The ultimate RC toy

[Starkler]

RC F22 raptor with real jet turbine engines :eyepop:
It even sounds the part. I want one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxOKpieJ6jc&feature=related

[Matty P]

WOW! it's almost like the real thing :scared:. It's almost to good to be true :rofl::thumbsup:. How much would something like that cost?

Matt

[Dennis]

Hey Geoff

How are your Ada programming skills?:whistle:

The software that provides the avionics system's full functionality is composed of approximately 1.7 million lines of code. Ninety percent of the software is written in Ada, the Department of Defense's common computer language.

That’ a big system upgrade and maintenance challenge!:eyepop:

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman]

Wow how cool!

[snowyskiesau]

Oh goody, another bottomless hole to pour money into :whistle:

[h0ughy]

I sent that one to my brother - wow that is way cool ....

[vindictive666]

you gotta have very deep pockets and someone to teach you on how to fly them

they are a flying brick they dont glide very well

ive flow a couple of lookalikes prop driven of course, they are hard youve got to keep the speed up or else you are in trouble

as for turbines they were at my time when i was in the RC game was very expensive

not to mention the cost of decent remote control :)

what it is worth these days i wouldnt have a clue :)

[acropolite]

Cubic dollars, if you had any change out of $15K I'd be surprised. Here's a single turbine (http://www.galtechmodels.com/TurbinesSite/PST-turbines.shtml)for $4695 NZ. For a more affordable toy, this one's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRy9a_Vonww&feature=related)pretty neat too. You can get these on ebay in an electric version for under $100, not sure if they perform like the ones in the video though....

[vindictive666]

ive got a video somewhere from a club fly in

a man had a scale (not sure what it scale it was one quarter i think)

one of the engines died and so did the dakota, ouch it turned in on the dead motor and smash :(

i wanted a one quarter scale p51d the kit alone was about 2.5 to 3k

not to mention the servos battery packs receivers engine petrol 2 stroke that was about the cheapest to buy ect ect about 5 to 6k all up it was back then :)

[Dennis]

I get my P51’s (Mustang) and P38’s (Lightning) mixed up? The P38 was the twin tail long range fighter IIRC? The P51 had the “muscle” bump underneath and was a single tail airplane? I used to build Airfix kits as a young fella.

Cheers

Dennis

[JohnG]

If you like stunts, watch this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMrUuRL7vBg

One hell ofa RC Pilot.

Cheers

[vindictive666]

attached are pics of each

[Dennis]

Thanks John - a picture is indeed worth a 1000 words!

Cheers

Dennis

[vindictive666]

nice rc model 2 the p51 d quarter scale yummy :)


working retracts, counter rotating props yummy :)

[acropolite]

Dennis, to add to the confusion there was also an F-82 made late in the war, it was 2 P51's joined together. Here's a link (http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/Museums/Dayton/Oddities/index.html)to a surviving example and some info.

[Dennis]

Thanks Phil - great link, some weird and wonderful aviation specimens there! The forward swept wing X-29 looks fascinating!

Cheers

Dennis

[leon]

That is unbelievable, I have never seen that sort of thing before, gee i must have lived a sheltered life, had to watch the whole lot of coarse to see how he landed that thing, great stuff.

Leon

[ving]

i like those lil' rc choppers that can fit in ya hand! :thumbsup: