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Build an R/C Plane from a Pizza Box

Build an R/C Plane from a Pizza Box

Turn the greasy box your lunch came in into a zippy little flying wing plane.

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9 Key Skills to Fly Drones Like a Pro

Here are the 9 basic flying skills you’ll need to master your drone for precisely controlled flights or graceful aerial photography.

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Flying Robotic Jellyfish Take to the Sky

Flying Robotic Jellyfish Take to the Sky

Leif Ristroph and Stephen Childress from New York University have just released work with a new robotic ornithopter with a biomechanical design based not on traditional insects or birds, but rather on the aquatic jellyfish.

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Two Bay Area Young Maker Events This Weekend

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

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DIY 737 Flight Simulator

DIY 737 Flight Simulator

James Price converted the nosecone and cockpit of a 1967 Boeing 737 into his own DIY flight simulator. Built in his garage over the course of three years, 90% of the Lufthansa 737′s systems are working and James even retrofitted the cockpit with modern instruments.

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