My apologies for the severe editing of this article.....this was done in order to remain in compliance with Free Republic rules pertaining to the posting of articles from the UK Daily Mail. Please click on the main article link to see the full story,
as well as a video.
Built by Tony Nijhuis in his garage the aircraft is a scale version of the US bomber and has a 20ft wingspan and weighs just over seven stones
It has 96 batteries that power four electric motors which drive the aircraft to 40mph along a 50m runway before it takes off
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XE.com- GBP to USD rate- 8,000.00 GBP = 12,319.79 USD
7. (plural stone orstones) U.K. measurements unit of weight: in the United Kingdom, a unit of weight equivalent to 6.35 kg (14 lb). It is used especially for expressing somebody's weight.
He's trying to get down to 12 stone.
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The Nijhuis B-50 - More Features
The Nijhuis B-50
By David Ashby
she's finished! - 26/10/09
Tony Nijhuis has just sent in some pics having completed his B-50 (featured here earlier this year). With a span of just under 19 ft and weighing over 80lbs, it's one of the largest electric models you'll find anywhere.
Motor power is provided courtesy of four 4-Max PPPO-6367-230 outrunner motors, each capable of developing 3kW of power and total motive power of 12kW. Battery power is provide by NiMH cells (96 in total) and be could be increased to 144..(36 cells per motor) if required. She's a beauty!
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The Tony Nijhuis Boeing B-50 - More Features
The Tony Nijhuis Boeing B-50
By David Ashby
Full story in the next issue..... - 21/4/10
We brought
news of Tony Nijhus' massive Boeing B-50, one of the largest electric powered models in the world, last year and we'll have Tony's full account of the project in the next (June 2010) issue of RCM&E.
Popping down to see him and photograph the model last week, we were joined by a freelance national news reporter so you may see the model appearing in the national press in the not too distant future. Here he is getting some snaps.....
As you can see, the 19ft span, 80lb model requires the appropriate transportation arrangements....
....and a few cells to get airborne!
Resplendent in it's new finish, simply put, it's an awesome aeroplane. Don't miss the full story next month!
1 posted on
04/21/2010 9:41:58 AM PDT by
Stoat
To: Aeronaut; Paleo Conservative; indcons; CholeraJoe
2 posted on
04/21/2010 9:43:54 AM PDT by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: Stoat
Can it be retrofitted with a flux capacitor?
3 posted on
04/21/2010 9:47:33 AM PDT by
mrmeyer
("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
To: Stoat
"it has 96 batteries that power four electric motors"
That my be why the real things use avgas IC engines and APUs.
4 posted on
04/21/2010 9:47:34 AM PDT by
Paladin2
To: Stoat
7 posted on
04/21/2010 9:48:18 AM PDT by
KMG365
To: All
Readers may also be interested in this site:
The Large Model Association
The Large Model Association (LMA) is based in the UK. Its members are interested in the designing, building and flying of large model aircraft.
8 posted on
04/21/2010 9:48:47 AM PDT by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: Stoat
Didnt know there was a B-50 until now.
Sneaky War Dept guys looking to extend procurement of the cancelled B-29 by calling the upgraded B-29 a new aircraft.
Or so says Wikipedia and I dont trust them very much.
10 posted on
04/21/2010 9:50:47 AM PDT by
corkoman
To: Stoat
11 posted on
04/21/2010 9:51:13 AM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Stoat
Someone needs a girlfriend.
To: Stoat
The first model airplane I tried to broke into several chunks about 5 seconds after launch (which way is up?). I still find pieces of it more than three years later. Thankfully, it was one of those electric motor styrofoam jobbies that was under $100 bucks. My dad augered his much more expensive model into a wheat field at full throttle. Poor pilot was decapitated by the wing and the plane was buried up to the cockpit. It took us nearly an hour to find it. I finally spotted what was left of the tail and rudder assembly sticking up above the wheat.
13 posted on
04/21/2010 9:51:39 AM PDT by
IYAS9YAS
(The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
To: Stoat
To: Stoat
Here's a real one for comparison:
20 posted on
04/21/2010 9:59:58 AM PDT by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Stoat
Dorfmann approves this thread.
To: Stoat
23 posted on
04/21/2010 11:16:25 AM PDT by
El Sordo
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
To: GeronL; KMG365; corkoman; Joe 6-pack; IYAS9YAS; RobRoy; DuncanWaring; rockrr; All
I'm delighted that you've found it to be worthwhile :-)
This may also be of interest:
The largest electric model in the world - Tony Nijhuis Boeing B50
As with my 12' Lancaster, the B-50 will have an on-board engine sound syste. Thomas Benedini has mixed a 4-engined Pratt & Whittney true sound and it sounds superb....The sound will be amplifier by two 200watt power amplifier driving six 50-watt so some serious but true scale noise will be heard.
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WOW! All he needs to add are some Lynx Jet stewardesses and he'll be all set.....
YouTube - LYNX JET
YouTube - Lynx Jet
24 posted on
04/21/2010 11:18:46 AM PDT by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: zot
27 posted on
04/21/2010 12:09:29 PM PDT by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: Stoat
It took Mr Nijhuis, from Hastings, East Sussex, two years to make the radio-controlled plane that he calls the 'jolly green giant' and cost him £8,000. (batteries not included)
30 posted on
04/21/2010 2:50:30 PM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
(great thing about being a cynic: you can enjoy being proved wrong)
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