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Saw this at the hobby shop the other day and I am SO tempted to buy it.
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Is it me or is it difficult to fly something you can barely see? Stuff seems to take more skill than most people would realize.Originally posted by MR EDDComment
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I'm just nit picking here but the X-1 was never carried under the wing. It was nested into the fuselage. Half of it was in the bomb bay, the other half exposed. This model has it under the wing..Comment
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I'll stick to my offroad buggies and trucks..."Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson, 1776Comment
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While you are right, I'm sure it would have compromised the rc planes aerodynamics too much to make it accurate.Originally posted by Sgt Beavis View Post
As I recall (from tv documentaries), they lifted the B up to position the X-1 in place.
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Yep, looks like ground clearance was an issue. It may have been an add-on after the initial build, taller landing gear would have been the thing to use in the build. And mounting under the wing made for a less complicated build too, no bomb door needed.sigpicComment
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Originally posted by diablo rojo View Post
In the beginning there was a "loading pit" that the X-1 was in and the B-29 taxied over it.
Later they went to hydraulics to lift the B-29. At one point they had hydraulic rams that came up out of the tarmac under the wheels.
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Should have made the B-29 a B-52A... and made the X-1 an X-15... and then they would have had it right. hahaaaa
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Saw both the x1 an the x15 yesterday at the smithsonian .
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Toss a D12 in that X15 and let her rip.Originally posted by 46Tbird View Post"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser TytlerComment
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God, that is awesome. I think I will plan a trip there this year. Good pic.Originally posted by inline 6 View PostSaw both the x1 an the x15 yesterday at the smithsonian .
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Next to the SR-71, the X-15 is my favorite bird. Pure badassness right there.....and bad motherfucker wallets to all "X" pilots.Originally posted by inline 6 View PostSaw both the x1 an the x15 yesterday at the smithsonian .
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RC B-29 with X-1
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