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IwakuniFlyer
Jun 30, 2007, 03:10 AM
My wife got this great pic of me flying a 1-1 scale Japanese P-3.

Great detail huh?
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i211/IwakuniDiver/1to1P3.jpg

Ok, you got me! It's real. One was taking off and since I happened to have my controller handy, I thought it would be a funny pic.

Scott
pmpjohn
Jun 30, 2007, 07:27 AM
That looks almost as real as this :cool:

John
MustangAce17
Jun 30, 2007, 04:02 PM
WOW John the P3 looks great in the air! can't wait to see her fly soon.
pmpjohn
Jun 30, 2007, 05:19 PM
Thanks Kyle,

She does make a statment. When is the next weekend fly-in ?

Scott,

Thanks for that pic. I logged over 1500 hours aircrew time in P3 Orions that looked just like the model while attached to VP-19 during the 70's.

John
MustangAce17
Jul 01, 2007, 10:45 PM
John, not sure on the next flyin yet. I'll let you know though,anxiously awaiting the Long EZ
skyboyken
Jul 02, 2007, 02:41 AM
I'm an ex-P3 crew too. Does anyone do a (flying) kit of a P3-C?
pmpjohn
Jul 02, 2007, 07:00 AM
skyboyken,

I am not aware of any flying P3 kit. The picture in post #2 is a scratch built. It was built by Ed Putnam 3 or 4 years ago. She has a 49" wingspan and is powered by 4 speed 300's direct drive and 3s 3300mah lipos.

My full scale time was in P-3b's and b-retrofits. Not sure what version the P3 in Scott's pic is but the mad boom is gone.

John
SpleenRippa
Jul 05, 2007, 12:36 AM
I'm an avionics tech on the CP140 Aurora (Canadian P3) and my father was(is!) aircrew. Nothing like fixing what he breaks... It's a family business :-p
A P3/Aurora kit would be great. Buddies and I have, numerous time, contemplated asking the squadron for $$$ and scratchbuilding one :-)
Tram
Jul 05, 2007, 01:18 AM
Man, we just had a semi-royal rumble betix a P-3 guy and a C-130 guy.. Seems the C-130's tend to think the P-3 has it's engines upside down and vice versa.. :)

I like the P-3 better, myself..

Jeff
www.CommonSenseRC.com
pmpjohn
Jul 05, 2007, 06:38 AM
Man, we just had a semi-royal rumble betix a P-3 guy and a C-130 guy.. Seems the C-130's tend to think the P-3 has it's engines upside down and vice versa.. :)

I like the P-3 better, myself..

Jeff
www.CommonSenseRC.com

It is not so much that the 130 has it's engines upside down but more that it has it's wing mounted on the wrong side of the fuselage ;)

John