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Model Forum / General / Rockets / October 2007Star Wars X-Wing scale fighter
Polecat Areospace, Tripoli San Diego, with help from Areotech and RMS Laser and Routing Services have built a 21 foot flying scale model of the X-Wing Fighter from Star Wars. Their intention is to fly it on the 6th (Saturday) at Plaster Blaster. For the article and build photos, see: http://www.polecataerospace.com/X-Wing.htm Really cool project guys! Good luck and hope it flys/recovers w/o problems! Call me a pessamist, but IMO, thats an accident waiting to happen. Flame on > Polecat Areospace, Tripoli San Diego, with help from Areotech and RMS Laser > and Routing Services have built a 21 foot flying scale model of the X-Wing [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Really cool project guys! Good luck and hope it flys/recovers w/o > problems! It should be a really cool flight. I have to wonder about the thing where it takes 30 some seconds to open the wings. That makes the wings seem more like a visual effect than a functional part of the project but we'll see what happens. >Call me a pessamist, but IMO, thats an accident waiting to happen. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> Really cool project guys! Good luck and hope it flys/recovers w/o >> problems! > Call me a pessamist, but IMO, thats an accident waiting to happen. http://tinyurl.com/3adg9e >> Call me a pessamist, but IMO, thats an accident waiting to happen. > > http://tinyurl.com/3adg9e hehehhe!!! http://tinyurl.com/2w99a3 I felt a great disturbance in The Force... as if millions of pieces of plywood suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.... >I felt a great disturbance in The Force... as if millions of pieces of >plywood suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.... lol  SignatureDarren J Longhorn http://www.geocities.com/darrenlonghorn/ NSRG #005 http://www.northstarrocketry.org.uk/ /UKRA #1094 /L2 /RSO http://www.ukra.org.uk/ he he he, I must be psychic (Or psycho) Told ya so (Where have I heard that before) > I felt a great disturbance in The Force... as if millions of pieces of > plywood suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.... > Told ya so (Where have I heard that before) Yeah, it took real guts to predict that a huge, complex and unconventional rocketry project *might* have a significant possibility of something going wrong... It must be a great feeling to sit behind a keyboard and not try anything bold, risky or innovative yourself, and just take potshots at people who do. Even in failure, those guys accomplished more than you will probably ever do. >> Told ya so (Where have I heard that before) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Even in failure, those guys accomplished more than you will probably ever do. J has done more than you think. As far as risky, bold & innovative go, risky and bold perhaps but innovative, I don't think so. Exactly I'm sure those guys were dissapointed, but I bet they also got a good chuckle out if it as well. > >> Told ya so (Where have I heard that before) > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > J has done more than you think. As far as risky, bold & innovative > go, risky and bold perhaps but innovative, I don't think so. Absolutely. There's nothing like watching a big assed rocket that you've spent many hours building go soaring into the sky. Especially with the delay from the time it takes off until you hear the roar & then you feel the power. Hopefully, there aren't many times you get a feeling similar to the one you get when you see it all in pieces a second or two later. None the less both feelings are unique. Phil >Exactly > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> J has done more than you think. As far as risky, bold & innovative >> go, risky and bold perhaps but innovative, I don't think so. Lighten up will ya Don't people have a sense of humor anymore??? > > Told ya so (Where have I heard that before) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Even in failure, those guys accomplished more than you will probably ever do. When we were kids, that's what I would to say to my sister when she would see one of the barn cats with half eaten mouse and exclaim, "EEK a mouse",.. (:-) > Lighten up will ya > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > do. Now you've made me hungry for Chinese food - maybe a cat and Chinese veggie dish. Phil >When we were kids, that's what I would to say to my sister when she >would see one of the barn cats with half eaten mouse and exclaim, "EEK a [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> do. > Polecat Areospace, Tripoli San Diego, with help from Areotech and RMS > Laser [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Really cool project guys! Good luck and hope it flys/recovers w/o > problems! ------------------------------------------------- I'd really like to see video of the swing test :-) Dwayne Surdu-Miller That is AMAZING! Fantastic repro, and the electrical as well... Great job, guys! Hope all goes well, sure lots of us will be looking forward to seeing video of this. Also, it's great to see such ample support through sponsorship on the manufacturer level! > Polecat Areospace, Tripoli San Diego, with help from Areotech and RMS > Laser [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Really cool project guys! Good luck and hope it flys/recovers w/o > problems! > Polecat Areospace, Tripoli San Diego, with help from Areotech and RMS > Laser [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Really cool project guys! Good luck and hope it flys/recovers w/o > problems! Flight Video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYrvEEM0Ts <snip> > Flight Video! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYrvEEM0Ts ------------------------------------- Err.... That was interesting... but kinda short :-) >> Polecat Areospace, Tripoli San Diego, with help from Areotech and RMS >> Laser [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYrvEEM0Ts Ouch. SignatureDarren J Longhorn http://www.geocities.com/darrenlonghorn/ NSRG #005 http://www.northstarrocketry.org.uk/ /UKRA #1094 /L2 /RSO http://www.ukra.org.uk/ >>> Polecat Areospace, Tripoli San Diego, with help from Areotech and RMS >>> Laser [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Ouch. Nice parachute. Another SW classic!! ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVdrf-acLHg Flew about as good as the Estes Star Wars stuff. SignatureBest regards, Mark Daughtry, SR > Another SW classic!! ;-) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVdrf-acLHg Flew about as good as Ky's lame shithouse. > Flew about as good as the Estes Star Wars stuff. > > > > Another SW classic!! ;-) > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVdrf-acLHg |
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