| A Model Plane to be proud of... |
The SR-71 is capable of travelling at 3500 km per hour, and to build a scale model that actally works is quite a feat. He apparently built the jet engines too. Where can I get my hands on one of these? The wiki page for the Lockheed SR-71 is fascinating for those inclined. On this note I knew a guy once that did this too, built operational jet engines out of cans, secured them to the kitchen table and fired them up. It was very impressive at the time. He would then follow this demonstration up by blindfolding himself and getting the assembled guest to watch and time him as he tackled an assault course in the park next door - a kind of "run across the park, scale the climbing wall, climb the monkey bars, run the stepping logs" kind of thing. Here is another clip of a similar model, complete with turbine jet engines, but this time with afterburners.
And here is another clip, not quite so impressive as this looks and sounds more like the RC Kit we are more familiar with. Doesnt have that jet engine sound that the first example does. |
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This is a serious remote Controlled plane. Not just your average kit from the shop, this guy actually built a scale model, jet engine powered SR-71 Blackbird. 