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SAB Avio KR84 Tortuga - Freaky Fast
"IT's TORTUGA TIME !" That's what we heard as our Italian friends from SAB Avio bungee and hand launched their Tortugas into the air to give a hot demonstration of the speed of the new Tortuga from SAB Avio.

TORTUGA is a Full sandwich Fiber glass / Airex Fuselage (made under vacuum).
- Super rigid, ready for High speed.
- All parts are already painted.
- Horns are already mounted.
- Super-fast assembly, in 2 hours the model is ready to fly.

Specification:
Wingspan: 84 cm
Length: 81 cm
Weight RTF: 1.55 KG
Wing area: 2400 cm2

Recommended setup:
Channels: 4
2 x mini wing servos 30 x 10 x 30 mm
1 x micro servo 12 x 23 mm
Flight battery: 6S — 2600 / 3200 mAh
Motor: 2200 kV, 28-36mm
ESC: 100-120A-ESC,
Propellor: 5x5
Max motor size: 36mm diameter
Max motor weight: 150 grams
Battery Compartment: 55x45x200 mm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9yqz9tysGE

Giant Boeing 777-9X Electric Ducted Fan (EDF) Airliner
Master aeromodeller, Ramy, flies his EDF Boeing 777-9X for the big crowd at Airliner Treffen in Germany. Spectacular !

Scale: 1:20
Wingspan: 3.6 meter
Fuselage: 3.8 meter
Weight: 22 KG
Power: 2 x 120mm EDF from Schübeler
ESCs: 2 x 160 amp from Castle Creations
Batteries: 12s 6200mah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kotw_oZRyAY

3 Twin Turbine Concorde Airliners in Close Formation
This was something you would very rarely see, if ever ! Three magnificent large scale twin turbine powered Concordes. Built to perfection, featuring smoke and nose droop...and all flown expertly in close formation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH0eOlBF99k

Seriously, this guy has zero respect for the laws of physics! Any other RC pilot understands the basic concepts of gravity and lift and turbulence etc and stays within them...but not Jase. He just ignores those limitations and puts his airframe through unreal torture...all for the appreciation of the crowd at Weston Park International Model Show. Breathtaking stuff !

Jase is flying an Extreme Flight R/C Slick 580 powered by a Desert Aircraft DA120.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYZqDbzEXsg

Probably the fastest way to fly RC Limbo
Caught my good friend Pete down the flying field practicing for the upcoming Funfly competition at the BMFA Power Nationals. This is his own design inspired by what he has seen in previous years at the competition. And there was me thinking he would fly a circuit before going under the limbo each time ! Nope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq9voh84Y7I

Twin turbine powered Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird scorches down the strip at Airliner Treffen. Flown to perfection by Matthias Blaß with his father Walter, the builder of this jet, assisting on the flight line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-_bs54hNzI

Eastern Lockheed L-1011 Tristar Airliner with RC Tug\Tractor
This Lockheed L-1011 Tristar would have been perfect by itself but when his son used the RC tug/tractor to pull it out to the runway...and pull it back to the pits...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22X2OTt5qd8

14 pilots put up their rides for a combined prop hang for a Show record! Even with their prop hanging skills this was no easy feat. Avoiding all the other RC aircraft was challenging and there was at least one near miss. Unfortunately there was one crash at the end. One adventurous pilot tries to fly through the ring of fire and catches his wing ending in total destruction of the model.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66PQjVaT-ds

Probably the best demonstration I have seen of Gunter Zielke's unique and innovative electronic smoke system. This also shows off the G-force initiation of the smoke system as the pilot performs some high speed aerobatics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMrRwGN0yLw

Largest RC Avro Vulcan & Victor Bomber turbine jets fly together
Our annual treat at seeing Dave Johnson's huge Avro Vulcan, powered by four gas turbine engines, flown at RAF Cosford. This year flown in formation with the equally large Victor flown by his son, Andy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha3msEeDAJ4