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Re:World's biggest RC A380 [video] by wazoox on Monday May 04, 2026 @07:58AM (#48007592)
AFAIK the only existing small jet engines for RC planes are much too small for this one.
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Re:World's biggest RC A380 [video] by ncrc74 on Monday May 04, 2026 @08:25AM (#48007829)
There are certainly turbines available that could power the model. He chooses not to.
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Re:World's biggest RC A380 [video] by jcims on Monday May 04, 2026 @08:47AM (#48008021)
They've been scaling these things up over the past decade. The JetCat P1000 can exceed 200lbs of thrust.

What they really for this kind of build are RC turbofans, which are extremely uncommon. This thing puts out over 300lbs of thrust at full throttle:

https://www.frankturbine.com/en/FT1500.html

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