Bits Fun with Remote Control Vehicles

We take a look at the fastest, biggest and coolest radio controlled devices ever made.

http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/2010/08/03/fun-with-remote-control-vehicles/1

 

Ha ha ha, the Remote Control Nerf Tank is classic

 

You can fly the MQ-9 in Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

 

No RC Ornithopters?

I have a small ornithopter which is great fun to fly as long as there is no wind (or terratorial crows) about

 

No proper RC heli's? For shame.

I have a (rebranded version of the) E-flite Blade CX2.

 

pah, their just toys. This is an rc car.

 

I have a 1/10th scale HPI RS4 Nitro http://www.rcplanet.com/RS4_Super_Nitro_s/1002.htm that is bloody quick and was great fun (until it got covered in dust and is now in the attic). But one model type you missed was bikes, these are mental especially when they are running full speed and getting the knees down lol:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/product_guide/carprofile.cfm?car_id=856
There are even scrambler versions available and moto-x versions available as well. Nice article btw.

 

You guys must have so much fun in that office

 

I want that RC Millennium Falcon!

 

The t-34 needs a taser so it can do its job a load better

 

I kept thinking of the terminator. I wish it were here. *sigh*

 

On the subject of the grown-up geek nature of remote control vehicle, there recently was an interesting "human interest" type article in our local paper about an officer in the Texas Air National Guard.

Major Jon Stiles lives and works here in Houston at Ellington Airport. Sitting in a windowless room, he remotely flies Predator drones in Afghanistan and Iraq. Although you mentioned that the UAV technology is prohibitively expensive (yet is seeing increasing demand), the Houston Chronicle article points out that the US military's inventory of drones has grown to over 6,500. I presume the latter figure takes into account all drones, not just the ones carrying weapons.

Remotely controlled vehicles are indeed very cool technology that is not just limited to kitschy helicopters or Nerf guns. It's too bad that your list of the best RC cars didn't include one of the most awesome RC cars in all of Geekdom: The Opportunity Rover.

 

Too much science. ¬_¬


I shall save thread.




Fellow MW2 nuts it's an AA12 . Everyone's favourite noobcannon.

 

I have a Team Magic E4RS ^.^ Steady 75mph ROFL
And I went to the IFMAR WORLDS for Nitro RC Cars
Got Thousands of picture of the Final Race ^.^ Weeeeeee
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/CillieAcc0rd5o4/RC/DSC02234.jpg

 

Currently rebuilding a Kyosho Mini Inferno I've had for ages. Not a popular (or even heard of over here in SA) car but it should be a fun little car with a 7000/8000kv motor...

 

You mean "They're".

 

Nic case is a hero of mine- fast electric r/cs are epic.

My brushless Gorillamaxx powns those toys though:

http://robotwars.00server.com/gmaxx.html

 

Pah, all toys! At work we have RC boats (~3.5m long, 200kg jobbies ), RC 6-wheel amphibious... thing (bout half a tonne/car sized) and soon we might also have an RC GWiz (don't ask). RC is fun

 

Any love for CO2 cars on Bit? They're stupidly cheap and provide plenty of fun hacking at blocks of balsa/beech wood with dremels and files!

 

You don't want a Parrot AR.Drone....

You want one of these:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/714/heliy.jpg