Admit it. We all miss seeing Concorde fly. That’s why you have to check out this giant hand-made RC Concorde!
Instagram user @Horizon_Hobby posted a video of the 33-foot long remote controlled plane, flown by Otto Widlroither. Check it out below.
This giant RC Concorde is the largest RC plane in the world
The replica is a 1:6 scale model of the real iconic Concorde, with a 6 ft tall tail and wingspan of 13 ft. It’s powered by four JetCat 300 Pro engines. Fully fueled, the plane weighs nearly 330 pounds.
It has pneumatic gears, a fuel tank capacity of 4 x 6 liters, and an air tank capacity of 30 liters. It was designed and built by Steven and Matthew Bishop.
Above, watch a longer video of the incredible RC Concorde in action! Brings a tear to me eye.
The attention to detail and engineering behind the RC plane is really amazing. You can see it in action at various events around Europe.
See a real Concorde on display
While we will never see a Concorde fly again, you can visit some in museums.
My personal favorite is the one in Duxford, England, at the Imperial War Museum. Designated Concorde G-AXDN, it was a pre-production model used for the testing and refinement of Concorde. It flew faster than any other Concorde! Its nose still works too! They actually do a nose-lowering demo on the last Sunday of every month.
You’re free to walk below, around, even above the aircraft. Visitors are welcome to go onboard as well. Here’s a video I shot visiting her.
The first Concorde to ever fly is on display at the Museum of Air and Space in Le Bourget, France. Another is on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, UK. More below:
- Musée Delta at Orly Airport, Paris, France
- Airbus has one in Toulouse, France
- Weybridge’s Brooklands Museum in the English county of Surrey
- Manchester Airport
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- Museum of Flight in East Lothian, Scotland
- Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum in Speyer, Germany.
- London Heathrow Airport
- Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York
- Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
- Museum of Flight, Seattle
- Charles de Gaulle Airport
- Aerospace Bristol museum in South West England
