Thursday, Jan. 18 2007
Posted by Tiago
If you want a more realistic experience when playing flight simulator games, you should check this amazing chair called HotSeat Flight Sim.
The system works with the most famous gaming devices (Wii, Xbox, PlayStation, PCs) and there are 3 models available that differ in quality and price. The top-notch HotSeat looks really good because it […]
Monday, Jan. 15 2007
Posted by Tiago
If you ever wanted to buy a MiG 21 - this is your chance on eBay - the current highest bid is on $26,000.
This MiG 21 is demilitarized, which means that it doesn’t have any weapons and all the military stuff was removed, basically you can’t fly it but you put it on the […]
Sunday, Jan. 7 2007
Posted by Jacob
So if the previous video of a guy with a wing strapped to his back looked too much like a real airplane for you, just put on a birdman suit and strap a miniature jet engine to each of your legs. And yes, the blue hot water bottles are filled with jet fuel, so no […]
Posted by Jacob
If a 300kph flight with a 6ft wing and jet pack strapped to your back tickles your fancy, watch the video below. F***ing Incredible! I SOOO want one of these.
I still think they should have used ‘Rocket Man’ as the theme song for the video though
jet man, human jet pack
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Saturday, Feb. 4 2006
Posted by Jacob
Toy Jet Fighter
Wednesday, Oct. 19 2005
Posted by Jacob
Hop over to Japan and get yourself one of these GEN-H4 personal helicopters and you’ll never have to worry about crowded subways and traffic gridlock again. Here are a few more details from Odd Things From Japan:
GEN Corporation developed GEN-H4, a compact single-seat helicopter. Equipped with a miniature engine of 125cc (8 horse power) and […]
Thursday, Sep. 8 2005
Posted by Kevin Humphrey
Now here’s a cool mod and defintely one you don’t see everyday. Steven Yeh - Flickr ID radioflyer7 - is the man behind this project. As you can see from his Flickr pages, he seems like a bit of a helicopter nut.
Steven did this project last weekend, attaching a main-rotor-less mock OH-6/AH-6/MH-6 helo […]
Friday, Aug. 19 2005
Posted by Kevin Humphrey
The dream of most young men…a RC airplane that can be flown inside the house is now a reality. Plantraco’s Butterfly Livingroom Flyer is the world’s lightest and smallest ready to fly R/C Model. At just 3.6g, this bad boy can fly missions against your siblings and pets indoors no matter what the […]
Saturday, Aug. 13 2005
Posted by Kevin Humphrey
Those wacky engineers and scientists at NASA have come up with another interesting little toy. The “Flying Eyeball” has been developed as a free-flying robotic inspection vehicle that will be used to assist astronauts on both the space shuttle and the International Space Station.
Called the Mini AERCam (Miniature Autonomous Extravehicular Robotic Camera), the unit […]
Friday, Aug. 5 2005
Posted by Kevin Humphrey
Now, I fully realize that this has nothing to do with gadgets, but you should know that both Paul and myself are complete and utter geeks and stuff like this gets us way too excited. We ask you to just humor us.
Nasa’s Image of the Day for today has got a couple of truly […]