This has to be one of the biggest RC airplanes out there. Watch it fly…
Category: Mashup
World’s Largest Machine
The Bagger 288, built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded NASA’s Crawler-Transporter, used to carry…
Life-Sized Hot Wheels Car Makes Record Jump (Video)
The Yellow Driver of Team Hot Wheels breaks the world record for distance jump in a four-wheeled vehicle at the Indianapolis 500 on May 29th 2011. Watch as the Yellow Driver, Tanner Foust, drops 10 stories down 90 feet of…
New Jet Pack Design Climbs to 5,000 feet (Video)
To demonstrate flight high above the ground and the concept of the ballistic parachute as an emergency safety system, the Martin Jetpack was flown to around 1500m (5000ft), brought down from this height and an off-the-shelf ballistic parachute was deployed.The…
Campfire Bacon and Eggs
The Professor demonstrates frying bacon and eggs using coals from the campfire and the small cast iron skillet from his Common Man’s Cook Kit inspired by David Wendell of BushcraftOnFire.
How to Start a Fire with a 9V Battery and Steel Wool
How to start a fire with a 9 volt battery and steel wool. A good alternative for starting fires in an Urban or Suburban survival situation.
Project: Making a Fiberglass Laminated Bow and Arrow
Here is a pretty good father-son project. I was looking for tips on how to make a fiberglass bow and arrow, and came across this site….http://www.geocities.com/salampsio/glass1.htm Remember, even a kid’s size bow and arrow can easily take out an eye…