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Post by RonMiller on Apr 27, 2005 20:37:33 GMT -7
The information in this posting is subject to change without notice. RonMiller, LLC. makes no warranty of any kind in regard to the contents of this document, including, but not limited to, any implied political standing or fitness for any particular purpose. As humor, irony, and parody as well as keen insight are used, RonMiller, LLC. shall not be liable for errors of reader perception or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of this document.I was looking around and was at the Frank Tiano's website page looking to see what names might be at top gun this year and to see if I knew anybody. I found that they were going to attempt to break the sound barrier with a r/c jet. This is on the airshow part of the webpage. Wow.... 760 mph roughly with an r/c jet? Anybody know if its possible or heard of it attempted before? Here's a link. www.franktiano.com/tgshow.htm
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Apr 28, 2005 7:23:47 GMT -7
Maybe its 1/4 scale sound?  |
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Post by jetmex on Apr 28, 2005 10:25:30 GMT -7
It would be interesting to see if that is possible. I think the speed record for an RC model is around 275mph, held by a slope glider of all things. It's called dynamic soaring. I've seen video of this--the airplane is a blur and I can imagine you have to have pretty good reflexes to keep up with it at those speeds. The airplanes are all reinforced carbon fiber and are built pretty solidly to take the stress that's put on them.
I'd also like to see if they fly their jet from the ground or from an airplane in flight.....
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Post by BAIR on Apr 30, 2005 18:58:41 GMT -7
I'd also like to see if they fly their jet from the ground or from an airplane in flight..... Good Point! If the AC is going that fast, ... you would have to be in a chase plane to control it, otherwise it would pass the pilot station "Very Quickly" and be virtually uncontrolable. (you do the math as to how long it would take to pass the Pilot Station - .5 - 1 Seconds  ) Hmmm . . .  |
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Post by 50PlusAirYears on Jun 9, 2005 15:34:20 GMT -7
Sounds like some wishfull thinking or advertising "Creative Liscense". Jets faster than a speeding bullet? To keep up with a near sonic or transonic RC model, the pilot would have to be in a plane nearly at the same speed. The aerodynamic loads on the control surfaces, servos, and airframe would be tremendous.
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Post by ctdahle on Jun 16, 2005 13:10:01 GMT -7
Seems to me that you could not take an RC airplane past mach 1 and stay there very long, you'd have a flight profile that would take it through a fixed course. You'd dive into the speed course, pass mach 1 and then pull up into a climb to bleed off the speed quickly.
If I were going to try it (as if I even had the reflexes to fly a jet any more, or ever did for that matter) I'd be thinking about an autopilot and gyros and a computer controlled flight path.
The pilot holding the tx would basically just be there to get the plane off the ground, to initiate the automatic flight path, and to hit the self destruct button when it all went haywire.
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Post by ctdahle on Jun 16, 2005 13:26:21 GMT -7
By the way, some of the model rocket guys have been going trans-sonic for a few years now, so we do have materials and methods that can handle the stresses at our small scale.
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Post by Britbrat on Jun 20, 2005 6:56:48 GMT -7
I'd also like to see if they fly their jet from the ground or from an airplane in flight..... Good Point! If the AC is going that fast, ... you would have to be in a chase plane to control it, otherwise it would pass the pilot station "Very Quickly" and be virtually uncontrolable. (you do the math as to how long it would take to pass the Pilot Station - .5 - 1 Seconds ) Hmmm . . . Is that you Bruce? |
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Post by HB on Jul 7, 2005 3:50:38 GMT -7
"I found that they were going to attempt to break the sound barrier with a r/c jet." ------------------------------------------------------------- Yep, they did it and actually, there's a picture of the model that they used at this page... www.franktiano.com/TopGun/tgshowmain.htmIt was a scale model of the Bell X-1 and it was dropped from a 4 engine propped plane... Aside from that, all I can tell you is that it was rocket powered and piloted by a Capt. Sal Llamie (sp) |
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Post by HB on Jul 7, 2005 9:53:36 GMT -7
" it was rocket powered and piloted by a Capt. Sal Llamie (sp)" --------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know if that's an Arbic name or not,, perhaps somebody around here knows him |
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Post by HB on Jul 8, 2005 3:59:58 GMT -7
I'm not insinuating that he's a Navy Pilot btw although it's not unlikely  |
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Post by HB on Jul 8, 2005 4:09:07 GMT -7
"The Half Time Air Show presented on Saturday and Sunday will include some of the finest, most unusual “acts” you may ever see. "
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It really is an excellent show...
I would think that for the average spectator that the half time airshow is the main event and it starts at noon I believe... Both days
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