May 26, 2008

A Baby Dassault 7X

aintv Having flown the brilliantly-engineered Dassault 7X last year in Paris, the thought of a model somewhere between the real thing and the one that sits on my desk was intriguing.

Take a look and a listen as a Dassault engineer explains the intricacies of a radio controlled model 7X to AIN TV’s Ed Heiland at EBACE in Geneva Switzerland.

This 7X is available as a kit for about $25,000. A real Dassault 7X will set you back about $42 million.

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