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3D Printed R/C Ice Vehicle Is Triple Axel Ready

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The brainchild of Simon Sörensen of YouTube channel RCLifeOn, this R/C vehicle was designed specifically with traversing ice in mind. Inspired by the one-wheeled motorcycle from 2003’s Spy Kids 3 (I must have missed that), the vehicle was constructed using 3D printed parts and features a brushless motor powering a spiked rear wheel via a chain drive with steering provided by two repurposed ice skating blades. I’m sure his younger sibling won’t miss those.

After an initial driving test, Simon had to tweak the steering to tighten an unacceptably wide turning radius, but after that, the vehicle appears to perform fairly well. That’s good too because you’re not going to take home the gold model in figure skating if you have to use the entire width of the rink just to perform a 360°.

Simon says he’s pleased with the result but plans on making an even better version sometime in the future. And I, for one, can’t wait to strap two of those suckers to my feet and terrorize everyone at the ice skating rink Wile E. Coyote style.

[via TechEBlog]

Radio-controlled Superman Spotted in the Skies of San Diego

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Look. Up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane. It’s… Superman, with a gaping hole in his chest. This radio-controlled Superman was recently spotted flying the skies of San Diego. General Zod was nowhere to be seen.


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This radio-controlled Superman plane was developed by engineer Otto Dieffenbach. Obviously Otto is a superhero fan who loves to create. He and his business partner Ed Hanley run a small startup company that develops R/C planes that look like people. In this case, the Man of Steel himself. Mostly they are comic characters for commercial promotion. They have also made a flying Iron Man and a winged lady named Ms. Emerson as shown in this video clip:

Unlike the real Superman, this radio-controlled plane can only reach speeds of up to 30 mph. If you want one, it’ll set you back about £5,000 (about $7600 USD).

[via Damn Geeky]

Full Size R/C Toy Jeep Ready to Pop a Wheelie

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Just look at the size of that RC Jeep. Both the jeep and its controller are scaled to match the classic Tamiya Wild Willy toy R/C car. If they built a few more and put some medical tents up, we would be well on our way to having an R/C M.A.S.H unit. Cue the theme song.

full scale rc jeep
This huge R/C toy was built at The Bug Box, a mechanical shop and studio in Weiden, Germany. You might notice that the jeep even has the old ribbed R/C car tires. In fact this 1:1 scale model is true to the original model in almost every detail. Yes, that includes the giant Acoms radio control, though it’s not clear if it’s actually functional or just for show.

This would be a whole lot of fun to play with and this model is very good for popping wheelies too.

[via Hobbymedia(IT) via Jalopnik]