Simviation Forum - R/C MODEL FLIES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC!!!

Aug 21^st, 2003 at 10:22am

Threadkiller Offline
Colonel
gah!
London, Ontario

Gender:
Posts: 2463

no joke, im serious!!! i bet Rifleman will be tryin to fly across the pacific since he lives in Vancouver Is Tongue

lol

http://www.galwayadvertiser.ie/dws/story.tpl?inc=2003/08/14/news/36458.html

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #1 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 10:29am

Scottler Offline
Colonel
Albany, New York USA

Gender:
Posts: 5989

I'm in the middle of an ARF P-51D Mustang...this could be the perfect maiden flight!

Hey Ozzy, you up for a transatlantic game of catch?

Great edit, Bob.&&&&&&Google it. &&&&www.google.com

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #2 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 10:33am

Smoke2much Offline
Colonel
The Unrepentant Heretic
Sittingbourne, Kent,

Posts: 3879

That's some acheivment. I had visions of Rifleman sitting in a boat with a transmitter in his hands shouting direction instructions to Stormy at the wheel until I read that lol.

Will

Who switched the lights off? I can't see a thing....... Hold on, my eyes were closed. Oops, my bad...............&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #3 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 11:12am

X Ex Member

Quote:

shouting direction instructions to Stormy at the wheel until I read that lol.

That would never work, first shouting at women just
gets you in trouble, and second, have you ever tried
give a woman instructions?? Roll Eyes

Are they going to have an RC car ticker-tape parade!!

This is really a great thing they have done, I should
be whopped for making lite of it!!

Brad

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #4 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 11:32am

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

Very clever stuff.
However, using an autopilot seems a tad sneaky to me. I don't fancy the idea of a 5 kg model flying around unsupervised. Not sure if it's strictly legal either. If anything went wrong it could end up anywhere. Roll Eyes

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #5 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 11:54am

Scottler Offline
Colonel
Albany, New York USA

Gender:
Posts: 5989

Quote:

If anything went wrong it could end up anywhere.

Like in the #2 engine of a Virgin Atlantic 747....

Great edit, Bob.&&&&&&Google it. &&&&www.google.com

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #6 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 12:14pm

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

Quote:

Like in the #2 engine of a Virgin Atlantic 747....

My thoughts exactly.

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #7 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 12:36pm

Loafing Smurf Offline
Colonel
Push it!
Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)

Gender:
Posts: 1905

Sounds like a neat project. If I did such a thing, I would have put a hamster in the model. I know its bad, and increase the chances of crashing, but still.

When I was younger I wonder if I can get my hands on proper materials. Then make a rocket with a payload of a goldfish then see how far it goes, and make a recovery parachute so it comes back.

Ok, I'm wierd.

My online photo album&&http://public.fotki.com/ranger21/&&&&Discover your Smurf name today!&&http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mule/smurfgen.html&&&&;

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #8 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 12:38pm

Deputy Offline
Colonel
Hillsboro, Oregon

Gender:
Posts: 2090

Quote:

Sounds like a neat project. If I did such a thing, I would have put a hamster in the model. I know its bad, and increase the chances of crashing, but still.

When I was younger I wonder if I can get my hands on proper materials. Then make a rocket with a payload of a goldfish then see how far it goes, and make a recovery parachute so it comes back.

Ok, I'm wierd.

Most wierd people don't know they are wierd. Guess your one of the few.

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when I come for you?&&&&Iustita Omnibus&&Justice for All&&&&Women are: attractive, single, mentally stable. Pick two.&& &&Yes, we drive on the right-hand-side of the road. Yes, I parked on the left-hand-side of the road. Yes, I blocked traffic for a picture. &&&&&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #9 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 12:42pm

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

I used to put frogs in my neighbours milk bottles (they weren't v.nice people), does this make me weird?

Mark Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #10 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 12:44pm

Deputy Offline
Colonel
Hillsboro, Oregon

Gender:
Posts: 2090

No, it makes you f*****g pychotic. Shocked

Did I really say that? Whoops. Sorry.

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when I come for you?&&&&Iustita Omnibus&&Justice for All&&&&Women are: attractive, single, mentally stable. Pick two.&& &&Yes, we drive on the right-hand-side of the road. Yes, I parked on the left-hand-side of the road. Yes, I blocked traffic for a picture. &&&&&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #11 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 12:56pm

Rifleman Offline
Colonel
" Full size A/C are just
overgrown models ! "
Tropical island in the Pacific

Posts: 6622

I was discussing this a couple of days ago with a good friend in Ontario....he knows the guy who did it, and he is always looking for some obscure challenge to get his name in the record books.....for long distance flight all you need is high enough capacity of fuel and recv'r batteries...... then it's just a matter of attention span....heck I have flown a plane without any motive power at all for over two hours......in fact, during that particular flight, I removed my launch winch from the field and stowed it in the back of my car.......... Roll Eyes

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #12 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 12:57pm

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

Nah, the frogs could get out again if you knocked the bottle over. I would never hurt a living animal with a couple of exceptions (pigeons, mosquitoes, camels, and certain members of my family (thought they might be classed as vegetables...))

Mark Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #13 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 1:00pm

Deputy Offline
Colonel
Hillsboro, Oregon

Gender:
Posts: 2090

Quote:

Nah, the frogs could get out again if you knocked the bottle over. I would never hurt a living animal with a couple of exceptions (pigeons, mosquitoes, camels, and certain members of my family (thought they might be classed as vegetables...))

Mark Grin

Thats not very nice. BTW, kill all the mosquitos you can get your hands on!

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when I come for you?&&&&Iustita Omnibus&&Justice for All&&&&Women are: attractive, single, mentally stable. Pick two.&& &&Yes, we drive on the right-hand-side of the road. Yes, I parked on the left-hand-side of the road. Yes, I blocked traffic for a picture. &&&&&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #14 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 1:07pm

Rifleman Offline
Colonel
" Full size A/C are just
overgrown models ! "
Tropical island in the Pacific

Posts: 6622

To keep this in perspective and see that my accomplishment isn't all that great, we have an organization called the LSF(League of Silent Flight) who set standards for glider guiders to acheive....for LSF V which is the highest you can acquire, you need to do one 8 hour Slope Soaring flight.........attention span, and batteries are all you need on a windy day.....as long as you have all three, you can finish this task .....there are others for the Level V, but this was just an example of what it takes to do long duration flights...

Back to top

IP Logged

	Search the archive: