Video Games
- Aircraft simulators, combat simulators, FPSes, RTSes
- War Thunder (aircraft, realistic)
- ArmA 3 (milsim)
- DCS (Digital Combat Simulator — combat flight sim)
Remote Control (RC) Aircraft
- Electric fixed-wing (planes) Click HERE for pics
- Apprentice
- Wingspan: ~5ft
- Max speed: 40mph
- Batteries: 3S LiPo (11.1V) 2200-3000mAh
- T-28 Trojan
- Wingspan: ~3ft
- Max speed: 35mph
- Batteries: 3S LiPo (11.1V) 1500-2200mAh
- EC-1500 Twin Cargo
- Wingspan: ~5ft
- Max speed: 80mph
- Batteries: 4S LiPo (14.8V) 4000-5000mAh
- UMX Turbo Timber
- Wingspan: ~2.5ft
- Max speed: 30mph
- Batteries: 2S LiPo (7.4V) 300-450mAh
- In Memoriam….
- J3 Cub (2005-08)
- Piper Cub (2011-15)
- Apprentice
- Helis (only a few)
- Blade 120 and some other micro helis that are mostly just spare parts now…
- Almost no multicopters (the most common public image of a ‘drone’)
Electronics
- Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.org/)
- Linux PC for $35
- Fits in one hand
- Variants: Models A, B, 3/3+, 4, Zero, Zero W (https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/)
- Can buy at Micro Center
- micro:bit (https://microbit.org/)
- Microcontroller with built-in LED light array, compass, accelerometer, temperature sensor, as well as interactive buttons
- Super easy to program using ‘block’ visual programming or your choice of JavaScript or Python (https://microbit.org/code/)
- Lots of fun, easy-to-make projects (all you have to do is use the example code–no hardware or even manual coding required)–here’s a few:
- All beginner projects: https://microbit.org/get-started/first-steps/sensors/
- Magic 8-ball: https://microbit.org/projects/make-it-code-it/magic-8ball/
- Step counter: https://microbit.org/projects/make-it-code-it/step-counter/
- Thermometer: https://microbit.org/projects/make-it-code-it/thermometer/
- Nightlight: https://microbit.org/projects/make-it-code-it/nightlight/
- Can buy at Micro Center
- Arduino (https://www.arduino.cc/)
- Microcontroller, embedded system
- Open source hardware supported by Arduino org and community
- Can buy at Micro Center
- RPi Pico (https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-pico/)
- Microcontroller, embedded system
- Made by Raspberry Pi org (https://www.raspberrypi.org/)
- Can buy at Micro Center