B-29 getting a second life

[Ivan]

Actually, it's a Tu-4...

Link as it didn't want to show up with IMG tags...

It's a Tu-4 with An-12 engines and a radome on it's back. Date of flight...

september 2002

[Jared]

Wow! That's cool....I wish that I could find and restore a B-29 to original flyable condition someday...that plane has always amazed me...;-)

[Rifleman]

Here you go.......to me though, it looks suspiciously like an electric model to test some new configuration of some parts while airborne ?  ???

Nice find though.........

[ChuckMajik]

I'm with Rilfeman on this, looks too R/C-ish.

[Woodlouse2002]

Well chaps, he didn't say that it wasn't a model did he?

[ozzy72]

I'm not so sure Ken, take a look at the U/C, looks right to me. I hope this is kosher, 'cos I'd love to see it fly, and where I live there could be an excellent chance for that

Mark

[Jaffa]

It is definately RC.

[ozzy72]

Okay good point Jaffa, but that U/C was the first thing to catch my eye, v.impressive for a model. I wonder how big she it?

[Threadkiller]

uhm im with ken on this one, looks rather r/c-ish as Steve-O said....

great pic tho

[SilverFox441]

I was looking at the runway edge marker lite over on the right hand side...of course it is possible that it's 15' tall.

[Jared]

lol..still looks pretty good..:-)

[Sam 400]

I think thats a cool idea. Nice 1 whoever it is. Sam

[Felix/FFDS]

It's a VERY good R/C model.

However, the original Chinese Tu-4 (re-engined with turboprops and radome, etc) is in semi-retirement, and I believe is still flown for R&D and weapons platform studies.

As a historical note, the Tu-4 is not a "copy" of the B-29 as it is a reverse-engineered design.  Parts from the US built B-29 do not fit the metric-redesigned Tu-4...  If you've seen the History channel (and probably Wings) you'll appreciate the effort that went into the Tu-4 (never mind that Tupolev had actually proposed a similar heavy bomber of original design before Stalin decreed that the interened B-29 be copied).

[d0mokun]

i fly R\C, and ive seen the GT Viccy. that was big. so it doesnt really matter how big it is. i mean, i've seen a 1:3 spit too. size doesnt seem to matter- even airbus had an a3?0 that was r\c.

but even so.. it seems to lack.. weathering. and details. for an old plane, even repainted, you wouldnt expect it to be completely clean surely? And also.. why don't the wings extend over the grass? little small isnt she?

then again- very impressive. i'd love to fly that. but i love my cub. lol.

dano  8)