Ramy RC built a 1/8-scale Airbus A380-800 with a 32.9-foot wingspan, 29.7-foot length, and 800 lb gross weight for Lufthansa’s 100th anniversary.
Key Takeaways
Scale is 1/8, making this the largest known RC A380 build; wingspan is 9.75 meters, length 8.83 meters.
Total weight is 362 kg (800 lb), requiring significant structural engineering to fly safely.
The channel (Ramy RC) has 1.12M subscribers; the reveal video hit 1.37M views within days of posting.
Power plant is electric brushless, not turbine jet engines, a deliberate choice given the build scale.
Hacker News Comment Review
Commenters confirmed the build is funded by actor Tyler Perry, who has a private RC airstrip and workshop on his forested estate; turbines were ruled out due to wildfire risk on the property.
The electric-vs-turbine tradeoff sparked debate: purists wanted real jet sound and scale realism, but the fire-risk rationale on a forest-surrounded estate made electric defensible.
Several builders noted the anxiety of flying a months-long build: the craft-vs-risk tension is real at this scale, and at least one commenter estimated comparable large RC aircraft run ~$100k.
Notable Comments
@nickmcc: confirms Tyler Perry owns the plane and hosts the RC airstrip at his home estate.
@jacquesm: built a glider and “flew it exactly once” due to crash anxiety after build time invested – sharp illustration of the scale-commitment problem.
