R/C Gotha Bomber - 19 Foot Wingspan MCRCS

Keith Zimmerly, President of the Mercer County Radio Control Society and a master carpenter, hand built this WWI Gotha Bomber in eight weeks from plans he drew on a piece of sheetrock. The bomber is made from balsa and plywood construction and has a wingspan of 19 feet. Two Fuji 43cc gas engines with 22x10 wood props power the 46 pound craft.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• R/C
• Radio
• Control
• MCRCS
• Gotha
• WWI
• Bomber
• Mercer
• County

[itsjustnopinionok]

I'm here looking at this thing after watching "Flyboys'' for the 50th time. I finally got around to looking up the bomber from the movie. The planes look so flimsy yet graceful. The men who flew them had balls this big!! Great model rep.

[TheJackiemoon33]

@DJsharp707 Lol

[DJsharp707]

@TheJackiemoon33 it is a real plane...lol if it flys its a plane

[TheJackiemoon33]

Sounds like a real plane flying overhead

[charlypappy]

Awesome! I hate those bumpy grass surfaces for my WWI replicas.... great landing!

[SuperAncientmariner]

@Armigerous Probably because the Gotha (A heavy bomber for those days) used pushers. (long before the B 36)

[Phantomrig]

that is the best landing of an RC plane i have ever seen.

[rajivnarainsingh]

Thoroughly impressed ! Very few will know about this unique Aircraft . Thanks for the upload !

Rajiv Narain Singh, India

[Armigerous]

I'm curious as to why pusher engines were used instead of the more conventional tractor engine that most models employ...never seen them before on a scale model....they sort of invoke the memory of the only operational heavy bomber to actually see service with pusher engines....the Convair B-36 Peacemaker

[rodfleck]

Absolutely amazing! Wow.