Catcopter (not for the faint of heart)

[MostlyClueless]

Taxidermied cat with propellers. Really.

http://youtu.be/6c4nZJ4ryFE

[Cat Whisperer]

Well, I can honestly say I've never seen that before.

[Anonymous Coward]

As a cat person I can say I find that hilarious.

[WhyNot]

No, no. 'E's not dead. 'E's pining for the felines!

[tdn]

That has got to be the coolest thing I've ever seen.

But I've never seen a doggy rocket, so there's that.

[Skammer]

Originally Posted by tdn

But I've never seen a doggy rocket, so there's that.

Allow me.

[Ethilrist]

Not a creature of the air, is the cat...

[postcards]

The second video is much better, IMHO.

[Slithy Tove]

Tom & Jerry & Sam

[Eve]

Why did no one think to do the same thing with Elizabeth Taylor?!

[Balance]

Foolish birds. In death, Orville has become more powerful than they could possibly have imagined.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Skammer

Allow me.

Now THAT's the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[Hypno-Toad]

Originally Posted by Eve

Why did no one think to do the same thing with Elizabeth Taylor?!

Goodyear already has a blimp.

[Sunspace]

This is the oddest thing I've sen in, oh, at least the last week.

Originally Posted by Balance

Foolish birds. In death, Orville has become more powerful than they could possibly have imagined.

I sense a drawing idea coming on...

[Lord Il Palazzo]

Originally Posted by Sunspace

This is the oddest thing I've sen in, oh, at least the last week. I sense a drawing idea coming on...

Sadly, this is pretty true. Interesting times and all that.

[Hypno-Toad]

The should make a little one-rotor mouse and have the catcopter chase it through the sky...

[levdrakon]

Saw that earlier today and thought it was nasty. I really don't see any humor in it. I'n not RO'd or anything though.

[PapSett]

OK... everything in me as a pet lover says I should be horrified and repulsed by this... but instead I am ashamed to say that I am oddly amused.

That is priceless!

[Mahaloth]

This is what the internet was invented for. I'm so glad we can all share in this.

[Telperion]

Many an eggs shall be laid in mid-air from this day forward.

[Anonymous Coward]

It's the tail sticking straight out that does it for me.

[outlierrn]

Ok, so 1002 things to do with a dead cat.

[Gatopescado]

Originally Posted by postcards

The second video is much better, IMHO.

Conclusive evidence that there is more than one way to fly a cat.

[Ellen Cherry]

Originally Posted by postcards

The second video is much better, IMHO.

His glassy-eyed stare of determination really sells it.

[muldoonthief]

Why does this video NOT use "Flight of the Valkyries" as a soundtrack?

[billfish678]

Well of course. You really gotta concentrate to keep you legs and tail out straight and stiff like that, much less being the pilot.

Damn right Muldoon!

[Slithy Tove]

If the Taliban did a rip-off version of Maus, this is what the drones would look like.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Slithy Tove

If the Taliban did a rip-off version of Maus, this is what the drones would look like.

What, weapons of mouse destruction?

[Beware of Doug]

Anticipated well in advance by B Kliban.

[Hypno-Toad]

The pilots flying was sort of stiff. I hope he learns how to do a dead-stick landing.

[Finagle]

So, technology has made it even easier for a cat to get stuck up in a tree.

[Ibanez]

Am I the only one a little disturbed by that? Sorry to be a buzzkill but I was brought up not to play with dead things.

[sitchensis]

Like leather shoes on a footballer

[Telemark]

Originally Posted by muldoonthief

Why does this video NOT use "Flight of the Valkyries" as a soundtrack?

That should be "Flight of the Siamese".

[Little Nemo]

When people make the argument for solipsism, it's things like this that refute the concept for me. Because I know that no matter how long I lived, I never would have come up with the idea of converting a dead cat into a helicopter.

[Infovore]

Originally Posted by PapSett

OK... everything in me as a pet lover says I should be horrified and repulsed by this... but instead I am ashamed to say that I am oddly amused.

That is priceless!

Yeah, me too. I'm a huge cat lover, but this doesn't really bother me. It's not like he killed the cat in order to do this. And it's kind of cool.

[WhyNot]

Originally Posted by PapSett

OK... everything in me as a pet lover says I should be horrified and repulsed by this... but instead I am ashamed to say that I am oddly amused.

That is priceless!

I think it helps that it's actually a really good taxidermy job....not a phrase I use often.

[Ale]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

When people make the argument for solipsism, it's things like this that refute the concept for me. Because I know that no matter how long I lived, I never would have come up with the idea of converting a dead cat into a helicopter.

Actually it's a multirotor, or more precisely a quadcopter.
It's a pity the guy can't fly well, that thing buzzing down the neighbourhood would be hilarious.

I can't just picture flying squirrels going: " well, f__k me!"

[billfish678]

Imagine this thing buzzing the neighborhood dogs.

[voltaire]

I kan haz gunn turretz?

[Count Blucher]

Originally Posted by Eve

Why did no one think to do the same thing with Elizabeth Taylor?!

I could hear it now:

"No, Dammit, not Spruce Goose. Grey Goose! Grey Goose..! Oh, the hell with it. You're useless. Just bury me already..."

[AaronX]

I wonder, do birds take it for a cat, or a copter?

[monstro]

I want to be a helicopter when I die. Imagine the nightmares I can cause at Halloween!

[postcards]

Orville got a mention on NPR's Morning Edition today.

[Little Nemo]

Originally Posted by billfish678

Imagine this thing buzzing the neighborhood dogs.

Imagine these dogs trying to convince the dogs from the next neighbourhood over.

"Swear to God, he was flying!"
"Yeah, right, a flying cat. What do look like? A cocker spaniel?"

[Agent Foxtrot]

I dunno. I can see why people find it funny, but I think there's something kind of disrespectful about it. And I'm far from stuffy about these kinds of things.

[Machine Elf]

Great video here of Orville chasing cows around a field.

[Waxwinged]

It's an awesome idea. I think the cat would've appreciated his new-found bird-like mobility.

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

Originally Posted by voltaire

I kan haz gunn turretz?

You win the thread.

[WhyNot]

Originally Posted by EddyTeddyFreddy

You win the thread.

Y'know that "cak-cak-cak-cak" chittering sound cats make when they see a squirrel outside the window? I'm imagining gunn turretz sound effects now...