Awesome Remote Controlled

Take water gun wars to the next level with this remote-controlled copter. It packs a refillable electronic water blaster. No scorestreak needed. Video of a similar chopper here.

Freddie Wong and friends bust out the remote-controlled cars, and replicate the best of big-budget car chases in this thrilling car chase loaded with drifts and Blues Brothers-worthy cop take-downs.

North Carolina State University researchers used a microcontroller to relay commands to a cockroach’s antennae and abdomen and guide its movement. Epic prank research is now underway.

Inspired by How to Train Your Dragon, R/C builder Richard Hamel built a jet-powered craft that looks like a dragon. If that’s weren’t awesome enough, it breathes fire. We want to see it fly, though.

The talented UAV flyers of Team Black Sheep take us on an extraordinary series of first-person-view, remote-controlled flights over the exotic scenery, waters and beaches of Thailand.

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.

Mike Senna’s remote-controlled, life-size replica of Wall-E. Senna spent more than 3,800 hours total to make the robot, which can move, move its head and arms and say its name. More here and here.

Ken Block’s Gymkhana moves are legendary, but not all of us can have pull off stunts like he can. But at least with the R/C Hot Wheels version of his Fiesta you can give it your best shot.

We’ve seen POV videos before, but there’s something special about this visceral test footage shot by Eirik Solheim when he strapped his GoPro to his R/C car and drove through his FPV goggles.

(NSFW: Language) FPSRussia’s suspiciously fake looking, but nonetheless awesome killing machine called “Charlene,” is a flying quadrotor armed with a submachine gun with a 100-round magazine.

Just a little larger than the flying DeLorean, Gear Factor’s 1:1 scale R/C flying cars are made using lightweight foam and helium to lift them from the ground. Just don’t try and sit in one.

This custom-built 4-propeller plane is a perfect replica of Doc Brown’s DeLorean from Back to the Future, complete with illuminated headlights, taillights and light-up wheels. No roads required.

This video kicks off Smarter Every Day’s series of lessons about the helicopter physics, but it quickly turns into a lesson in R/C flying skills which seemingly defy physics and reason.

The University of Pennsylvania GRASP Labs’ fleet of quadrotors takes to the skies once more and performs the James Bond opening theme all by themselves. Is this the band of the future?

A remote-controlled lawnmower is the ultimate lazy-man’s dream. But a remote-controlled lawnmower that can fly sounds like way more fun. We only hope it doesn’t mow down any pigeons.

Take an amazing flight through the rock formations West of Moab, Utah, from the eye-in-the-sky of a Reaper XL flying wing, controlled by DragonLink UHF with a GoPro Hero2 camera aboard.

Show the world you don’t give a damn by winning one of three flying, obscenity-filled R/C helicopters, courtesy of our friends over at Gadgets and Gear. Click the link to enter the contest.

This turbine powered R/C plane sounds more like an F-16 than a toy, reaching top speeds over 360mph. We have no idea how you can fly and land this thing remotely without crashing it.

After you’re done racing your 100mph RC car, hit the waters with the world’s fastest ready-to-race RC boat, topping out at speeds in excess of 50mph. Just drop in a power pack and head for the seas!

Vimeo user warthox is able to put on quite a show with his Quad MultiWiiCopter and its new MT2208 motors. The buzzing sounds like a pissed-off horde of robot bees… and we love it.

It’s not the world’s fastest RC car, but 100mph isn’t anything to scoff at either. Off the shelf, the XO-1 by Traxxas goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.3 seconds and reaches 100mph in under 5 seconds.