Stephano Rivellini was tired of larger drones being dangerous, due to their high-speed propellers. Even with prop guards, they can still catch fingers and nearby objects. His idea? Ducted fans with long tubes. The long tubes make it impossible to get a finger or hand into the fans. In fact, the design is so safe…
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At an indoor R/C show in Germany in 2018, Franz Lechner demonstrated his impressively large helicopter, an EC 145 rescue chopper. The audience waited patiently for liftoff, and they weren’t disappointed. The first thing that you notice is the size, then the beautiful red and white paint. After the power is switched on, you notice…
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YouTuber Peter Sripol set out to answer this question. He wanted to see if you could take a (mostly) stock leaf blower, add wings and electronics, and fly. The initial discovery was that the gas-powered Ryobi blower didn’t have much thrust compared to its weight. Some different configurations to the nozzle were tried, without success.…
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Do you love all things drifting? How about sparks? Why not combine the two?! A tire company decided to embed strips of flint into the tires themselves. If you spin the wheels on the right kind of rough surface you’ll get sparks! How about that. The sparks are hard to see in the daytime, but…
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What do you do when a company sends you large motors and motor controllers for free? You build a giant drone, of course! That’s what the guys at Flite Test did recently. They modeled a typical racing drone and scaled it up by a huge factor. They attached two real FPV cameras and a fake,…
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No, you can’t buy this at the store. Youtuber Peter Sripol decided to modify a cheap boat from Wally World and see if he could make it fly. That’s no simple task! Boats are heavy, so the wings need to be big and the motors need to be powerful. Not only that, but pontoons need…
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You know you have a cool R/C jet when you have a guy standing by with a fire extinguisher! Imagine the stress of taking off and landing a newly-finished, expensive plane like the one below. This quarter scale F-16 replica is fitted with four turbine engines. The max speed isn’t clear, but the sound the…
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What happens when a group of men get bored and have some extra cash in the winter? In this case, the boys at RCSparks Studio on YouTube decided to buy a radio controlled tank kit and put it together. After spending who knows how many weeks putting it together, they produced a video to show…
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If you love driving R/C trucks but don’t want to spend a lot of money on them right now, then you might like watching the video below. Obviously, you could spend over $1,000 buying the best radio control truck, with high quality parts (chassis, motor, electronics, suspension, etc), but what if you tried the other…
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You can do a lot of amazing things with drones, but have you ever wondered what it’d be like to go fishing with one? Well, David Freiheit decided to actually try it! Watch the video below to see how it went. The adventure begins on a calm, clear day on Lake Champlain (see details below)…
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