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Top Gun 2008, the Movie (Without Cruise, Fortunately)
12:30AM Jesus Diaz | Not everything was about the stunning A-10 Warthog at last week’s Top Gun 2008 competition, the largest R/C event in the world. 10,000 people watched the 120 invitation-only R/C airplanes competition—which included everything from from World War I Fokker fighters to WW2’s Mustangs and Lightnings to Vietnam War’s Phantoms, and plenty of civil aviation models. Gigantic gallery of this year’s edition after the jump. More »
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A10 RC Model vs the Real Thing at Top Gun 2008
12:00AM Jesus Diaz | Here’s the 1:5 scale A-10 Warthog remote control model in some video action at Top Gun 2008, in Lakeland, FL.—the biggest remote controlled aeroplane competition in the world. And to match it, a real A-10 appeared on the scene, taking off from a parallel runway. We interviewed Mike Selby, one of the model creators, and got all the technical details about this amazing $13,000 beast, with two jet turbines, three on-board microprocessors, 24 servos, a 1″ OLED display in its cockpit and a fully-functional gatling gun. Jump to see all its amazing details in a 26-photo gallery. [Video and images courtesy of Bob Parrish] galleryPost('a10topgun2008', 9, ''); More »
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Top Gun 2008: Biggest RC Aeroplane Competition in the World
6:30AM Jesus Diaz | They may not be made of LEGO or Star Wars-related, but if you like amazingly detailed, huge aircraft models—like the SR-71 above—head to Lakeland, Florida, and Top Gun 2008: the 20th anniversary edition of the biggest RC model competition in the world. It starts tomorrow, five days of pure nerdgasm watching the most stunning remote control aircraft in the world. More details, plus a gigantic gallery from 2007 after the jump. More »
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