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OFF TOPIC F 16 1/6 scale
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snake
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Re: OFF TOPIC F 16 1/6 scale
That is one F%&$#ng awesome toy! 
Can't imagine how much that would cost, and would hate to see it crash.
Very, very cool!
Can't imagine how much that would cost, and would hate to see it crash.
Very, very cool!
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gburch
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Re: OFF TOPIC F 16 1/6 scale
Speaking of crashing ... as usual, when I clicked on the links for the video of this plane, I subsequently spent way too much time watching videos of amazing scale RC birds and, inevitably started watching crash videos ... which made me wonder why someone hasn't come up with a panic button/D-Ring device for these kinds of birds.snake wrote:That is one F%&$#ng awesome toy!
Can't imagine how much that would cost, and would hate to see it crash.
Very, very cool!
I can imagine a small explosively-ejected chute module, mounted to fire upward out of the fuse. Cover it with a scale hatch. Mount an "arm" switch somewhere in or on the plane. Cover the button for that channel on the transmitter with a hinged guard to avoid accidental deployment. I'd say half the terrible RC crash videos I've seen could be made at least much less terrible with something like that ...