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RC Helicopter Vinyl Record Player

You Spin Me Right Round Baby Right Round Like A Helicopter Round Round
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I walked into a record store today and the proprietor came out of the back with an RC helicopter he was tinkering with.

My design mind, starved for input, engaged my mouth, starved for social outlet, and I spouted forth some gibberish to the shop owner about mounting a stylus on the copter, and hovering it a precise distance above an LP while flying it in an ever decreasing circular pattern.

This would, of course be more a different endeavor than actually involving a turntable and holding the copter steady, with only an incremental side movement. I leave it to the helicopter pilots among us to opine on which is the greater challenge.

The Bluetooth hookup from the copter to the speakers is the simplest part.

normzone, Feb 11 2026





       I thought you attach flaps to the underside of the record so that it pushes the air away. the air should be pulled in from the sides so there's an external scoop ring attached. the record is meanwhile played with the arm extending out from the middle. But that wasn't your idea. was it. I like yours better. +
pashute, Feb 26 2026
  

       I like your idea also - I think we're going to need a new category.   

       record player: helicopter
normzone, Feb 26 2026
  
         


 

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