Christmas toys for boys
On my recent trip (5 states, 68 days and 14,000km) I stopped off at a small town south of Adelaide and looked up a cyber mate. He is into remote controlled model airplanes and I had an enjoyable day or two playing with big boys toys. I particularly like the helicopters and spoke (fantasized) about slinging a sawn-off 10/22 ruger under a chopper and sorting out the local crows.
As I left to go further West my mate gave me a model chopper to take back to Queensland for his nephew with the instructions that I had to learn how to fly it so I could teach him on hand-over.
As I struggled to get control of the little beast I remembered my childhood where my toy of choice and necessity was a 6in length of 3×4 with a Sunshine milk tin nailed to the top to simulate a petrol tanker. This was way beyond that and my son (late thirties) and I took turns to pilot the thing.
Flying a chopper is very difficult – toy or real, it ain’t easy (read Chickenhawke CH 1 if you don’t believe me) so I now have to find the local model airplane shop to buy new rotors damaged by thirty of fourty prangs.
Being a Top Gear fan I was therefore interested in this little item (pictured) that I came across while reading The London Times. A Stig Copter for 50 Pounds (can’t find the pound symbol) that includes a gyroscope to stabalize the machine thus saving all the damage.
Now where did I hide that 10/22?
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Oh dear, it looks like the bug has bitten you!
My ex used to fly remote control model aeroplanes, the ones which fly on ethanol and castor oil. Call it an obsession.
Its really interesting to drive a remote controlled model airplane. Boys really like it and also you have enjoyed the driving of it. This chopper will really be the nice gift to a boy.
I have seen a youtube video of a shotgun slung under a model chopper. Seemed to work quite well.
BOB but what about recoil? A shotgun slung under the little chopper I have would make it one-shot battle with the chopper disappearing backwards over the tree tops on the first salvo. I still think the cut down .22 is the way to go.
Kev,
Have a look at the Defence Tech site, fawesome little aerobatic drone produced by the French.