There is no fun thing. Sorry to burst your bubble, but i would outlaw any of them that can fly high enough to endanger the lives of medic-flight crews (yes it has happened) or to prevent fire fighters from doing their jobs (yes, that happens way too often.)
Is this a case of a few bad apples causing the entire bunch to go bad? Yep, hands down. I would bet most people do not use them to spy on their neighbors or to check out that out of control fire. It just takes one to ruin it.
Last time I flew a RC controlled toy, it was just that, an adult toy, kinda like a vibrator, only for use outside and for guys to stare because yeah, it was a chick flying that thing.
Anywho, I've been wanting to say this since the last time fire planes were grounded because of an asshole with a drone.
@Cerridwyn um... no offence to you (or the media hype) but I suspect that any 'model' plane/copter and or drone would be utterly destroyed by an impact with a real full sized helicopter and or plane wouldn't it?
If not, I have something to tell you, don't panic, but these are all over the place
@thismyusername It is very easy for a sizeable "toy helicopter" or "drone" to foul the rotors of a real full sized helicopter or plane. And since rescue/emergency helicopters often operate within the Dead Man Zone, they require great caution around such things, and do, in fact, abort operations when the airspace is not clear. Whether the smaller craft can actually bring down the larger is moot when operational practices interfere with the mission, as caution dictates they must.
The best part is trying to land them on the ceiling fans and keep them from sliding off the blades. Almost as good as harassing the cats. but not the dogs as they attack them.
@carwinew This right here is what I do too with the fan blades and the cats.
I also see how long I can fly it before I get yelled at by my wife: "Don't hit me with that god damned thing. If you hit me, I will break it and I will break your face." Ahh, the fun we have.
@carwinew@Bogie This is my life when it comes to the mini-copters of all sorts....sheesh, you wrap their hair in them one time and you never hear the end of it
With the drone we bought my kid and is used more by myself, flying high, taking pics. With the crappy little ones, like the possessed aquacopter? Crashing the ever loving shit out of them.
@mfladd I looked at heavy cream at the store the other day, and thought about that ice cream maker freezing in the deep freeze, then grabbed some milk and moved on. ;)
@jaremelz I had left mine in the box until last weekend. I took it out, and it flies well enough, just spewing freshly-made ice cream all about the neighborhood. They pederast in the truck that plays "Turkey in the Straw" was a bit ticked off, but everybody else was delighted!
@mfladd I bought two of the smaller helicopters like this back in January. One is still in the box, the other has been sitting on the kitchen counter since about a week after I bought it. I'll fly it again... someday.
I like to fly high enough to endanger the lives of medic-flight crews and to prevent fire fighters from doing their jobs. When I am not doing that I eat Buckyballs, shoot green lasers at plains, pull fire alarms, throw bricks off bridges over interstates, leave my pet in a car with the windows up unattended, and text and drive.
I'd love to say I've flown one of these things, but alas due to the one I purchased from Meh last time (smaller version) never powered up, I have remained grounded. (It was a big disappointmehnt)
@caffeine_dude it can work. I've seen it, but you have to spend more than eight dollars on one that can do that. Also, it's the blade pitch that reverses, not their direction.
There is no fun thing. Sorry to burst your bubble, but i would outlaw any of them that can fly high enough to endanger the lives of medic-flight crews (yes it has happened) or to prevent fire fighters from doing their jobs (yes, that happens way too often.)
Is this a case of a few bad apples causing the entire bunch to go bad? Yep, hands down. I would bet most people do not use them to spy on their neighbors or to check out that out of control fire. It just takes one to ruin it.
Last time I flew a RC controlled toy, it was just that, an adult toy, kinda like a vibrator, only for use outside and for guys to stare because yeah, it was a chick flying that thing.
Anywho, I've been wanting to say this since the last time fire planes were grounded because of an asshole with a drone.
@Cerridwyn um... no offence to you (or the media hype) but I suspect that any 'model' plane/copter and or drone would be utterly destroyed by an impact with a real full sized helicopter and or plane wouldn't it?
If not, I have something to tell you, don't panic, but these are all over the place
@Cerridwyn Ummmm...3rd paragraph, can't do it....Nope, not even I can touch that (for a laugh :)
@mfladd So you're not going to drone on about @cerridwyn and the vibrator?
@thismyusername It is very easy for a sizeable "toy helicopter" or "drone" to foul the rotors of a real full sized helicopter or plane. And since rescue/emergency helicopters often operate within the Dead Man Zone, they require great caution around such things, and do, in fact, abort operations when the airspace is not clear. Whether the smaller craft can actually bring down the larger is moot when operational practices interfere with the mission, as caution dictates they must.
@jaremelz @mfladd
@thismyusername
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/faa-drone-fine-skypan/409249/
The best part is trying to land them on the ceiling fans and keep them from sliding off the blades. Almost as good as harassing the cats. but not the dogs as they attack them.
@carwinew This right here is what I do too with the fan blades and the cats.
I also see how long I can fly it before I get yelled at by my wife: "Don't hit me with that god damned thing. If you hit me, I will break it and I will break your face." Ahh, the fun we have.
@carwinew @Bogie This is my life when it comes to the mini-copters of all sorts....sheesh, you wrap their hair in them one time and you never hear the end of it
They'd be a lot more fun if they included some accessories.
@RedOak Go straight to 20 seconds for the Gatling accessory. Meh does not support time-bookmarked youtube start.
With the drone we bought my kid and is used more by myself, flying high, taking pics. With the crappy little ones, like the possessed aquacopter? Crashing the ever loving shit out of them.
Watching them sit in the box. Because I procrastinate too much.
@mfladd I looked at heavy cream at the store the other day, and thought about that ice cream maker freezing in the deep freeze, then grabbed some milk and moved on. ;)
@thismyusername My ice cream maker is still in the box too :)
@thismyusername @mfladd I use mine all the time! It's really smooth and creamy, not hard like the stuff you buy.
@jaremelz I had left mine in the box until last weekend. I took it out, and it flies well enough, just spewing freshly-made ice cream all about the neighborhood. They pederast in the truck that plays "Turkey in the Straw" was a bit ticked off, but everybody else was delighted!
@mfladd I bought two of the smaller helicopters like this back in January. One is still in the box, the other has been sitting on the kitchen counter since about a week after I bought it. I'll fly it again... someday.
I like to fly high enough to endanger the lives of medic-flight crews and to prevent fire fighters from doing their jobs.
When I am not doing that I eat Buckyballs, shoot green lasers at plains, pull fire alarms, throw bricks off bridges over interstates, leave my pet in a car with the windows up unattended, and text and drive.
@caffeine_dude Plain planes, not the fancy planes.
@caffeine_dude I thought you meant the great plains. Like Kansas.
Same as everything else. The drinking.
I'd love to say I've flown one of these things, but alas due to the one I purchased from Meh last time (smaller version) never powered up, I have remained grounded.
(It was a big disappointmehnt)
Chasing cats
@Biloba414 My cats chase the mini copters. Best toy ever .
My favorite is to reverse the blades and fly it upside down.
@tightwad That can not work.
@caffeine_dude it can work. I've seen it, but you have to spend more than eight dollars on one that can do that. Also, it's the blade pitch that reverses, not their direction.