Re: [Flightgear-users] If anyone wants to buy me a christmas present...

2005-12-14 Thread dpinella
These guys are near me, where I fly sometimes 

http://www.aeromaxx.net

I hear they will take you for a ride for $1000.00. Maybe someday for 
me...

Dave P

- Original Message -
From: Jon Elson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:00 pm
Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] If anyone wants to buy me   a
christmas   present...

 Jon Elson wrote:
 
  Paul Surgeon wrote:
 
 
  It still doesn't beat the HUGE £3 B-52 model build by 
 Gordon 
  Nichols.
  The first one crashed but evidently he's rebuilding it!  :D
 
 As far as presents, I'm still holding out for an Aero Vodochody L-39!
 There was one on eBay for $100K a few weeks ago!
 
 Jon
 
 
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Re: [Flightgear-users] If anyone wants to buy me a christmas present...

2005-12-12 Thread Paul Duncan


--- Paul Surgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 It still doesn't beat the HUGE £3 B-52 model
 build by Gordon Nichols.
 The first one crashed but evidently he's rebuilding
 it!  :D
 
 Wingspan: 23 feet (7 meters)
 Length: 23 feet (7 meters)
 
 It uses 8 Wren MW54 jet turbine engines which gives
 a total thrust of 96 lbs.
 It holds 22 litres of Jet A1 and it's gross mass
 (wet) is 330lbs (inside the 
 CAA 150kg limit)
 
 First Test taxi - VIDEO1(3.4MB)

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_Flight_1.wmv
 
 First Video of Takeoff - VIDEO2 (2.1MB)

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_Takeoff.wmv
 
 Long video of flying - VIDEO3 (29.2MB)

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_flight2.wmv
 
 Video of the Crash - VIDEO4 (4.6MB)

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/b52crash.mpeg

So, what caused the crash, was it radio failure or a
control linkage failure?

Paul (thinking about getting back into RC gliding)
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