Zepps, at the recently cited Dannysoar site, contains plans for not one but TWO stick-and-tissue free-flight model zeps. Ah, lovely.
Dannysoar’s stuff is absolutely top-notch; it’s even somehow appropriate that the site employs aggregational navigation.
UPDATE: Oh my God. Le Gyroptère, a mono-wing helicopter aparently modeled upon the flight technique employed by maple seeds. Amazingly, copious documentation of this incredible thing exists.
hey I just saw a big news story on helium balloons that they are supposedly going to use on the war against the southern hemisphere (i’ve decided to call the war against drugs/immigration/terrorism that). I must say it looks really cool. cheap, hard to bring down (they don’t leave a heat signature, and rounds from small arms would only cause slow leaks) small or even no crew. they can stay up for weeks….it’s post modernism.
oh yeah kind of reminded me of the balloon from the movie AI.