Lance Campbell
Pinned by The RC Geek
Lance Campbell
5 days ago
Thanks for the comments and kind remarks.
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The plane is 1/8th scale, and weighs 86 lbs on takeoff with 72 lbs of total thrust. It carries 2.6 gallons of jet fuel, and will burn 2 gallons of that in 8 minutes of flying. Its a scratch built project that took 9.5 years from start to the first public flight.
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Someone made a remark on the pilot size
. Youre not wrong, but for such a big bird, the cockpit is very close quarters on the full size. I found these great pilots with the correct David Clark suits and all, and had to make them work, even if they are a little big. Cockpits are tedious enough to do, and the thought of having to hand make the spacesuits, was too much for me holding onto my marbles.
