Six months after starting a giant scale S-43 "baby clipper" project, the airplane has taken flight. The plane is considered 1/5th scale and has a wingspan of 200 inches. Using two Desert Aircraft DA-100 gas engines to power the 110 pound plane, the aircraft was able to take its first flight in May of 2014. The two 3600 mAh NiCD batteries provide the juice to the 14 HiTec servos and Futuba receivers.
Unfortunately the plane had a short lived first flight, lasting about a minute and reaching heights of 150 feet, due to a engine shearing off. Luckily, the pilot was able to safely land the 200 inch wingspan plane with no damage.
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