Big boy's toy

[kallend 2,106]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDbQ5xvsrIU&feature=PlayList&p=8F141111A54DF47&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Misternatural 0]

all I can say is wow.

speaking of cool toys-
check out Prof. Leik Myrabo's Laser light craft
http://www.lightcrafttechnologies.com/technology.html

Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires.
D S #3.1415

[warpedskydiver 0]

That needs a GPS system and Ramjets.

Some heat resistant coatings would help.

Maybe if it was all made from Carbon Fiber since that would withstand more than steel.
Or a ceramic coating.

A fleet of those would be nice.

UCAVs would be very nervous

[SpeedRacer 1]

wicked pissah!

Speed Racer
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[IMALSUTIGERFAN 0]

sweet, but my luck I would crash it the first time I flew it.

[kallend 2,106]

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sweet, but my luck I would crash it the first time I flew it.

SKILL is required, not luck.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[warpedskydiver 0]

An onboard camera and a controller linked through a laptop will work wonders.

Add in a HUD display and you are all set.

A GPS could make it autonomous.

Heck you could program it to land itself.

[cocheese 0]

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sweet, but my luck I would crash it the first time I flew it.

SKILL is required, not luck.

Last night, I saved my Raptor 50 after an engine stall while inverted at about 20 feet high. Heart stopping fun.

The clunk line on the main tank split and fell off in the tank making the header tank empty.

In 400 or so flights, this is only the second time the engine has stalled. Both times inverted. Both times a big bounce at the end, but i saved it.

50% skill, 50% luck

[airdvr 210]

Nice toy...but someone needs to buy him some pants.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[jumpwally 0]

Awesome stuff ! any idea what that setup costs ?

smile, be nice, enjoy life
FB # - 1083

[ryoder 1,590]

We've told you a thousand times 'cheese;
When you fly a copter, the spinny thing goes on top!

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[ryoder 1,590]

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sweet, but my luck I would crash it the first time I flew it.

In the late '80's a guy in Ft Worth TX built an XB-70 about that same size. He took it out to a local airport for it's first flight, and the local TV news crew was there to film it, and put it on the evening news.

It accelerated down the runway, then the nose suddenly popped up and it took off at a 45 degree angle.
At ~75 feet it paused, then tail-slid back into the runway in a spectacular crash.

I learned later that the problem was the thing sat nose low on it's gear, so when it accelerated, the canard pressed the nose down hard against the runway. When he finally gave the canard full nose-up pitch, it popped off the runway so abruptly he could not get the nose down before it stalled.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[justinb138 0]

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Awesome stuff ! any idea what that setup costs ?

I'd guess somewhere around 10-20k, if not more.

Some of the RC turbine engines are $5k+ each.