Another great innovation by our friends at DIY Drones: The big advance in APM 2.0 is the introduction of the Invensense MPU-6000 sensors, which have an internal Digital Motion Processor...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday December 2nd, 2011 8:00 AM
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A clever idea, first reported by Gareth a couple years ago: Architects are trying to figure out how to use quadrotors to haul and place individual bricks. The above link...
Posted by John Baichtal | Wednesday November 30th, 2011 12:30 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, General | No Comments
Marcus Olsson and Fredrik Leijon built a zeppelin that uses a Fio, Xbee, and TV-B-Gone added to a toy RC blimp, and is controlled by a Wiimote. My favorite detail,...
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday November 28th, 2011 5:00 PM
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games | No Comments
It's being widely reported as the first time an electric multi-copter has carried a human being aloft. Germans Thomas Senkel, Stephan Wolf, and Alexander Zosel are the brains behind e-volo,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday November 4th, 2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft, Energy, Fun & Games | 28 Comments
In support of the latest issue of MAKE, Volume 28, MAKE contributor Stefan Jones sent me a link to this PDF of a booklet from the 1950s on model airplane...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday October 25th, 2011 9:30 PM
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More solid-gold scratch-building from The Internet Craftsmanship Museum. Shown here, the original M.A.S.H. helicopter in magnificent brass by modeler Ken Foran. The work is a commission for Fine Art Models,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday October 17th, 2011 1:21 PM
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Retired dentist Young C. Park built this 1/16 scale replica of the WWII-era fighter plane mostly from common aluminum roof flashing, like the kind you can buy in big rolls...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday October 13th, 2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Craft, Fun & Games | 9 Comments
Every reported fact about this model is more amazing than the last: It was begun in 1986, when much information about the Hind was still protected by the Soviet Union...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday October 11th, 2011 6:00 AM
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On September 30, Derek Deville's Qu8k (pronounced "Quake") rocket blasted off from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, screaming to an altitude of 121,000' It was returned safely to earth...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday October 9th, 2011 6:30 PM
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In this how-to video, Lucas Weakley walks you through the process of making paper rockets for the compressed air rocket launcher found in MAKE Volume 15. Based on his experience...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Monday October 3rd, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Tools | No Comments
“How Hard Can It Be” is a new DIYer show on the National Geographic Channel this Sunday, October 2nd, at 8 pm. The show stars Vin Marshall, Paul Carson, and...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday September 30th, 2011 8:30 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Photography & Video, Robotics | 15 Comments
We've covered the water rockets of George Katz and Air Command Water Rockets before. Now comes this impressive video of another of his two-stage rockets with cluster motors achieving altitudes...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday September 21st, 2011 9:30 PM
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