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R/C helicopter dragonfly mod

Here's Crabfu's latest quick and easy project to add a "dragonfly canopy" to a sub-micro helicopter. I-Wei does complain that the added weight was significant and really changed the flight dynamics.

Sub Micro Helicopter Dragonfly

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Posted by: Simon on June 25, 2008 at 1:06 PM

Nice little mod. Silly question though. These things need two hands to fly right? What have you go the camera attached to to film it :) Some kind of camera hat?

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Posted by: Elepski on June 25, 2008 at 4:40 PM

Adding stuff!?!

I striped all mine down and took the bodies off... so they look like flying circuit boards

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Posted by: crabfu on June 26, 2008 at 1:51 AM

Yeah you need both hands, and camera was just mounted on the bill of my hat :)

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