50% Yak 55

by Mike Busutil
(Yuma Arizona)

This is my 50% Yak 55, She has a wingspan of 140" (12 feet) flying weight is 70 Lbs. She is Powered by a 3W 275 26 HP engine and turns a 37x13 prop.

Radio equipment is JR 8711 servos, Fromco 5200 Lion batteries,Smart-Fly power Expander.

She is the best Flying Rc plane I have ever flown. This aircraft is available from www.billhempel.com and is sold as an ARF.

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50% Yak 55

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That is HUGE!
by: Matt

Holy Cow Mike!

You could fly a small child around on that thing!

Awesome!

Thanks for sharing!

Matt

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Thanks
by: Mike

Is it possible for me to add more pictures to this page or will I have to start a new page for each photo? Thanks.

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More Pictures
by: Matt

The way it is set up right now you will have to add a new page. I can then add that photo to this page and delete the second page.

Thanks for the vid! I will post it right under your pictures.

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Thanks
by: Mike

Thanks Matt!

Here is one more video...

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Sweet!
by: Matt

Thanks for sharing those vids Mike!

Impressive! The Knife Edge was beautiful...

How long did it take you to learn 3D? What type of planes did you learn with before getting into the giant ones?

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thanks
by: Mike

Thanks Matt, I did my first solo when I was 4 years old with a little trainer,I'm 26 now, after that I started moving up in sizes very quickly,I have flown just about every kind of RC. My dad has always liked large scale RC and as far back as I can remember he always had a giant scale plane for me to fly. I got into 3D flying only about 6 years ago, I compete when I can and am a UAV Flight Instructor for work.

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4 year old? wow
by: Matt

I wish I would have gotten started with RC sooner...

My son is three, and he really likes RC planes so far. I was thinking you needed to be like 7 or 8 to have the mental capacity to learn...

Hopefully he will be like you and get an early start!

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Yak Video
by: Mike Busutil

Here is a video you might enjoy.

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Wow!
by: Matt

That was awesome! I've never seen anyone reach out and grab the rudder of a hovering plane.

What sort of camera system are you using in that video?