She'll make .5 past lightspeed.

Can anyone explain how "manned" and "remote control" go together?

Zel: Can anyone explain how "manned" and "remote control" go together?

The person manning isn't piloting.

DarnoKonrad: Zel: Can anyone explain how "manned" and "remote control" go together?

The person manning isn't piloting.

Looks like he was controlling it with the R/C transmitter in his hands.. which makes you wonder why they don't just use a cable and cut out the possibility of r/f problems..

love all the wonderful spinning blades at about belly-button level. Don't lean or stick out your hand. At a minimum, cowling. Better yet, have it higher than the pilots head and also add cowling.

You are screwed if your battery in your remote gets a bit weak and little Johnny's remote is on your same channel and he decides to see if you can loop the loop.

I don't understand it wasn't built up more. This isn't some super new tech; it's a platform that's been widely used on a smaller scale that's based on tech that's been around damn near a century.

So, lemme get this straight?

Kitty Hawk + YouTube = Boring

Is there anything YouTube can't ruin?

I don't get it, were they trying to demonstrate how much it could lift? A human pilot/passenger just adds 150+ lbs of useless weight.

Funbags: I don't get it, were they trying to demonstrate how much it could lift? A human pilot/passenger just adds 150+ lbs of useless weight.

Unless the human intends to go somewhere on said contraption...

/Remote controlled because it was probably alot simpler than running cables and pulleys everywhere.
/and it makes testing easier.
/Compare this with the Chinese version that looked like a gas powered suicide machine.

Well that was lame. Is it still remote controlled if you are on it and not remote from it? And why the bouncy excercise ball on the bottom? And the group hugs just have to go. Whole thing is powered by purple. I really wanted to say gay but didn't.

Here's what was going on with the pilot for those of you that can't read body language.
Take off:
OMG I'm going to die. This nightmarish death machine with an exercise ball duct taped to bottom is going to come apart and chop of my head and my balls at more or less the same time.
Balls retract into abdomen, head ducts, anus constricts with enough force to cut the head off a 16d nail.

Flight:
Maybe I'm not going to die. Flimsy contraption wobbles. Yep I'm going to die. Oh, Creator please let this the first blade to come loose cut off my head before the next one cuts off my balls.
Balls reach esophagus, anus constricts with enough force to turn any fecal material not already expelled into pants into diamonds.

Landing:
It's a miracle. Praise Jesus.
Goes on to lead an incontinent life of piety, deathly afraid of ceiling fans.

findthefish: Well...that was underwhelming.

A hoppity-hop and a bunch of propellers. How much money did they blow? They should have made potato guns to defend their village.

Well yeah. That was more comfortable to watch than the Chinese 'salad shooter' one a couple weeks ago. And electric, no less.