helicopters
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Here’s Why Rotodyne, The Vertical Takeoff Airliner, Failed
If a helicopter and an aeroplane had a little Einstein genius baby, that baby would be the Fairey Rotodyne, a passenger airliner that was said to be capable of vertical takeoff. It was supposed to be the hot new thing almost six decades ago—the way everyone would be getting around. And then, shockingly, it failed.
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With Some Clever Engineering, This Guy Made A Supersized LEGO Helicopter Actually Fly
Video: Instead of relying on just his imagination to make LEGO toys fly, Adam Woodworth supersizes his favourite sets and upgrades them with motors and electronics so they can take to the skies all by themselves. But with a blocky rotor that clearly isn’t designed for flight, can you figure out how this LEGO helicopter…
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Watching A Helicopter Whip Carry Christmas Trees Gets Me In The Holiday Spirit
Video: Some people get excited for the holidays when decorations are getting put up, lights are getting smattered over houses and cheery music is all over the radio. I get excited for the holidays by watching bad arse helicopters fly in crazy gnarly patterns to transport Christmas trees. It’s like those arcade claw machines but…
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Guy Builds One-Man ‘Multicopter’, Sounds Like An Army Of Bees
Quadcopters and drones? Old hat, my friends. It’s time we built something that can get a person into the air! Wait, we’ve already done that? OK, how about this guy who built his own “multicopter”? That’s a heck of a lot more impressive.