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LEGO RC Plane Actually Flies
LEGO bricks can build many things, but we’ve never seen them on a functional aircraft. After all, they’re not exactly known for their stability or aerodynamic properties. Believing that nothing is...
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Deal: Flexbot Hexacopter Kit
Don’t just fly a drone, build your own flying machine with this fun kit from FlexBot. With the Flexbot Hexacopter Kit, you’ll get everything you need to build your own six-bladed drone. The Flexbot...
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Guy Builds Working Imperial Probe Droid Drone
Do you need to find some rebels in a hurry? Build yourself an Imperial probe droid and send it to an ice planet. That’s what YouTube user ajw61185 did. Well, he built one. He didn’t send it to an ice...
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Let’s Make Drone-powered Hammocks a Reality
Imagine soaring through the sky as you lay back and relax on your hammock, watching the world pass by below you. Visualize falling asleep as two drones carry you gently through the clouds. This could...
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Deal: Save 33% on This Flying Bionic Bird
While most drones fly take off and land like a helicopter, the Bionic Bird mimics the flight dynamics of our avian friends, flapping its wings to stay airborne for up to 12 minutes on a charge. While...
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Massive Drone Pulls a Snowboarder into the Air
I sat here and watch this video of this gigantic drone pulling a snowboarder around and wanted to call BS right way. The problem is that I am half convinced this is legit and they actually did this....
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Droneball Drone Laughs in the Face of Crashes
If you’ve ever flown a drone, you know how easy it can be to crash and destroy its blades or do other damage. The Droneball aims to do away with this problem, as it’s essentially a flying cage. Its...
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Bat Bot B2 Robotic Bat: Robat?
Emulating a bat’s complex flight patterns has been a hard task for scientists, but now they are getting somewhere. With over 40 joints in their wings, bats offer a challenge. By simplifying that wing...
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LEGO Kinetic Bat Model Flaps Its Wings
Kristal of JK Brickworks created this amazing kinetic LEGO model that is absolutely fascinating to watch. It is a custom designed kinetic sculpture of a fruit bat, which replicates the unique wing...
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Daedalus Is a Real-Life Iron Man Flying Suit
It looks like we have a real life Tony Stark on our hands. Inventor Richard Browning and his team at start-up, Gravity Industries, have created the Daedalus. It is basically a special suit that turns...
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Plane with KFC Bucket Wings Actually Flies
Wings? Who needs wings on a plane when you can have two greasy chicken buckets? YouTuber and supergeek Peter Sripol wanted to see if a plane could fly with KFC buckets for wings, so he set out to prove...
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Guy Turns Classic LEGO Set Into an RC Airplane That Actually Flies
This is proof that you can make your LEGO dreams come true. Adam Woodworth, an aerospace engineer and hardware designer at Google, wanted to see how aeronautically sound a LEGO airplane design really...
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Learn to Become a Drone Racer with The Aerix Racing Drone
Racing drones are all the rage right now, but they’re notorious for being hard to control, especially for beginners. Now there’s a drone that will help you learn the art of drone racing. The Aerix...
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Guy Made His LEGO Space Shuttle Fly
We love to make LEGO builds around here, but when an aerospace engineer plays with LEGO, he makes them fly. I’m talking about engineer Adam Woodworth, who made his LEGO Space Shuttle lift off. Set...
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Guy Takes Flight on His Giant Drone
Check out this video from amazingdiyprojects as he takes his homemade multi-rotor copter out for its first manned test flights. Yes, it looks like a death trap. He is just sitting there surrounded by...
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Giant LEGO Space Shuttle Can Actually Fly
Many fans fondly remember LEGO set #1682, the Space Shuttle Launch. It was released 27 years ago, and is a classic. Well, last month Adam Woodworth created a tiny drone version of LEGO’s shuttle that...
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Elon Musk’s Latest Idea? Fly People Around the World on SpaceX Rockets
To be honest, I’m a bit of a cynic when it comes to Elon Musk’s “big ideas.” Sure it’s cool that he’s made some insanely fast electric cars at Tesla, but the cars have suffered from lots of reliability...
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Engineers Invent Folding Delivery Drone That Carries Cargo Inside
Basic drones are a dime a dozen these days, turning up everywhere from Walmart to your local 7-Eleven. But most of them share a few drawbacks – they’re cumbersome to carry around, easy to damage, and...
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Watch The Omnicopter Drone Play a Game of Catch
Fathers and sons do it, people do it in the park with their dogs, and Baseball players do it professionally, so why not let the robots get in on a fun game of catch? They want in on this human pastime...
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Flying DRAGON Robot Creeps into Your Nightmares on Ducted Wings
One of the things I am often glad of is that snakes can’t fly. I can’t think of anything worse than being chased by a flying snake set on biting me with its gross forked tongue and fangs. This...
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