Micro-Helicopter Fun

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday April 28, 2003 @12:42AM from the get-it-with-napalm-dispensers dept.

zymano writes "Now this is a cool toy for the office or home! RC microhelicopter here that is flat out cool but not for sale. So small that it can drop a sugar cube into your cup of coffee. It's 100 grams or lighter now. Some gallerys and videos on the page. You can buy one here and here."

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Once we can get a couple of Mini Sams by Angry+White+Guy · 2003-04-28 00:45 · Score: 5, Funny

then my micro military will be complete!

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Man... by gvonk · 2003-04-28 00:46 · Score: 5, Funny

OK now. Seriously. Whoever wrote that blurb had their RC helicopter drop some seriously fucked-up sugar cubes in their coffee this morning. "It's not for sale" "buy one here" "Some gallerys and videos on the page" "100 grams or lighter now."

Lay off the acid, please...

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1. Re:Man... by SEWilco · 2003-04-28 03:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  That phrasing "So small that it can drop a sugar cube into your cup of coffee." isn't too great either, as it isn't an indicator of being small.
  Sikorsky makes helicopters that can also drop a sugar cube into your cup of coffee, or can drop an 18-wheeled truck full of sugar into your cup of coffee.
Finally by The-Bus · 2003-04-28 00:49 · Score: 5, Funny

I've had this model fake volcano/mountain for like six years, and it took until now to find the appropriate mini-Airwolf. Now I just need to order one of these babies, paint it black, and get out my Ernest Borgnine figurine.

*starts humming Airwolf theme*

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1. Re:Finally by gotroot801 · 2003-04-28 01:07 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I've had this model fake volcano/mountain for like six years, and it took until now to find the appropriate mini-Airwolf. Now I just need to order one of these babies, paint it black, and get out my Ernest Borgnine figurine.
  ...or just order the Airwolf fuselage halfway down the first order page...
Aarh! by FrostedWheat · 2003-04-28 00:51 · Score: 5, Funny

They better be careful or they are gonna decapitate that poor chick!
1. Re:Aarh! by trikberg · 2003-04-28 01:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  That's about the worst thing they could have used for size comparison. They should've used something with a standard size, for example a Coke can.
  
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2. Re:Aarh! by realdpk · 2003-04-28 02:03 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Or a football field.
Re:sale? by troc · 2003-04-28 00:56 · Score: 5, Funny

surely you mean "cheep" :)

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The Matrix... by Joe+the+Lesser · 2003-04-28 01:03 · Score: 5, Funny

'Can you fly that thing?'

'Not yet.'

*makes phone call*

'Tank, I need to fly a chick-sized mini-helicopter.'

*eyes flutter*

'Let's go.'

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So small that it can drop a sugar cube... by jaydeekay · 2003-04-28 01:10 · Score: 5, Funny

Couldn't a Chinnook or a B2 Bomber drop a sugar cube into my coffee?
I'm not sure this really says much about how small these coptors are.
Real video games now!! comanche here I come by mnmn · 2003-04-28 01:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Thats really cool what I just saw. I think my priorities have been reshuffled now, I need to save up for this.

Then buy a couple with rubber-band missles and do a real lanparty. Better yet small ink canisters to really mess up the opponent on his chair if his copter cant stop yours.

Or even strap on a teeny camera with a bluetooth transmitter and send it...... places......

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Re:Flying Assassin by GrEp · 2003-04-28 02:01 · Score: 4, Funny

Couple that with 20 other helos, GPS, and some swarming software. Then the military might buy it. (As long as the enemy doesn't have "BIG FAN" technology). Kind of scary that we are getting close to the technology of Terminator, where robots are on a better footing than man on the battlefield. All we need is that singularity...

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Re:When are companies going to by cap'n+foolsy · 2003-04-28 02:02 · Score: 5, Funny

yes, get enough of these things, and buy a few remote controlled tanks as well. put them all in a sandbox and you can have your own mini gulf war :D

but of course you'll have to buy a few cans of oil to put under the sandbox, just for realism...

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Wait a second.. by mog · 2003-04-28 03:20 · Score: 4, Funny

That's not a tiny helicopter - that's a giant chick! Let me be the first to surrender to our new master, this world-eating baby chicken!
Impress me by schnitzi · 2003-04-28 03:49 · Score: 4, Funny

So small that it can drop a sugar cube into your cup of coffee.

You want to impress me, build a helicopter so small it CAN'T drop a sugar cube into your cup of coffee.

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