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A West Texas company says it’s found a remarkably simple way to slash air cargo costs as much as 65% – by having planes tow autonomous, cargo-carrying gliders behind them, big enough to double, or potentially triple their payload capacity.Continue Read… Continue reading Autonomous vortex-surfing cargo gliders promise 65% cheaper air freight
No props, no jets, no rockets – California’s Spencer Lisenby just broke the world speed record for remote controlled aircraft, taking an unpowered RC glider transonic at 548 mph (882 km/h) using nothing but the wind. Well, that and an incredible degree of skill in a highly dangerous technique called dynamic soaring. And while it’s more or less an extreme hobby at the moment, he’s got some very interesting plans for the technique and the technology behind it.
Tags: Radio Control, gliders, World Records, World’s Fastest, Crazy, Aerodynamics
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