Originally Posted by
setxws6
They're not the same. One is a small fairly inexpensive home made RC turbine jet flown line of sight to achieve this record. The other is a full sized FPV satellite drone flown long distance from someone sitting inside a building.
I bet if we could switch roles here and have the X47 be flown strictly line of sight by a person on the ground I bet that jet wouldn't break 400mph. Likewise if this small turbine RC jet were able to be flown FPV long range in a straight line like the X47, I bet this little single stage compressor turbine jet could hit over 550 maybe 600mph.
So Guiness record would refuse Northrop Grumman to claim the title of "Fastest remote-controlled jet-powered
Model aircraft " because X47 can not be flown "Line Of Sight" ?
I dont think the "Line of Sight" controlling is requirement to claim the title of "Fastest remote-controlled jet-powered
Model aircraft ".I think that was just an equipment limitation and had to be flown "Line of Sight".
Neil holds the record of Fastest remote-controlled jet-powered
Model aircraft .
Maybe the real question is what aircraft is consider to be a model and what is not?Value?Size? What define a model aircraft that makes X47 not a model.