About much use as a chocolate Quadrocopter

[vetran]

Chocolate Quadrotor Proves You Can Make Anything Fly

Because we can!

With the advancements in quadrotor parts and technology over the years, it’s become possible to make just about anything fly if you can strap some high-speed rotors to it. Introducing the first edible quadrotor!

[Michael] enjoys building and flying quadrotors. His girlfriend enjoys baking and making chocolates. One day she had a crazy idea — what if they made a quadrotor together, combining their unique skill sets? [Michael] was a bit skeptical at first. After all, chocolate doesn’t really compare to aluminum or carbon for a frame material… and chocolate melts at room temperature. Regardless — they were curious enough to try it out and see for sure.

First they built a wooden prototype and then created a silicone mold from it. Using Styrofoam and metal spacers for the electronics mounts they filled the mold with chocolate and let it set. A bit of assembly later and they had a chocolate quadrotor. It flies too.

[doodab]

That's progress that is

[d000hg]

You'd think KitKats would be an obvious construction material.

[doodab]

You'd think KitKats would be an obvious construction material.

Hi tech biscuit composites in a chocolate matrix. How strong are wafers under tension?

[KentPhilip]

As Icarus learned, better not fly it too close to the sun!

[SimonMac]

Would the black box flight recorder on one of these things really be a Terry's Chocolate Orange then?

[d000hg]

Would the black box flight recorder on one of these things really be a Terry's Chocolate Orange then?

Only if it's a Dark Chocolate Orange

[d000hg]

Maybe a Flake or Aero would be better for strength-weight. Flakes have longitudinal fibres which should give better characteristics and are also quite light - they are actually quite rigid if you try to snap them.

[northernladuk]

Video was nearly got interesting between 1:15 and 1:17 and then got boring again.

[MarillionFan]

Why?