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  • Fun fact: He builds these with / for the actor Tyler Perry, whom has a hanger and RC airstrip at his home.
    by nickmcc
  • Aprox how much does something like this unit cost?
    by hybrid_study
  • Been following this channel since the very early days and it's honestly mindblowing the scale and attention to detail of these models.
    by janlaureys
  • I wonder at what point you put in a flight control computer. I could imagine with a plane that size it's easy to put some big forces on it with heavy inputs.
    by ambicapter
  • It sounds like it's electric powered. As much as I love brushless motors, I think a model of that scale and quality would have deserved actual jet engines.
    by Ecco
  • My first thought was, "You could probably fit a couple of toddlers in there with cute little pilot uniforms."
    by phyzix5761
  • For anyone not familiar, most of this channel is funded IIRC by Tyler Perry who absolutely loves the RC hobby. You can see his estate in some of the wide shots (especially in the air). He had a custom made RC plane runway and workshop built on the property.
    by richwater
  • Awesome. I fly very small remote controlled airplanes and a tiny drone. I am a bit nearsighted and I fly my airplanes and drone relatively close to where I stand (10 to 75 feet). A friend flys a few large RCs, but I don’t think that size matters for having fun. I live in the mountains in Central Arizona, and I like to hit the flying fields just as the sun is starting to rise in the morning - beautiful time to fly.

    BTW, 60 years ago my father and I used to spend a lot of time building our RCs. To be honest, now I buy incredibly inexpensive planes from China.

    by mark_l_watson

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