GIANT 1/5 SCALE FOKKER 70 RC AIRLINER DISPLAY - PST 130 TURBINES - PAUL AT LMA RAF COSFORD - 2017

OWNER / BUILDER / PILOT - PAUL BELLINGER,

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO OF PAUL OPERATING THE IMPRESSIVE FLAPS ON THIS MODEL HERE -

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Fokker 70 ,
scale 1/6,
span 4.6m,
lenght 5.08m,
weight dry 51kg...

Own plans and constructed by myself over 5yrs from polystyrene, glass composite, with carbon fibre spars. All undercarriage, thrust reversers, and scale fowler flaps again my own design and construction, with the thrust reversers being added 3 yrs ago after a lengthy development. Paint work by me using 2 pack non iso car paint.

The model has a total of 41 servos, 6 futaba rx's, and 8 batteries, three of which are 6v, 7ah pb, and the rest 6v 2000mh eneloops.
Controlled by 2 tx's the primary pilots tx controls just the aileron, elevator, rudder, and throttle, with the other person operating u/c, flaps, spoilers, and thrust reversers. Rate gyros fitted to the ailerons and eagle tree telemetry to give airspeed reading normally monitored by a 3rd person and given to the pilot on request.

Powered by two PST 1300R turbines, fuel capacity 10ltrs of kerosene, with normally about 6ltrs used in a 10 min flight. First flew in 2015 and is capable of maintaining height and control on one engine.

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INFO ON THE REAL AIRCRAFT -

The Fokker 70 is a narrow-body, twin-engined, medium-range, turbofan regional airliner produced by Fokker as a smaller version of the Fokker 100.

Length: 31 m
Wingspan: 28 m
Range: 2,710 km
Top speed: 943 km/h
Cruise speed: 845 km/h
Unit cost: 20,000,000–20,000,000 USD (2013)
Engine type: Turbofan

The Fokker 70 is a narrow-body, twin-engined, medium-range, turbofan regional airliner produced by Fokker as a smaller version of the Fokker 100. Both the F70 and F100 were preceded by the first jet airliner manufactured by Fokker, the Fokker F28 Fellowship. Since its first flight in 1993, 47 aircraft, plus one prototype, have been manufactured and 38 are still in active service with airlines around the world.

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FILMED AT AN RC MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW RUN BY THE LMA ( LARGE MODEL ASSOCIATION ) AT RAF COSFORD - SHIFNAL WOLVERHAMPTON - SHROPSHIRE / STAFFORDSHIRE - TF11 8UP OVER THE WEEKEND OF 15th & 16th JULY - 2017,