Is the HexaKopter the coolest thing ever?

I think it's pretty much up there!

EDIT: Don't watch this link. It's to the hugely inferior Parrot thingy, which I posted by mistake. Sorry!
http://recombu.com/news/parrot-ardrone- ... 11288.html

What do you think?

if it's real it's potentially awesome!!

I fail to see how it works off WIFI when you are out of range of your home wifi network though....

Where did you get WiFi from?

It's real; Here's the plans, and he's got a webshop for the parts.

Brilliant...

I posted the wrong link!!!

Sorry!

The parrot drone is crap compared to the HexaKopter!

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id= ... llscreen=1

Stick a gun on it and figure out the coordinates of your enemies and KA-BLAM... problem gone. All from the comfort of your home.
Disclaimer; Killing people is bad, mmmkay!

Or how about have it follow you on a track day or a ride out to get areal images all the way.

I'm just stunned over how agile it is, and how powerful it is. Lifting a 1l coke bottle, that's swinging around, is not an easy thing to do for "a toy".

for those that haven't seen it. Guess that's Bedford out for a month or so