A few days ago I picked up an Air Hogs Hawk Eye, which is a little RC helicopter that has a built in camera that you can trigger remotely to either record video or shoot stills — in a way it’s quite cool that you can get a dumbed down version of what’s essentially military spy drone technology for under $50. That said, even though I’ve seen videos online of people flying it and other mini toy helicopters nicely, I can barely control it — and it sure doesn’t help that there are random drafts and air vents all over this studio. Because it’s so light, I can be flying along nice and smooth and then hit one of these gusts and suddenly the toy tumbles out of the air. It does seem quite resilient though.
I don’t normally go in for store warranties, but the $9 warranty this came with lets me return it in a year and get a gift card for the purchase amount, so I don’t have to replace it, just buy something of equivalent value, so I figured it was a pretty safe gamble. The music in the video by the way, assuming YouTube doesn’t kill it, is Preservation by Wu Tang Clan with Del the Funky Homosapien* and Aesop Rock from the Wu Tang Meets The Indie Culture album.
* If I’d have let spellcheck/autocorrect fix this it would be “Del the Funky Homosexual”.
Speaking of videos with lots of crashing and a great soundtrack, how about this one?
Well, I think I’m going to go try and fly a bit. I kind of want to get the iPhone controlled quadcopter, but it’s way more money than I can justify spending… although what you get for under $400 is very impressive. It’s incredible to think how quickly advanced electronics becomes junk electronics. Oh, I also got one other toy in the discount bin, a skeet shooting game that’s kind of fun. It shoots plastic discs up into the air, which you have to shoot with a light gun. If you hit them, they split in half in the air like a real skeet disk. It’s surprisingly fun.
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