The world’s largest RC Boeing 777-9X takes flight

Filmmaker Tyler Perry piloted the remote-controlled behemoth, which weighs 630 pounds with a 33-foot wingspan.

The world’s largest RC Boeing 777-9X weighs 630 lbs., and its takeoff makes model aviation look like real aerospace testing

Popular aviation builder Ramy RC has flown a self-described “world’s largest” remote-control Boeing 777-9X, a fully electric ...
MotorBiscuit

The World’s Largest RC Boeing 777-9X Takes Flight for the First Time — And it is Strong Enough to Sit On

Fun hobby projects are one thing, but building a mega RC Boeing 777-9X, flying it for the first time, and performing flybys ...
Hackaday

Building A Giant Remote Controlled Model Airbus A380 In A Year

A year ago [Ramy RC] set out on a momentous challenge: to build a 1:21 scale Airbus A380-800 RC model with functional engines, landing gear and all other details. Recently he finished the project and ...
Flying

Kettering Model Aircraft Collection Undergoes Conservation

Eugene Kettering, a philanthropist and co-founder of the Air Force Museum (now the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force), donated his extensive collection of 624 delicate, scratch-built model ...
Hackaday

Hackaday Prize 2023: Tiny RC Aircraft Built Using Foam And ESP12

Once upon a time, a radio controlled plane was a hefty and complex thing. They required small nitro engines, support equipment, and relatively heavy RC electronics. Times have changed since then, as ...

Remote-controlled aircraft in question after model jet causes 'freak accident' wildfire

Flying restrictions on remote-controlled aircraft are in question while Utah remains in a severe drought.A model jet aircraft ...

YouTuber Builds a 29-Foot RC Airbus A380—Then Actually Flies It in Lufthansa’s 100th Anniversary Livery

Most hobby projects top out at a shelf, a garage, or maybe a driveway. Ramy RC, a YouTuber with a well-documented obsession with large-scale aircraft, went considerably further – spending months ...