On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:08:47 -0500, "Engineer"
wrote:

>"Patrick t." wrote in message
>news:tg0120523h8p7qfhb4emanp29k6c4vc8ue@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 00:09:09 -0500, "Engineer"
>> wrote:
>> >And, as I understand it, they're (choppers that is) much harder to fly.
>> Yea, thats why you can go to the local hobby shop and buy a remote
>> controlled helicopter. Do they sell jets at yours?
>>
>
>I watched a show on the History channel that showed a remote
>controlled model jet that went 200mph. That would be a hoot.
>
>Engineer
>
I was dir of satellite services at a company in San Diego and they
were doing the video for a teledyne ryan drone for the Navy that was
unreal back in the 80's. I was watching some of the testing going on
and that weekend went to a flea market in Oceanside.

Some guy had a huge tugboat (model and remote controlled) for sale for
about $1500, I mean this thing was a monster. I asked my boss if he
would buy it for me so we could mount a camera and a microwave link in
it. He said too much was on the plate at the moment, but I always
regret not having a chance to play with that thing. Now cameras are
peanuts, but back then they were pretty costly affairs.