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The half a billion dollar jet

by David Allen on June 10th, 2009
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There was a time when owning a small bodied private jet was a sign of real wealth, but it seems that it not good enough for these days bigger is most definitely better. This the design for a privately owned Airbus A380, bought for $500,000,000.00, which is obviously a bargain! However, not content with just that, the plane had to fitted out and made into a three floor flying palac ...

What is Sonic Boom?

by max on June 3rd, 2009
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Today, I was just surfing around the web and found “Sonic Boom”! What is it? It’s when the aircraft goes faster than the speed of sound and creates water vapors basically or according to Wikipedia: When an object passes through the air, it creates a series of pressure waves in front of it and behind it, similar to the bow and stern waves created by a boat. These waves t ...

JetPacks Spotted in the Wild!

by max on May 8th, 2009
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LOL, here’s a $100,000 jetpack that will actually travel for 30 minutes at 60mph, I will definitely need one next year. via ohgizmo Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode ...

DIY RC School Bus that can Fly!

by max on April 22nd, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s some fun stuff for today, RC school bus that can fly! (via rcpowers) ...

Flying Car Terrafugia Takes Off The Ground!

by max on March 19th, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Well, this video doesn’t exactly guarantee that the Terrfugia flying car is “flying” but indeed it is and a great start for the flying car maker. The vehicle left the ground for a good thirty-seven seconds, traveling some 3,000 feet. At a press conference today, the company’s C ...

DIY Electric Airplane!

by max on March 17th, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode There has been never a better time for people to create new eco-friendly planes that use pure electricity and here’s such DIY electric airplane that can go fly for about 1 hour on a single charge. Way too ...

DIY Paintball Dropping RC Helicopter!

by max on February 20th, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode You thought you could build this to drop some bombs on your nasty neighbor, you are right, you can. :p I used to have a TREX back when they first came out a few years ago. It was decent, I could do some tricks but nothing too special. The reason I stopped flying was I just could not afford the time an ...

Arduino Hack - Arduino Unmanned Aerial Vehicle!

by max on December 11th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Stuff like this really interest me as I find it amazing how you can fit an Arduino in an UAV such as this one. As you can see; when the Blade CX2 bounces on the ground, the power wire for the compass comes unplugged, then the rudder is out of control, which allows the Blade CX2 to spin, then the proxi ...

DIY Replica Fighter Jet goes 5MPH!

by max on November 9th, 2008
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Check out this cool DIY replica fighter jet that can actually run at 5MPH. Of course, that’s on the ground only but I wouldn’t mind having one of these in my garage, great for weekend neighborhood showoffs. Measuring seven metres in length and four metres in width the £4,000 F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet has been built at a scale of 1:2. Resembling Tom Cruise’s jet ...

Airplane Hack - How to Land a 747!

by max on October 2nd, 2008
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Here’s a cool airplane hack on how to land a 747 just in case. Main Checklist Get on the radio, and tell whoever’s listening that you are landing a 747. Engage a single channel of the autopilot — light one of the buttons labeled “CMD.” Point the heading indicator in the direction indicated to keep the plane straight and level. Find the checklists in the side p ...