HobbyKing Live - Mac Hodges B-29 crash, End of an Era.

We are here at Warbirds over Delaware where Mac Hodges famous B-29 suffered a casualty. We got a chance to talk to Mac about the incident, and wanted to thank him for all the years of bringing great shows to all of us who love RC!

Thanks again Mac!

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Enjoy, stay safe, and let's keep growing the community.

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[aaroncunningham]

Mac has literally inspired me to get into the hobby and has changed my life. Thanks Mac

[marhar]

Thanks Mac, you've been an inspiration for many years...  I'll never forget the Mac Hodges B-29!

[HCarota]

I crash my bixler twice a week. HK never went interviewing me!

[zimmy]

B29 RIP
thanks Mat Hodges for all you do for the hobby

[ucrash]

Good crash investigation. We were wondering what went wrong. Thanks for share.

[keefygee]

Such a graceful plane and ironically a graceful exit by Mr Hodges.

[emerychandler]

super sad this happened, glad no one was hurt. stuff like this happens, even with real airplanes. for real MAC you are great pilot sorry for your loss.

[gingermattb]

Very sorry to see this - this was a fabulous model, and it was only luck that prevented serious injury. However, this problem (failure to throttle up on all engines) is always a possibility on a large multi, so the event organisers should have allowed way more distance between model and spectators to allow time and space to abort if needed.

[stuntmanmike]

Obviously they didn't do an engine run up check before flight.  Otherwise they would have noticed a bad engine immediately.  A very amateur mistake for a seasoned flight crew.  

[tmy]

The world has now changed!!! This means no more cool plane at these events

[mikesmulders]

Is that why it looks like a left rudder more then a full right to compensate? I fly and yes would dothe same in the short time you have to make decisions. Never had the area to work on something that big but have dreamed like most all of us looking.

[tonyfdesign]

He did everything right, with the exception of taking off.

[billbullock]

I love all the comments about what someone may have done wrong. Your day is coming.

[craigrobotham]

Totally gutted for Mac, hate to see someones pride n joy go down :(

[LoveFlyKAP]

The left-hand engine was not at RPM as the rest. He should have seen and heard that. Luck he did not kill someone. What a story to CYA.

[Duderocks]

Hopefully he has some other large scales, He probably doesn't wanna rebuild it because its too much money. I believe it costs him $75, 000 to rebuild it after it crashes.

[ToMeTheFool]

(Where was I two years ago???)
Onto bigger and better things. Anyone else wanna see a B-36 or a B-52/X-15?

[tomasinacovell]

I would have caught that, casual old coot.

[robertmetz]

Real pilots make the same mistake. The old fart brainlocked. You can easily see full opposite rudder. The takeoff should have been aborted at the start of recognition of a full input. About 12 feet into the take off role. Nobody being hurt was despite his actions.