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[dumaniac]

Thanks for the link - great model and I love the shark mouth on the air intake

thanks

Bernier

[Dizzyfugu]

 

041_IMG_0966 by julajp, on Flickr

[scooter]

Looks like a 1:1 scale Insecticon Bombshell...

[Dizzyfugu]

Where does it belong? Computer strategy game? 

[perttime]

... Hitoshi Takahashi, who decided that once he turned 50 he was old enough to do whatever he wanted, and took steps to realize his dream... of building a giant robot....
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/09/04/67-year-old-man-singlehandedly-builds-giant-robot-inspiresterrifies-us/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoigOJzf9x4

[scooter]

Where does it belong? Computer strategy game? 

Anime.  Or terrorizing your neighborhood.

[The Chaos]

WOW Looks great

[Dizzyfugu]

... Hitoshi Takahashi, who decided that once he turned 50 he was old enough to do whatever he wanted, and took steps to realize his dream... of building a giant robot....
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/09/04/67-year-old-man-singlehandedly-builds-giant-robot-inspiresterrifies-us/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoigOJzf9x4

Wow - thanks a lot! 

[Dizzyfugu]

And it eventually entered mock-up stage:

[PR19_Kit]

Did they ever fly it?

[Hobbes]

No. They built a full-scale model for RCS tests and a 3/4 scale windtunnel model which 'flew' (tethered) in the NLR wind tunnel at Emmeloord. Last year I exhibited my Lampyridae model at a show and had a brief conversation with a former NLR employee who recognized the model and told me they had some problems during the test; apparently the model wasn't very stable at some speeds and came crashing though the side of the tunnel at one point.

This was never a full-works airplane development project, just an investigation into stealth. They spent some $10M proving the idea and the design method worked.

[PR19_Kit]

No. They built a full-scale model for RCS tests and a 3/4 scale windtunnel model which 'flew' (tethered) in the NLR wind tunnel at Emmeloord. Last year I exhibited my Lampyridae model at a show and had a brief conversation with a former NLR employee who recognized the model and told me they had some problems during the test; apparently the model wasn't very stable at some speeds and came crashing though the side of the tunnel at one point.

Ohh, I know the NLR tunnel very well!

NLR were one of my customers and I've spent many a happy hour on the Noord Oost Polder.  That tunnel is HUGE, the largest in Europe at one time, and maybe still is. Must have been some serious instability to hit the tunnel wall hard enough to break it.

[Hobbes]

IIRC it went through a window (into the control room?).

[PR19_Kit]

IIRC it went through a window (into the control room?).

Ah yes, that's a pretty big piece of glass and it's right alongside the working section of course. I'm glad I wasn' there then! 

[NARSES2]

IIRC it went through a window (into the control room?).

Reminds me of the wind screen/frozen chicken joke