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Jul 29, 2005, 09:28 PM
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Florida, USA
Joined Feb 2005
155 Posts
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Bar-Stool type Kite Plane for $8000
What is a Bar-Stool type Kite Plane, the ACLU, the defense dept. and law enforcement doing in one news report?
Here are the SWEET details: http://ss1.sbgnet.com/asxgen/point/p...12_56k.wmv.asx News article: http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtri...045138889.html The Company: http://www.proxygen.com/36/Editorial...list_type=name Sorry about the long links. What say you Bar-Stool? BlackSky |
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Last edited by GoForBlackSky; Jul 29, 2005 at 10:03 PM.
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Jul 29, 2005, 10:20 PM
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United States, CA, San Diego
Joined Jan 2005
4,583 Posts
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My friend sent me this artical earlier this afternoon... The first thing I thought of...
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Jul 30, 2005, 12:46 AM
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Joined Jun 2005
83 Posts
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Looks like the entire $8k setup was lifted off this site, including ground station stuff.
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Jul 30, 2005, 02:05 AM
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Walla Walla
Joined May 2002
2,639 Posts
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I offered some advise now and then on thier forum, but a model flyer like me knows nothing about UAV's
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Aug 15, 2005, 10:46 AM
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Portland, Oregon
Joined Apr 2004
584 Posts
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so what about the poll that the TV station did.... what do people think?
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Aug 15, 2005, 10:50 AM
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Walla Walla
Joined May 2002
2,639 Posts
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What poll would that be??
Link? |
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Aug 15, 2005, 11:05 AM
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Yumastan RCAPA.NET
Joined Feb 2003
5,107 Posts
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The word on the street is they got a contract for a few thousand units-P
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Aug 15, 2005, 11:24 AM
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Walla Walla
Joined May 2002
2,639 Posts
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Guess no one has heard about it yet...
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=CYDF...=on&z=m&q=l&c= |
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Aug 15, 2005, 11:31 AM
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Lansing, Michigan, USA
Joined Sep 2004
1,240 Posts
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 If that was my plane, I don't think that I would have put the antenna on the bottom with no landing gear... Gary D. |
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Aug 15, 2005, 11:37 AM
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Yumastan RCAPA.NET
Joined Feb 2003
5,107 Posts
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Well I guess that’s because someone in Florida has designed a new platform around a slow stick that will revolutionize RCAP if not aviation as a whole-P
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Aug 15, 2005, 12:36 PM
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Miami
Joined Apr 2005
8,580 Posts
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That kite plane sucks
 Horrible aerodynamics and very innefficient  . The electronics are neat, but if you go to that trouble , why build something that will have very limited range and performance ???They could have very easily taken that package and put it in a good high performance ariframe and make it IMMENSELY more capable. Its just stupid... |
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Aug 15, 2005, 01:42 PM
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Lansing, Michigan, USA
Joined Sep 2004
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No doubt these Rogallo wings are not for high speed cross country flight, but even with all of their drag they do fly great, and are remarkably maneuverable. To me, the design seems to fit the intended mission. Wish that I could get one of those gov'ment contracts at 8 grand a pop... Gary D. |
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Aug 15, 2005, 04:06 PM
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Yumastan RCAPA.NET
Joined Feb 2003
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