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You Really Should Watch This Aerobatic RC Plane Competition
Make anything remote-controlled and it’s automatically more awesome by a factor of eleventy-billion. But if you’re able to do something clever with said thing like, say, performing mesmerising aerobatic stunts that appear to defy physics, measuring the coolness level becomes an impossible task.
Flying An RC Helicopter From A Real Aeroplane Looks Like Fun
This guys thought it would be cool to fly an RC helicopter in formation with a real aeroplane, controlled from the aeroplane itself. It’s pretty cool to see the helo spinning on the tarmac just to spring to the air as the Cessna gets within radio range.
This Remote Controlled Car Can Jump 9 Metres Up In The Air
There is a new version of Sand Flea, the amazing 5kg radio-controlled car beast that can race and jump over buildings.
So How Does The Horizontal Spinning Blade On A Helicopter Propel It Forward?
Just because it’s the weekend doesn’t mean you have to switch your brain off completely. Smarter Every Day continues its video series on the physics behind helicopters with a look at how choppers use something called a swashplate to vary the pitch of its rotor blades to climb higher and fly in any direction.
The Government Will Classify Mobile Apps On A Complaint By Complaint Basis
There’s currently (at least one) pretty big flaw in the way classification works in Australia. Despite the fact that all video games are by law required to go through classification, the relatively recent explosion of mobile applications has meant that developers could release games to the public without classification through mobile app stores without needing to go through the classification board. But all that is officially about to change.
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Watch A Raven Do Battle With An RC Aeroplane
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Dogfight! Bird fight? Whatever it is, this clip imparts three important lessons: 1. Respect birds’ space. 2. Always put a camera on your RC plane. 3. Our pale blue dot planet might just be some cosmic raven’s terrifying eyeball.
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