400mph RC Jet: video inside

[OutHouse]

holy crap!

http://www.wimp.com/mphplane/

 

[bfdd]

fucking tight.

 

[masterxfob]

ufo!

 

[bignateyk]

I'm more shocked that they were able to control the thing at that speed.

 

[bfdd]

I'm more shocked that they were able to control the thing at that speed.

same

 

[ViviTheMage]

That is an RC JET, not a plane, haha.

That thing needs a camera on it, wonder what the range is, haha.

I am surprised they didn't have to clear it with air traffic control.

 

[coxmaster]

That is an RC JET, not a plane, haha.

That thing needs a camera on it, wonder what the range is, haha.

Even with some of the best RC equipment, that thing could be out of range in a heartbeat..

Damn, thats pretty impressive

 

[darkxshade]

wow, what kind of engine is on that thing?

 

[rivan]

That's awesome and all, but at that speed, lose sight of it just a second and it's gone.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

That is an RC JET, not a plane, haha.

That thing needs a camera on it, wonder what the range is, haha.

I am surprised they didn't have to clear it with air traffic control.

It must be very easy to fly those right out of radio range, then the plane is on it's own until it finds someone's head. Fucking awesome though.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

So if citizens have these does this mean the military already has a fleet of better models that are weaponized and controlled at video game terminals?

 

[coxmaster]

wow, what kind of engine is on that thing?

JetCat Turbine: http://www.jetcatusa.com/p120.html

Edit: Its a Jetcat P160

Only $4,000 for the engine!

 

[zinfamous]

yeah, but what if they put it on a treadmill?

:hmm:

 

[bignateyk]

I don't see how something like that would be any fun. It would be out of range so fast, I'm sure it would run out of fuel really fast, and it would be pretty hard to control.

If I were going to go to that level I would make it more like a UAV where it is controlled by a much higher power RF link with a video feed.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

well that's a hell of a lot cooler than anything i did today

 

[her209]

The person controlling it must have eagle eyes.

 

[darkxshade]

JetCat Turbine: http://www.jetcatusa.com/p120.html

Edit: Its a Jetcat P160

Only $4,000 for the engine!

hmmm, 36lbs of thrust can do 400mph?

 

[zinfamous]

So if citizens have these does this mean the military already has a fleet of better models that are weaponized and controlled at video game terminals?

uhhhhh, you serious?

 

[her209]

So if citizens have these does this mean the military already has a fleet of better models that are weaponized and controlled at video game terminals?

The CIA does.

 

[coxmaster]

hmmm, 36lbs of thrust can do 400mph?

The plane weighs under 14 pounds (saw this on RC Universe before).

Everybody over there says he's probably getting close to 350-400 near the end when its actually at full rpm and light on fuel

 

[spidey07]

So marked.

 

[rivan]

JetCat Turbine: http://www.jetcatusa.com/p120.html

Another one of the engines:
http://www.jetcatusa.com/p20se.html

Thrust: Thrust is5.25 lbs @ 245,000 RPM

245,000 RPM....

Whoa.

 

[Gooberlx2]

JFC!

 

[foghorn67]

Marked so.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

uhhhhh, you serious?

about what?