Now this is friggin cool!

I can't play video games b/c of all the buttons. I'm sure that's way outta my league. I'd break it on day one. Very cool though.
 
ErikL said:
theres something really odd about those, and the guy..... i cant figure it out though.... theres no propeller, wheels, or fan, how does it move?
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It's a front propeller.
Just hard to see on the low-res video.
I was looking through the forums on his site... he's going to be releasing it in kit form. Actually uses a brushless cd-rom motor as it's power. :D

Made out of foam and balsa.
 
Why drive when you can fly?
 
These things are just balsa and foam, and steered through rudders and ailerons built into the stabilizer. Most of this stuff can be bought pretty cheap, the only thing that would be real expensive is the radio system, ESC, and batteries.
 
bjoehandley said:
These things are just balsa and foam, and steered through rudders and ailerons built into the stabilizer. Most of this stuff can be bought pretty cheap, the only thing that would be real expensive is the radio system, ESC, and batteries.
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Hmmm, wonder how a life size one would be, those are some really neat toys that pushed my fantasy button in the first 30 seconds...
 
Hmmm, wonder how a life size one would be, those are some really neat toys that pushed my fantasy button in the first 30 seconds...
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HHHmmmm, get your hands on an extra ultralight engine and seat,and do some glassing and epoxying it might be possible.....
I think the basic idea is what was used on the Russian's Caspian Sea Monster transport plane.
 
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