The irony of a water gun fight is that you basically have to put yourself in the range of your adversary’s weapons and retaliation in order to accurately hit them. But not any longer. Indoor RC helicopters have evolved in leaps and bounds over the past few years, and now they come with built in reservoirs and water cannons. More »
Our need for resources is driving development of some of the world’s most remote regions. So how do we get the heavy machinery needed to explore areas where roads exist only as dotted lines on a map? You use a helicopter the size of a jumbo jet. More »
Until recently, playing fetch was just about the laziest way you could interact with a dog. But it’s since been trumped by this iPhone controlled helicopter that’s able to drop a tennis ball payload up to thirty feet away. Why kill your arm throwing when a few simple touchscreen gestures can keep your pup entertained for hours? More »
The concept of a human-powered helicopter is surprisingly simple. The creation of a human-powered helicopter? Not so simple. People have been trying for 30 years to create a human-powered helicopter that can hover for 60 seconds, reach a height of 10 feet and stay inside a 33-foot box and no one has ever done it yet. More »
The only thing that differentiates this remote control safety cage RC helicopter from the one designed by robot researchers at the EPFL is an $80 price tag. Because you can actually buy this one from Kyosho, and don’t need a research grant to build your own. More »
The Pentagon first started to dream up the CH-47 Chinook in the 1950s. That’s dinosaur time—but the dual-rotor bird still has some completely insane powers by today’s standards. More »
Just because it owns a blimp, why should Goodyear be the only ones allowed to advertise itself high above sporting events chock full of spectators? It shouldn’t. And with this remote control flying LED sky writer, anyone can get their airborne message across. More »
Imagine you’re getting out of your house and the entire fuselage of a twin-engine Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashes right in front of you. This is exactly what happened when a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion lost the Chinook it was carrying. More »
A few weeks ago we brought news of an experimental robot helicopter deliberately designed to crash without breaking. But what the researchers seemingly didn’t realize is that Air Hogs had beat them to it with the company’s Heli Cage toy that shrugs off crashes and always lands ready for takeoff. More »
Rugged doesn’t even begin to describe Afghanistan’s terrain. Delivering supplies to distant outposts over land through hostile territory is a difficult and deadly proposition—and even helicopter transports are not immune from RPG fire. So, to make essential cargo drops without risking the lives of American servicemen, Lockheed Martin simply removed the pilot. More »
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