Comments on: 7' fire-breathing, flying dragon built by RC airplane hobbyist http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Eric Hunting http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1413199 Eric Hunting Thu, 03 May 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1413199 Skyvikings... Skyvikings…

]]> By: petz79 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410447 petz79 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410447 Yeah, let's put a liquid propane tank and a flamethrower on a remote controlled RC plane. What could possibly go wrong? Yeah, let’s put a liquid propane tank and a flamethrower on a remote controlled RC plane. What could possibly go wrong?

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410375 Culturedropout Tue, 01 May 2012 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410375 That's pretty cool.  They just need to make a video of it roasting screaming, fleeing villagers now. In other thoughts, people who do model rocketry have a sort of "code of ethics" put forth by Estes.  I'm pretty sure that they would frown on something that flies around overhead filled with flammable liquid and high-voltage.  Just sayin'... That’s pretty cool.  They just need to make a video of it roasting screaming, fleeing villagers now.

In other thoughts, people who do model rocketry have a sort of “code of ethics” put forth by Estes.  I’m pretty sure that they would frown on something that flies around overhead filled with flammable liquid and high-voltage.  Just sayin’…

]]> By: robert feller http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410216 robert feller Tue, 01 May 2012 13:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410216 I'm glad to read I'm not the only one who wants my money back too on this one! I’m glad to read I’m not the only one who wants my money back too on this one!

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410206 chgoliz Tue, 01 May 2012 13:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410206 Nah.  The real spoiler?  That kid with the homemade jet pack wins. Nah.  The real spoiler?  That kid with the homemade jet pack wins.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410183 Nathan Hornby Tue, 01 May 2012 12:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410183 Looks like an RC plane, until it's close enough to see that it's a cardboard dragon. Looks like an RC plane, until it’s close enough to see that it’s a cardboard dragon.

]]> By: garyg2 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410176 garyg2 Tue, 01 May 2012 11:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410176 see: Dragonheart 2 see: Dragonheart 2

]]> By: garyg2 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410177 garyg2 Tue, 01 May 2012 11:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410177 'Reign of Fire' kicked ass. ‘Reign of Fire’ kicked ass.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410174 Noctilucent Studios Tue, 01 May 2012 11:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410174 Telephoto lenses, have you ever heard of them?  Telephoto lenses, have you ever heard of them? 

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410158 ocker3 Tue, 01 May 2012 10:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410158  I reckon that would be even better  I reckon that would be even better

]]> By: Yacko http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410154 Yacko Tue, 01 May 2012 10:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410154  Then it would no longer be fire breathing, instead, a fire farting dragon.  Then it would no longer be fire breathing, instead, a fire farting dragon.

]]> By: dainel http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410153 dainel Tue, 01 May 2012 10:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410153  So the solution is to fly backward. Or fart fire ...  So the solution is to fly backward. Or fart fire …

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410127 ocker3 Tue, 01 May 2012 07:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410127 Now if they setup the flame so it would exited like a JATO boost, That would be cool :D Now if they setup the flame so it would exited like a JATO boost, That would be cool :D

]]> By: tylerkaraszewski http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410090 tylerkaraszewski Tue, 01 May 2012 05:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410090 If only it had an arduino in it or a pixelated-looking primary color paint job reminiscent of an NES, then the builder would have been a "Maker" instead of a "hobbyist". If only it had an arduino in it or a pixelated-looking primary color paint job reminiscent of an NES, then the builder would have been a “Maker” instead of a “hobbyist”.

]]> By: KNHaw http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410088 KNHaw Tue, 01 May 2012 05:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410088 The video doesn't show the flames in flight, as it'd blow back on the model.  I can't wait to see a variant of a Discworld Swamp Dragon http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Swamp_dragon , where the laws of physics are observed and the flames come out (ahem) the other end. The video doesn’t show the flames in flight, as it’d blow back on the model.  I can’t wait to see a variant of a Discworld Swamp Dragon http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Swamp_dragon , where the laws of physics are observed and the flames come out (ahem) the other end.

]]> By: Egypt Urnash http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410079 Egypt Urnash Tue, 01 May 2012 04:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410079 I've seen some that do! Also of course dragon hybrids. Because some dragons are randy beasts that will boff anything. Also of course "fursona" is an imprecise term; it unpacks to "the animal character I sometimes play in the context of the furry fandom" but does not actually say anything about being a fur-bearing creature. Dragons, lizards, birds, naked mole rats, they're all possible as fursonae. Though there are not many naked mole rats in the furry fandom. If any. This has been your subcultural discourse for the day! n.n I’ve seen some that do! Also of course dragon hybrids. Because some dragons are randy beasts that will boff anything.

Also of course “fursona” is an imprecise term; it unpacks to “the animal character I sometimes play in the context of the furry fandom” but does not actually say anything about being a fur-bearing creature. Dragons, lizards, birds, naked mole rats, they’re all possible as fursonae. Though there are not many naked mole rats in the furry fandom. If any.

This has been your subcultural discourse for the day! n.n

]]> By: Richard Dagenais http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410068 Richard Dagenais Tue, 01 May 2012 04:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410068 Dragons do not have fur. ಠ_ಠ Dragons do not have fur. ಠ_ಠ

]]> By: Haroun http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410059 Haroun Tue, 01 May 2012 03:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410059 Thatched roofed cottagessssss!!!!!!!!! Thatched roofed cottagessssss!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: taintofevil http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1410030 taintofevil Tue, 01 May 2012 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1410030 Spoiler: Godzilla wins. Spoiler: Godzilla wins.

]]> By: petsounds http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409998 petsounds Tue, 01 May 2012 02:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409998  "Sir, we have a possible bogey at 2 o'clock. It appears to be...dragon-shaped." "Launch the missiles, Wellsley." "Sir, someone is having a barbeque on the roof right now. Where the missiles are." "Launch them, damn you! I shall not see London razed by dragons on MY watch!"  ”Sir, we have a possible bogey at 2 o’clock. It appears to be…dragon-shaped.”
“Launch the missiles, Wellsley.”
“Sir, someone is having a barbeque on the roof right now. Where the missiles are.”
“Launch them, damn you! I shall not see London razed by dragons on MY watch!”

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409991 Finnagain Tue, 01 May 2012 02:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409991 That could never really fly. The wings are too short.  That could never really fly. The wings are too short. 

]]> By: E T http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409983 E T Tue, 01 May 2012 01:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409983 Send it to London for more fun. Send it to London for more fun.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409973 Kimmo Tue, 01 May 2012 01:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409973 It's a pity people are still shooting 240p vid in this day and age... and the vid's missing something to give the thing scale, like a person next to the dragon. It’s a pity people are still shooting 240p vid in this day and age… and the vid’s missing something to give the thing scale, like a person next to the dragon.

]]> By: Egypt Urnash http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409957 Egypt Urnash Tue, 01 May 2012 01:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409957 I may be biased what with having a long-standing dragon fursona, but this is just about the BEST THING EVER. I may be biased what with having a long-standing dragon fursona, but this is just about the BEST THING EVER.

]]> By: Shinkuhadoken http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409926 Shinkuhadoken Tue, 01 May 2012 00:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409926 I used to be into "arrow in the knee" jokes like you... then <i>I</i> took an arrow in the knee. I used to be into “arrow in the knee” jokes like you… then I took an arrow in the knee.

]]> By: Steve Linberg http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409922 Steve Linberg Tue, 01 May 2012 00:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409922  I'm guessing it would set itself on fire if it tried to do that in flight at that speed, unless it has one hell of a forward-thrust on its - uh - stun gun circuit or whatever.  I’m guessing it would set itself on fire if it tried to do that in flight at that speed, unless it has one hell of a forward-thrust on its – uh – stun gun circuit or whatever.

]]> By: Metostopholes http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409906 Metostopholes Tue, 01 May 2012 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409906 I used to be into remote controlled planes, then I took an arrow in the knee. I used to be into remote controlled planes, then I took an arrow in the knee.

]]> By: BijouxBoy http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409904 BijouxBoy Tue, 01 May 2012 00:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409904 Okhay....Anyways, has anyone seen my toenail clippers? Okhay….Anyways, has anyone seen my toenail clippers?

]]> By: LunarMovements http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409897 LunarMovements Tue, 01 May 2012 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409897 "...this scratchbuilt dragon is able to breath fire thanks to a liquid propane and a stun gun circuit." So, where's the video of it breathing fire? “…this scratchbuilt dragon is able to breath fire thanks to a liquid propane and a stun gun circuit.”

So, where’s the video of it breathing fire?

]]> By: Stranger 0nFire http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/7-fire-breathing-flying-dra.html#comment-1409894 Stranger 0nFire Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157536#comment-1409894 why do i see this showing up on the next season of "fact or faked"? why do i see this showing up on the next season of “fact or faked”?

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