The B-52 model crash was not the same as the real one. The model crashed due to pilot error. Gordon throttled back the Wren turbines too much on the downwind leg.

 

With models you should throttle back on down wind lines to avoid the airplane being over stressed, but in this case Gordon throttled back too much and the B-52 ran out of airspeed. Which is unrecoverable with a model of that size. A model of a smaller plane that is powered by propeller would easily recover but as turbines take time to power up, the B-52 was unable to maintain its airspeed and turned over and crashed.

 

It overflew me on a different airshow line, and crashed in a field near a house, our safety officials at our airshow site rushed over and were unable to help the model.

 

That's the full story.

 

Cheers,

 

Paul

Here are some photos from Paul:

A great shot of the awesome B-52 model...	Sure looks like the "real thing"....	The awful aftermath of the crash...