Holy Puck!

by VuAir | July 30, 2012 | (26) Posted in Projects

So after we did Curling at the local ice rink I thought to myself, it would be great to fly the quad inside here!!

Talked to the marketing guys and they liked the idea. Wanting to impress them at the meeting, a couple of weeks later I thought, how can I get a new perspective (cheeky ;) on ice sports/activities?

The answer was the VA ICE01! with only the normal rc plane gear and a single servo, i built a little ice skating machine.

It was just too fast and shaky for the GoPro but it proved the concept and they loved it!

As a consequence I started developing a "proper one" from scratch for the purpose of camera work... the rest you can see on the video. Last time I checked there were 3 GoPro's on board ;)

Let me know what you guys think!

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COMMENTS

bikeson22 on August 1, 2012
nice
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rcjoseb on July 31, 2012
Very cool. Now I am thinking of a Zamboni.
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flying phoenix on August 24, 2012
awesome

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VuAir on August 7, 2012
Here's the latest test :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwuDMtGG6Fw
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DejaD on August 1, 2012
Awesome perspective! I love this idea.
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Quadra Productions on August 5, 2012
This should be sold at hobby king. Very Cool.
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VuAir on August 1, 2012
Hope to go back to small scale (no camera) again in the future and build a couple of these. An empty ice rink... couple of spray cans, draw a track and raceee!! :D
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VuAir on August 1, 2012
Probably! We are already trying to talk to the right people and after this video was put together we already filmed some ice hockey practice drills with a full team out on the ice, and I must say, it looks so cool :D

Now its just a case of talking to the right people and moving on to bigger and better ideas/uses :)
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Jake Wells on July 30, 2012
Very cool and congrats.
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Luka Carl on August 4, 2012
Finaly something more profesional than hot glue and depron projects...
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earthsciteach on August 1, 2012
Very cool! Will we see one of these chasing figure skaters at the winter olympics? :-)
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Gart on August 3, 2012
Just great guy!!! Just soooo great !!!!! Really i love this hobby!
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Holy Puck!