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AS USUAL DAVE JOHNSON THE LMA ( THE LARGE MODEL ASSOCIATION ) CHAIRMAN PUT ON A SHOW STOPPING DISPLAY WITH HIS MASSIVE FOUR GAS TURBINE ENGINED AVRO VULCAN AT THIS POPULAR FAMILY SHOW,
HE KINDLY ALLOWED DEAN & I TO PUT THREE MOBIUS HD CAMERAS ON THE VULCAN FOR SOME AMAZING ONBOARD AERIAL FOOTAGE !
THE VULCAN IS 1/5 TH SCALE WITH A WING SPAN OF JUST OVER 20 FT AND WEIGHS AROUND 139 KG / 300 ILBS,
SHE HAS OVER 100 SQ FT OF WING AREA WITH A WING LOADING OF 3ILB / SQUARE FOOT – SIMILAR TO A LARGE GLIDER,
SHE IS POWERED BY FOUR JETSMUNT 160 GAS TURBINES WHICH PRODUCE 155 ILBS OF THRUST COMBINED AND CARRIES 20 KG OF FUEL TO FEED THEM !
SHE ALSO HAS AROUND 8 KG OF LEAD BALLAST ONBOARD TO BALANCE HER CORRECTLY,
THE WEIGHT OF ALL THREE UNDERCARRIAGES ALONE COMES TO 25 KG,
IN THE 2013 SEASON SHE LOGGED 40 FLIGHTS,
IT TOOK DAVE AND HIS TEAM OVER THREE YEARS TO DESIGN AND BUILD THE MODEL !
THE VULCAN APPROACHES THE 120MPH MARK,
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FILMED AT AN RC MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW RUN BY THE LMA ( LARGE MODEL ASSOCIATION ) AT RAF COSFORD – WOLVERHAMPTON – SHROPSHIRE / STAFFORDSHIRE – WV7 3EX ON SUNDAY 20 TH JULY – 2014,
