What have you had to invent?

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What have you had to invent?

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For those times when you need to look like a dork and an alcoholic at the same time!

I’m starting my 4 day weekend and have ABSOLUTELY nothing I have to do so I took some time this morning to fill a need. It can be very difficult to hold your favorite beverage and drive an r/c car at the same time, so I invented the belt koozie.

Old cell phone clip, a few zip ties and… Voila!

Let’s see those inventions!

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You, my friend, are a GENIUS!!!! Patent that now and start making millions!
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just one cotton pick'n minute.....


you have thumbs! we've been duped.
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kaiser wrote:just one cotton pick'n minute.....


you have thumbs! we've been duped.
Yeah, but they're not opposable! :wink: :lol:
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Want one.
kaiser wrote:just one cotton pick'n minute.....


you have thumbs! we've been duped.
There're not his thumbs.
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I know what you’re thinking…‘TWO inventions in one day! Great Scot! Give him another package of zip ties and he’ll have world hunger solved by midnight!’ :shock:

My initial idea was to either use JB weld to mount a permanent mounting screw to the bar on the M8 or run a hole through it. Zip ties to a tripod mount are less permanent and work just as well.

This way you could run by yourself and not have those boring static shots you see a lot of. You can follow the action. Wide angle attachment helps too.

I know the M8 might be a bit outdated for some people’s taste, but as you may have figured out I have VERY poor concentration! I find a heavier radio helps me concentrate better thru a 6 minute main.

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Brilliant! Now you need to somehow combine those two inventions.
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Mindwarp wrote:Brilliant! Now you need to somehow combine those two inventions.
I had also thought of mounting the camera to a ball cap to follow the action.

I could go with the beer helmet(or foam dome if you like)along with the camera mounted on the bill! :idea:

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yeah, I was just thinking the double beer can helmet with the camera secured to the front would kill 2 birds with one stone, and double your beer intake (or halve your empty-can-breaks)

the real inventive part of that would be to figure out a way to muffle the beer slurping sounds :mrgreen:
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This is all that I have invented, although an Alcoholic buddy of mine was always around and crashing in my RV at the big events- There are more cars that I designed somewhere in this PC :roll:
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Charlie don't surf wrote:although an Alcoholic buddy of mine was always around and crashing in my RV at the big events-
Well you left the door unlocked... :roll:

Very nice stuff! :mrgreen:
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No other inventions out there? I think everyone thought I was just doing this thread as a joke, but I really thought I'd see some interesting stuff. Soldering jigs, workbenches, time machines... :D
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kaiser wrote:just one cotton pick'n minute.....


you have thumbs! we've been duped.
My thoughts exactly as soon as I saw the pic! LOL :lol:

I invent stuff all the time, usually it has to do with my reality, but none-the-less ... :P
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Halgar wrote:I invent stuff all the time, usually it has to do with my reality, but none-the-less ... :P
Necessity is the root of all invention! :lol:

Glad to see you posting again. 8) Mine will become more limited with my busy season coming... :roll:
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THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: Mine will become more limited with my busy season coming... :roll:
What the ?!?!?!

How can you possibly be too busy for 10Talk? :shock:
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