Please can Santa bring me one of these for Christmas?

Closed Thread Subscribe

Thread Tools

Oct 24th 2013, 3:25 pm

Pulaski

Thread Starter

Joined: Dec 2001

Location: Dixie, ex UK

Posts: 52,448

Please can Santa bring me one of these for Christmas?

How cool is this? The ultimate remote control aircraft. Predator drones are sooo yesterday!

Retro fitted F16 drone

Oct 24th 2013, 4:15 pm

md95065

BE Forum Addict

Joined: Mar 2008

Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Posts: 4,913

Re: Please can Santa bring me one of these for Christmas?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pulaski

Retro fitted F16 drone

Quote:

Ballet dancer turned defense specialist Allison Barrie has traveled around the world covering the military, terrorism, weapons advancements and life on the front line.

Oct 24th 2013, 4:37 pm

Nutek

Joined: Apr 2012

Location: CT

Posts: 33,508

Re: Please can Santa bring me one of these for Christmas?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pulaski

How cool is this? The ultimate remote control aircraft. Predator drones are sooo yesterday!

Retro fitted F16 drone

No. You get one of these.

Oct 24th 2013, 4:41 pm

SultanOfSwing

I have a comma problem

Joined: Feb 2009

Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)

Posts: 49,598

SultanOfSwing has a reputation beyond repute

Re: Please can Santa bring me one of these for Christmas?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pulaski

How cool is this? The ultimate remote control aircraft. Predator drones are sooo yesterday!

Retro fitted F16 drone

Yeah, it's very cool as RC aircraft go but I'd rather have one to fly myself

Oct 24th 2013, 5:04 pm

Pulaski

Thread Starter

Joined: Dec 2001

Location: Dixie, ex UK

Posts: 52,448

Re: Please can Santa bring me one of these for Christmas?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutek

No. You get one of these.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RuQTErDgFDg

Now that would be pretty cool to have next Thursday.

.... The operating cost/hr of flight time is probably a little lower than my Christmas wish list item, above, too.

Oct 24th 2013, 5:05 pm

Nutek

Joined: Apr 2012

Location: CT

Posts: 33,508

Re: Please can Santa bring me one of these for Christmas?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pulaski

Now that would be pretty cool to have next Thursday.

.... The operating cost/hr of flight time is probably a little lower than my Christmas wish list item, above, too.

Easier to fit into the garage as well.

Oct 24th 2013, 5:12 pm

Pulaski

Thread Starter

Joined: Dec 2001

Location: Dixie, ex UK

Posts: 52,448

Re: Please can Santa bring me one of these for Christmas?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutek

.... Easier to fit into the garage as well.

My next door neighbor is building an aeroplane in his garage, or at least the pieces of one, for final assembly at the nearby airfield. Of course he thinks it's an "airplane", but he is sadly mistaken!