Monday, July 26, 2010

Radio Controlled SR-71 Jet



OK, forget the plastic boat (below), I want one of these instead. I'm impressed.

What's the range of the remote control box and what's the range of the plane? If you gave it too much fuel and it got away from you, it could invade someone else's airspace, maybe start a war.
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6 comments:

Huck Finn said...

The range is out of sight. Some hobbyists attach TV cameras that download real tie and fly out of line of sight. Our friendly government has stropped that. Some entrepreneurs were using larger hobby helicopters and taking videos of property for sale and so forth. Uncle Sam's new rules stopped thst.

If you'd like to enter the hobby I have planes, gear, engines and radios I've been planning on selling off. I'd make a sweet deal for any of the JTI crew for part or all. My hands have lost all dexterity and I can no longer enjoy the hobby.

July 26, 2010 at 11:00 PM
OrbsCorbs said...

Sorry, Huck, I was just thinking it would be fun to have a model jet to strafe City Hall or something, but I'm not that into it.

July 27, 2010 at 11:00 AM
hale-bopp said...

The SR-71 didn't have weapons...nothing could hit it...it flew high and fast.

July 27, 2010 at 8:19 PM
OrbsCorbs said...

Well, mine would.

:P

July 27, 2010 at 9:48 PM
hale-bopp said...

The Pima Air and Space Musuem has an SR-71 in its collection. They built a new hanger to house it in their most recent renovation a few years ago. The improv troupe I perform with got to do a special corporate Christmas show in that hanger in the shadow of the SR-71 a couple of years ago. Cool location, but lousy acoustics for a live performance!

July 28, 2010 at 12:25 AM
kkdither said...

The military uses lots of remote control, unmanned "toys" for reconnaissance and spy purposes. I bet they have some real cool flying machines. They even have some that look like snakes to slither in and gather information from sensitive areas.

July 28, 2010 at 11:58 AM

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