Comments on: I Am The Monkey Prize Winner http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/10/17/i-am-the-monkey-prize-winner/ Technology and Geek Stuff by Eric Burke Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:36:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alex Miler http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/10/17/i-am-the-monkey-prize-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Alex Miler Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:17:56 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/10/17/i-am-the-monkey-prize-winner/#comment-390 Hey, I got one of these for Christmas last year. Great fun, but tricky to get the body balanced correctly. Some tips: 1) Throw away the little weighted stickers that come with it. Buy some of that sticky-tack stuff you can use to hang up posters. Put a little blob under the nose. Takes only a tiny bit. You want just enough that when you turn a bit, it flies straight. 2) Carefully trim (follow the directions) before trying to do any real flying. You will crash repeatedly. Remain calm, follow the directions. 3) Start on hard floors, not carpet. Especially if you have hairy animals in the house. The hair will get in the tail rotor immediately (you can pull the tail rotor off and fix it easily but it's annoying). After it's trimmed and you're not crashing it constantly, it doesn't matter as much. It was a blast in the office until I sheared off a prop on the white board. Hey, looks a little like Dr. Strangelove there! Hey, I got one of these for Christmas last year. Great fun, but tricky to get the body balanced correctly. Some tips:

1) Throw away the little weighted stickers that come with it. Buy some of that sticky-tack stuff you can use to hang up posters. Put a little blob under the nose. Takes only a tiny bit. You want just enough that when you turn a bit, it flies straight.

2) Carefully trim (follow the directions) before trying to do any real flying. You will crash repeatedly. Remain calm, follow the directions.

3) Start on hard floors, not carpet. Especially if you have hairy animals in the house. The hair will get in the tail rotor immediately (you can pull the tail rotor off and fix it easily but it’s annoying). After it’s trimmed and you’re not crashing it constantly, it doesn’t matter as much.

It was a blast in the office until I sheared off a prop on the white board.

Hey, looks a little like Dr. Strangelove there!

]]> By: M Easter http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/10/17/i-am-the-monkey-prize-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-376 M Easter Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:59:04 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/10/17/i-am-the-monkey-prize-winner/#comment-376 Nicely done! re: Iran. Is the stick figure riding the bomb wearing a beige windbreaker from Bass Pro Shop? Nicely done!

re: Iran. Is the stick figure riding the bomb wearing a beige windbreaker from Bass Pro Shop?

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