5546672

Jet powered R/C plane

August 17th, 2011 10:05 AM

Holy moley


O_o

Wonder what the range is for the controls, and what it'd be like with a camera on that thing....

5546695

Re: Jet powered R/C plane

August 17th, 2011 11:00 AM

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!

That's awesome!!!!! I wonder how much gas that shit can hold and the range... Ought to be sweet to fly it dough... Gotta see a is krach xD

5546726

Re: Jet powered R/C plane

August 17th, 2011 12:05 PM

I always freak when I think of the potential danger of someone that's not extremely skilled flying something like that.

A few facts:

The Jetcat P160 RC jet engine alone costs roughly $4000
The plane above can do around 366 mph.
2011 AMA Safety Code http://edgewoodflyers.com/LinkClick....2c%3D&tabid=75

The AMA is of course US based and only applies to the US. I find it odd it is next to impossible to find any actual laws regarding operation or mandatory training and licensing for such aircraft.

5546926

Re: Jet powered R/C plane

August 17th, 2011 04:23 PM

A lot considering it's a blended wing body delta aircraft. Lots of internal volume.

5546931

Re: Jet powered R/C plane

August 17th, 2011 04:27 PM

Totally awesome.

5546984

Re: Jet powered R/C plane

August 17th, 2011 06:41 PM

NATO must have sh*t themselves when it turned up on radar.

5546986

Re: Jet powered R/C plane

August 17th, 2011 06:51 PM

Heh, talking of security: when Obama was getting himself made I thought some neo-nazi skinhead would drive up there and pop him. One of the ways I thought they might do it involved remote controlled aircraft. When you think about it these things are basically cruise missiles. Stick a couple of 'nades worth of explosive in there, a few nails - little camera perhaps....

First UAVs were basically glorified model aircraft.

5546989

Re: Jet powered R/C plane

August 17th, 2011 06:58 PM

The video needs to be remixed with "Ride Of The Valkyries".

5547131

Re: Jet powered R/C plane

August 18th, 2011 05:29 AM

You mean that it's basically a body stuffed up with fuel?? Awesome... Deffinetly, gotta see it crash!

@Nemmerle: Ditto! Don't know why they haven't done it yet in Chile...

5547268

Re: Jet powered R/C plane

August 18th, 2011 01:06 PM

Not necessarily. I'd like to see how they put the fuel in. For all I know, the central part of the body had a cylindrical fuel tank and the insides of the wings could be empty. I'd like to see some planes of that plane lol.

And in regards to it showing up on RADAR, probably not much considering it's small, and it has some features, that make it inherently stealthy compared to regular designs.