R/C Plane makes TransAtlantic flight

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R/C Plane makes TransAtlantic flight

Postby cavalierlwt » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:05 am

Pretty cool, I read about this today (although happened a few years ago)

Some guy from Maryland launched a 5-foot model airplane equiped with GPS, onboard computer autopilot, and telemetry transmitter and managed to make a flight from Newfoundland to Ireland--1900 miles!
http://www.memagazine.org/contents/current/features/amodel/amodel.html

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Postby SavageParrot » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:21 am

impressive. Now if he can make one that delivers pizza...
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Postby gowhitesox99 » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:23 am

that is cool, impressive
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Postby Sabres » Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:29 pm

that is very cool, I bet that could lead to better things

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Postby cavalierlwt » Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:45 pm

Originally posted by Sabres
that is very cool, I bet that could lead to better things


Hopefully not some guy thinking "Hmmmm, with a six foot plane carrying a pound of plastic explosives......"
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Seriously though, I love what ordinary people aspire to do with their free time. The world is filled with some very smart cookies who just never had the chance to do something great.
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Postby Darknut » Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:00 am

...Impressive but not as impressive as my rocket that will take me to Mars... ... ... but not back.

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Postby CodeRed68 » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:58 pm

wow that's amazing.
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