remote controlled
-
Monster Machines: The ROV That Saves Sailors From Impossible Depths
It used to be that if you were stuck aboard a downed submarine, your best bet for rescue was to grow a set of gills — fast. Now, however, the US Navy can reach and extract sailors who are in over their heads with this deep-diving 16-passenger ROV.
-
SHIELD’s Helicarrier Gets The Home-Made Quadrotor Treatment
The Avengers pack some pretty serious gear, and to haul that gear around, fictional government agency S.H.I.E.L.D uses the helicarrier (part aircraft-carrier, part-helicopter) to move it from place to place, undetected. It was only a matter of time before someone built it themselves, though.
-
Crash-Safe Toy Heli Always Lands Rotors Up
A few weeks ago, we brought news of an experimental robot helicopter deliberately designed to crash without breaking. But what the researchers seemingly didn’t realise is that Air Hogs had beat them to it with the company’s Heli Cage toy that shrugs off crashes and always lands ready for takeoff.
-
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.