MAKER MOVEMENT PROJECTS

Jetpack Man Races With Fighter Jets – Yves Rossi

Jetman Yves Rossi the daring man who flew across the Grand Canyon in a jetpack, races with fighter jets. Rossi joined formation with two L39C Albatros jets over the Swiss Alps. Rossi was flying his latest, carbon fiber, flying  wing jet pack. At 2 Meters the wing is shorter than previous wings which featured a […]

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He Wanted his own Batmobile so he built it- Actual Turbine Powered Batmobile.

An Ohio man decided he wanted his own Batmobiles so he built it. “No one has ever made a fully functional, actual turbine powered Batmobile before and I thought it would be fun” said Casey Putsch of Putsch Racing. Putsch took a surplus helicopter turbine engine and rebuilt it as the power source for his […]

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E-Volo Multicopter paves the way in manned DIY electric flight. –

Thomas Senkel became the first man to fly with an electric powered Multicopter named e-volo, paving the way in manned DIY electric flight. Senkel’s first manned flight took place in Germany in Late October 2011, after several successful unmanned test flights of the vehicle. The e-volo multicopter is a contraption made of aluminum tubing, an […]

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Makerslide – A First Look At An Open Source Linear Bearing System.

I have been waiting several months to get a  first look at Makerslide, the new open source linear bearing system that could change the way machines are built. The Makerslide project is an open source effort to make it easier and less expensive for people to make DIY CNC machines and tools. Launched as a […]

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Adding a new page – Bill’s Projects

I am adding a new page to the blog called Bill’s Projects. I am a maker and like to make a lot of different stuff and share my experiences with others. I post things to many different forums all around the internet and because of this it might be difficult for folks to find info […]

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