Red 5, Goin' In!

Who says there's such a thing as "Too much Star Wars"?

Andy Woerner and his friends built a life size X-Wing Fighter and are gonna set it off right here in sunny California on October 10th! It's 21-feet long and has a 19-foot wingspan. It's powered by four Class M rocket engines (on the wings, of course), which produce a red glow, just like the original. It will be launched in a fashion similar to traditional model rockets, but after lift-off the S-foils are going to open to attack position (through the use of a motor the team installed).

They hope to recover (via 3 parachutes) the X-Wing in one piece after it's flight. I wish these guys the best, and hopefully they'll have some video available afterwards. And who knows? If successful, maybe we'll finally be able to do something about those damn Womp rats.