato, MN Key City Bald Eagles club member's largest R/C powered sailplane had built around 1986... That powered sailplane had a roughly 34 FOOT wingspan. The Byron's B-29's wingspan was ONLY 29 feet . But the B-29 was also roughly 300 or more pounds HEAVIER than that powered sailplane.

[rcmodelr]

I know Byron Originals quit selling R/C aircraft nearly a decade ago... But does Byron still allow people to fly R/C aircraft at the location where his Ida Grove R/C fly-ins used to be held???

[b101aa2]

@rcmodelr I don't know about if you can still fly in Ida Grove, but the city of Ankeny bought the expo from Byron and then ruined it. The site still exists in ankeny, about 200 yards west of the south end of the airport, but it's a worn down dilapidated piece of ground now stuck between commercial entities. Sad piece of aviation history there. I've fought with city officials, and they are worthless.

[JesperA86]

I have always wondered this: why is it so popular to use multiple radio controls in old big rc planes? Yes, i get it, if you want individual controls per engine, if you put flaps, brakes, landing gear on another, then the main controls on another radio, but i have seen radios with over 6 channels from this time so atleast one radio is redundant :S

[b101aa2]

@JesperA86 a: they didn't make 9-20 channel radio's back then. b: when you are flying a large scale aircraft, it is very demanding, so a second radio operated by a second person takes a large workload off the pilot's shoulders, so he/she can concentrate on flying the aircraft itself. one wrong move, and it can be catastrophic. and in the case of large aircraft, serious injury could occur. like byron's b-29. size of a cessna 150.

[MonsterRCdudes]

Man, I'd be so scared to fly that.

Great vid.