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Old 07-26-2006, 12:26 AM
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Anybody seen the new UAV from the Skunk Works? Just revealed last week at Farnborough.

http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/new...aw072406p1.xml
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Old 07-26-2006, 10:31 AM
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Yes, very impressive!

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4531862/tm.htm

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Any idea what type of powerplant this craft features? or is any dimensional / statistical data available?

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Article says 90ft wing span and 2 x Williams FJ-44 engines. We also used a Williams FJ-44 engine on Darkstar, but only one. I'm sure they needed two to make the altitude target. It's a gorgeous engine looking like Mach 2 just sitting there. You could put both of them on your desktop.
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"Polecat" Didn't uncle Bob have a pylon racer named that back in the early 80s?? Uncle might have to sue them for illegal use of the name Scott
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