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.
Flight & Projectiles
Watch the Successful Launch of World’s Largest Amateur Rocket
A few weeks ago, we ran a piece here announcing the pending launch of this 46′ tall 1:1-scale V2 amateur rocket, to be launched at the Thunda Down Under rocket meetup in Australia. The Rocketry Victoria team was going for the world record of the largest amateur rocket ever successfully flown. They did it! As […]
This Is The Biggest Amateur Rocket Ever Built
The largest amateur rocket ever built, at over 46′ tall, weighing in at 617 pounds, will attempt its first flight next weekend at the Thunda Down Under rocketry meet in Australia. This impressive-looking 1:1 scale replica of a V2 was created by the “rocket junkies” at the Rocket Victoria club. The team has been building […]
Maker Hangar Episode 2: Motors/Propellers
In Episode 2 of the Maker Hangar series, Lucas Weakley walks us through the motors used in R/C hobby aircraft, the propellers that go with these motors, and why their sizes matter.
Two Bay Area Young Maker Events This Weekend
It’s my pleasure to tell you about two fantastic Young Makers / Open Make events happening in the San Francisco Bay Area this Saturday, Feb. 16. But be ready for a twinge of disappointment: You’ll have to pick just one of these two wonderful ways to spend a Saturday, because they are happening at the same time! Each site is an action-packed flurry of activity that starts at 10am and ends with an inspiring “meet-the-makers” panel discussio
Hexapod Meets Hexacopter
I haven’t started my list of New Year resolutions yet, but I’m pretty sure learning to fly a drone quadcopter is going to make the top 10. But after seeing Mad Lab Industries’ exceptionally cool hexapod hexacopter maybe it makes more sense to walk before I fly. Says Mad Labs: So, we have been tossing […]
3D Printed Quadcopter
How’s this for a marriage of bleeding edge technology? A 3D printed quadcopter!
