Flying

16 Year Old Landon Kohtz Built a Kite Taller Than He Is

“Indecisive” is a kite built by teenager Landon Kohtz. It’s 7 feet tall with a wing span that almost reaches 10 feet.

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Self-Driving Cars Are So 2015: Get There in a Self-Flying ‘Copter

Self-Driving Cars Are So 2015: Get There in a Self-Flying ‘Copter

We never did get our Jetsons flying cars or jet packs. EHang’s trying to change that with this giant, passenger carrying drone.

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Man Builds Crazed 54-rotor Flying Vehicle

Man Builds Crazed 54-rotor Flying Vehicle

A British man, YouTuber “gasturbine101,” has posted a video of the first test flight for his “Swarm Manned Aerial Vehicle Multirotor Super Drone,” a “pentacontakaitetracopter” (aka a multirotor with 54 blades). The flight for this over-the-top flying vehicle lasted for about ten minutes and it looks like most of the time he was only about […]

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Crouching Phoenix, Flying Dragon

Crouching Phoenix, Flying Dragon

A phoenix, dragons, a flying Jesus with accompanying angels, and a flying wizard (not to be confused with Harry Potter) are among the menagerie of creations you may see this year at Maker Faire. It sounds a bit crazy and maybe it is, but I loved it last year and I’m sure I’ll love it again this year.

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Brooklyn Aerodrome Build Session and Night Flying TONIGHT

Brooklyn Aerodrome Build Session and Night Flying TONIGHT

Brooklyn Aerodrome will be meeting at McCarren Park tonight from 7-11pm! Brooklyn Aerodrome got its start flying at night in McCarren park and we are going to do it again this Thursday eve June 27. The plan is: Wrench on planes, get night flying gear working from 7 to 9:30 or so. Head out to […]

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First Drone Games In SF Today

First Drone Games In SF Today

Autonomous Flight, with a Few Lines of Javascript The first-ever flying drone competition for Silicon Valley’s developer community lands today (Dec 1) at 385 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA. Organizers of the Drone Games, Jyri Engestrom & Chris Sanz, pictured above, write: “In the next few years the idea of drones will dramatically change.  Here’s why. You […]

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