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TAM 5 Has landed
bzant writes "TAM 5 The model airplane, (see our previous story), has successfully landed in Ireland. This was the second plane they launched. Other than some slow speeds and a concern over a lean fuel mixture the flight seemed to go as planned."
That's impressive. Now when are they launching a radio controlled rocket to the moon? Obviously it's the next step.
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Programming is like sex... Make one mistake and support it the rest of your life.
Dude, wait for all the extra info in the dupes.
And isn't anyone suspicious of Arnold Schawartzenegger's race for governor. Wait until he is elected and peels off his humanoid skin to reaval that he is leader of the first wave of machines poised to enslave mankind.
Now the leprechauns can escape to other countries!
after landing, the plane went out with its mates, got royally pissed, and managed an altercation with the local constabulary.
This is great news, but like all pioneering events, it's just the beginning of a brave new future. Someday, regularly scheduled model airplane flights over the Atlantic, as well as to other destinations, will be a commonplace occurance. In the future, everyone will have unmaned aerial vehicle service available right in their backyards. Soon, inexpensive GPS programmable reusable UAV's with automatic colision avoidance will be available to anyone for less than the price of an automobile at stores everywhere.
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
Now that Ireland is clearly within range to launch an UAV attack on the US, we can expect the invasion to happen shortly.
I cant see it surviving the return trip carrying loads of duty free Guiness
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
> yet all it can say on the site is 'the plane has landed' wheres all the info?
Yeah, they've been wasting their time on the technology and engineering rather than a REALLY COOL website.
Anyway, I'm sure someone reading this forum can donate them a Casio wrist watch running Apache that they can insert right into the plane for live updates.
Model aircraft engine $50
As above to JAN spec with testing $15000
Model aircraft fuselage $50
As above, built by Lockheed, say $25000
Home made navigation system $1000
As above, built by Martin Marietta... oh, just make the whole thing a round $100000.
Yes, folks, the threat from model aircraft carrying drugs could kickstart the entire US tech economy, just like Star Wars was going to in the 80s.
Panurge has posted for the last time. Thanks for the positive moderations.
Listen, lad, I built this plane up from nothing. All I had when I started was swamp ... other kings said I was daft to build a plane on a swamp, but I built it all the same ... just to show 'em. It crashed. So I built a another one ... that crashed into the swamp. I built another one ... That fell over and THEN crashed .... So I built another ... and that made it across the Atlantic. ...
It's a slow day at work...
They will never know the simple pleasure of a monkey knife fight
Yeah, but can he play pinball?