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Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Taking a TIE-fighter to work

I can't help but think : 1) This is very cool indeed; 2) If it had just been a little bit bigger, it would have been much more comfortable; 3) That sounds an awful lot like the theme from Dune, only not quite; 4) That's very cool indeed.

Swapping ion engines for an electric drivetrain, Nova Scotia’s Allan Carver built a battery-powered replica of a TIE Fighter that can hit a top speed of six miles per hour when piloted using an RC remote. But at roughly one-third the size of the movie version, the ship is also big enough to accommodate a pilot on board.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/you-can-actually-ride-inside-this-magnificent-remote-co-1825317046

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