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  • Member since
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  • From: Utereg
a true scratch build
Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Monday, October 22, 2007 12:49 PM

Now this is what I call a scratch build helicopter.

 

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=071021050644.f7wwe84w

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posted by ridleusmc on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 2:13 AM

I have a new hero.  Hmmmm, what kind of parts can I find sitting around Cincinnati....

Semper Fi,

Chris

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Modeling anything with "MARINES" on the side.
Posted by AH1Wsnake on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 2:46 AM

I must say, the boy's got guts.

But there's a reason you don't see many aircraft built from car parts flying more than 7 feet off the ground....... heck, even the Wright brothers had to fabricate their own lightweight engines!

He may have talent, but I think he's living on borrowed time. Hopefully his story gets out and he can get a scholarship to some sort of aeronautical university before his luck runs out building jalopies.

 

 

"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 29, 2007 3:06 AM

Gee, I'm having zero luck tonight on posted links. Is the link still valid? What is the article title on the site so I can search for it?

 

Thanks 

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