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Building a Dive-Bomber RC Plane

Building a Dive-Bomber RC Plane

Read what happened when I took an RC plane and modified it to carry two 3d printed flour bombs to see just how accurately I could drop them next to...

Building a Dive-Bomber RC Plane

Read what happened when I took an RC plane and modified it to carry two 3d printed flour bombs to see just how accurately I could drop them next to...

Building a High Speed Model X-15

Building a High Speed Model X-15

This is a rocket plane I built to see how fast it could fly. It uses one of the largest model rocket engines I could get to fly to speeds...

Building a High Speed Model X-15

This is a rocket plane I built to see how fast it could fly. It uses one of the largest model rocket engines I could get to fly to speeds...

Building the Worlds Largest RC Magnus-Effect Aircraft

Building the Worlds Largest RC Magnus-Effect Ai...

This is the worlds largest RC magnus-effect aircraft. A huge project that’s taken months of work just to see if we can actually get it to fly using these strange...

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Building the Worlds Largest RC Magnus-Effect Ai...

This is the worlds largest RC magnus-effect aircraft. A huge project that’s taken months of work just to see if we can actually get it to fly using these strange...

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The Genius Engineering of How Train Wheels Work

The Genius Engineering of How Train Wheels Work

The way train wheels work is a little more complicated than you might think. While working on the hovertrain video, we took a trip to Ecclesbourne Valley Railway to get...

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The Genius Engineering of How Train Wheels Work

The way train wheels work is a little more complicated than you might think. While working on the hovertrain video, we took a trip to Ecclesbourne Valley Railway to get...

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How to Build a Train that Hovers

How to Build a Train that Hovers

I built a jet-powered tracked hovercraft, a type of train that levitates to move along with almost zero friction. It works through using a system of electric fans to compress air...

How to Build a Train that Hovers

I built a jet-powered tracked hovercraft, a type of train that levitates to move along with almost zero friction. It works through using a system of electric fans to compress air...

How to Build a DIY Rocket-Propelled Helicopter

How to Build a DIY Rocket-Propelled Helicopter

Several years ago, I attempted to perfect the holy grail of dangerous flying machines by strapping rocket motors to helicopter blades and hoping that I didn’t get horrifically injured in the process....

How to Build a DIY Rocket-Propelled Helicopter

Several years ago, I attempted to perfect the holy grail of dangerous flying machines by strapping rocket motors to helicopter blades and hoping that I didn’t get horrifically injured in the process....