The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Mark Crosbie’s Lego Street View Car that we blogged in June is back, completely rebuilt: I wanted to re-build the car to only use the Lego Mindstorms NXT motors. I was also keen to make it look more….car-like. The result, after 4 months of experimentation, is version 2.0 of the Lego Street View Car. Every […]
Hobby rocketry leader Estes Industries makes more than a dozen inexpensive launch sets (launch pad/rod, launch controller) for beginners, but their included rockets are either pre-built or not much of a challenge. For a good first build, Iโd instead suggest the Quest Astra 1. Its balsa fins are mounted โthrough the wall,โ making it easy […]
Quadcopters rely on computer stabilization to fly. They can be radio controlled, but with an onboard computer, why not let it fly itself? The community at DIY Drones developed the open source ArduPilot Mega (APM), an Arduino-based autopilot that lets you control multi-rotor (and other) aircraft autonomously, or via R/C. The ArduCopter 3DR Quad Kit […]
Desktop battering ram? I think yes. This small kit is a lot of fun to build and use. It takes some time to put together and uses a fair amount of wood glue, but the instructions are clear and easy to read. The kit comes with two ยฝ”-thick boards that are CNCโed out with all […]
A look at ten of our favorite flamethrowers covered here on Make:.
You canโt hear me, but Iโm giving Gustavo, the creator of this mechanical version of Out Run, a slow clap for such an impressive build. Made in over a month using spare time, he managed to capture all the features of this classic Sega arcade game in an Arduino-driven, servo-spinning tabletop console.
I’m out at MAKE HQ in Sebastopol (from Arlington, VA) with much of the MAKE team this week as we do our 2012 planning. I’ve been having fun geeking out with Jason Babler, our new senior art director, over garage figure modeler. He just showed me this amazing sculpt and resin cast he did of the Diablo III Unburied figure.
