Radio Controlled Helicopter
Chris took a video of me showing off my latest toy: a radio controlled helicopter. I crashed it later on after the video ended.
My co-worker, Kent Downer, was showing me some of his facebook photos and one of them jumped out at me. The second I saw it, I just knew I had to photoshop it for fun. Here’s the before and after result:
Photo - Before (click on photo to see large version):
Photo -After (click on photo to [...]
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This past Saturday, I went on a hot air balloon ride! We went over a mile high, and it was awesome!
My business partner, Chris Tingom, came along (he rode in the other balloon) and he took a video of the experience, and a few photos. I took a video as well, but he beat me [...]
Chris took a video of me showing off my latest toy: a radio controlled helicopter. I crashed it later on after the video ended.
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September 8th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Kinda looks like a Coral Snake. Any connection there?
September 8th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Nah. It’s just a Blade CX2 from eflite: http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFLH1250
I’ve advanced way beyond this helicopter now, and actually have a Blade 400 now: http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFLH1400
The Blade 400 is fully aerobatic (it’s blades are over 2 feet long), and it has to be flown outdoors. It’s a lot more fun, though. I’ll have to take it out and shoot some video here soon.