Kamikuza
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OMG people flying in New York!
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mougl
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Looking_Up
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It's called flyguy and it comes in many sizes
There are free plans on rcgroups.com in the scratch built fomie section
It is just a remote controled airplane made out of foam
Kiting The Natural High
\"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always
long to return.\" Leonardo da Vinci
Kites
Ozone: 2.5 Samuri, 3 & 4.5 Little Devil
Peter Lynn: 8 & 16 & 19 Venom II
12 Synergy
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cheezycheese
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Pretty cool. Wonder how many accidents happened on the Brooklyn Bridge because of them... 
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
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Bladerunner
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For a moment I had myself convinced they were kites. Seems almost doable ?
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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lad
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I followed RC flyers for years, it just seems a natural evolution with the lighter and more powerful brushless motors and lipoly batteries.
The "flying people" are actually styro cross sections that only seem dimensional in the distance.
Looks like a few Brooklyn Hipster "Maker Faire" types put it all together in a video that's ideal against such a great backdrop!
Years ago, I've seen people online literally get airborn:
lampshade-looking cube kites,
flying "pizza boxes",
multi-Saturn Ring looking things,
and even a foam, sectional model of the totally un-aerodynamic Starship Enterprise!
(looked pretty real up in the air!)
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indigo_wolf
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Like the tie-in to Chronicle at the end.
Only a matter of time before additional servo motors are added to move appendages, which should really freak people out. 
ATB,
Sam
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, does anyone?" - The Body by Stephen King
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macboy
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WOOT! Google here we come.......I have a couple brushless motors and radio packs looking for a home. Wonder how much crap a guy can get into with
these....RC flying is technically illegal in Edmonton...falls under the same bylaw that makes it illegal to throw a snowball or practice your chip
shot in public spaces.
Really.
KC07 - Certified Chronic
Rev Shockwave | Brooza II 3 | BusterII's 3/4/5 | Hornet 1.5
Reactor II 5.5/6.9 | AccessXC 10 | Frenzy 12 | PsychoIII 13 | Speed2 12 | Speed3 15 | SA2.5 19
Bomba 15 | Phantom 15/18 | Venom 13 | Slingshot T3 9/11/14m
Skis, Ski Skates, Nobile RM Pro, MBS Pro 90, Kailolo 5' 11" Custom Phish, Kailolo 5'9" Custom Phish, Plyboard, Proof 151,
FlydoorM, F-One 198, Coyotes, Comp XR+, and the BEST WIFE IN THE WORLD!
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
~ Thomas Edison
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indigo_wolf
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| Quote: | Originally posted by macboy
RC flying is technically illegal in Edmonton...falls under the same bylaw that makes it illegal to throw a snowball or practice your chip shot in
public spaces.
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Color me confuzzled.... :puzzled:
http://www.ercs.ab.ca/
ATB,
Sam
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, does anyone?" - The Body by Stephen King
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macboy
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Legal if at a sanctioned flying field. Illegal in the 16 acre expanse across the street from me. The odd thing is we've had some "official" fields
parked right in the middle of busy industrial areas in the past so what's the difference between that and a park?
I don't get it either. Especially the snowball bit. C'mon! We're in Canada!
KC07 - Certified Chronic
Rev Shockwave | Brooza II 3 | BusterII's 3/4/5 | Hornet 1.5
Reactor II 5.5/6.9 | AccessXC 10 | Frenzy 12 | PsychoIII 13 | Speed2 12 | Speed3 15 | SA2.5 19
Bomba 15 | Phantom 15/18 | Venom 13 | Slingshot T3 9/11/14m
Skis, Ski Skates, Nobile RM Pro, MBS Pro 90, Kailolo 5' 11" Custom Phish, Kailolo 5'9" Custom Phish, Plyboard, Proof 151,
FlydoorM, F-One 198, Coyotes, Comp XR+, and the BEST WIFE IN THE WORLD!
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
~ Thomas Edison
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bigkahuna
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Can't legally throw a snowball in Edmonton? LOL! :D
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