Originally Posted by
porcia83
Then this will make heads explode.........wonder if it belongs in the "traditional RC" bucket?
You mean this?
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/nasas-n...er-half-plane/
It is the photo you posted.
NASA hopes the GL-10 design will be the basis for drones addressing a wide variety of use cases. It could be used for small package delivery
long endurance surveillance for agriculture, mapping and other applications, says Bill Fredericks, an aerospace engineer with NASA. The team has built 12 prototypes, including 5-pound (foam) and 25-pound (fiberglass) models, as well as the 55-pound carbon fiber version shown in the video above. Some early versions were lost to hard landings as the team perfected flight controls, but the current version seems to be performing very well.
Nope, doesn't sound like a model aircraft for hobby use to me. But thanks for playing.