<![CDATA[Gizmodo: a10 rc model]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: a10 rc model]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/a10rcmodel http://gizmodo.com/tag/a10rcmodel <![CDATA[Top Gun 2008, the Movie (Without Cruise, Fortunately)]]> Not everything was about the stunning A-10 Warthog at last week's Top Gun 2008 competition, the largest R/C event in the world. 10,000 people watched the 120 invitation-only R/C airplanes competition—which included everything from from World War I Fokker fighters to WW2's Mustangs and Lightnings to Vietnam War's Phantoms, and plenty of civil aviation models. Gigantic gallery of this year's edition after the jump.

[Video and images courtesy of Bob Parrish]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=385140&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A10 RC Model vs the Real Thing at Top Gun 2008]]> Here's the 1:5 scale A-10 Warthog remote control model in some video action at Top Gun 2008, in Lakeland, FL.—the biggest remote controlled airplane competition in the world. And to match it, a real A-10 appeared on the scene, taking off from a parallel runway. We interviewed Mike Selby, one of the model creators, and got all the technical details about this amazing $12,000 beast, with two jet turbines, three on-board microprocessors, 24 servos, a 1" OLED display in its cockpit and a fully-functional gatling gun. Jump to see all its amazing details in a 26-photo gallery. [Video and images courtesy of Bob Parrish]

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