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USS Enterprise Finally Flies

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the arm-photon-torpedoes dept.

apetime writes "Found on Slashdot Japan: Model builder Kaname of Kumamoto, Japan has built a flying radio controlled model of the original Star Trek's USS Enterprise. (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a video. Or go here for an mpeg, and here for a WMV.) The ship measures from 75 cm, and only weighs 16 grams. It's a wobbly flight, but makes you think what else in Star Trek might work if it were tried."

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  1. Nice... by Punboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    But now the question is, if you transported inside of it, would you shrink?

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    1. Re:Nice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You can't transport through the crystal that encloses the shrunken Enterprise. But it does conduct heat, as you can easily check by holding the pendant over a candle.

  2. uhm... by wo1verin3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I may be wrong, but I don't remember the original enterprise having a propellor. The article indicates that technology from that show may work in real life, but it's using old technology. cool to watch, but only for a slow friday night.

    1. Re:uhm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      I may be wrong, but I don't remember the original enterprise having a propellor.

      Kirk: Ahead, warp factor 7, Scotty.

      Scotty: She given' all she got, but she can' take no more, cap'n. Aye, push'n her any more past 75 kph could rip her prop clean off!

      Spock: My calculations indicate that if we fail to improve the propulsion system, then we will not reach the Romulan Neutral Zone for another 1.343 billion years.

  3. wtf. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a wobbly flight, but makes you think what else in Star Trek might work if it were tried.

    Actually, no, It doesn't.

  4. Propellor? by scooby111 · · Score: 5, Funny

    With the right size engine, you can make anything fly. This isn't a demonstration of how well the "Enterprise" could fly. It's a demonstration of how you can make even a brick fly with the right thrust to weight ratio.

    I like Star Trek as well as the next geek, but this is just plain silly.

    Now, where can I get one???

  5. Read the Article! by NitsujTPU · · Score: 5, Funny

    Darn you posters who don't read the article! It quite clearly says: "OEã1"NSÔÉí½ÁÄ1"ú1ñÈãSY"-OEfZ¦"Âð`FbN&#233 ;B"

  6. If only there were . . . by jdcook · · Score: 5, Funny
    "makes you think what else in Star Trek might work if it were tried"

    If only there were something like a communicator. That would be cool. A handheld walkie talkie-like thing only able to talk to almost anybody on the planet. It could maybe even open up like a clam. Sigh. I guess it will never be.

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