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Title: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: theleabres on March 10, 2013, 04:22:38 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WoMTH3StqA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WoMTH3StqA)
Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: rcpilotacro on March 10, 2013, 04:48:12 PM Good vid there, Formosa always reminds me of Formosa Air Battle between Third Fleet and Imperial Naval Air Force, i guess it was off Ryukyu Islands (I hope i got the spelling right)
Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: theleabres on March 10, 2013, 05:02:17 PM Seems the founders of GWS started in Taiwan and were nostalgic about its former name. The GWS Formosa at $31 is a good intro to pattern ships, models for pattern flying. It flies like a much heavier balsa without the huge cost. As you can see, this particular foamie has paid for itself many times over as it can be pratically destroyed and be brought back to being airworthy
Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: VC on March 10, 2013, 05:51:56 PM Great flying and convincing video! Maybe you should name her 'Band Aid' now!
Absolutely Gusty. It was a campaign designed to prevent the Japanese from participating later in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Also as a a result of this disastrous 10 day battle, where the Japanese suffered very heavily, they lost the Okinawa islands too. Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: theleabres on March 10, 2013, 07:38:15 PM http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=328586 (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=328586)
I remember Okinawa. I served there a long time ago. Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: theleabres on March 10, 2013, 07:44:17 PM Next month, I'm giving away this Formosa (plane only - stripped of electoronics) LPU only. I have to put the motor/ESC/servos into a new GWS Formosa that I am unpacking today. The Exceed RC 450 motor is a little noisy (supposedly Japanese bearings) so I may throw it in the deal for an extra $10. Or, I may give the plane away and sell the electronics installed for total for $20?
Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: VC on March 10, 2013, 09:21:20 PM Wow! You served in Okinawa? That is historic.
Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: theleabres on March 10, 2013, 09:37:16 PM Historic? Ha, ha, I'm not that old. It was peacetime when I was there.
Okinawa was a paradise when I was there a long time ago in the early 1980's. Now the island is much more commercially developed with less raw nature. The Japanese people were very polite. Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: VC on March 10, 2013, 09:53:26 PM The historic bit was not about your age, rather about the events that took place there.
Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: rcpilotacro on March 10, 2013, 11:05:14 PM isn't these wild weasel EW ver of phantom or is it RF4C
Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: VC on March 11, 2013, 12:03:19 AM That's an aircraft of the 18th Wing / Operations Group. Tail Sign ZZ. I feel it is an RF-4C Phantom Photo Recce aircraft.
If you look at the guy on your extreme left his right arm seems to be resting on something mounted (like an appendage) on the chin of the aircraft. If it was a Wild Weasel, then that appendage would have extended up to (almost) the tip of the nose. The Recce version also had a forward looking chin mounted camera (?) , but the appendage was not so pronounced or elongated. Thealabres will correct me if I am wrong. Title: Re: GWS Formosa refuses to die, dozens of major crashes, still flies awesome Post by: theleabres on March 11, 2013, 06:09:40 AM VC,
You certainly know your RF-4C Recce (pronounced REH-KEE). You are 100% correct. |