I think someone posted video of a radio-controlled B-29 before, but this is the first time I’ve seen the video of it launching an X-1.
Neato mosquito! 
For those of us destructively inclined, they actually end up safely landing that thing at the end.
Really cool though. 
I wonder if the operator had a stick of Beeman’s.
Very cool.
Coincidentally, I used to work at Ridley Mission Control Center.
I think it would have been cooler if they had had a purpose-built B-29 with the X-1 recessed in the belly, and if they’d lit the rocket right after dropping it.
When I was a kid I had my free-flight airplanes (got into r/c later, but by then I had other interests) and Estes rockets. It’s nice to see footage of people who are still into hobbies.
Hijack
Did you notice the link to the video of the guy strapping on a jet-powered wing apparatus, and flying with that?
Fantastic model, awesome sound from those four engines - and check out the low-level inverted pass at 6:30! That pilot must find it hard to get his pants on over those massive cojones.
OtakuLoki: That’s pretty amazing. I wonder how he controls it?
Malacandra: Speaking of the engines, did you happen to see how many people were operating the B-29? I was paying attention to the model, not to the crew. I’d think they’d use at least two channels, though four would be better in case one quit.
Not at all. They’re built to scale.
Eight model gas-turbines, God knows how much work,Ouch
Oh, I think they must double up the shit out of the radio on that thing. No, I was too busy watching that model in dumbstruck awe to pay attention to the crew. It was quite something - and I’ve seen some excellent large models over here in the last few years.
Verdammt!
What a shame. 
As I said, I used to work at EAFB. I got to see some of the experimental aircraft, and I’ve touched the NASA B-52 that had such a long career. (Yeah, yeah. But it was something to me!) How cool would it be for someone to build a replica of that aircraft and have a variety of rocket-powered craft to launch from the pylon?
Some of the more elaborate models can cost more than a human-carrying lightplane. The amount of work that goes into them, considering scale detail accuracy, can be more than a homebuilt manned airplane, too. Those engines can cost $5000 or up, apiece.
Have you seen the pix of the 1/8 scale C-17? Here is a 1/6 scale B-17.
Saw the video a month ago and thought-Holy Crap! How many hours went into crafting such a fine piece of equipment? Reminded me of a fellow who was into scale model coal burning locomotives, and the years they spent building in spare time.
Me, I’d rather *be * up there than pretending I was, and spend less money doing it, too. But to each his own.
A friend of mine spent all of the last 3 winters, and I don’t even know how many thousands of dollars, building a 1/8 scale Fokker Triplane. On the first flight, the battery caught fire. It went right into the dumpster. He’s working on a 1/3 scale (!) Sopwith Pup now. We’re all hoping for the best.