
Yes, it’s more lightweight R/C fun for the people. The Palm Z Micro Plane ($40) comes with an infra-red RC unit featuring a tri-band system, allowing three planes to fly simultaneously.
The planes measures 4.5cm (H) x 21cm (Wingspan) x 19cm (D) and requires 6 x AA batteries. 10 minutes of charge time will give you 5 min. of flying time.
Here’s a video demonstration of the Palm Z Micro Plane.


PC Magazine has published a list of the Top 10 Strangest R/C Toys.
A lot of good stuff in there but I think some of them easily could have been replaced with these weird R/C toys:
(Via Gearlog)

Picoo Z Sky Challenger ($121) is a new and improved version of the much talked about Picoo Z R/C Helicopter.
You purchase them is paris of two and use laser beams to temporarily disable the other chopper, accompanied by a sound effect.
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