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Kinda reminds me of Manhacks. It has six propellers and can move pretty quickly. Fairly silently, too, once it's up there.

Unlike this one, which is pretty insane:



(They don't have to be small, this is just what I saw today.)

That first one was really cool, and more than a little bit scary. Made me wonder where the heck I'd put my gravity gun.

Manhacks!

Yeah, that first one is pretty awesome. I can imagine using one of those and a computer to automatically update traffic pattern snapshots in any high-snarl area. Just have the computer send one out for a photo op for 5 min of video, then auto return to charger, then repeat 10 min later for 4/hr updates.

Then again, I can also see a fleet of a dozen of them being released independently to automatically/autonomically deliver 12 separate 1kg nail bombs set to detonate when all 12 swoop in and arrive simultaneously at the GPS-programmed destination.

Dunno. I see both good and bad uses for it.

--Patrick

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Not small nor modern, but awesome intheir own right. Giants of a bygone age of aviation:

http://members.fortunecity.com/phreke/cs/junkersg38.html

http://members.fortunecity.com/phreke/cs/dornierdox.html

See, that's the kind of stuff I had in mind to add to the OP, but I couldn't remember what they were called. Thanks for posting!

You do look like one of those old school pilots in your picture, actually...

This is awesome not so much for the flying machine (which is still pretty sweet), as for seeing it built from scratch.

http://www.su27.de/inhaltindex.htm