Wednesday, October 3, 2007

A real life X-WING

Now this is kewl.

Rocket-powered 21-foot long X-Wing model actually flies


The X-Wing model is huge. At 21 feet long and with a wingspan of over 19 feet it is, in fact, big enough to fly a kid in. However, knowing that it will be powered by solid-fuel rockets, they wouldn't put a kid, dog, monkey or Gizmodo editor inside, even if it uses three full parachutes to land.

More here.

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