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Jet-powered wing propels solo flight

May 16, 2008 3:02 PM PDT
Caption text by Jonathan Skillings
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Those Jet-Cat P200 engines may be small, but together they produce nearly 200 pounds of thrust. The wing structure itself weighs about 120 pounds with fuel and smoke, 66 pounds dry. A gas-powered spring opened the wings from their initial folded position in just a half-second.

Credit: AFP

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