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LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

superbryant — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:51:33 EDT

Pay no attention high levels of "swamp gas" has been reported in the area.....erm.....weather balloon......

superbryant

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

FinalValgas — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:17:49 EDT

@Zander:

Southern Floridian. not really really the south but some of us are reallll country.

FinalValgas

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

KaneVitani — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:38 EDT

@workingonyourinvoice:
Comment on LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet Not photoshopped. The June issue of FLY R/C magazine has the article about this exact plane and how the guy did it. It is a new thing in R/C flying that is really starting to get big. More people are doing this to their planes. Over the Edge 540

KaneVitani

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shenanigans61 — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:26:27 EDT

@kir: Olathe is the home of Castle Creations, who is one of the top manufacturers of ESC's, motors, and receivers for the RC industry.
I'm not sure of CC's connection with the 3D plane, but I guarantee the label on the upper wing surface is "Thunderbird" representing their T-bird line of ESC's.
The second plane is a FunJet by Multiplex...
They make good stuff, so keep the bagging on Olathe down.

shenanigans61

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Greuvee — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:31:55 EDT

Olathe Kansas is the nutcrack of the midwest

true story

Greuvee

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

pdelcast — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:21:43 EDT

Ummmm... 75 watts from 150 LEDs is 1/2 watt per LED, not 2 watts per LED. And yes, that is not only possible, but easily done.

Batteries are Lithium Polymer

pdelcast

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Zander — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:44:27 EDT

@FinalValgas: That makes me think you done taken classes of "Southernese". Funniest post I've seen in a while.

Zander

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

apeguero — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:26:52 EDT

That's cool man. Makes me want to fire up a doobie and relax while I watch this cool video and listen to that relaxing music.

apeguero

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

cy3 — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:25:37 EDT

that's cool, but glow in the dark paint is cheaper

cy3

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

dragonphyre — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:04:09 EDT

Yeah, I don't see it using up 2w of power per LED... It might draw 7.5w of power, but not 75w. The plane would melt under all that energy.

dragonphyre

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FinalValgas — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:59:05 EDT

@N@tedog:

Hot dawg paw! I done seen a dang U-F-O! Call Amerika'z Most Wonted and that dang place in Los Vegas Navada!! We gone be RICH!

This is cool though.

FinalValgas

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

FinalValgas — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:52:15 EDT

This thing could drive UFO enthusiasts up a wall.

FinalValgas

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

JeffBuzz — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:50:52 EDT

"Hey where did it go?"

"It was too dark to see those trees".

JeffBuzz

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

GiltProto — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:48:25 EDT

I'd guess maybe 7.5W max. Are you sure you got the decinmal place in the correct place? You'd have to carry lots of heavy batteries for 75W.

GiltProto

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workingonyourinvoice — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:25:08 EDT

@pcs800: Seriously, I know the guy that photoshopped it. He made $50 for it too.

workingonyourinvoice

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

Brian B — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:20:36 EDT

@kir: We kidd because we care, y'all :)

Brian B

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pcs800 — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:19:17 EDT

@ workingonyourinvoice
Clearly photoshopped???? You do realize this is VIDEO right?
Have you ever seen an RC plane? This is not altered, it is just a plain video of someone goofy lighted rc plane. Granted it does go into slow-mo at one point to show how close it comes to the water.

pcs800

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Joseph — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:08:52 EDT

Fly this over the Midwest and watch how many UFO sighting reports will come in.

Joseph

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kir — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:59:54 EDT

@bandit: Actually Olathe, is a pretty developed suburb of Kansas City (the 29th largest MSA in the US).

BTW, I'm starting to wonder if is it a genetic defect that some of you have to make yourself feel better by bagging on the south and mid-west?

kir

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qbrad — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:45:12 EDT

Marge: "There's something about flying a kite at night that is so unwholesome."

Bart: "Hello, Mother dear."

So gorgeous. And a good pilot at that!

qbrad

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king_of_fools — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:44:34 EDT

that looks like it would be addictive to fly that thing at night.

king_of_fools

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Wilson Rotman — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:38:00 EDT

how the hell do you land this?

Wilson Rotman

LED Plane Is More Like An R/C Comet

blackwand — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:36:31 EDT

@Y2KGTP: there are 2W LEDs, but I've only ever seen them when used for super bright flashlights and what-not.

blackwand

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Y2KGTP — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:32:14 EDT

does not pull 75W for LEDs....

Y2KGTP

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justinpe — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:31:28 EDT

Does Ashton Kutcher have one? If so, count me in.

justinpe

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bandit — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:29:51 EDT

It helps to live in Olathe, Kansas, so that you can be sure you aren't going to hit any non-illuminated trees, etc.

bandit

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timtempest — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:28:23 EDT

Make a ufo shaped plane ! " officer, officer.. they've arrived !". Great stuff.

timtempest

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workingonyourinvoice — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:27:48 EDT

Clearly photoshopped.
And those frogs!! Used to get those outside my window when I was growing up. Many sleepless nights were caused by that INFERNAL RACKET!!

workingonyourinvoice