Virgin Boeing 747-400 - Gigantic R/C 4X Turbine Model Airliner by Adi Pitz

Caution before watching as these turbines have an extremely high pitch and the camera will catch it at the right angles.  You might want to knock down the volume a bit.

Check the climb out after it takes off.  This aircraft has some major power.

Had to get some idea of how is this even possible.  The turbines come from IQ Hammer which seems to be a German company.

There is zero Rockhouse knowledge about flying gigantic model aircraft but we're curious and we see 14 kg of thrust for each turbine so there's 56 kg total thrust.  The part where it gets aeronautical is whether the turbines need enough thrust to lift the dead weight of the aircraft or is that different from power to drive enough air over the wings to lift it.  That aircraft has got to weigh more than 56 kg so it seems there must be some magic of aeronautics which makes this work because the climb out showed it has ample power.


This is the most hellacious terror weapon I can imagine as the aircraft is easily big enough to look real when there's no scale against the sky.  This aircraft could easily set cities into panic.  You only have to start the panic as after that a panic doesn't need a reason.  It feeds itself.

So we're really not sure what to make of this aircraft.  It's a magnificent engineering accomplishment by Adi Pitz but what will you do with it.  He will probably go to air shows with it and have all kinds of fun dazzling the crowd but there's concern when someone else tries this for some other purpose.  All of the drones started out as radio-controlled aircraft.  These are the guys who came up with the idea in the first place.  Happily, these ones don't bomb things.


There's no particular reason to worry about mini 747 aircraft hassling you as it would have to be one highly-upscale terrorist to afford it.  The motors alone will cost well over $10,000.


Here's some tech jazz on the motors:
 

IQ HAMMER 140+ turbine

IQ 140+, the new development has it all.  For the first time offers IQ with this engine a factory update option on. 

In plain English, this means: you have to make the choice to upgrade this engine at the factory to 170. Thus, there is a relatively low-cost entry into the jet-flying, and if more power is needed later, they do not directly buy a new engine. 

Technical Specifications:


Thrust: 14 kg at 120,000


Weight naked: 1,595 g


Diameter: 112 mm


Speed: 33,000 to 120,000 rpm


EGT: 650 ° C - 750 ° C


Fuel: 435 g / min Jet A1 / Shell V-Power Diesel, Aral Ultimate diesel, petrol or kerosene


Lubrication: 5% turbine oil in the fuel


Service Interval: 50 h