On Oct. 6th the X-Wing will take flight

Star Wars X-Wing Fighter – Polecat Aerospace

A long time ago, in a garage in Santee, California, a group of slightly insane rocketeers decided to make a flying scale model of the X-Wing fighter from what is arguably the best movie ever made, Star Wars. We decided to make the project to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie. The first is just the massive size of the rocket. It is over 21′ long, with a wingspan of over 19′. We opted to use a cluster of four motors to emulate the “real” X-wing, and positioned the motors in the wing pods. The real challenge was to make the wings move in flight, from the “attack” position, or extended to the “landing” position, or folded. This proved to be quite a mechanical feat.