http://www.rcjunky.com Resources For The RC Enthusiast Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:24:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://www.rcjunky.com/this-is-how-to-get-drugs-into-prision/ http://www.rcjunky.com/this-is-how-to-get-drugs-into-prision/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:01:35 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=227 http://www.rcjunky.com/this-is-how-to-get-drugs-into-prision/feed/ A R/C helicopter was spotted flying over HMP Elmley prision walls  on December 23. It had a small load beneath the fuselage, thought to contain drugs or maybe a cell phone. But no one is completely sure. A through search of the prision was conducted but nothing was found. Here is what a spokesperson said: ‘A remote [...] http://www.rcjunky.com/diy-rc-lawnmower/ http://www.rcjunky.com/diy-rc-lawnmower/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 21:48:33 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=217 http://www.rcjunky.com/diy-rc-lawnmower/feed/ Heres another cool project that deserves some recognition. I think everyone should own one of these lawnmowers. People will start enjoying mowing their lawns or even offer to mow their friends and neighbors lawns. If I had one you would see me sitting on a comfortable chair drinking a nice cold beer while mowing [...] http://www.rcjunky.com/top-10-rc-drifting-videos/ http://www.rcjunky.com/top-10-rc-drifting-videos/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:16:56 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=215 http://www.rcjunky.com/top-10-rc-drifting-videos/feed/ I came across come cool RC Drifting videos and I ended up spending much of my day watching these compilations. So I thought I’d share a few with you guys and gals. If you have more cool drift videos please do send them my way and I’ll get them posted up. So [...] http://www.rcjunky.com/planes-made-out-of-your-every-day-trash/ http://www.rcjunky.com/planes-made-out-of-your-every-day-trash/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:35:02 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=213 http://www.rcjunky.com/planes-made-out-of-your-every-day-trash/feed/ Carl Rankin, a model plane builder who creates impressive R/C planes out of take-out food cartons, drinking straws, sewing thread, Reynold’s wrap, and tape (among other things). There’s also a fun video that uses Wonder Bread like clay to create “dough-mation.” Xeni introduces us to the amazing flying machines of Carl Rankin — they’re made from [...] http://www.rcjunky.com/giant-rc-inchworm/ http://www.rcjunky.com/giant-rc-inchworm/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:58:50 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=211 http://www.rcjunky.com/giant-rc-inchworm/feed/ This isn’t your typical do it at home projects or anything you could play with in your back yard or on the street. But that doesn’t change the fact that I WANT ONE!!! “This large, remote-controlled wheeled machine moves with either a crabbing or inching motion, and has a large vertical jaw mounted on [...] http://www.rcjunky.com/how-to-rc-paraplane/ http://www.rcjunky.com/how-to-rc-paraplane/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:38:16 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=206 http://www.rcjunky.com/how-to-rc-paraplane/feed/ The Black Rainbow is an R/C paraplane that can carry a digital camera. It is made from carbon fiber and flies really well. I have uploaded a few pictures and a video of the Paraplane in action. check it out below. Eddie.M: I want to design and build my own model paraplane. There are [...] http://www.rcjunky.com/rc-mario-kart-racer/ http://www.rcjunky.com/rc-mario-kart-racer/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:07:33 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=204 http://www.rcjunky.com/rc-mario-kart-racer/feed/ Since so many of you enjoyed the previous post Using your RC Car as an Instrument I thought I would post this up as a follow-up. For those of you that would like to try making your own Super Mario Theme songs at home, heres something you can add that will give it [...] http://www.rcjunky.com/using-your-rc-car-as-an-instrument/ http://www.rcjunky.com/using-your-rc-car-as-an-instrument/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:11:02 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=201 http://www.rcjunky.com/using-your-rc-car-as-an-instrument/feed/ Did you know that you could use your RC Car as an instrument? Watch as these guys use an RC car and some bottles to play the Super Mario Theme song. I wonder how long it took them to set this all up. These guys are insane but bravo!!!! for the creativity and patience. Anyone [...] http://www.rcjunky.com/the-flying-man/ http://www.rcjunky.com/the-flying-man/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:35:43 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=175 http://www.rcjunky.com/the-flying-man/feed/ Yves Rossy,45 who was formerly a military pilot now spends his days flying airbuses for SwissAir and tweaking, tuning, testing, and developing this exciting flying man project (jet-man project). But because of his intriguing project he became the first man to fly like a horizontally like a bird achieving flight for more than 4 minutes [...] http://www.rcjunky.com/the-vamp-outdoor-bat-robot/ http://www.rcjunky.com/the-vamp-outdoor-bat-robot/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:52:15 +0000 clayt http://www.rcjunky.com/?p=174 http://www.rcjunky.com/the-vamp-outdoor-bat-robot/feed/ Remember those people that brought us the Mosquito. They’ve come back to bring us THE VAMP the worlds smallest RC Ornithopter If your interested you can pick one up for about $40 bucks. I gata say the video they made is a little corny. “Do you Dare Harness the VAMP?!!!” Heres some [...]