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Offline JB35

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« on: December 07, 2004, 06:35:01 PM »
Sad day indeed , looks very sweet till it craters  :(

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/scale-model-b52-eats-dirt-020838.php
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Offline ra

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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2004, 06:38:40 PM »
Somebody must been been test flying a model SAM-7.
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Offline BlueJ1

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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2004, 06:53:59 PM »
DOH!
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2004, 07:10:11 PM »
LOL
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Offline DJ111

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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2004, 10:05:28 PM »
:rofl :rofl :lol :lol
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« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2004, 10:55:17 PM »
That is really sad.  Can't find anything funny about losing an expensive piece of art like that.
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Offline Bodhi

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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2004, 10:56:22 PM »
that sucks... lots of work lost for no apparent gain.   to them for doing it to begin with.
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Offline Wolfala

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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2004, 12:07:34 AM »
Sorta reminded me of what happened at the airshow not so many years ago - over banked and couldnt roll out.
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2004, 12:30:08 AM »
Good thing it didn't hit a crowd, that could have been ugly. I remember a football game years ago, I believe it was at shea stadium, the Patriots were playing the Jets. During halftime they had a guy flying a RC airplane in the stadium. Well, the guy let a cheerleader fly it, she flew it right into the crowd and killed someone, and that was just a wooden prop plane.
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Offline SirLoin

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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2004, 03:30:57 AM »
It looked like the radio cut out after he brought her back and passed overhead.
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« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2004, 03:38:42 AM »
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Good thing it didn't hit a crowd, that could have been ugly. I remember a football game years ago, I believe it was at shea stadium, the Patriots were playing the Jets. During halftime they had a guy flying a RC airplane in the stadium. Well, the guy let a cheerleader fly it, she flew it right into the crowd and killed someone, and that was just a wooden prop plane.


Wow!..I remember almost decaptating a guy in a 17 ft'r with my outta control R/C Lake Buccaneer...He ducked and the flyingboat  took out his plexi windscreen and then crashed...Pretty cool he made me pay for repairs only.

Some R/C planes fly over 100mph and one of those things outta control flies into a crowd .. could prolly take out more than 1 person.
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« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2004, 04:41:38 AM »
roflmao!!!
:lol :lol :lol :rofl :rofl :aok
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« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2004, 07:06:50 AM »
The damn thing had 8 jets but did you see that crosswind?  If I had a toy that expensive there's NO WAY I'd fly it under less than ideal conditions.

Those RC jet jobs aren't cheap.  I saw a single engine jet fighter at an RC show (it didn't crash) and it cost it's owner about $10,000.  Hell, each minature jet engine he had to buy for it was $2,000.00!  That B-52 had 8 of them!

I feel sorry for the BUFF owner, but that video was great, wasn't it?  All that was missing was a bottle rocket shooting up to it right before it augured!
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Offline Mickey1992

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« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2004, 07:10:58 AM »
Sad.  Did it seem like it was flying into a strong headwind when it took off?
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Offline mosgood

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« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2004, 08:45:59 AM »
sad.

Must have beena real bummer for the owner... picking up the pieces and taking that long drive home .
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