Ramy RC is the builder, I started watching him when he was doing much smaller rc planes (but still pretty big) in a tiny shop in I think it was Germany, he was 3d printing molds to vacuum press carbon fiber and is super detail oriented. then he connected with Tyler Perry who had him start building these giant RC planes. Now they are foam wrapped in carbon fiber. The foam is cut with a hot wire cnc then they sand and prep the surface before laying carbon on top.
At 55# the faa requires the uav meet part 91 ( or 137 if flying for pay) requirements rather than the part 107, and you have tto have a special exemption as well.
Lots of money and time involved it that because you are essentially flying a small plane
Typically RC aircraft this size are flown at designated RC airfields specifically zoned for it, although this is Tyler Perrys house and he has a private runway along with a lot of empty land around.
LARGEST?? You realize that there exist full-sized aircraft converted for remote "RC" operation, right? RIGHT?? Like this one from 42 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD-rKZR5UHc
Why not include UAV in your comment then since they are also remote controlled? I think few people would call any of them or a converted air plane an RC plane.
Dude I worked with died way back in the late 80's at an RC airshow. A guy lost control of his very much smaller than this plane and it hit dude in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Was so surreal. "He died by getting hit by an RC airplane? Holy shit how fucked up is that?" was my response to finding out why he wasn't at work.
RC helis, especially the large scale aerobatic helis, are extremely dangerous. When I sold RC at a hobby shop it was our policy to refuse selling helis above a certain size to a first time buyer.
It's never getting less weird to me how humans usually do survive a lot (like, A LOT) of the stuff easily they die from instantly in movies and popular imagination, yet a die regularly from things that feel almost anticlimactic.
Hitting each other in the head, godlessly, for 8 minutes of movie fight: Barely an effect.
Getting a single suckerpunch to the back of he head in reality: Potentially instantly deadly.
Getting stabbed in the abdomen once with a knife: Instant movie death. Getting >
stabbed in the thigh: Movie characters pull it out and walk a little slower.
Getting stabbed in the abdomen 5 times in reality: Usually survivable when medical treatment is availlable. Getting stabbed in the thigh in reality: If it doesn't miss the two very large blood vessels, that's a very quick ticket to the other side.
Movie humans: Die from falling 3-4 m deep.
Real humans: Survive falls from 5th floor or higher, but die when they topple over on concrete.
Head injuries are dangerous stuff. Trip and fall the wrong way onto a hard surface can be fatal. Every time I see people speeding 30mps on some electric scooter w/o a helmet I'm worried for that it doesn't take much for a TBI to ruin the rest of their life.
Yeah. Humans have regularly survived falls from tall buildings and even from airplanes without a parachutes more than once. But being shoved and falling over backwards on concrete probably kills more people a year than falling out of an aircraft without a working parachute.
It's just crazy how much harder, but also how much easier humans are to kill than in the common imagination and in media depictions. Killing someone deliberately is really hard. Many murderers just straight up fail at it.>
They try, sometimes several attempts, and fail. But accidentally killing someone by doing something stupid, like simply shoving them or hitting them on the back of the head with a closed fist, happens all the time.
That concept of thought leads to 'if I detach the landing gear as it takes off, how much extra explosives can I strap to it' - So I assume many of the guys in Ukraine are top notch rc pilots just doing their thing :D
They are probably light weight air "turbines", not likely to be using jet engine turbines on an RC vehicle like this as they would rip themselves right off the mounting struts unless that thing is made entirely of carbon fiber, which I highly doubt.
Dissipo
Rich people toys
pnycoMovieHero
I thought he would just get in the thing.
neo154
And then you fucking choose Lufthansa as a branding? Oh boy
peosratta
Might as well put a seat in it at this point
nimeton0
Munchman347
If that thing doesn't have a drone camera in the cockpit, why bother?...
SpongeBarb
but why?
AntiProtonBoy
A question asked by the philistine and the unimaginative.
lpooptoomuch
Ramy RC is the builder, I started watching him when he was doing much smaller rc planes (but still pretty big) in a tiny shop in I think it was Germany, he was 3d printing molds to vacuum press carbon fiber and is super detail oriented. then he connected with Tyler Perry who had him start building these giant RC planes. Now they are foam wrapped in carbon fiber. The foam is cut with a hot wire cnc then they sand and prep the surface before laying carbon on top.
ufoara
Azazael79
New trump plane? His hands COULD open thoose doors...
ThisDeservesMoreUpvotes
LitchLitch
At 55# the faa requires the uav meet part 91 ( or 137 if flying for pay) requirements rather than the part 107, and you have tto have a special exemption as well.
Lots of money and time involved it that because you are essentially flying a small plane
Exyr
Just fly an ultra light at this point.
PassionAggressive
Why do that when he could just get in this thing?
OhIfIMust
Naw, I wanna sit in that thing with my head and shoulders sticking out, like one of those miniature trains for kiddie rides.
Sjnubble
Or just call it "drone".
thrael
Pretty sure the RQ-4 is bigger
RupertQZerconia
Isn’t that called a drone?
Randomice
I just realized this is the private runway at Tyler Perry's mansion in Georgia
jj999124
I knew I recognized it but I couldn't remember who owned it. Saw it in a cleetus McFarland video
landisfloatingrock
Maybe it should be donated to Ukraine
kahooki
drone~ated
thatwoodguy
Id love to build an ME262
Cyrakhis
Just looks like more rich people bullshit tbh
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
$1 million USD, just to fuel it! Imagine if that poor guy fucks up the landing, tho.
StillScreamingIntoTheVoid
Ah yes, someone with a "hobby" they spend more on per year than I make.
ziggystardust7
I don't want to know what that thing cost 😅
Ticker1
It cost at least $5.
ChewyTheWookie
treefiddy
drhobotron
Considering he had a private airstrip for it...
DemSumBigAssRidges
So, what are the rules on strapping cameras to it and using it to fly yourself places? Ya know... other than "no!"?
justplainvanilla
TheEleventhHand
What are Tattoo's favorite M & M's? De plain, de plain!
Krashtestdummy
WoodORama
Smiles, everyone! Smiles!
Ostegonation
And drone pilots get in trouble over a certain ounce of weight. Make it make sense.
chansuke
Typically RC aircraft this size are flown at designated RC airfields specifically zoned for it, although this is Tyler Perrys house and he has a private runway along with a lot of empty land around.
todayok
Make it make sense as in tell you to read the regulations about where you can fly RC? OK, read the regulations.
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
LARGEST?? You realize that there exist full-sized aircraft converted for remote "RC" operation, right?
RIGHT??
Like this one from 42 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD-rKZR5UHc
todayok
WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?
and they said "one of the largest".
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
Calm TF down, simp.
Capitalizing a single word for emphasis is not "SHOUTING".
Be less stupid.
todayok
I mean it was two words and the more you talk the dumber you sound.
Be less stupid, simp.
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
Oh, bravo dude.
"I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I." "I-am-rubber-you-are-glue-it-bounces-off-me-and-sticks-to-you."
If you want my own cumback, it's in your mom's mouth.
todayok
My response was that you were wrong, twice, but suuuure, keep melting down. We're enjoying the show.
cosonfused
The largest hobbyist RC plane, then.
WeThinkTooMuchAndFeelTooLittle
Why not include UAV in your comment then since they are also remote controlled? I think few people would call any of them or a converted air plane an RC plane.
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
Why so serious, dude??
a) most purpose-built drones are relatively small
b) remotely-controlled aircraft are VERY MUCH "RC" and are MUCH larger, which was the point of my comment ... "reductio ad absurdum"
ariania
also "one of the largest" implies there are multiple large RC airplane, and this is among the top bunch.
Kablooeeey
Dude I worked with died way back in the late 80's at an RC airshow. A guy lost control of his very much smaller than this plane and it hit dude in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Was so surreal. "He died by getting hit by an RC airplane? Holy shit how fucked up is that?" was my response to finding out why he wasn't at work.
zHurk777
Someone at a nearby park was killed by an rc plane.
chansuke
RC helis, especially the large scale aerobatic helis, are extremely dangerous. When I sold RC at a hobby shop it was our policy to refuse selling helis above a certain size to a first time buyer.
mercyPandaRunner
It's never getting less weird to me how humans usually do survive a lot (like, A LOT) of the stuff easily they die from instantly in movies and popular imagination, yet a die regularly from things that feel almost anticlimactic.
Hitting each other in the head, godlessly, for 8 minutes of movie fight: Barely an effect.
Getting a single suckerpunch to the back of he head in reality: Potentially instantly deadly.
Getting stabbed in the abdomen once with a knife: Instant movie death. Getting >
mercyPandaRunner
stabbed in the thigh: Movie characters pull it out and walk a little slower.
Getting stabbed in the abdomen 5 times in reality: Usually survivable when medical treatment is availlable. Getting stabbed in the thigh in reality: If it doesn't miss the two very large blood vessels, that's a very quick ticket to the other side.
Movie humans: Die from falling 3-4 m deep.
Real humans: Survive falls from 5th floor or higher, but die when they topple over on concrete.
OldButtStillFat
There was a Virginia congressman that died whet the rc jet he was flying hit him.
reignman54
Only thing worse would be getting hit and killed by an RC lawnmower.
obijan
Isn't that the plot of " I starship" ?
Firetempest
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Musicosity
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BeaverOnFire
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seehemewe
Head injuries are dangerous stuff. Trip and fall the wrong way onto a hard surface can be fatal. Every time I see people speeding 30mps on some electric scooter w/o a helmet I'm worried for that it doesn't take much for a TBI to ruin the rest of their life.
IWouldLickThat
TBI? Oh, To Be Interred.
seehemewe
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/traumatic-brain-injury-tbi
mercyPandaRunner
Yeah. Humans have regularly survived falls from tall buildings and even from airplanes without a parachutes more than once. But being shoved and falling over backwards on concrete probably kills more people a year than falling out of an aircraft without a working parachute.
It's just crazy how much harder, but also how much easier humans are to kill than in the common imagination and in media depictions. Killing someone deliberately is really hard. Many murderers just straight up fail at it.>
mercyPandaRunner
They try, sometimes several attempts, and fail. But accidentally killing someone by doing something stupid, like simply shoving them or hitting them on the back of the head with a closed fist, happens all the time.
HelpfulCorn
Like the person I saw last week on a 6 Lane road with a speed limit of 45mph
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
Please tell me this comment and your username are not related. https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Ynh4eTNsbnIyMHN2cnBscjNoYTh3dGRiemY5eGdsdXJ5N25qb29wYiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/BIZkwFtu2xDlS/200w.webp
joshuasplinth
It’s gonna be bad for the tour if they are…
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
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makeamericasmartagain9000
Late night post with different language settings. I’ve been there
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
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fskn
That's a very expensive toy. I wonder who owns it. And what else he owns.
ICanStopScrollingAnyTime
That is Tyler Perry's RC plane airport. He has a guy who builds planes for him. Mr. Perry's current net worth is estimated at $1.4 B.
ThaEnder
Uh oh, that means Imgur wants him dead.
BranDohCalrissian
Like.. Madea??
ICanStopScrollingAnyTime
among many other things
ICanStopScrollingAnyTime
He was homeless in the 90's
BranDohCalrissian
Holy shit. Just looked it up. Madea has a record-breaking rc plane collection. This makes him infinitely more interesting to me.
FeloniousMonk13
See at that point, and having spent that much, I'm riding IN the plane, fuck standing on the ground like a sucker
tmleadr03
VR headset and complete cockpit control set up on the ground and fly it virtually.
BananaForScaIe
To me, at that point, it's just a very pretty UAV, not an "RC Plane", but I don't know why I care either :P
RooGryphon
how much weight can that thing carry... thats the thing and all the other equipment it needs to properly function
AtmaDarkwolf
That concept of thought leads to 'if I detach the landing gear as it takes off, how much extra explosives can I strap to it' - So I assume many of the guys in Ukraine are top notch rc pilots just doing their thing :D
BananaForScaIe
I'm a banana, howtf would I know?
garbuhj
How much potassium do you contain?
BananaForScaIe
How many spider legs have you eaten? Geeze, I'm a banana, not a scientist!
SpaceJew
Idk how I expected you to answer but this exceeded my expectations and had me laughing uncontrollably for minutes
BananaForScaIe
And now I'm giggling at the shared moment. Huzzah kind, erm, Space... Jew.
Randomice
Does it have enough capacity to carry a person?
itsthejacket
Depends how small you cut them up
RedFortuna
At the very least it could probably do a baby, though it would probably be difficult to control while sprinting away from it's parents.
chris16447
Don't be ridiculous, flying vehicles that can carry a person are at least a century away.
duffman3335
Maybe a 5 year old...
shammael
Capacity? Probably yes. But I think I saw propellers inside the engines, so probably not enough lift. Maybe if he exchanged that for turbines?
KAPTKipper
Those were jet turbines.
StellarJay77
No they are not.
MonkeMun
I’ll bet the wings aren’t strong enough either. It’s probably very light. Like balsa wood…
theskepticinme
Turbines have rotating fins similar to propellers. Also listen to the sound it makes.
StellarJay77
They are probably light weight air "turbines", not likely to be using jet engine turbines on an RC vehicle like this as they would rip themselves right off the mounting struts unless that thing is made entirely of carbon fiber, which I highly doubt.
CaldariBob
Or a few hundred pounds of... other stuff?
middlenameconfusion
I don't know if this is going in the "weird sex thing" direction or if you just want to smuggle some drugs.
CaldariBob
Sex, sex, sex... y'all have filthy, filthy minds!
I was thinking more about 9-11ing AI data centers.
BranDohCalrissian
Y'know, stuff. For... things.
TheDirtySanchezBros
Are we talking about 8647 lbs?
BranDohCalrissian
Well, we certainly are now
TheDirtySanchezBros