War Birds Over Iowa

[buffuzo]

who brought the donuts?

[7452]

No, we fly at the Modelair's RC club which has two flying locations. One in the Dallas/Grimes area and the other, located in Bondurant. I'm the VP of the club and if you're interested, you could either attend a monthly meeting, or come out and meet some of the guys. We have a January 1 Penguin Fun Fly scheduled at our Bondurant location.

[Troyc20]

Are you the guys that fly in water works park? I have always wanted to get into rc planes, I kicked around the idea of building a Stuka

[7452]

Thanks guy ! Comments like that keep me video taping (in between flying).

[bdrws6]

Thats great. I am a big Warbird fan and I really enjoyed watching your video of these beautiful R/C Warbirds. Love it!

[xwulfd]

awesome models!

[annihil8ted]

For the bomber in the begining, what were the bombs

[7452]

Thanks for the kudos !

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

My bad, I meant "Corsair."

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

Amazing detail on that Convair Vought, Spitfire, and Lightning. I thought I was watching an airshow!

[leow626569]

yeah thats cool, how much did they cost?? and they look really real.

[billy2757]

how many channels does that bomber have at 2:00?

[billy2757]

these look real from a distance

[rockpuppy97385]

I love WW II aircraft and was wondering how long does it take to learn how to fly those? Which plane is a good beginner to learn on?

[othur]

Great work guy's.

[kjgreenwood1985]

Nice video. Did you ever go to see the Ankeny, Iowa air show? They had a scale model recreation of WWII that had an absolutley huge model B-29 Enola Gay fly over and drop a bomb. Was always an impressive show, wish they still did it.

[7452]

No, I moved here to Iowa about 5 years ago and by then, the airshow was done. One of the club members was kind enough to loan me a 1987 video of the show and it just makes me wish I had seen it.

[kevanman]

cool video thumbs up

[stevens1220]

7452 - Do you know of any where I can buy a Large size remote control airplanes from online... I want to learn to fly a remote control airplane but I want to learn on a large airplane like the one's in this video...

[billy2757]

ive heard that you should start out with a small airplane to get started

[7452]

Thanks red, I enjoy flying warbirds, sport planes, and aerobatic models. You are correct about some planes flying just like their full-scale counterpart. It's a shame when I see a new flyer come out with a cub that some hobby store has sold him (or worse, a warbird), thinking they can fly the model. Cubs tend to be squirrely on the ground just like their full-size big brothers and warbirds require special handling as well.

[red33410]

Yep! These pilots did well - no crashes. At an RC airshow here in S. Florida some years ago, some poor soul had one of those "leading edge" german fighter planes with the prop in the front and back and he drilled it into the ground on takeoff. The plane's name eludes me now. So sad. No idea how much it cost him to manufacture that plane. In real life, those planes may have had the same issue as well. These pilots were ready-to-fly, however. Well done video.

[Fw190jock]

That would be the Dornier Arrow....Do 335. That was one neat airplane. Sorry to hear the model crashed.

[ponchoyo]

i love warbirds they are the only planes i buy. cuase the other model planes arent based on real planes

[7452]

The field is located at the Modelair's Elkhart field in Elkhart, Iowa.

[rallydriv3r]

is there a link to another video like this with really big RC planes?

[DesMoineser]

Where is this, Todd Field or what? Becuase this obviously isn't DSM or IKV.

[mixsetup]

Warbirds they are just so good

[7452]

Yep, they can be fun so long as the pilot is up to it. All too often, I see fellas coming out with warbirds who haven't mastered a trainer, let alone something like a 4-star 60 and the end result is always tragic. These guys in the video were all good flyers and up to the task of flying what they brought.

[LtOneman]

Very nice planes guys.