How's this for an RC 747?

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[facthunter]

How would you store and move  that? Nev

[Moneybox]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

How would you store and move  that? Nev

In a hangar, fly it there?

[FlyBoy1960]

It is way bigger than your average LSA aircraft. He would need a significant hangar based on the scale of the persons around the aircraft. Imagine if it had a seat or 2 !   

Imagine the call at your local airfield..       747  1234 on one mile final for landing at xxx.  That would bring everybody running out of the aeroclub!

[facthunter]

There's strict rules about where you can fly these things.  Nev

[T510]

2 hours ago, FlyBoy1960 said:

It is way bigger than your average LSA aircraft. He would need a significant hangar based on the scale of the persons around the aircraft. Imagine if it had a seat or 2 !   

Imagine the call at your local airfield..       747  1234 on one mile final for landing at xxx.  That would bring everybody running out of the aeroclub!

Under Australian laws model aircraft are limited to 150kg MTOW.

 

Anything over 7kg needs a MAAA airworthiness inspection and a Permit to fly.

 

The pilot also needs to meet a proficiency requirement.

[danny_galaga]

On 23/10/2026 at 8:39 AM, facthunter said:

How would you store and move  that? Nev

Kill two birds with one stone and live in it 😁 

[facthunter]

You wouldn't want to run out of signal. Nev

[danny_galaga]

7 hours ago, facthunter said:

You wouldn't want to run out of signal. Nev

Modern radios are fully digital and are very fail safe. I'm sure it's possible to go wrong, but very unlikely. For instance one of the basic fail-safe aspects is that if the RX doesn't get a signal within a certain time, it will go to a preset mode, eg throttle back and fly orbits.

[440032]

Enormous 747 model? Jingowa you people are gullible.

 

 

The crown for world’s biggest Aircraft now goes to this amazing Boeing 747-400 Air Canada airliner. It’s also the most authentic and accurate RC airliner in history.

A film by Aristomenis Tsirbas

Tools used:

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Edited Saturday at 09:47 PM by 440032

[danny_galaga]

1 hour ago, 440032 said:

Enormous 747 model? Jingowa you people are gullible.

 

 

The crown for world’s biggest Aircraft now goes to this amazing Boeing 747-400 Air Canada airliner. It’s also the most authentic and accurate RC airliner in history.

A film by Aristomenis Tsirbas

Tools used:

iMac Pro

Davinci Resolve

Veo 3

ElevenLabs

Suno

c2026 Menithings Productions, Inc.

 

Aristomenis Tsirbas - Wikipedia

 

Video | Facebook

Huh?

[Kiwi]

It's AI

 

[Marty_d]

Thought so. Ramy RC has made a massive A380 but it's nowhere as big as that.

AI gives the length of his as 29ft, wingspan 32ft and weight 362kg. Can't be bothered watching his video to confirm.

[onetrack]

I thought the bloke in W.A. held the world record for the biggest model B747. His has a longer wingspan and overall length than the reported "record holder", but it's 3 kgs lighter.

 

I would've thought the wingspan and overall length would've been the requirement for the "world record", not the weight.

 

https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/worlds-biggest-remote-controlled-jumbo-jet-replica-meets-full-sized-qantas-747-ng-b88969614z

[facthunter]

Wing Sweepback is not helpful at lower speeds ( dutch roll and structurally Twisting.). It would probably need Gyroscopic stabilisation. Nev

[danny_galaga]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Wing Sweepback is not helpful at lower speeds ( dutch roll and structurally Twisting.). It would probably need Gyroscopic stabilisation. Nev

That's a cinch nowadays. Even $100 toy planes have gyro stabilisation. Which makes me a bit sad. Are you even flying a model anymore with that level of handholding?

[facthunter]

The real ones have Yaw dampers.. In my opinion some of the Models would be uncontrollable without them. I'd be Picking planes with relatively big straight wings to base a model on.. Nev

[danny_galaga]

38 minutes ago, facthunter said:

The real ones have Yaw dampers.. In my opinion some of the Models would be uncontrollable without them. I'd be Picking planes with relatively big straight wings to base a model on.. Nev

For sure. Far be it for me to criticise a man's hobby choices, but these gigantic models seem to be the opposite of what I'm looking for in a hobby. I bet you could buy a small ultralight for the price of some of these things! 

[facthunter]

Yes,  It has to meet the"Bang for a Buck" test.  Nev

[BrendAn]

On 25/10/2026 at 3:41 PM, Marty_d said:

Thought so. Ramy RC has made a massive A380 but it's nowhere as big as that.

AI gives the length of his as 29ft, wingspan 32ft and weight 362kg. Can't be bothered watching his video to confirm.

🙄

[Marty_d]

I used to enjoy designing and building r/c models.

Only ever single glow engine, straight constant chord wing. But it did tend to bear out the old saying " If it looks right, it'll fly right"

[danny_galaga]

40 minutes ago, Marty_d said:

I used to enjoy designing and building r/c models.

Only ever single glow engine, straight constant chord wing. But it did tend to bear out the old saying " If it looks right, it'll fly right"

That's why.ive gravitated back towards control line 🙂

[charlotteevans]

The "if it looks right, it'll fly right" point is interesting to me as someone outside the hobby. Scale models like a 747 or that A380 must be a different problem entirely, since the proportions are fixed by the original and you can't just tweak them until they look right. I'd imagine that makes the engineering side much less forgiving, which is probably part of the appeal for the builders.