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Trisquire 12-31-2006 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SEL
Technically, mine dosn't count, as it's not a clone. - I bought the kit from ACME many moons ago. It's flown 5 or 6 times, twice succesfully. It power pranged on it's last fligh. you can see some of the crumpled tube just forward of the wing :(

Sean

I was a Mach 10 fan in the '70s, just from the picture in the catalog. I never understood the aerodynamics behind it. Apparently you can get a successful glide even with the stabilizer set at such an unusual angle.

Tom


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