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FASTEST RC AIRPLANE IN THE WORLD! Transonic DP -- 545mph!!

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FASTEST RC AIRPLANE IN THE WORLD!  Transonic DP -- 545mph!!

A one-minute clip of Spencer Lisenby setting a 545 mph speed record in an RC glider, the Transonic DP, using dynamic soaring. No motor is involved.

HN cites it as the surprising example that the fastest RC aircraft is an unpowered glider using dynamic soaring.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2018–2020

Topics

  • Aviation & aerospace engineering
  • Everyday physics & science demos

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