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This 1:5-Scale WWII Twin-Rotor Helicopter RC Build Is So Realistic It Actually Flies

Summary by MotorBiscuit
Most giant RC builds chase something familiar: a Spitfire, a Huey, maybe a Bell 47 with a bubble canopy. Frank Wedekind went a different direction and built a flying, 1:5-scale replica of the Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache, a twin-rotor German helicopter so obscure that most aviation fans have never heard of it, let alone seen one fly. Footage of the model in the air, shot at an RC Heli Meeting in Wolfhagen on the Graner Berg hill back in August 2…
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MotorBiscuit broke the news in Asheville, United States on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
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