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Human Powered Paper Airplane

Posted by timothy on from the bad-place-for-a-charleyhorse dept.

gilgsn writes: "The Raven is a honeycomb paper, foam and graphite-fibre tape, human powered airplane designed to beat the current record held by MIT's Daedalus . The plane is also powered by a 16MHz Motorola 68332. The technical specifications of the onboard computer are pretty interesting. Unfortunately, as reported on Ananova, the Raven recently crashed a mere 100 feet after taking off, causing some damage to its fragile structure. Maybe they could upgrade to a Pentium and convinced Lance Armstrong to give it a try..."

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  1. Pentium? Are you nuts? by x136 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe they could upgrade to a Pentium

    Uh, hello? This plane is made out of paper! Paper is flammable!

    To recap: Paper Airplane + Pentium = Flaming Paper Airplane.

    Given two equally equipped airplanes, it's kinda common sense that the one that isn't on fire will fly longer and farther. :)

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  2. Re:Pentium? Then you'd need a horse... by The_Messenger · · Score: 1, Funny
    The rider would spend all their energy simply keeping the Pentium running...
    Hey, corporate IT departments have been using that operational model for a decade without difficulty.
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  3. uhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Maybe they could upgrade to a Pentium and convinced Lance Armstrong to give it a try...


    People in paper planes shouldn't start fires

    (pentium=overheat=fire harde-har-har)

  4. What's needed by DeadBugs · · Score: 5, Funny

    I found in my aerospace testing that adding a paper clip to the front of the airframe adds a great deal of stability.

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  5. Paper airplanes -- new tools of terror? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In related news, FBI agents have arrested several muslims in various areas of the U.S. for conspiring to crash paper airplanes into strategic targets in the U.S. and abroad.

  6. Re:A 16 MHz Proc? by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Re:A 16 MHz Proc?
    they made it to the moon on far, far less.

    Yeah, but the pilots weren't busy peddling.
    Now there's an amusing image!

    "Huston ... (huff, puff) ... the Eagle ... (huff, puff, huff, puff) has ... (huff, puff) ... landed.
    Whew! (huff, puff)
    Taking nap. (huff, puff)
    Eagle out. Click     "

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