# Catcopter (not for the faint of heart) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046 "2012-06-04T16:03:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/1 "2012-06-04T16:03:43Z")
Taxidermied cat with propellers. Really. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6c4nZJ4ryFE/hqdefault.jpg "Orvillecopter first flight march 9 2012") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c4nZJ4ryFE) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/2 "2012-06-04T16:25:36Z")
Well, I can honestly say I’ve never seen that before. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/3 "2012-06-04T16:53:25Z")
As a cat person I can say I find that hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/4 "2012-06-04T17:00:58Z")
No, no. 'E’s not dead. 'E’s pining for the felines! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/5 "2012-06-04T17:01:22Z")
That has got to be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. But I’ve never seen a doggy rocket, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/6 "2012-06-04T17:09:21Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > But I’ve never seen a doggy rocket, so there’s that. [Allow me.](http://rulingcatsanddogs.com/funny-pet-picture-33-Fedex-dog-rocket-canine-parcel-delivery-service.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/7 "2012-06-04T17:10:09Z")
Not a creature of the air, is the cat… ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/8 "2012-06-04T17:25:14Z")
The [second video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePNdcdNm9fY&feature=channel&list=UL) is much better, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/9 "2012-06-04T17:27:17Z")
Tom & Jerry & [Sam](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/10 "2012-06-04T17:30:03Z")
\*Why \*did no one think to do the same thing with Elizabeth Taylor?! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/11 "2012-06-04T17:30:50Z")
Foolish birds. In death, Orville has become more powerful than they could possibly have imagined. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/12 "2012-06-04T17:32:41Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > [Allow me.](http://rulingcatsanddogs.com/funny-pet-picture-33-Fedex-dog-rocket-canine-parcel-delivery-service.htm) Now THAT’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/13 "2012-06-04T17:45:30Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > \*Why \*did no one think to do the same thing with Elizabeth Taylor?! Goodyear already has a blimp. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/14 "2012-06-04T17:46:42Z")
This is the oddest thing I’ve sen in, oh, at least the last week. 🙂 > [@Balance](#): > > Foolish birds. In death, Orville has become more powerful than they could possibly have imagined. I sense a drawing idea coming on… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/15 "2012-06-04T17:57:49Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/16 "2012-06-04T18:04:29Z")
The should make a little one-rotor mouse and have the catcopter chase it through the sky… ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/17 "2012-06-04T18:12:56Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/18 "2012-06-04T18:20:26Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/19 "2012-06-04T18:26:44Z")
This is what the internet was invented for. I’m so glad we can all share in this. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046/20 "2012-06-04T18:38:01Z")
Many an eggs shall be laid in mid-air from this day forward. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046.md?page=2)