RC Aircraft...SR-71

[evelrod]

For a few years, a long time ago, I tried designing/building and flying RC aircraft. Eventually getting to 1/4 scale sailplanes. Very expensive hobby that I was forced to give up partly because of the expense and partly because of the time/complexity (the wife).
Now well over 30 years have passed and I find this...simply don't know what to say.

http://biggeekdad.com/2010/06/sr-71/

Rod

 

[IRstuff]

The micro tubines are what really seal the deal; the turbine roar is a real killer.

They've come down in price considerably since they were first developed for RC planes:

http://www.wrenturbines.co.uk/

This article hints at even smaller versions:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article_display.cfm?article_id=166

TTFN

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[MikeHalloran]

Like, wow.


Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[thruthefence]

I wonder how many manhours went into that rig?

wonderful stuff!!

 

[ornerynorsk]

That is incredible. Thanks for sharing the link!

It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.