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Radio Control SR71 Blackbird
Quite possibly, the coolest play toy EVER!
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Wow, that's really cool. To me it seemed to take of really quickly using very little runway. It must have some beefy engines.
Honestly, I think I'd get board with that after a while.
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I'd lawn dart it before I had the time to get bored with it...
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06-16-2010, 08:12 PM
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that thing taxiis like a southwest 73. lol.
very cool, though.
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That guy has the most understanding wife ever!
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Very cool. Has to be super hard to fly, as it is fast, dark and has a shape that does not communicate attitude very well at distance. Obviously, an accomplished pilot.
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that is unreal
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I think I'd get bored with it too. I'm more into big, detailed model train layouts .
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That is wickedly cool - I wonder how long that took to build.
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Wonder how much money too.... Thats not a cheap little model...
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the Hobby Town here has one just like that hanging from the ceiling that is for sell, i think $500 - no engines or electronics
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I built and flew R/C a lot as a kid, just when the ducted fans were becoming popular (the engine tech is way beyond that now). The low wing-load slow planes are more fun, IMHO.
The fans and jets go too far too fast... 10 seconds of flight in any direction and you're losing your view/perspective, so it's: zooooooooom, turn, zooooooooom, turn, zooooooom, turn. It gets boring to watch. But they're definitely cool machines. The local R/C club's field is right next to the driving range I frequent, so there's a lot of high-dollar toys in the air on Thursday evenings... including some very fast-moving machines. The guy needs to install afterburners (and a video camera in the nose, so he can fly it by pilot's p/o/v and extend his range a bit). JP
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man that vid makes me wanna take my ezstar out
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06-17-2010, 09:15 AM
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He's wearing funny pants.
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The turbines are $5000 or so a piece (needs 2), the frame is custom made, etc. A smaller prebuilt turbine jet is about $5000-$15,000, depending on type. I put one together, but never had a chance to finish. Realistically, I am somewhat apprehensive to fly it... Its a $5000 risk every time you go up... Some folks buy porsches...some buy turbines.... 
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except i believe that SR-71 only had one engine, located right in the middle. i think the "engines" on that were fake.
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My father used to auger in 1/4, 30%, and 40% scale models fairly regularly (mostly Extras, Sukhois, and the like). I remember having to dig out a Sachs-Dolmar out of the ground. Was buried up to the firewall. I finally asked him WTF he thought he was doing with my inheritance.
 Now he just buys Buick Nailheads. (insert facepalm smiley here)
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