This makes me think of something I saw recently:  the Israeli flying jeep.  Looking at it made me want to build a robotic version of it.<br><br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/16/urban_aero_say_mule_test_imminent/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/16/urban_aero_say_mule_test_imminent/</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Ian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian@slumbrparty.com">ian@slumbrparty.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
i'm looking for something more maneuverable for air flight. at maker<br>
faire i saw some helicopters with two flying blades that looked nice.<br>
also, there were a lot of companies at both maker faire and robotwars<br>
selling kits. if someone could recommend some more companies selling<br>
kits of robots aimed toward engineering, that would be great.<br>
actually, lego mindstorm stuff doesnt look bad either.<br>
<br>
thanks,<br>
<br>
verbal<br>
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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Micah Zuorski<<a href="mailto:mzuorski@gmail.com">mzuorski@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Makershed sells robotic blimp kits you might want to take a look at,<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=mkca1" target="_blank">http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=mkca1</a><br>
><br>
> This one is fully autonomous, but they may have an RC one if you poke<br>
> around,<br>
><br>
> -Micah<br>
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