XWing fighter

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:49 am

For you Star Wars fans....from the rocketry world!

Link.

Post by **Gooch** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:44 am

That thing is SICK!!

I'd like to get a full scale one that flys.

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:04 am

They put a seat in it, you could request a ride. I personally would never get into any rocket powered vehicle that I've built, built the motors for, or ride in any amateur built rocket....I'd take a ride on the shuttle in a second...

You may feel differently.

Post by **Gooch** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:11 am

Good point....Hadn't thought about the fact that it's amateur...Still, I still want a REALLY big one....With PEW PEW laser beams!

Post by **miftah** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:59 am

Gooch wrote:With PEW PEW laser beams!

Don't we all, son. Don't we all.

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:16 pm

Gooch wrote:I'd like to get a full scale one that flys.

Still want to ride in it?

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:56 pm

That looked pretty cool for the first few seconds!

Post by **miftah** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:35 pm

That was rather remarkable there for a few seconds. My little 5-year-old heart started beating pretty hard for just a second. To the best of my knowledge, ILM never did any rocket propulsion as practical effects. The aftermath shows why, but the takeoff was amazing.

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:44 pm

While cool to see, that's a LOT of work for just a few seconds. But well done.

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:39 am

It seems to be that way for most of the really large projects out there. They fly once and never fly again. It seems to me that about 50% have this type of flight where something goes very, very wrong...

Still, an impressive build, and an impressive attempt at flight.

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:24 am

They found NEW footage, another camera angle that shows more clearly what happened.

Post by **bio** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:22 pm

Damn Empire!!

Post by **Gooch** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:30 pm

miftah wrote:
Gooch wrote:With PEW PEW laser beams!
Don't we all, son. Don't we all.

Roflcopter. We do all. Atleast this part of all....PEW PEW!