14 DAY TRIAL // Some really strange things have happened in the world (and to the world, for that matter) because of us humans, but that's not always a bad thing, as a certain video on YouTube ever so gleefully shows.
The thing in the video below, and the image above of course, is a quadcopter. That, in itself, is not so amazing.
After all, quadcopters, sometimes called quadrotors or quadrocopters, have been making the news every other month for the past couple of years. What is, however, unusual about this latest model is the substance from which the frame is made: chocolate.
More precisely, the flying machine has four chocolate arms, poured into the correct shape thanks to a simple foam mold. The arms hold the wires, rotors, motors and other electronic controls.
The video will show you exactly how the device was put together, and possibly make you get a sudden craving for chocolaty goodness.
It's not altogether clear how enduring the arms are though. From experience, we know that chocolate tends to soften even at normal room temperature. One can only imagine what will happen if it's particularly hot outside. And to compound the problem, things have been heating up.
The summer of 2014 will probably be among the hottest ones yet, which makes the chocolate quadcopter even less practical. Then again, those rotors do push air downwards, so they'll double as cooling fans for the main copter body, if nothing else.
Besides, this is confectionery adjusted for flight. There's nothing practical about it, unless you look at it from the angle of good humor and enjoyment.
You can't have a full life without those, and this flying machine will add some flavor to your existence if you ever build one. Now we'll just sit back and wonder if chocolate companies will ever make something similar. It would definitely change the nature of their advertising tactics.
Store grand openings and large sales will definitely be more lively, and there could be lucky “winners” (if, say, the battery of the copter runs out, making the thing fall into the lap, or on the head, of spectators/visitors).
What's left is to see a chopper like this one be 3D printed, although it might not be an appropriate challenge for the skills of a 3D printer. Sweets have been made before through those means, but in a copter, there would be no need for the inherent ability to produce sophisticated shapes.
