1/5 SCALE RC DOUGLAS A-1 SKYRAIDER - DLE 111cc JAMES AT WILLIS WARBIRDS FIGHTER MEET - 2016

JAMES SENT THIS INFO OVER ON THE MODEL -
Skyraider is 1/5 scale and a span of about 120"
Power is from a dle 111cc
Guidance by Futaba 18mz
Powerbox srs
4 battery packs for redundancy as more useful than lead.
Weight 25kg
The skyraider is flying heavy metal. It will fly in anything.
The dle 111 is perfect match with loads of power to make a good display. Rolls are surprisingly fast.
Nose pitches down with flap.
The piston-engined Skyraider was designed during World War II to meet United States Navy requirements for a carrier-based, single-seat, long-range, high performance dive/torpedo bomber, to follow-on from earlier types such as the Helldiver and Avenger. Designed by Ed Heinemann of the Douglas Aircraft Company, prototypes were ordered on 6 July 1944 as the XBT2D-1. The XBT2D-1 made its first flight on 18 March 1945 and in April 1945, the USN began evaluation of the aircraft at the Naval Air Test Center (NATC). In December 1946, after a designation change to AD-1, delivery of the first production aircraft to a fleet squadron was made to VA-19A.
The low-wing monoplane design started with a Wright R-3350 radial engine, later upgraded several times. Its distinctive feature was large straight wings with seven hard points apiece. These gave the aircraft excellent low-speed manoeuvrability, and enabled it to carry a large amount of ordnance over a considerable combat radius and loiter time for its size, comparable to much heavier subsonic or supersonic jets. The aircraft was optimized for the ground-attack mission and was armoured against ground fire in key locations unlike faster fighters adapted to carry bombs, such as the Vought F4U Corsair or North American P-51 Mustang, which were retired by U.S. forces before the 1960s.
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Little Gransden airfield is located at Fuller's Hill Farm near Little Gransden village in Cambridgeshire, roughly half way between Bedford and Cambridge. Access is easy via the A1 or A428 roads. Unfortunately there are no public transport links to the airfield. If you are using a Sat Nav system, the postcode for the airfield is SG19 3BP.
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FILMED AT FULLERS HILL FARM - LITTLE GRANSDEN AIRFIELD - SANDY - CAMBRIDGESHIRE - SG19 3BP ON 30-31-7-2016,

[@571951rhoehn1]

Love that aircraft! Saved my bum more than once. Nice piloting too!

[@jayfmiller]

good looking aircraft and great still and video work!

[@tbobborap1]

thanks jay

[@glennandrews9688]

They where beasts of ground attack planes .Great video.

[@glennandrews9688]

Yes engine cowl looks bit out of scale. So your not voting for Hillary I see.

[@tbobborap1]

thanks glenn

[@Warbirds]

guten Morgen ! Super Teil Horst

[@tbobborap1]

good morning to you as well

[@SubToTripleThreatRC]

A nice bit of flying and some wool worthy camerawork!
G.

[@tbobborap1]

cheers G, wonder how many sheep killed by napalm dropped from these babies ? - snr

[@SubToTripleThreatRC]

I love the smell of roast lamb in the morning!

[@tbobborap1]

ha ha lmfao - trouble is the burnt wool stinks a bit !

[@SubToTripleThreatRC]

You get used to it after a while.

[@tbobborap1]

;-)

[@rcthailandbasic9734]

🤟🤟👍🙏

[@RCModelPlane]

nice plane

[@tbobborap1]

thanks

[@RCModelPlane]

please

[@robr4596]

And the A 10 Thunderbolt Was named "THE WARTHOG" for being ugly..... Anyway, nice model, and good flight.

[@tbobborap1]

thanks rob