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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. "Human Powered Paper Airplane" == stupid title by J.D.+Hogg · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Err... when I folded that A4 sheet and threw it in the amphitheater at University, it sure seemed like a human powered paper airplane to me.

    So, maybe the article is about a full-size airplane made of paper that is powered by a human being who also happens to be onboard ?

  2. Re:A 16 MHz Proc? by grub · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

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