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RC plane to the edge of space
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:22 pm
by Calloutman
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpBnurznFio[/youtube]
I used to fly RC planes a few years back, this has made me consider digging out my old glider and giving it a bit of a spin. Incredible footage.
Re: RC plane to the edge of space
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:53 am
by BlooDRaptoR1
Calloutman wrote:[youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpBnurznFio[/youtube]
I used to fly RC planes a few years back, this has made me consider digging out my old glider and giving it a bit of a spin. Incredible footage.
it's truly amazing!
I loved it.
Is it hard to control?
Re: RC plane to the edge of space
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:07 am
by A Docile Sloth
That's pretty awesome.
You didn't happen to fly with LMFC did you? Cos then that would be REALLY weird...
Re: RC plane to the edge of space
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:21 pm
by Digz
amazing view.
Re: RC plane to the edge of space
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:32 pm
by Calloutman
BlooDRaptoR1 wrote:Calloutman wrote:I used to fly RC planes a few years back, this has made me consider digging out my old glider and giving it a bit of a spin. Incredible footage.
it's truly amazing!
I loved it.
Is it hard to control?
Not too hard, you just have to understand a little about aerodynamics to not have a massive accident.
A Docile Sloth wrote:That's pretty awesome.
You didn't happen to fly with LMFC did you? Cos then that would be REALLY weird...
Haha crazy, did you fly there?
I did check out the club a few times, but I kept on turning up with these scratch-built planes on horrendously underpowered electric engines- my budget at the time was pretty much zero. They never really fit in with the petrol driven powerhouses they had over there, and as I was building/designing my own planes... they kinda went wrong a lot of the time
. The club kinda felt really professional (I don't think they wanted my planes polluting their airspace either lol) and so I pretty quickly switched to gliding at beacon hill and then Bradgate park when I discovered it.