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Hacksaw
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Here is a really cool video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7BHo66hVnk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Awesome. I've wanted to build a copter for my camera forever. Maybe I'll break down and do it this year.
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That's incredible. The summit of the larger tower is around 20K...can't believe that dinky thing can fly around up there!
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It is a cool video.

----did ya see the dude crap his pants at 1:34? :!:
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What a marvelous aerial tour of the Karakoram heights, what a vivid testimony to the endless technological creativity of human beings. May it always be so.
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MountainMedic wrote:That's incredible. The summit of the larger tower is around 20K...can't believe that dinky thing can fly around up there!
Power to weight ratio I think helps...
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