Larger than average B-17 flying scale model aircraft

[MiTasol]

 

[FowellBox]

Wow!!!!
Brian

 

[SaparotRob]

I REALLY like this guy!

 

[CHAD VEICH]

This is not a model aircraft.

 

[MiTasol]

Depends on your definition.
It is not full scale and it is very closely modeled off the original so it definitely fits the definition of a flying scale model. It is just not control line or remote control.

 

[eljefe]

Sadly, Mr. Bally left us last summer at the age of 79. At least he had 4 years to enjoy his wonderful creation; the capstone to a life spent woodworking and flying planes (he held an instructor rating). Won the Lindy award in 2018 from the EAA for the B-17.

 

[Zipper730]

Sorry that he died, but I gotta say that took guts. I've joked along with another person about the idea of creating a bunch of 1/24 or 1/32 scale navy fighters on a 1/24 or 1/32 scale USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and we both laughed and laughed at the idea of having a 35-50 foot model ship with all those planes on it, but this guy actually built to a much larger scale and actually succeeded in doing what we joked about.

 

[Gnomey]

Very cool!

Shame to hear he passed.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Fricken awesome!