Some Hope for my DHL R/C Jumbo 747

January 21, 2008 · Posted in Mike's Blog 

After losing hope of flying my giant DHL 747, I finally got some encouragement online.  I tried searching Google and YouTube for videos of this plane flying.  After hours, I found out that it’s being sold in the US under Estes-Cox and sold in the Philippines under Dickie-Spielzeug.  FYI, this plane comes in two models – Air Force One and DHL.  I got the DHL model and the videos below are of the Air Force One model.  They’re the same except for paint job.

Video #1 – Not really that easy to get it flying.

[youtube 2CozeJtJpvo]

As you can see, he had to throw it from an elevated plane to give the plane some room to build lift.  But do I really have to?  If that’s the case then I’d have to fine such a place first but more searches on YouTube showed that in can fly even on flat plains.

[youtube lVd0_DEA1Fc]

- and -

[youtube KUULIfp6Xgw]

There you go.  I guess I’ll just have to give this plane another try when I find time.



Comments

Leave a Reply