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World's Smallest Homebrew RC Unit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-a-chopper,-baby dept.

MC68040 writes "I assume you've seen the mini-helicopters and airplanes that are becoming increasingly popular as office toys out there. Well this guy decided the market wasn't filled enough, luckily =) He's built the by far simplest and most functional mini Remote Controlled unit. It weighs under 7 grams, is made of carbon fiber and it's smaller than your thumb (or a hamster, as the author seems to prefer to compare). Go check it, it's truly a amazing feat."

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  1. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    The server must be hosted on one of those things. I feel sorry for the Hamster RC unit! It must have already burst into flames and burnt to the ground...

    *sniff*

    1. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      *now waiting for the obligatory "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these" joke...*

      (I guess I shouldn't complain too much. At least the Natalie Portman and Grits jokes have died down over time...)

      Imagine a beowolf cluster of these RC units over-flying a naked and petrified Natalie Portman covered in Hot Grits!

  2. "Home Brew"? by ergonal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn, when I saw the title of this article, I was imagining a minature home beer brewing kit, with a remote control to deliver beer to my desk! The disappointment upon reading the rest of the story was overwhelming.

  3. Popularity by Wexton · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder if being posted on slashdot has over loaded the server banded with, i threw "Gansta Nation" - Westside Connection music video and the webpage was still wasn't loaded after the end.

    1. Re:Popularity by ch-chuck · · Score: 3, Funny

      I wonder if being posted on slashdot has over loaded the server banded with

      you must be new around here

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  5. "Go check it"... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Heh.. Aiming for the fastest Slashdotting again, aren't we?

  6. Re:Want to buy one? by Stuwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    More importantly, anyone got the schematics for these thumb-sized hamsters?

  7. Re:Want to buy one? by maxbang · · Score: 5, Funny

    To make one 1) take a rectangular piece of paper sized 2 inches by 6 inches 2) from one end cut in three inches down the center, lengthwise 3) fold the resulting flaps back in opposing directions 4) affix a paper clip to the uncut end 5) climb atop the jungle gym 6) release 7) observer with awe and amazement, maybe with gusto

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  8. Re:Want to buy one? by dboyles · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't know Richard Gere had a /. account.

    I know, I know, the first time you heard that one you almost fell off your dinosaur...

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  9. Re:New solutions create new problems... by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great, a video game that you still have to buy tires for.

    KFG

  10. And I've patented mirrors! by yaj · · Score: 1, Funny

    "A device for rendering a site made inaccessible by 'SLASHDOT' accessible once again."

  11. Re:Mirror to picture by 3digitnic · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one welcome our new giant hamster overlords?

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  12. Re:Flight issues at small scale? by X86Daddy · · Score: 2, Funny

    The small cheapo ones don't have gyros. The more expensive, larger RC ones usually do.

    For anyone wanting this to be cost effective, I seriously recommend eliminating the in-flight meal.

  13. Re:google cached by Celsius10 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look at that hamster watching and plotting, waiting for the right moment. Ten years from now the sky will be black with those things!

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  14. Re:really? by Crusty+Oldman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uh oh! Looks like someone didn't read the Slashdotted site before he posted!

  15. Johnny 5 already did this better... by vistic · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Short Circuit 2, he had a REALLY tiny multifunctional remote control on his head... which he used to fly a toy airplane into the bad guy's butt.

  16. Re:Want to buy one? by wisdom_brewing · · Score: 2, Funny

    all you need to do is get a new born hamster chain smoking... maybe that would stunt its growth enough to keep it from getting larger than a thumb... either that or compare it to a really really large thumb... (see guiness book of world records)

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