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  • dunk September 10, 2010 at 3:19am
    Jack, i think you mean thinner, not shorter.
  • Patrick Hammer September 8, 2010 at 2:54am
    The Cri-Cri first flew, if I recall correctly sometime in the early 70's (or was it early 80's?).

    An example fitted out with RC jet turbines can be seen on:

    http://aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0275.shtml

    .... the picture here gives a better idea of just how small it is - smaller than some large scale RC models!
  • ionut September 7, 2010 at 11:08pm
    Jack I always wondered how an average american looks like?:)Or an average human ?Or an average mammal
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    Morli September 7, 2010 at 9:04pm
    Batteries sizes are universal :)
  • Jack Crossfire September 7, 2010 at 8:34pm
    Europeans are a lot shorter than us. Doubt the average American would fit in there.
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    Gary Mortimer September 7, 2010 at 2:41pm
    Well I'm sure they will change that, perhaps with a fuel cell. The point is the airframe has already been approved for flight. OPVs are rolling out already. The DA42s licenced pilot can take it to a hot spot and then pull all the gear out. Setup the GCS fill it up with fuel and send it off. http://www.suasnews.com/2009/08/19/opv-optionally-piloted-vehicle/
  • Fabien Bruning September 7, 2010 at 2:35pm
    Looks nice, but with 30 minutes of autonomous flight ( so no humans and the compartment stuffed with batteries, I presume) it doesn't last very long.
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