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Old January 15th 10, 03:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy[_10_]
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Default Real glider or RC model?

On Jan 15, 5:31*am, JJ Sinclair wrote:
That looks to be half scale, 25' wing span? Nice!
JJ



tienshanman wrote:
Those crafty Germans in their ginger bread, garden gnome workshops are
building model sailplanes that blur the distinction between the real
thing and RC models. Check this out:


http://www.manfred-schadl.de/ASW15b%20gr%20a.jpg


I was thinking of getting one of these for my 2 year old and launching
his flying career early.....


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tienshanman


Where do they find the "little people" to fly them?

I know a guy who is working on a video downlink from one of these so
you can pretend you're actually in the cockpit.

Impressive.

9B