The Chinese continue to upgrade their military to new levels. This is their new attack helicopter, the Z-19, a two-seater painted in badass black that looks a lot like the Eurocopter Dauphin. More »
A helicopter’s rotor design may allow for vertical takeoffs but that comes at a price — the backwards moving blade counteracts the helicopter’s forward momentum, causing it to stall at high speeds. But one German firm believes that outfitting the blades with bumps inspired by the fins of humpback whales. More »
The F-22 may have not been a resounding success, but this video gives a good idea of the power of the US Air Force, complete with some pseudo-Wagner(ish) music that makes me want to invade Poland More »
How can you make an autonomous helicopter cooler? By teaching it to land by itself on a moving platform, that’s how. More »
It’s Polish Independence Day, and like in any other country, the youngins love celebrating their country’s liberty by destroying parts of it. “Youths” butted heads with (and threw things at) riot cops in Warsaw. Check out the view from above. More »
Helicopters are incredibly difficult to pilot and even tougher to build from scratch — yet these tinkerers were able to construct their own whirly birds and even fly them. Our friends at Oobject.com have assembled nine of the best homemade choppers. More »
The One Laptop Per Child project has had a long, noble, bumpy road. The dream of getting computers into every small third-world hand hasn’t arrived yet, but now there’s a new plan: toss ‘em out of helicopters. More »
Rolling shutter effect shots are always cool, but usually used to shoot moving objects, like aeroplane propellers. What if you stuck the camera on the propeller? You’d get a combination of the view from the Cyclone rides at amusement parks and the view from an acid trip. More »
