Steve Forrest's P-47 Thunderbolt - 2002 Show-Me R/C Extravaganza

Photos and commentary by Andy Steere.

These are pictures and video clips of Steve Forrest's new P-47. It is 1/6th scale with a 80" wingspan and powered by a Quadra 45cc gasoline engine. Built from a Yellow Aircraft kit, its JR radio system includes dual 1800mah batteries and drives 13 servos including a bomb drop. Scale accessories came from Aerotech. It's painted in the colors of Lt. Col. Francis S. (Gabby) Gabreski, the top P-47 ace from WW2. Steve hails from Sturgeon, Missouri.

STATIC IMAGES

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Nice P-47! I had no idea Steve was working on one, much less that he was also doing one from the 56th Fighter Group. Steve's is larger than my P-47 and more scale. Photo by Carl Johnson.
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Here is a shot of the P-47 in the pits.
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Steve won the Best Scale award.
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MOVIE CLIPS

(Choose a format to view by clicking on one of the two links provided. The native format for the video camera (Olympus C-700UZ) is Apple Quicktime MOV. This version will produce the best picture and sound possible, but the file sizes are large. The Microsoft AVI files were converted using Lead Multimedia Converter and while much smaller... their image quality suffers (a lot on some movies, very little on others). If you have trouble viewing these by directly clicking on the link, try right-clicking on the link, choose save to disk, and play the video ouside the browser. The MOV files require Apple Quicktime player or plugin, and the AVI files require Microsoft Windows Media Player or similar. The AVI files are converted using an Indeo video codec, if you have trouble viewing the video.)

A take-off run on Saturday.
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High fly-by.
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Low fly-by. Beautiful!
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Last modified on 07/15/2002

since July 15, 2002.