Dude Made a Flying, Fire-Breathing Dragon
The fact that this flying, fire-breathing dragon is a remote-controlled flying, fire-breathing dragon shouldn’t make this achievement any less impressive. The “Mythical Beast” is 7.5 feet long, has a 9-foot wingspan, light-up eyes, a swivelling head, and yes, it both flies and shoots fire. The only thing that isn’t awesome about it is that it’s not for sale, but was made by Rick Hamel to show off at the 2012 Toledo R/C Show and make us all desperately want one. The video above just gives a good look at the “Beast;” to see videos of it in flight and breathing fire, hit the jump. Thanks to Chris T. for the tip. (Via Geekologie)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.