Helicopter Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Griffin announces a $50 iOS-controlled helicopter

by Steven Sande (Jul 14th, 2011)

It has no built-in camera beaming video back to your iPhone, and it isn't controlled via Wi-Fi. There are no augmented reality apps that come with it, nor is there (as far as we know) a way to hack the firmware. It only has two full-size rotors instead of four. Despite all of these ...

Police hunt down stolen iPhone in chopper

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 16th, 2010)

Police in Australia take iPhone theft seriously; so seriously, they will not hesitate to employ the use of a helicopter to nab a thief who has made off with one of Apple's prized mobile devices. The story begins in a hospital in Heidelberg, Australia where an iPhone was stolen from an unsuspecting ...

Found Footage: Controlling radio control aircraft with an iPhone

by Steven Sande (May 2nd, 2009)

Take one radio-controlled airplane or helicopter, add a Wi-Fi router and some custom software, then mix in an iPhone's accelerometer and touch interface. What do you get? An R/C aircraft controller. Joshua Ziering loves to fly radio-controlled 'copters and planes, and he describes exactly how he ...

First Look: Hellfire for iPhone / iPod touch

by Steven Sande (Jan 22nd, 2009)

Ahhh, there's nothing quite like taking your helicopter gunship out for a spin to wake you up first thing in the morning! Astraware has announced the immediate availability of their newest action game for iPhone and iPod touch, Hellfire (click opens iTunes). This US$4.99 game puts you in the ...

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