Avro Vulcan XH558 Spirit of Great Britain was the last remaining airworthy example of the 134 Avro Vulcan jet-powered delta winged strategic nuclear bomber aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force during the Cold War. This model is huge with a 20ft wingspan and more wing area than you can shake a stick at.
image: Essential RC
The take off is very scale like and the flight goes smoothly until a flame out occurs mid flightDavid and his team spent four years painstakingly creating a fifth scale model of the bomber out of balsam and plywood. Always a joy to see Dave Johnson fly this extraordinary model. Flown with great skill. You would almost think XH558 was flying again !
The model has a 20ft wingspan and can fly at 150mph.The model ariplane 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.
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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.Filmed by Dom Mitchell for the ‘Essential RC’ YouTube channel using the Panasonic AG-UX180 4K camcorder at Large Model Association (LMA) Cosford Show 2022. Thanks to Dave Johnson and his team for their hospitality.
