RSVDon Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTHWBSluUjU&feature=youtube_gdata_player 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habi Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) Wowthat thing has got to pull some crazy G's Edited April 20, 2011 by Habi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hue jass Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Every summer at Darby Airport west of Columbus they have Jets Over Ohio. They're cool, but in a second they're so far away, I don't know how they can see 'em to turn around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I used to be into RC planes, sort of. I would build them from the wood kits....hours and hours gluing and sanding and painting and measuring. It was detailed painstaking work. Then I would take them out, fire them up and instantly crash them into a million little pieces. Did that four or five times never having anything even close to a decent flight. 45 seconds tops of out of control straight into the ground. Took me awhile to understand that it was a hobby I was not capable of doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNGi9XMAU8YGet a Stryker. I got one. Beginner to expert. I would suggest buy the foam body ($30?) then a good radio and motor so u can swap it out easily. Can fly super slow or screams. No landing gear will take off and land easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen3flygirl Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 hope you have a couple of g's to drop those things are expensive. Might as well learn how to fly the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 how does that radio have enough power to keep that thing in range??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiztedRabbit Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 my Rc car.. has a range over over 1/4 mile.. i have strapped a live wireless camera to it and just "gone driving" at the local park. they use 2.4hz signals not FM/crystals like they use to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alienpi Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Doing flybys on flocks of geese and police would be fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big3 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 the Stryker looks more fun than the Turbine powered one ...to me at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 That's be awesome if they were to strap a camera to the jet. I wonder how fast it was going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 these newer engines are not the earlier ducted fans. They are real miniature turbine engines.Dude that sat next to me at Rockwell was a RC pattern champion. He was good.And it is quite expensive, but lots of fun. There's a RC runway up at Alum Creek. I stop there on weekends to watch.North on Africa from Lewis Center. Left side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSVDon Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 That single turbine is $4k... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I guess that means I'll be stickin' to makin' paper airplanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 my Rc car.. has a range over over 1/4 mile.. i have strapped a live wireless camera to it and just "gone driving" at the local park. they use 2.4hz signals not FM/crystals like they use to.that thing looked like it was covering a quarter mile in about 8 seconds.How can you see the damn thing to turn it around??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Never got to mess around with the old ramjets and haven't seen the newer turbine toys.........But, I used to be into RC when I was a teen......I raced electric buggies and my Dad built us boats and planes to play with. Those planes take some skill and patience to fly -- we had some small gas trainers and a couple low-winged craft ( F4U Corsair, PT40 ) that were a blast to fly but F4U and PT took STEADY hands to keep off the ground There was a fella back in the late 80's at the local RC Hawks air field that built a 1/10 scale P-51 tankbuster with a serious engine "upgrade" ( more lke overkill ) and was pulling a low altitude, high speed flyby when it tore a wing clean off - so from sweet scale-model to a lawn dart in less than a second! Sad sad sad thing to see........especially for the owner that had tons of hours and thousands of bucks in building it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiztedRabbit Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 that thing looked like it was covering a quarter mile in about 8 seconds.How can you see the damn thing to turn it around???most of those higher end RC have 5-10mile radius for their radio.. and most have a pin camera in the nose cockpit area with the reciever/vid screen in the controller or i have seen "sun glasses" with HUD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 that looks REALLY awesome, but I would destroy that shit in seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 They use spectrum radios now. No more tagging the radio with a flag of the channel your on. Spectrum searches for a unused channel in seconds and locks on. U can have a hundred flyers in one spot and not worry. Ok radio is about $300, cheap radio $50. You can get a stryker, screw painting it and have fun for little money. Litho batts are a little expensive. u can buy a Stryker ready to fly with everything under$300 but radio and components will be junky but suitable for a monthly flyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-flores Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 that looks REALLY awesome, but I would destroy that shit in seconds.+1 im good at destroying really expensive stuff, none the less something i have no idea how to control. with my luck i would run it into another human being..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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