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Drone Made of Lego Takes Flight

Posted by samzenpus on from the toys-from-toys dept.

TVmisGuided writes "People have made UAVs out of wood, aluminum, even 3D-printed plastic. But now comes the tale of C#/C++ developer Ed Scott who, after damaging his Gaui 330x, got the idea of designing and building a Lego quadcopter. And it worked! 'Most people go to their favorite hobby store to get parts for their UAV, I go to my kid's playroom.'"

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  1. He must annoy his kids by ohnocitizen · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Daaaaaaad, stop taking my legos!!!"
    "Sorry champ, Daddy has dreams."

  2. it's not to boil enthousiasm down, but... by Herve5 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... as far as I can see, the only thing Lego in this quadcopter is the plastic structure. Motors are not, batteries are not, control electronics are not, RF and presumably remote control are not, servomotors are not.

    So are we discussing a "drone using some lego bricks for the structure"?

    H.
    now mod me down, but remember I'm 50: at home I have older bricks than you (in addition to the vast amount aggregated by three sons)

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    Herve S.
    1. Re:it's not to boil enthousiasm down, but... by Kyusaku+Natsume · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think this is a neat hack in the best sense of "hack", since they already had the bricks and the quadcopter parts. Plus, since it was designed by the kids, I will cut them some slack. Still, I would like to see the next, stronger, lighter and not glued version using Lego Technic beams. There is too much room for improvement :).

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    2. Re:it's not to boil enthousiasm down, but... by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Interesting

      now mod me down, but remember I'm 50: at home I have older bricks than you (in addition to the vast amount aggregated by three sons)

      Holy shit, I'm only 35 and I can use this insult all day, every day. Thanks.

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  3. Re:That's... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why is his doing something like this with his grandkids pretty lame? Seriously - he wasn't doing it for your approval and for you to be insulting to him (its not like he asked to be on slashdot) is a bit rude. What emotion inside you drove you to make that comment?

    I applaud his work with his grandkids..