Remote control plane hits 200mph.....

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ElFenix

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i'm glad i don't suffer from seizures or that website might have given me one. i hate flash ads.
 

mobobuff

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Ok... ok... so they do use combustion... okay, my mind can rest peacefully now. The pictures made it look like there were just 2 wires (+&-) going to it, as if it were connected to a battery.
 

FoBoT

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Originally posted by: mobobuff
Those babies can produce 50lbs of thrust... powered from a battery? Or am I missing something? What's the POWER SOURCE!?!?

it is a jet engine
a jet turbine

just small
 

91TTZ

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Originally posted by: Kaido

Oh, definately. Scale turbine engines start at $2.5k all the up to $5k - not including the plane or electronics. Or fuel. Or a shoulder to cry on when your $10,000 airplane crashes :D

You can get scale turbine engines for less than $2,500.
 

Mrvile

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Originally posted by: Bootprint
Originally posted by: KDOG
I want to hook 2 or 3 of those engines to a bicycle or something.

Like this ?

:Q :Q I WANT

I want one of those airplanes too :) But damn I bet they're scary as hell to fly, I'd be soo nervous of crashing it (which I probably would too).