The RC Helicopter, the Draganflyer X6 Helicopter, has won an award from Popular Science. The RC chopper has won the ‘Best of What’s New 2008 Aviation and Space award. The RC helicopter has been specially designed so that it is able to carry a video camera that can connect wirelessly to the recorder.
Popular Science has been awarding the best innovations with accolades for the last twenty years, giving awards to inventions that it regards as having the biggest impact on our lives and will change the way future innovations work. Popular Science (or PopSci as their affectionately known) look at thousands of different products every year, looking for the ones that make the biggest difference to our lives.
This year, a radio controlled helicopter has won! The Draganflyer X6 won the award because it represented a significant breakthrough in technology for its type. The helicopter has been developed to carry a video camera, and uses six rotor blades in order to maintain stable. The unique designs means the RC helicopter can be flown with minimal skills or training, and it is used for aerial photography and military reconnaissance.