A real X-Wing that actually flies!

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Sweet! Will they build a Death Star, too ?
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I want a lightsabre damnit :x










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Little_Sister wrote:Sweet! Will they build a Death Star, too ?
But they'd need to get it to "hover" until it exploded spectacularly.

Would like to see footage of them launching this thing though.
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having read the blurb I get the impression this is going vertical and not horizontal ~ SFW? :urff:

you could get a packet of Daz to do that :lol: :lol: :lol:
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You know, when I was ten I found a book in my school library that taught me how to make R/C models that fly.
I didn't have an R/C set for much longer, but I made a lot of gliders that did fly.
There we have a bunch of adults who don't manage to make it *fly*. Sorry, but I am less than impressed.
Nice idea, though, a pity for that nice model.
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Pista; there's footage sunny....

It flies?

It flies!




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i think the expression was 'oh s**t' at the end

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/boom/xwing-r ... 307945.php
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Better version:-

http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentID=378238
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a packet of Daz would've went further
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Only just seen this thread. I want that X-WING!!! :notworthy:

I threw my Millenium Falcon down the stairs when I was a kid coz I thought it would fly. I was uspet when I found out in didn't. :cry: :lol:
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Pah pah pah! Nothing less than a 1:1 scale fully functional At-At Walker will suffice. Imagine the fun to be had simply getting to and from work?
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Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:Better version:-

http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentID=378238
:eek: :eek: :eek: :lol: :lol: :lol:

@James Daz can work miracles that's for sure :D
@Dave The walker idea is ace! Just step over (or on) the traffic.

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It probably would have worked if it had been a TIE fighter. :P
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Highlights for me were:

a) The first few seconds when it's got a fantastically direct and smooth thrust....

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b) The punters running from the falling debris at the end :lol:
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Wonder what happened with the Y-wing
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Dark wrote:Wonder what happened with the Y-wing
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/star-wars/th ... 308477.php

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:eek: :eek: :eek: !
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Instead of using rockets, maybe they should've used 4 of these and built it out of metal instead of wood.

Still, it was pretty cool though.
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LOL, that was a bit crap. Moving wings? Aluminium rods?
It just looked like a large firework rocket with the stick removed and a load of bits of cardboard glued on. It certainly flew like it.
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