200mph R/C Jet = Good Times
Over the wekend I went to a fun-fly event at a
local R/C group's flying field and saw one of the most amazing things I've seen in quite a while. A member there did a demonstration for the public of his 200 mph+
King Cat remote control jet from
BVM Jets. The first thing I thought when I saw it fly was "now add a microcontroller and a
decent sensor package (gps, alti, wing leveler, etc) and you've got one hell of a UAV". But given the cost of the current remote controlled jets, which average around $1000-$5,000 USD, I don't think we'll see one for a while. But man, what a dream. The enginering that went into this small aircraft was amazing. I'v built and flown a few R/C aircraft but never anything even remotely close to this thing.