A flying....lawnmower?!

Fusion pimp · Post by **Fusion pimp** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:07 pm

No joke, this mower literally flies. Funny stuff.

http://www.hugi.is/hahradi/bigboxes.php ... &f_id=1159

TheCops · Post by **TheCops** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:20 pm

guess i picked the wrong week to stop droppin acid.

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:24 pm

That's friggin COOL!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:25 pm

OMG that owns, I want one!

Liquid Fire · Post by **Liquid Fire** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:13 pm

It must make trimming the trees alot easier

*Javed* · Post by ***Javed*** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:24 pm

It's cool and all, but really dangerous

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:14 pm

After watching that video. Iâ??m starting to think if thereâ??s some truth to the when pigs fly theory.

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:51 pm

How the HELL? That's frikkin awesome.

Liquid Fire · Post by **Liquid Fire** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:25 pm

*Javed* wrote:It's cool and all, but really dangerous

...So?

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:38 pm

I think I need to up my medications....

JohnnnY · Post by **JohnnnY** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:40 pm

LOL nice. I gotta get me one of those. = )

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:13 pm

its not a real lawnmower.

More like a severly deformed radio controlled airplane.

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:40 pm

that is teh coolest thing i have ...ever... seen

first it's... argh that lawnmower is outof control.

and then it starts FLYING!@@!!@@

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:24 am

haha nice.

looks a lot like CG tho.

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:40 am

wha? hell no it's not CG. that's completely doable.

for the first minute i thought it was a VTOL lawnmower though, like they had replaced the cutting blades with a proper propellor and replaced the 2 stroke with a spasticaly overpowered engine. like a wankel engine.

Drakona · Post by **Drakona** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:49 am

Yeah, that was my first thought too, once I stopped laughing and started trying to figure it out. CG? Photoshop? Sure didn't look like it--the flight was too good. Took out the blades on a lawnmower and put in a propeller? That didn't make sense either. But then my husband pointed out that you can see sky through it when it's coming head on, the handle wobbles a bit when it lands, and the base is very thin and wing-shaped. So it's just a very clever RC plane.

Cute nonsense lyrics, too.

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:57 am

i loved that song when it came out. still love it.
UNF UNF UNF UNF

Instig8 · Post by **Instig8** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:17 am

The flying lawnmower is a real r/c aircraft. It looks like it's a handful to fly, tho. Its aerodynamic stability is probably lacking a bit.

It's not a modified lawnmower, for those who question it.

It's probably mostly balsa wood and cyanoacrylate.

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:48 am

Watch closely, there is a propeller in front of it.
It's definitely not a real lawnmower, no way a ~2HP engine can lift that much weight. Nevertheless, pretty cool stuff!

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:16 am

It's a variation of lifting body (base), when the lawnmower facade is seen from the front and back you can see right thru it, the handle is paper thin and so is the body

Products Homepage

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:38 am

The question is: can it lift ~25 pounds along with it? If you look carefully, you can see the engine out in front.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:00 am

Any reason I'm getting a black screen?

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:48 am

You can buy that lawnmower skycutter plane for like $90 in their shop

There's a video of a flying tank with better music:
http://www.henram.com/ftzvideos/tank.wmv

Edit: the $90 only buys the basic body structure, you still need to provide your own Radio (4ch with elevon or "V" tail mixing), Engine and acc., Fuel tank, Pushrods, Wheels, Prop, Covering, glues, and basic hobby tools.

Hattrick · Post by **Hattrick** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:19 am

The r/c flying lawnmower has been around forever.
Other interesting R/C flying oddballs include:

Snoopy on his dog house
A Stop sign
flying saucers
Tanks and various other usually earth bound vehicles.

I did a little seraching and couldnt find pics of em all, but, These are just the ones I remember seeing in different r/c magazines, videos etc over the years when Gonz was heavy into R/C flying.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:31 pm

it doesnt play for me?

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:41 pm

if it's not playing, try right clicking the video and clicking "play/pause"

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:44 pm

i did, its still not playing?!?!?!!

*EDIT* i went to the video's properties and dug up the actual URL "http://media.hugi.is/hahradi/fyndnar/skycutter40-1.wmv" and it still doesnt play.

ohwell

*EDIT2* now i see why, when i right click....."Error Details" is not ghosted out....i click....it says "Server is not responding"

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:28 pm

BUBBALOU wrote:Products Homepage

Ace ^ . or link for n0ob