BYO B52

[rchadd]

http://www.stukastudios.se/b52.htm

complete with mini jet engines!

shame it crashed  

[danny_galaga]

i'll never feel bad crashing a model again!! each of those engines is worth well over a thousand bucks! thats ten grand easy just there...And all that effort is priceless. just think how many mame cabs he could have made  

[Apollo]

Holy satans boobies, tripple that $ estimate and more including man hours!

[Mameotron]

Wow.  What can you say?  I'd be too afraid to fly it.

[rchadd]

each of those engines is worth well over a thousand bucks

more info here http://www.wren-turbines.com/

it has gallary of other examples that use the same engine...

http://www.wren-turbines.com/pictures_planes.htm

[Sephroth57]

i bet they beat the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- outta the guy who crashed it =p

[gprime]

I saw a similar page not too long ago, and they had an additional picture where it showed a still frame where it appeared something was shot at it. Maybe it was doctored.. who knows..

[RetroJames]

B-52 Crash -- A B-52 loss of control during air show practice at Fairchild, AFB, Spokane, Washington, ends tragically.    
 
(A note regarding this awful video, provided by a former B-52 pilot: "The B-52 in a steep turn at low airspeed loses roll control, resulting in a natural over-banking tendency.  The small rudder authority is unable keep the nose from dropping, nor can it pick up the lower wing.  B-52s do not have conventional ailerons, but spoilers on the upper wing surface similar to the MU-2.  The first flashes of light seen prior to impact is the lower wing contacting high power transmission lines in the area.")


http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/B-52 Crash.mpg


Look Familiar?  Same flight properties, same mistake.  At least the R/C guy wasn't in his plane.

[Mameotron]

B-52 Crash -- A B-52 loss of control during air show practice at Fairchild, AFB, Spokane, Washington, ends tragically.    
 

I was in the U. S. Air Force when this happened.  The official explanation was that the pilot was flying the plane well beyond its stated limits.  He was trying to be really impressive for the air show.  Too bad he killed his 3 crewmen as well as himself.

[RetroJames]

B-52 Crash -- A B-52 loss of control during air show practice at Fairchild, AFB, Spokane, Washington, ends tragically.    
 

I was in the U. S. Air Force when this happened.  The official explanation was that the pilot was flying the plane well beyond its stated limits.  He was trying to be really impressive for the air show.  Too bad he killed his 3 crewmen as well as himself.

I saw another article that said in the subsequent investigation he had numerous scrapes and was not reprimanded by his CO.  Gotta feel for the other 3 onboard.

[Mameotron]

This is the crash I was referring to.  There were no survivors.  The photo was taken just before impact.

[danny_galaga]

i remember them saying he was a real 'cowboy' pilot and that his crew were never happy about his stunts. cetainly was ridiculous that he was never reprimanded and yet a perfectly capable female b52 pilot was kicked out because she had an affair with a superior officer. that's bureaucracy for you. happens the world over  

[Mameotron]

i remember them saying he was a real 'cowboy' pilot and that his crew were never happy about his stunts. cetainly was ridiculous that he was never reprimanded and yet a perfectly capable female b52 pilot was kicked out because she had an affair with a superior officer. that's bureaucracy for you. happens the world over  

No, Danny, those facts are not correct.  The female pilot was having a relationship with an enlisted man.  This is expressely forbidden by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which everyone who enlists agrees to adhere to.  The UCMJ also clearly states that when an inappropriate relationship is discovered, all the blame goes to the senior individual.
The pilot was informed of her situation, and was told to end the relationship.  At this point no charges were filed against her.
She continued the relationship, and was given a letter of reprimand.  No real action was taken there, but that letter would affect her career somewhat, but would not hold her back from anything she wanted to do.
She was then called in to see her commander who gave her a direct order to not have any contact with that person again.

She disobeyed her commander's direct order, and when she was informed that charges would be filed against her, she went crying to the media.

She was dismissed with a less-than-honorable discharge.  That means that as long as she was not arrested or got into any trouble for 6 months, she could petition the local veteran's affairs office and have her discharge upgraded to Honorable.

She disobeyed a direct order from her commander; that is the only reason she was booted out.

[danny_galaga]

ok, fair enough. did the guy she was bonking get a discharge too since for her to see HIM, HE would have to see HER?

[Mameotron]

Sorry Danny, that last post came off as kinda harsh.. didn't mean for it to go that way.

The screwed up part of it is that in any situation where an officer is banging an enlisted person, the officer takes full responsibility and the enlisted person gets absolutely nothing.

Trying to get back to the topic...

What scale was that model?  It looks freakin' huge!!  Was it a one man job or did a team build it?

[danny_galaga]

hehe. that's alright. that site seems to be down right now, but from memory it looked about 1/12th scale. although when models become huge they often measure the size in percentage instead. like you say- freakin huge!!

what surprised me is learning that (from what i can tell in an earlier post) is that b52's don't have differential ailerons!! although ailerons probably wouldn't have helped. rudder would but apparently it's too small!! there's a b52 in a museum near by, think i'll have a closer look at it. about the only aircraft i'd heard of not having differential ailerons were a few pre WWI aircraft when the europeans were still catching up to the wright bros. acheivments.

shows how realistic the model was that it seemed to get into the same trouble as the full size machine...