RC Helicopter Test Doesn't Go As Planned!

I don't know how far this thing will take you, but it would sure beat sitting in traffic!

A team of engineers from the University of Maryland come close to winning the $250,000 American Helicopter Society award for self-propelling a helicopter for at least 60 seconds. They managed to hit the 40 second mark and ended up setting a record while doing so!

This guy can really push is remote control helicopter to the limit with these gravity defying moves. If I was in a real helicopter pulling those tricks I'd surely lose my lunch!

An incredible demonstration showing the maneuvers this autonomous quadrotor helicopter can pull off. I want one!

An RC helicopter equipped with a .45 caliber handgun. Who's idea was that?!?

Luckily, the helicopter pilot miraculously survived this crash. It occurred while he helped put up a Christmas tree on the waterfront in Auckland, New Zealand.

How awesome would it be to show up at work with a mini helicopter like this? Probably worth the investment!

It takes some amazing piloting skills to make this remote control helicopter seemingly defy physics and land on the wall!

A pilot with balls of steel manages to recover his helicopter after a scary take off...

Not the most efficient way to travel around but it'll do...

Check out this impressive drop-off maneuver performed by an Air Force pilot in a Chinook helicopter.

This moron ends up tasting the curb after a horribly executed burnout.

Four people miraculously survived after the helicopter they were riding in crashed into the ocean on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Let this be a lesson to all laser pointing pranksters out there! After messing around with a helicopter, this guy quickly learns that he made a big mistake!

He probably won't be trusting that group of friends anymore after this mishap!