RC Superhero

May 18, 2011 5:01 PM

Full size radio controlled superhero! via Geeks are Sexy
posted by cosmac (8 comments total)

Man, if you can fly one of these high enough so that you can't tell it's not a real person, I bet you can get some seriously awesome "Look! Up in the sky!" moments from unsuspecting observers.
posted by ErWenn at 5:50 PM on May 18, 2011

I dunno, they seem rather easily defeated.
posted by orme at 6:24 PM on May 18, 2011

God damn that's cool.
posted by chronkite at 7:14 PM on May 18, 2011

That's pretty awesome. :)
posted by BeerFilter at 8:33 PM on May 18, 2011

I thought all superheroes flew with one leg bent!
posted by unliteral at 9:31 PM on May 18, 2011

Upon seeing this I had two reactions - my first and strongest was that the RC Superhero would be great fun just because it would play with people's minds and I must have one. The second reaction was deal lord, why do all these types of videos have the shittiest background music.

To the latter point, I then watched a video with its original sound and no music, and realized that in person the RC Superhero will sound like the source of his jet propulsion is the gigantic lunch at Chipotle that didn't agree with him. I then went back to the clips with music.
posted by Muddler at 5:59 AM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]

My fantasy, which will not be realized, is to purchase about a hundred of them, and let them fly at the exact moment of the supposed Rapture on Saturday in the downtown area where I live. Straight up.

Bonus fantasy: Hack into the Tornado Response System loudspeakers and soundtrack it with that butt rock.
posted by RedEmma at 10:24 AM on May 19, 2011 [1 favorite]

/me genuflects at Muddler and RedEmma.
Thanks.
posted by Goofyy at 1:09 PM on May 19, 2011