Comment by R. D. Starwalt on July 17, 2012 at 3:21pm

Wow... probably less than 3 seconds to transit the length of the field. Zounds!

Comment by Stephen Ambruzs on July 17, 2012 at 3:25pm

Lol at the takeoff and vertical assent.  That was great.  

Comment by George on July 17, 2012 at 4:06pm

FPV that bad boy, and then take it to your local club.

Ohhhhh the horror!

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on July 17, 2012 at 4:14pm

I saw my first ducted fan about 15 years ago, and it was probably half as fast as that.  I don't really get how it's fun anymore.  It's just white knuckle flying from start to finish.  One wrong move, and $15,000 is gone.  How do they even see it?

Comment by Jeff Olijar on July 17, 2012 at 4:46pm

I wonder if the APM could handle a mission at full throttle.  set some pylons up and make waypoints around them.

Comment by R. D. Starwalt on July 18, 2012 at 5:09am

For those rules hounds in the US of A, the AMA has already addressed the use of turbines on aircraft HERE.

Turbines are amazing pieces of miniature precision machinery and yes, very expensive.

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on July 18, 2012 at 6:28am

@Jeff, maybe it could, but I'd hate to have to wrestle back manual control, figure out which way is up, and get it pointed in the right direction.  You only get about 1/2 second to figure it all out at those speeds!

Comment by Eagle on August 5, 2012 at 8:12pm

we will definitively need faster baud rate on the telemetry gears.

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