If you like this, then you should have a look at the hexacopter. It is available as a kit from a company in Germany. It has on-board GPS and gyros and is controlled with a basic RC controller. The cost is about $1000. Not cheap but not outrageous either. The big one can handle a payload of up to 1 Kg! Think about the uses!! Cameras, terrifying the neighbor's dog, pizza delivery in minutes no matter what the traffic conditions are . . .,
Link to the YouTube Video here:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvH2f-AewX8

Amen brother. Amen

I wondered if any other /.ers knew about Heathkit. My grandfather worked for Heathkit in the 20's and at one point, was offered a substantial share of the company which he turned down as it was just stock, not money. He knew Edward Heath and he helped build airplanes such as the "Baby Bullet"(http://www.airracinghistory.freeola.com/aircraft/Heath%20Baby%20Bullet.htm), perhaps Heath's most famous plane. His best friend was guy named Roger Lorenzen,(http://ww_heco.home.mindspring.com/wwheco2/hsp_sup2.html) who was perhaps one of the finest wooden propeller makers in the US. They both lived in Niles, Michigan, near Benton Harbor where Heathkit proper began. I have photos of him assembling Heath airplanes at their factory in Chicago.