If you plan to take up a hobby using a RC helicopter, there are some important considerations regarding the FAA. Do you need ...

Which RC helicopters are best? Radio-controlled (RC) helicopters have been around for about 50 years. What started as a serious hobby has turned into something in which even casual flyers can ...

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An experiment with two super-powered RC helicopters seems to show the machines are capable of lifting a full-grown person off the ground. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news ...

A helicopter is a crime against the laws of physics, and it’s a miracle that they’re able to take flight in the first place. To travel in one is to tempt fate; to fly one is to dare the gods to cast ...

Radio control toys can be great fun to play with. However, at the bottom end of the market, sometimes you find you’ve bought something that just doesn’t work quite right. [saulemmetquinn] found that ...

Radio control toys can be great fun to play with. However, at the bottom end of the market, sometimes you find you’ve bought something that just doesn’t work quite right. [saulemmetquinn] found that ...

Autonomous helicopters offer a highly maneuverable and versatile platform in scenarios like disaster relief operations, but programming these machines to perform complex aerobatics is a formidable ...

It was impressive enough when toymakers found a way to make remote control helicopters small and safe enough to fly around indoors. But their miniaturization efforts continue on as toymaker Silverlit ...

A teenage remote control helicopter enthusiast flying one in a park on Thursday was struck in the head by it and killed. Roman Pirozek Jr., 19, was pronounced dead at a New York CIty park, and initial ...