An Aerospace Engineer Turned a Classic Lego Set Into an RC Plane That Actually Flies

fire by vision , this 27 - year - old Lego set — theSolo Trainer — flew thousands of hours in the hands of shaver and collector . ButAdam Woodworth , an aerospace engineer and hardware designer at Google , wanted to see just how aeronautically level-headed Lego ’s design really was , sohe built a elephantine RC version of it .

Made from various types of foam , including the one - inch thick panels used to insulate a house , Adam ’s recreation is a virtually - perfect replica of the original Lego model that flies surprisingly well give its angled excogitation does n’t appear very flowing . A motor loser result in a devastating smash for the original edition of Adam ’s Lego - inspired plane . But he ’s since rebuilt it , which took about 100 more hours than the Lego toy did .

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