The world's largest Mig 25 RC scale model jet?

Is this the largest ever jet-powered scale model of a MIG 25?

Believe it or not, this RC model airplane was built by Clinton Kraidy as a school project and is powered by two large gas-turbine engines and fitted with two 14-channel Futaba FASST receivers plus more servos than you can shake a stick at.

The all-up weight of this model is 42Kgs or almost 95lbs -- to which you have to add the weight of some 8 liters of Jet-A1 fuel.

There was a problem with one of the engines during testing but, thanks to some clever work with a file by Clinton's father, the engine was soon running properly again.

Next comes the maiden flight. Don't miss it!

Filmed on the day before the 2011 ANZAC international jet-meeting at Tokoroa New Zealand.

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[tomcatmaverik]

yeah, it's big, but nothing more. I guess that doing it that big has taken away time from some detailing, or, when the video was shot it wasn't completly done?

sorry for bad english

best regards

mav

[xjet]

@tomcatmaverik There was still a lot of work to be done at this stage. There is no point in spending many hours on adding the scale detail if it didn't fly.

[davethewave1223221]

so what he really meant to say is that it weighs 411 Newtons. I would expect someone smart enough to build this would know that kilograms is not a measurement of weight.

[xjet]

@davethewave1223221 Actually, a kilogram is a measure of mass and, under 1G (which is what you get on good old planet earth) it also becomes a measure of weight. Newtons are a measure of force, not weight.

[davethewave1223221]

@xjet Actually, if you pick up any physics book ever printed you will find that newtons are a measure of weight. Additionally, Newtons can be used to represent thrust. You will find this in the sections dealing with newtons laws just in case you get confused.

[xjet]

@davethewave1223221 I think you'll find that W is defined as M (mass) times G (gravity). A Newton is a measure of force and the force exerted by gravity is 9.8N per Kg so you can calculate the weight of an object under the influence of a 1G acceleration if you know how much force the combination of its mass and the acceleration is producing. It's all semantics really. However, in all my reference texts, w = m.g with no mention of Newtons as a metric for weight.

[xjet]

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[VERGIS92]

are these proportionally heavy as the real thing, same weight / dimensions ratio ?

[VERGIS92]

@Pr3dProductionsHD it can actually cost much more, a good engine alone can cost between $3,000 and $15,000 but it's worth the fun! I have also heard that target drones, which are basically high performance RC planes, used for shooting practice by the military can cost as much as $300,000!!! expensive toys

[Pr3dProductionsHD]

You crash that... (whistle) thats 10,000 dollars down the toilet....

[DIOSpeedDemon]

YOU JUST DONT SEE A RUSSIAN MIG JET, IN THE BACK OF A VAN THESE DAYS!!! GREAT PLANE MATE!!!

[bio2020]

That kid is very lucky.

His dad taught him all about science and is willing to spend time with him and pay for his projects.

[Golroza]

Pidar

[GreatWhite85]

Not that you need me to point this out, but hot damn that things a beast.

Great job, guys.

[anynameplease]

Now that's just well out of control!

Thanks for the video!

[nigarcia1]

I was boring looking at how they did all the stuff to be ready, but and the end I didn't see it flying......no men.....

[fishjnky]

5:26 of bullshit..show it flying