Published by kyle on 03 Apr 2007
Hugh Thompson relates his story of how he managed to crash the in-flight entertainment system with a few well placed keypresses. He goes into the detail behind it, and the amusing outcome of his test case. An amusing read 
Published by kyle on 03 Apr 2007
This author has set up his model aeroplane in such a way that he now has a gyroscopically controlled camera mounted inside the cockpit. With a decent enough VR headset, and a wireless video system, he’s managed to get a cockpit seat inside the aeroplane, and make it seem like you’re really up there. Awesome footage
Published by kyle on 14 Jan 2007
Following my recent attempts at maintaining stable flight with my wee remote controlled helicopter, it occurred to me that it would be significantly easier for a computer to fly it than a human A few minutes on Google returned the ChRoMicro - Cheap Robotic Microhelicopter HOWTO. A great site with information on how to have a robotic micro-helicopter for under 500 Euros. I’ve not quite got that cash to spare these days, but I wouldn’t mind giving it a shot when I do
Published by kyle on 25 Dec 2006
After many unsuccessful, or just plain disastrous, flights of my new R/C Helicopter, I have finally decided that building, owning, or using a model aircraft will never be for me. I had a glider once, and it crashed spectacularly and often, always after launch, usually resulting in the central wing ribs shattering in many different and hard to fix ways. The R/C car that I have is fun, but noisy and prone to damage upon impact with, say, kerbs. Hence why I’m building a boat. The speed freak in me is still present though, and to satiate it’s inner desire, I’m going to order up the plans for an Ekranoplan. The bestest, geekiest, greatest boat of them all
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