Build of an RC Avro Vulcan B2 Bomber

This is the Avro Vulcan B2 Bomber 36″ or 914 mm wingspan built with depron foam and two brushless pusher motors. It was a kit produced by Green Air Designs who are no longer in business. If you are looking for something similar then try this one from JetWorks.

Flies extremely well on a 1300mAH Lipo battery.  Depron is usually used for floor insulation it was one of the main building materials for Radio Controlled. It’s now not so easy to find at reasonable prices

It’s finished as the Vulcan that bombed the runway at Port Stanley in the Falklands  – XM607 Which is on display at the RAF base Waddington in Lincolnshire.  Highly recommended the book Vulcan 607 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vulcan-607-Rowland-White/dp/0593053915.

The operation was known as Black Buck and wouldn’t have been possible without the Handley Page Victor tankers, about a dozen were required.  XM607 was actually the backup as XM598 had a problem with a window seal had had to turn back.

The raid at the time was the longest bombing raid ever – 8,000 miles.

The Vulcan shows 175 Watts on the wattmeter with a weight of 20 oz with a battery it has 140Watt per pound so she has ample power.  The battery is a 1300mAH 3s lipo. Launching her is very easy and looks great in the air.

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Crash

I crashed her and she’s in the repair hanger just started fixing her. My fault I had the battery in the wrong position and she wasn’t happy and did a backflip followed by a nosedive.  Ouch!

All repaired and flying again even better.