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GTRS Fiero

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Flying Fiero?
« on: February 08, 2018, 07:21:37 pm »
What would it take to make a Fiero "fly"?  I got to thinking about this.  Thrusters, lift, a bit of navigation control?

The problem is accomplishing this while retaining the stock look.  I believe that the stock controls could be used.

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Re: Flying Fiero?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2018, 07:28:01 pm »
Probably the first step would be to make it nose heavy instead of tail heavy. 
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Re: Flying Fiero?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2018, 08:09:41 pm »
Yeah, LOL, because it wants to go backward, and steering into any kind of wind is not possible.  Heck, keeping course in a wind is not really possible.  I'm not really sure how to deal with that.

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Re: Flying Fiero?
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2018, 10:12:35 pm »
If you could get Elon Musk to put one on top of one of his rockets, you could send it to Mars. ;)
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Re: Flying Fiero?
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2018, 08:01:44 am »
Yeah, LOL, because it wants to go backward, and steering into any kind of wind is not possible.  Heck, keeping course in a wind is not really possible.  I'm not really sure how to deal with that.

The easy Button is a Canard wing design !

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Re: Flying Fiero?
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2018, 01:12:47 pm »
Mythbusters has already done it. Sort of.
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Re: Flying Fiero?
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2018, 03:22:43 pm »
Here is is...
The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play.

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Re: Flying Fiero?
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2018, 05:55:10 pm »
I meant like the DeLorean in Back to the Future 2 or whichever.

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Re: Flying Fiero?
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2018, 09:33:08 pm »
Something like this: