Awesome Rc

R/C chopper pilot Alan Szabo Jr. proves that Tareq Alsaadi isn’t the only one who knows how to do crazy tricks with his helicopter. Watch Alan make his ALIGN Trex 800E DFC zip around like a flying Tasmanian devil. That lawnmower bit at the end, whoa.

It’s a highly imbalanced race between parkour athlete Ronnie Shalvis, a Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, and a Traxxas R/C truck. But each one has demonstrates their unique advantages in this fun and action-packed clip from Devin Graham’s Teamsupertramp.

A smaller version of the off-roading remote controlled Wienermobile. The Mini Wiener Rover goes up to 30mph and has room for two hot dogs in its 22.5″ long and 11″ tall body. Oscar Mayer is selling only 15 units a day on Twitter until 12/4/15.

Spin, drift and flip out with Sphero’s edgier R/C robot, the Darkside Ollie. It rolls at speeds up to 14 mph with a range of 100 feet, and you can trick out your fun with two sets of tires, hubs, and LED colors. See how it moves here.

To celebrate National Hot Dog day, Oscar Mayer created a very special version of its iconic Wienermobile – a 43″ long R/C vehicle that can go off-road and delivers a payload of hot dogs to hungry recipients. When can we buy one?

Thunder Tiger’s Kaiser is a durable, light and lightning-quick remote-controlled 1/8th scale monster truck. It has a 2000kV motor, metal shocks, realistic engine sound effects and a GoPro mount on the passenger seat.

Parrot’s new MiniDrones include an aerial toy with a hydrofoil attachment, two new jumping and rolling toys and two other aerial toys. All but one of them will support live video streaming to the mobile R/C app. More here.

From the makers of the B car quadcopter comes a flying all-terrain toy. The B-Unstoppable has separate coreless DC motors for its rotors and its caterpillar tracks. It comes with a 2.4Ghz transmitter and lasts around 9-18min per charge.

Artist Headquake makes the bodies of his remote-controlled cars from scratch, spending many hours to get the details just right. We’ve seen them beside his cat and dolls yet barely believe they’re not real cars. More here and here.

We’ve seen quadcopters that can also drive around on wheels, but the Earth Rider R/C vehicle can go over land, air and water. The downside? Engadget says it only lasts up to 5min. per 30min. charge. P.S.: It’s Cheaper in Japan.

YouTuber RC Live Action plays harder than a 7-year-old on Red Bull. Using remote controlled toy vehicles, he staged a fiery oil tanker accident and then had three fire trucks put out the fire.

The AR.Drone 3.0 – check it at 1:00 – aka Bebop uses software stabilization instead of a gimbal for less weight. It has a 14mp camera, a removable battery, GPS, a range extender/joystick accessory and Oculus Rift support.

SuperDroid makes remote-controlled snow plowing robots. Each has a 6-wheel drive system, 13″ tiller tires and a 52″ wide snow plow blade. Add-ons include wheel chains, cameras and remote control via the Internet. More here.

The AR.Drone’s little siblings. The Jumping Sumo is a two-wheeled jumping toy car, while the MiniDrone can fly or ride on its wheels. Sadly, the Sumo only has a 20min. battery life while the MiniDrone lasts just 6min. in between charges.

A limited edition of the AR.Drone 2.0 personal quadcopter. It comes with customized inner and outer hulls, four sets of different colored propellers and two 1500mAh batteries for a total of 36 minutes of flight time.

(NSFW: Language) We like to keep a cool head, but some pesky garden bugs could really use some termination with extreme prejudice. Like many awesome gadgets however, the tiny but mean UH-60 is obviously too good to be true.

Ziphius is an aquatic drone that is controlled with an Android or iOS device. It can swim up to 6mph for up to 1 hour per charge. It can send live video from its 720p camera to a mobile device up to 300ft. away.

B is a remote-controlled car and quadcopter in one. Its body is made of durable polycarbonate while its wheel housings and propellers are extremely elastic. Its battery lets it buzz around for up to 15min. per charge.

LEGO enthusiast Sheepo made an extremely detailed 1:7 scale remote-controlled replica of the Caterham 7, which itself is a kit car.  It has working suspensions, steering, gearbox and even disc brakes. More on Sheepo’s site.

The TechJect Dragonfly uses four wings to hover, glide or fly like its namesake insect. Its compact size and modular design make it equally ideal for recreational, professional and security purposes.

Watch YouTuber DRIFT 44 slide his remote-controlled car into tight parking spaces and execute other drifting maneuvers. It’s not as impressive as the real thing, but it looks like a lot of fun to do.

RC Design forum member native18 made a replica of the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters as seen in The Avengers movie. The remote-controlled replica floats on water and flies like its CGI counterpart.

Most people take it slow their first time performing in front of a crowd. Not Joe Smith though. He was just 17 and had only been flying for 2 years when he put on this amazing RC plane demo.