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A flying....lawnmower?!

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No joke, this mower literally flies. Funny stuff.

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guess i picked the wrong week to stop droppin acid.
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That's friggin COOL!
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Post by Krom »

OMG that owns, I want one!
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It must make trimming the trees alot easier :wink:
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Post by *Javed* »

It's cool and all, but really dangerous :P
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Post by TigerRaptor »

After watching that video. Iâ??m starting to think if thereâ??s some truth to the when pigs fly theory.
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Post by Nitrofox125 »

How the HELL? That's frikkin awesome.
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*Javed* wrote:It's cool and all, but really dangerous :P
...So? :P
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I think I need to up my medications....
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Post by JohnnnY »

LOL nice. I gotta get me one of those. = )
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Post by Duper »

its not a real lawnmower. :roll:

More like a severly deformed radio controlled airplane. ;)
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Post by roid »

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


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

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

:lol:
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Post by Ferno »

haha nice.

looks a lot like CG tho.
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Post by roid »

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.
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Post by Drakona »

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.
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Post by roid »

i loved that song when it came out. still love it.
UNF UNF UNF UNF
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Post by Instig8 »

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. :P It's probably mostly balsa wood and cyanoacrylate.
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Post by Tricord »

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!
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Post by BUBBALOU »

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

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Post by snoopy »

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

Any reason I'm getting a black screen?
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Post by Lobber »

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.
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Post by Hattrick »

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.
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Post by AceCombat »

it doesnt play for me?
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Post by Vertigo 99 »

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

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"
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BUBBALOU wrote:Products Homepage
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