US man who built the world's biggest RC Airbus A380 finishes it in stunning Lufthansa livery but it almost goes terribly wrong at take-off
Published on May 05, 2026 at 4:30 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on May 05, 2026 at 4:30 PM (UTC+4)
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Alessandro Renesis
This guy in the US built one of the largest remote-controlled planes in the world, an RC Airbus A380, which now comes with an incredibly faithful Lufthansa livery.
It took years of painstaking work in his workshop, but the finished product is fantastic.
Even the livery is surprisingly accurate.
But there’s a half-secret superstition in the RC world about liveries, and this project confirms it.
The world’s biggest RC Airbus A380 is the size of a real Cessna
Ramy from the Ramy RC YouTube channel spent months building the world’s biggest RC Airbus A380-800, and generally one of the largest remote-controlled planes in the world.
The aircraft is a faithful reproduction of the airliner, with real actuators, 12 wheels with individual braking systems, and four engines generating around 450 pounds of thrust.
The giant aircraft also uses a gyro stabilization system to keep it steady in the air, which you kind of need when your RC plane is the size of a real-life Cessna 150.
The plane is absolutely massive, and it’s also heavy, tipping the scales at around 360 kilograms.
It is 29 feet (8.83 meters) long, and has a wingspan of 32 feet (9.75 meters).
It’s fast, too: this RC plane reached speeds of about 103 miles per hour during its maiden flight.
But then the new livery was unveiled, and by pure coincidence, something else went wrong.
The plane’s sixth flight didn’t go smoothly
There’s apparently a half-secret superstition in the RC world about liveries.
Many pilots believe that once you put a beautiful finish on a plane, you are more likely to crash it.
The plane completed five flights with no livery and no trouble but then, after upgrading the plane with the Lufthansa 100th Anniversary livery ahead of the sixth flight, the owner did run into a problem.
During the takeoff phase, the aircraft hit a tree.
Fortunately, that’s where the bad news ended.
Not only did the plane escape without a scratch, but it also went on to successfully complete the flight.
After beginning his automotive writing career at DriveTribe, Alessandro has been with Supercar Blondie since the launch of the website in 2022. In fact, he penned the very first article published on supercarblondie.com. He’s covered subjects from cars to aircraft, watches, and luxury yachts - and even crypto. He can largely be found heading up the site’s new-supercar and SBX coverage and being the first to bring our readers the news that they’re hungry for.
