Adding payload to an RC cessna
For just a few bucks you can add a payload to your flying toys. In this case it’s a Cessna RC plane which now has an added surprise. The first thing to be dropped was a parachute with a weight on it...
View ArticleGeigers on a plane
[Thomas] took a Geiger counter he built on a plane. Why? Because he can, much to the chagrin of airport security. [Thomas]‘ Geiger counter is built around an old Russian SBT-10A detector containing...
View ArticleAutonomous fixed-wing drone threads the needled in a parking garage
We’ve got something of a love affair going on with quadcopters, but there’s still room for a little something on the side. This fixed-wing drone can pull off some pretty amazing navigation. MIT’s...
View ArticlePutting 300 watts of LEDs on an RC plane
Being a member of the FPVlab forums, [HugeOne] is really in to strapping a video camera to RC airplanes and flying around by the seat of his pants. He’s also in to flying his plane at night. Combine...
View ArticleRC Airplane Made from Political signs
Whatever candidate (if any) you’re in favor of, we could bet that you’re probably tired of seeing advertisements and political signs everywhere. [Mark] wrote in with a hack that allows you to actually...
View Article20 pounds and a gut feeling yields a configurable Rubidium atomic clock source
So you see an image like this and the description “Aircraft stable oscillator” on an eBay listing for twenty pounds (about thirty bucks), what do you do? If you’re [Alecjw] you buy the thing and crack...
View ArticleAmazing flight of a 3D printed rubber band powered ornithopter
We’re actually going to link to an old post from back in February because we think it’s equally as impressive as the most recent work. This is a 3D printed ornithopter powered by a rubber band...
View Article3D Printering: Custom RC Camera Mount Takes To The Sky
3D Printers are only good for printing trinkets and doodads, right? Not really. Although, I do print the occasional useless object, most of my prints are used for projects I’m working on or to meet a...
View ArticleRetrotechtacular: Build Yourself An Airplane
Planes these days are super complicated – think about the recent flaming-lithium battery issues in the B787 that may or may not have been solved – but it wasn’t always this way. Here’s a great...
View ArticleAerodynamics? Super Honey Badger Don’t Give a @#*^@!
[Arron Bates] is a pro R/C Pilot from Australia. He’s spent the last few years chasing the dream of a fixed wing plane which could perform unlimited spins. After some promising starts with...
View ArticleYour Halloween Costume May Be Cool, But It’s Not Laser-Cut Cardboard Vintage...
While others are absorbed in baseball playoffs, [Aidan] has spent his recent Octobers planning incredible Halloween costumes for his son. We don’t know what he did last year, but there’s no way it’s...
View Article3D Printing RC Airplanes that Fly: An Engineer’s Chronicle
In the past, creating accurate replicas of models and fantasy objects was a task left to the most talented of cosplayers. These props need not be functional, though. [Steve Johnstone] takes replica...
View ArticleGoGo Starts Testing New In-Flight Internet Technology
GoGo, the largest provider of Internet above 30,000 feet, has announced they are now testing their next generation of in-flight Internet. Of special interest in the new 2Ku system is the antennas...
View ArticleMaking the Case For Nuclear Aircraft
At any given moment, several of the US Navy’s Nimitz class aircraft carriers are sailing the world’s oceans. Weighing in at 90 thousand tons, these massive vessels need a lot of power to get moving....
View ArticleStolen Tech: The Soviet Superfortress
Boeing’s B-17 was the most numerous heavy bomber of World War II, and its reputation of being nigh indestructible in the face of Messerschmidts and flak cannons is stuff of legend. The first flight of...
View ArticleA Grounded Option for the Jet-Setting Homebody
Over the course of 10 years, [Bruce Campbell] has built himself a sleek pad out of a Boeing 727-200 in the middle of the picturesque Oregon countryside. As you’d expect, there are a number of hurdles...
View ArticleMaybe Your Next Robot Should Be a Cyclocrane
At my university, we were all forced to take a class called Engineering 101. Weirdly, we could take it at any point in our careers at the school. So I put it off for more interesting classes until I...
View ArticleDrone Vs. Airplane? Who Will Win? Science Knows.
Ignore the article, watch the video at the top of the page. The article is about some idiot, likely not even a hacker, who bought a drone somewhere and nearly rammed it into a plane. He managed this...
View ArticleWe Recommend That You Enter a Cyclocopter From The Front
It’s crazy to think that we’ve optimized the heck out of some types of powered flight when there are entire theories and methods that haven’t even seen many government research dollars, let alone the...
View ArticleSantos Dumont and the Origins of Aviation
The history of aviation is a fascinating one, spanning more than two thousand years starting from kites and tower jumping. Many hackers are also aviation fans, and the name of Alberto Santos Dumont may...
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