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A-29 Super Tucano

Ricardo Moreira & Francisco Reifschneider, São Paolo, Brazil

This 47-inch-span, scratch-built model of the 2003 A-29 Brazilian Air Force plane is powered by a Turnigy 2836 1100kv brushless motor, 9x6 propeller and 2200mAh 3S LiPo. Ricardo (pictured here) writes, “It flies

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