Check out this awesome Google vid of a gyro-stabilized camera rig with a video headset for an R/C plane. It puts you in the cockpit and the camera moves around as you move your head. And most amazingly, it uses all off-the-shelf parts. Bromont golf club – [via] Link
AFP has a story about a 24-year-old Nigerian physics undergrad who builds backyard helicopters out of car and bike parts (and a crashed commercial plane). The chopper… is made from scrap aluminium that Abdullahi bought with the money he makes from computer and mobile phone repairs, and a donation from his father, who teaches at […]
MAKE pal Steve Lodefink posted the details on a couple of kid parties he’s thrown centered on building and flying soda bottle rockets. When my son was little, he really wanted to have an Estes rocket party, but we thought it was probably too dangerous for 6-7 year old kids (even with close supervision). Doing […]
By way of the awesome AfriGadget site comes this Wired story about a paraglider builder/flier from South Africa: Cyril is the only black South African currently registered with the sport’s ruling body. And it all started with a glider he made from plastic bags, purloined rope and baling wire, a glider that flew — sort […]
Video of cool of German-made four-prop micro-drones with such features as hand-motion control, GSM networked communications (swarms!), GPS mapping, mounted cameras, and more. MicoDrone – Link
It’s Chris Anderson Day on MAKE: Blog. Here, he shows off a gyro-stabilized camera mount he built for his RC plane. You can see more of his (and others) efforts at building amateur UAVs at DIYDrones.com. Gyro-stabilized camera mount – [via] Link
The Mikrokopter is a kit you can buy that creates a light (only 500 gm), flying robot with four propellers and a tripod camera mount on top to capture aerial photos in flight. Really cool project for advanced and beginner makers. Link, Video, More Videos
