R/C Watermelon Boat
This R/C watermelon boat would work better rigged up as trimaran, seeing as it “met with an untimely death after tipping over.” But melon seaworthiness aside, this build would be fun on a warm summer day.
R/C
New in the Maker Shed – ELEV-8 Quadcopter Kit
The Maker Shed now has the ELEV-8 Quadcopter kit by Parallax! This kit takes a little skill to put together, but it’s a fantastically fun build and even more fun to fly.
Parallax ELEV-8 Quadcopters at Maker Faire New York
Ready for some high-flying quadcopter action at Maker Faire New York? Parallax will be demoing their ELEV-8 quadcopters live on the Make: Demo Stage (in the Maker Shed) at 4pm both Saturday and Sunday. I’m hoping they bring their first person video setup so you can experience Maker Faire as never before. This is one […]
WiFi RC Car Has Camera and Force Feedback
From maker Blair Kelly: “Arduino Wifly Mini is a remotely operated vehicle that communicates over a WiFi network, can be controlled with an XBOX 360 or PS3 controller, or G27 steering wheel, or any other controller that can be manipulated with Processing’s ProControll library.”
Stop-Motion Build of an RC Helicopter
Check out this krispy stop-motion build of a SAB Goblin RC helicopter, along with some clips of some cool stunts, including upside down flying! [via Frankie]
Gogglevision Quadcopter Video
Steve Lodefink sent me this amazing video of a guy flying his quadcopter around his neighborhood using a goggle vision system. He even flies it through his(?) house. What fun!
Kinect Gesture-Controlled RC Helicopter
Impressive Kinect-based gesture-controlled RC helicopter.
