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Old 10-21-2004, 03:07 AM   #12
Intrepid
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Join Date: March 28, 2003
Location: Australia
Age: 37
Posts: 1,124
Quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kenyth:
The military jets come in two basic kinds. Ducted fans have the propellers located inside tubes to simulate a jet engine. The others have actual miniature jet turbine engines. Those are extremely expensive and fly just like a real jet at a few hundred MPH. People who have 50K to drop on a hobby like this usually have all kinds of high tech accessories including high-res radio digital cameras in the cockpit, mini-plasma screen receivers on the control boards, and microprocessor/gyro controlled auto pilot in case of radio failure.
wow, i like that idea
expensive but amazingly cool.
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