A Brilliant Toy Hacker Turned theG.I. JoeCobra Rattler Into an RC Plane That Actually Flies

If you develop up in the ‘ 80s watching G.I. Joe and playing with the toys , you undoubtedly remember the Rattler , Cobra ’s workhorse combatant plane . The original toy translation was powered by imagination , butAdam Woodworth’supgraded edition — which really flies — is instead power by servos and ducted fan engines .

or else of trying to get the re - released version of the plaything airborn , which would have required all-inclusive modifications to lighten its plastic fuselage , Woodworth qualify anRC variation of tge A-10 Warthog , the plane the Rattler toy dog was base on . That included moving the railway locomotive from the tail to atop each wing , and the increase of Cobra artwork and a promising patrician blusher strategy , which is terrible camouflage when you opine about it . It ’s no curiosity none of Cobra Commander ’s schemes ever worked .

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