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Build Your Own Model B-52
Assmasher writes "Who says the cold war is over? Wren
Turbines, a UK based manufacturer of scale modeling jet engines (usually for remote control aircraft), has provided the engines for a 300lbs+ scale replica of Boeing's B-52. This isn't normal Slashdot fare; however, it is nerdy enough, crazy enough, and if you watch the videos, cool enough to warrant serious geek attention. At roughly $3k per turbine, this is a serious piece of engineering. The sound alone is amazing!"
On the Eurofighter project we pay more than that for a hammer.
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And today they are pretty much just models for the "before" picture.
...out of that flying model Starship Enterprise that we had a few days ago. Mind you, the phasers and torpedoes would probably make mincemeat out of this thing!
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Does it come with a little figurine of Slim Pickens sitting on a nuclear bomb that drops out the bottom?
"How many times have I told you boys that I don't want no horsin' around on the airplane?"
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I followed the instructions and my B-52 model looks like Fred Schneider. I was hoping for Kate Pierson. Dang.
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Real, working bombs of course, big enough to wipe out a village or a McDonald's restaurant. :)
....what I really want to know is if it has the range to get here?
So when can we expect them to build the KC-135 tanker and re-fuel in the air?
"How would you feel if you crashed and burned that poor B-52?"
I'd say "It was worth it! Just look at the fire ball!"
Does it look as good as it sounds?
I had Windows Media Player installed a while back, then decided it was a little creepy. Not anti-MS-bigot creepy, but creepy like RealPlayer. Like those programs are trying to figure out how to get into your checking account while they're playing your file and are like "play it one more time, we're almost there!" so you have to keep quiting them in the middle of clips to make sure they don't take all your money or write letters to people you barely know signed with your name...
just another Friday night, sitting around slashdot in my tin foil hat...
This thing has awesome practical joke potential if flown at low altitudes. Mwahahahahaaaaa....
They actually haven't landed it yet. They noticed a problem with the the gear, so they've been in-air refueling with this kc-135A stratotanker until they figured out a way to deal with it. The current plan is to shut down the M52 and land it on a flatbed tractor tailer (remember it's 23' wide, so it is 4 lanes wide!!)
(please, don't reply if you think I'm serious with this comment, because someone will point out that they are completely different scales and will start worrying that that won't work)
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No videos of it landing? Oh dear, they mustve crashed it! Wait, no videos of it crashing? Even worse! Oh dear, they mustve crashed it into the cameraman! Hopefully next time they'll have 2 cameramen.
Wake me when it can drop a scale-model atomic bomb. Bonus points if the bomb it drops is functional. :-)
Double bonus points if the bomb it drops is being ridden by a scale-model Slim Pickens that emits a digitized rebel yell on the way down.
Seriously though, that is really friggin' cool.
~Philly