55% scale Ultimate biplane

[dominicm]

Robbie Skipton doesn't just fly these monster radio controlled aircraft, he also designs and builds them from scratch. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0igCSG_jcY

[rgmwa]

Impressive piloting skills! I wonder how he would go flying a full size plane. 

[dominicm]

Totally different kettle of fish and I think us RC 'pilots' know that...

[rgmwa]

Yes, but his model flying would probably give him an instinctive feel for the control inputs required for aerobatics in a full sized aircraft, so he might pick the skills up quicker than most if he was to try it. Of course being in the cockpit and subjected to the forces and disorienting visual effects might negate all that.