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JPSmit

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The Good News: 400MPH!!
The Bad News: Flies mostly in circles, because it's beyond the range of
the remote control within 2.5 seconds at top speed.
jet plane
 
Oh mama that thing is <span style="font-style: italic">FAST!</span>
Very cool... thanks JP
 
Kinda makes you wonder if an RC plane will go supersonic.
 
or a weather balloon or atmospheric conditions

:wink:

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Cool. I would have guessed his RC jet was faster than 400mph. At least it appeared so.
Hmmm - I think I'm already somewhat of a contrail watcher. Wonder what the qualifications are to become a real one.
 
The students in our SAE chapter are always wanting to build a jet RC plane. But they're too expensive and way out of our league skillwise (plus, not real safe).

We've built a few simple EPP foam electric planes like this (this is not our's but we have one similar). Lots of fun.
Working on something nicer right now (built from Home Depot blue "fan foam" glued with 3M #77)

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I'm assuming that the 400mph figure quoted is actual speed. What would the "scale" speed come out to?? I'm not into models, so I can't tell about what the scale is of that particular plane. If it's a 1:20, that would make the scale speed 8000mph, or mach 10+ at sea level!!

All I know from watching that, is that you could lose that sucker real fast if you're not paying attention.
 
In the US the speeds are limited to 200mph for turbine aircraft by the AMA...which doesn't mean you can't go faster, just not at the established club fields or events. The manufacturer of the engine used in that video sells and recommends a speed limiter that keeps the top-speeds down around 200mph.

On the other hand, there are always unpowered gliders that are pushing the 400mph record now too :smile:

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That's a 100" glider by the way
 
Now I see why you'd want a fast model.
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jpsmit, amazing!, building plane models is what prompted my interest in an aviation career, built both static and powered, got to the point id just buy lots of balsa wood (remember that balsa wood?) and design my own, great hobby, lots of fun, in 1989 a friend of mine 43 years old and 6'-4" tall was at a large annual gathering for remote control models in wilmington delaware, while standing on the side lines watching a demo flight he looked away from the performance for a moment when he was struck by a large model plane on his right leg, the impact was so great it shattered his left femur,(femur is the largest bone in ones body, runs from your hip to your knee). for a good while he was in a cast from his hip down to his ankle, then several designs of leg braces but his leg was never the same, he now walks with a pronounced limp and at times requires a cane, the objective of this story is that one should never look away when a 400 m.p.h. model airplane is being flown near by. :nonono:
 
I had a balsa glider though no recollection of it every being finished or ever flying. (I also have a 19 year old partly finished model boat in the basement and an 80 year partly restored canoe in the garage but that is another story) Anyway, my brother had a similar experience, he had just left a gathering and had a plane crash 10 feet in front of his mini van. The plane was destroyed and he had to clean the seat of the van but that was the extent of the damage though.
 
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