The RC Baron is a miniature remote controlled airplane that appears in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas .
The RC Baron is a miniature remote controlled airplane that appears in GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas.
The RC Baron is designed as a model bi-plane with a red body; the design of the plane itself appears to be inspired by the Sopwith Camel, a British fighter aircraft from World War I, whilst the red body and the plane's name are clearly inspired by Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, a German ace pilot who took out 80 enemy planes by himself during the same conflict.
In its first appearance in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the RC Baron originally featured landing gear wheels derived from sports cars in the game. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, however, the landing gear was modified to fit the plane' scale, which are miniature wheels also used on other land-based RC vehicles. The Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas rendition also comes with a functional machine gun and blinking lights on the wing, similar to an actual plane in the game.
