Your October Caption Contest

It's been too long - time for a contest!

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It's been literally months since we had a caption contest - well the wait is over! Here are the rules (for a refresher) -

  • Leave your funniest clean caption to the photo in the comments section below. We reserve the right to delete captions that we deem inappropriate. We’re not too stingy, but try to keep it moderately PG-13.
  • Captions submitted any other way besides in the comment section will not be accepted! That means do not use the feedback form!
  • Captions will be accepted from the moment this post goes live until Friday, October 3rd at 10 a.m. Mountain Time.
  • A crack team of humor experts will pick the winner and we will announce it next week.

Here's the photo:

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Since it's been a bit since the last contest, we're going to double the usual prize. That means the winner gets $200 in SparkFun credit to build something amazing! Ready, set...CAPTION!


Comments 259 comments

  • NCOSE / about 10 years ago / 21

    Pete's two ambition's as a child were to own a Hot Rod and to be outstanding in his field.

    • Member #601899 / about 10 years ago / 1

      Hot Rod

      Mission Accomplished: Standing out in his field with 'own Hot Rod.

    • Engineered / about 10 years ago / 1

      For that pun, I give you props.

      • ElegantElectrons / about 10 years ago / 1

        ... and that pun flew over my head

        • Engineered / about 10 years ago / 1

          Sometimes these pun conversations keep droning on.

          • horack / about 10 years ago / 1

            But they eventually crash and burn when there's nothing to, um.... propel them.

  • BeerCannon / about 10 years ago / 8

    Pete's disappointment was plane to see...

  • AidenDakari / about 10 years ago / 7

    The FAA even took my rubber band and propeller.

  • Dopey / about 10 years ago / 7

    Though he saved a ton of money, Pete couldn't help but be a bit disappointed with the "Economy Class" seats he booked online.

  • Anachronomer / about 10 years ago / 6

    For just a dollar a day, you can make sure that engineers all around the world just like this one never have to go without a motor for their planes ever again.

  • Yosserg / about 10 years ago / 4

    Tony Stark's engineering skills faded as he got older.

  • Mr Electrical / about 10 years ago * / 4

    Afraid of flying, Pete made a scale model to test the concept. Let's just say Pete is still afraid of flying...

  • tonyvr / about 10 years ago / 4

    The leg room was a little tight in Sparkfun's first corporate jet.

  • mharsch / about 10 years ago / 4

    The only way this could be worse is if people made fun of me on the Internet.

  • jmount / about 10 years ago / 3

    Stupid FAA drone rules.

  • Mr Electrical / about 10 years ago * / 3

    No longer in Boulder, Pete realized that taunting locals with a non-recyclable styrofoam plane was not as much fun.

  • Member #74840 / about 10 years ago / 3

    12 boxes of cereal, 4-6 weeks of waiting, and this was all I got....

  • Did I leave the oven on? I think I left the oven on.

  • Member #86565 / about 10 years ago / 3

    When Pete located MH370, it only raised further questions.

  • In-Ben-tion / about 10 years ago / 2

    Ma wouldn't let me fly it in the house. So I went outside and flew a plane on a plain.

  • In-Ben-tion / about 10 years ago / 2

    Back to the napkin and pen.

  • In-Ben-tion / about 10 years ago / 2

    Something went wrong. While landing I did a 4000' roll onto a 3000' runway. Uhggg. I knew I should have eaten my Weeties this morning.

  • Member #268720 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Props to you Pete! It looks like you'll need them…

  • BigPupChuck07 / about 10 years ago / 2

    This is Pete. Pete wants to fly. The FAA might not let him, here's why

  • mdancer / about 10 years ago / 2

    Lamest mid-life crisis ever!!

  • Skimask / about 10 years ago / 2

    Mommy???

  • Member #421778 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Oh... for Pete's sake!!!

  • In-Ben-tion / about 10 years ago / 2

    Throwing my airplane around in science class, and having it crash into the periodic table .......an elementary mistake! The teacher took away anything that could be sold. The only things she didn't take away; the foam board frame and my added detention. Hope you like my pun, I thought it was very punny :)

  • In-Ben-tion / about 10 years ago / 2

    Disappointed that his budget didn't include a real airplane, he built the next best thing.

  • MarmotXing / about 10 years ago / 2

    "I'm tired of these motherboarding snakes on this motherboarding plane!"

  • Sealex / about 10 years ago / 2

    As Pete's fear of planes began to take off, he found it increasingly difficult to check his emotional baggage and maintain a good altitude.

  • Member #556602 / about 10 years ago / 2

    All I have is this cold unfeeling goat-plane to remind me of my goat friend in this magical forest for today is the day we broke up.

  • The Prop-er caption for this picture: Fail.

  • goldfish408 / about 10 years ago / 2

    "I'm so disappointed in you Hot Rod. At this rate, you'll never grow up and be an Amazon drone."

  • Member #155489 / about 10 years ago / 2

    ...And this is your plane on drugs.

  • Member #50317 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Motors! We don't need no stinkin' motors!

  • Member #600694 / about 10 years ago / 2

    RIP ISIS drone...

  • zodiak / about 10 years ago / 2

    If you guys don't start being nice, I am just going to take my plane and go home!

  • NCSU_Biomed / about 10 years ago / 2

    Almost ready to fly !

    *Electronics not included

  • g4ch / about 10 years ago / 2

    Another squirrel lost...

  • horack / about 10 years ago / 2

    Dang it. It looks like an "Under $10" category for the aerial portion of AVC 2015 just isn't feasible with today's technology.

  • Ogre / about 10 years ago / 2

    i forgot the rubber bands... :(

  • sixvolts / about 10 years ago / 2

    Pete's airplane was born without a propellor, but the little guy is on a transplant list.

  • cholq / about 10 years ago / 2

    Pete always needs a little bit of time alone after reading the comments on his YouTube videos.

  • Member #195568 / about 10 years ago / 2

    Preflight check... Rudder - check, wings - check, handle - check, propeller - ?????

  • BeerCannon / about 10 years ago / 2

    "Oh, hello there Mr. Airplane, have you seen my stapler? It's a red Swingline stapler..."

  • ME heat o nator / about 10 years ago / 2

    At Sparkfun it can go up or down in flames, that all depends on how you wire it.

  • Member #463180 / about 9 years ago / 1

    Its plane to see, I like to stay grounded.

  • asciirory / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hmmm...what if I put a Arduino based nav system in, and then tossed it AWAY from the ground?

  • prophead100 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Maybe with a little glue Dad won't notice.

  • srmoore / about 10 years ago / 1

    With the new building, Sparkfun's travel budget shrank.

  • Member #51300 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Since I don't know how to build a real RC Plane, I fly this foamy thing....

  • RickP / about 10 years ago / 1

    Wilsonnnnnnnnnn!!!!

  • Member #43148 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hours of anticipation for just nine and a half seconds of fun, then boom! - His wife's words ringing in his ears.

  • CaptD / about 10 years ago / 1

    Styrofoam wings and fuselage $12.50, plastic wheels 3.45, rubber band $.09; propeller ....priceless

  • CaptD / about 10 years ago / 1

    Oh, that's what was on the second napkin.

  • Sneak85 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Feel like your model plan is inadequate and you just can't get it up anymore? Stop over at Sparkfun.com, we'll help you build something amazing.

  • ficklelope / about 10 years ago / 1

    I don't get it. It doesn't look edible.

  • CrowDojo / about 10 years ago / 1

    Finally The got the airframe working, only problem is it moves so fast it keeps sublimating the electronics D:

  • Mr Electrical / about 10 years ago / 1

    Being a rebel, Pete waited until 10:01 to submit another caption.

  • RandyKC / about 10 years ago / 1

    You're leaving me for an Estes rocket??

  • RandyKC / about 10 years ago / 1

    An overwhelming sense of doom preceded the test flight...

  • RandyKC / about 10 years ago / 1

    Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me!

  • RandyKC / about 10 years ago / 1

    I keep thinking "there's something I forgot"...

  • Tenacious_Techhunter / about 10 years ago / 1

    Just because my last two planes burst into flames into mid-air, that doesn't mean they get to tag my plane with a flame paintjob...

  • At that moment Pete realized scalable technology wasn't all he had hoped for...

  • joesugar / about 10 years ago / 1

    Darned mm to inch scale conversion bit me again.

  • zaphol / about 10 years ago / 1

    That flyover video of Sparkfun's new "spaceship" campus might have to wait..

  • joesugar / about 10 years ago / 1

    I caught it. What do I do with it now?

  • joesugar / about 10 years ago / 1

    Having raised it from a balsa wood glider, the time had finally come to release the Hot Rod into the wild. Fly! Be Free!

  • PatentExaminer / about 10 years ago * / 1

    It's a vehicle and I'm autonomous. What do you mean I can't enter?? And don't give me any of that Nietzsche-ian nonsense about me not being truly autonomous like you did last time!

  • vybz263 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pilot Pete Pre-flight Pep Talk: "Don't let the FAA hover over you. Go up there and be spectacular Hot Rod "

  • Member #380083 / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Where are the hot wheels on my Hot Rod?"

  • H. Cana / about 10 years ago / 1

    Oh no, I wanted this all in red just like Sparksfun, I doubt now it will fly high.

  • In-Ben-tion / about 10 years ago / 1

    I don't have anymore napkins to draw on!!!

  • Sciencez / about 10 years ago / 1

    He stared wistfully at his latest receation, knowing that another failure would spell the end

  • Member #43839 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Ah... That wasn't a peanut butter spreader with the April 2004 issue of 'DIY Aeroplane' magazine.

  • Member #592980 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Talk to me GOOSE!

  • MHueb / about 10 years ago / 1

    Day six: With no food and still no sign of civilization, Pete seriously considers consuming the corpse of his only friend.

  • Tweellt / about 10 years ago / 1

    What the hell am I looking at?

  • MHueb / about 10 years ago / 1

    A far cry from the hand launched balsa gliders of his day.

  • Member #504891 / about 10 years ago / 1

    It's all fun and games until your elevators get stuck!

  • Member #504891 / about 10 years ago / 1

    They named it HotRod? I hate that movie!

  • Elijah / about 10 years ago / 1

    Famous last words: "What you lack in propeller, make up for in elevator"

  • RandyKC / about 10 years ago / 1

    Phtbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt........

  • n1taz / about 10 years ago / 1

    This plane looked much cooler in the comic book ad;. I hope the sea monkeys I ordered are better.

  • MechaTweak / about 10 years ago / 1

    Over his life time, Pete built and abandoned hundreds of projects. Inevitably, one eventually abandoned him.

  • c17657 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Oh no, they misspelled my name on the side of the cockpit.

  • horack / about 10 years ago / 1

    Tower, this is Hot Rod requesting a flyby of the Dokter. Negative, Hot Rod, the pattern is full.

  • Member #456272 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Danny was disappointed when he learned that his airplane would never break the sound barrier.

  • Jade / about 10 years ago * / 1

    An 8-core 32-bit Propeller Chip (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12637) can perform several functions in parallel. According to Pete, propelling an aircraft isn't on of them.

  • Member #307408 / about 10 years ago / 1

    At long last, the new plane prototype was complete, there was only one questioning remaining: How do you get into the cockpit?

  • ElegantElectrons / about 10 years ago / 1

    After years of drinking chocolate Ovaltine, Pete finally got his Little Orphan Annie's Plane... without a propeller.

  • Member #122897 / about 10 years ago / 1

    If Sparkfun had not just built a huge new building, Pete might have been able to afford the whole plane...

  • RandyKC / about 10 years ago / 1

    Congress cut the drone budget again!?

  • Member #341578 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete's log: Ion propulsion technology is difficult to scale down to hobbyist electronics. Will try again next year.

  • Grey Wolf / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete’s poor planning prevents proper plane propulsion.

  • RandyKC / about 10 years ago / 1

    This isn't how it looked on ebay.

  • GCF / about 10 years ago / 1

    By his first attempt at flight, his aspirations of flying had all but petered out.

  • Skimask / about 10 years ago / 1

    There are more airplanes at the bottom of the ocean than there are submarines at the top of the sky.

  • Jonathan T / about 10 years ago / 1

    "If I cross my eyes, I can see the two-selage!"

  • Member #436136 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Disappointment after the realization that flame decals did not improve flight speed.

  • OsageOrange / about 10 years ago / 1

    Ohm...I and the plane are one. I am the plane. I AM "Hot Rod!"

  • Dutch_db / about 10 years ago / 1

    Ralph Wiggum - "I bent my hotrod".

  • andy4us / about 10 years ago / 1

    Try as he might, Pete never stared in a Hair Club For Men advert !

  • Member #389096 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Look at the new Sparkfun building.

  • ElegantElectrons / about 10 years ago / 1

    This is the only time engineers don't like ground planes.

  • Member #388018 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete Dokter to Nathan Seidle: "C'mon Nate, you said 'Director of Engineering' - surely this wasn't part of the deal?"

  • Member #526017 / about 10 years ago / 1

    When Pete arrived at the radio control plane contest: "Uh oh, I'm "peat""

  • Wylly / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete testing Sparkfun's new drone delivery system....still on the design board I'm afraid

  • Member #586684 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hmmm.. I should have built a car.. I'll start right after collecting the wreckage! I have paint left..

  • kagayl / about 10 years ago / 1

    The anti-gravity shield were not compatible with Arduino.

  • TimmyTopHat / about 10 years ago / 1

    As the AVC deadline drew near, Pete began to doubt the capabilities of his drone.

  • chienline / about 10 years ago / 1

    You are banned by FAA. You lost the Cardboard Challenge. Now I'm giving you Four Wheels. Don't fail me this time, will ya?

  • holtt / about 10 years ago / 1

    A guy flies his plane by himself. You think that's me? No. I am the one who flocks!

  • BB / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete contemplating how much better this plane would look with red flames instead of blue.

  • Member #172641 / about 10 years ago / 1

    I just can't believe this, I paid extra for the red flame version. How can I bring this to work? My only option is to bury it in this field and walk away.

  • c43630 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Note to self:- "No matter how much elevator you apply, you still need a prop to fly."

  • radar_geek / about 10 years ago / 1

    Fly, you fool!

  • RandyKC / about 10 years ago / 1

    Darn, my wife was right. This is silly.

  • Member #365804 / about 10 years ago / 1

    "I wish I were one of those stowaway ants"

  • Stuxn8 / about 10 years ago / 1

    but..but...there is no pilot!

  • Backyard Pilot / about 10 years ago / 1

    I wonder if this would work to HALO insert my squirrel commandos into Nate's office?

  • Butterwaffle / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Ergh!" grimaced Pete. "My dual use RC propellor-plane / weedwacker will need some refinement before it can take on a yard like this. Perhaps I should just start looking for some new digs."

  • Member #440788 / about 10 years ago / 1
    • "Hmmm... Now I just need two things.. this airplane up in the stratosphere spraying, aluminum, barium, strontium.. and a huge antenna array with a PWM transceiver circuit tuned for 2-10 MHz.. ......"
  • Member #601709 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Man falls for street vendor's claim 'You don't need no stinking propeller, man, you got flames, man! Flames make everything go faster!'

  • Member #575610 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete's really thinking he should've added some thrust. (It only went a few yards)

  • Cybot101 / about 10 years ago / 1

    This is why we can't have nice things..

  • Juice Fueler / about 10 years ago / 1

    "In today's news a tragic model airplane crash leaves one hobbyist in mourning over the irreparable damage to the decals."

  • Member #46209 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Not even Denzel Washington could not keep the plane in the air, this deeply saddens the lead engineer.

  • Member #590636 / about 10 years ago / 1

    All work and no plane made Jack a dull boy.

  • Member #590636 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Enough is enough! I have had it with these MFing flames on this MFing plane!

  • Member #590636 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Rod said to his inanimate adversary, "Before you, people called me hot."

  • cosmicray / about 10 years ago / 1

    I'm required to file a flight plan for this thing ?

  • Member #590636 / about 10 years ago / 1

    "…on the other hand, if I throw the plane, it'll just be another thing that has left me…"

  • Member #590636 / about 10 years ago / 1

    "<i>I</i> am the wind beneath your wings."

  • intlcup / about 10 years ago / 1

    According to Pete...

    It was a very sad day.

  • ftrocchi / about 10 years ago / 1

    I ordered a soldering iron, but I got a hot rod instead.

  • My boss said if I worked the weekend he would buy me a plane.

    Now I know why he kept laughing every time he saw me!

  • Nate stole my engine!

  • 2BitBot / about 10 years ago / 1

    Siri is still not talking to my iPlane..

  • 2BitBot / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hmmmm just need to add 63 lbs of electronics to complete my drone project..

  • Jeff and Jack / about 10 years ago / 1

    Puzzled, Pallbearer Pete promptly performs preliminary postmortem on previously-peppy, painstakingly-produced, puffed-polypropylene plane, post its perpendicular, propeller-pulverizing plunge.

  • Member #113324 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Props on the paint job, but for Pete's sake! Give that man a propeller!

  • Member #601649 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Damn, I need a woman

  • Member #373803 / about 10 years ago / 1

    "No more ZOOM ZOOM, plane go BOOM BOOM!"

  • Member #293584 / about 10 years ago / 1

    It was then that Pete realized the enlarging ray was a bust and he would never fit inside his favorite toy.

  • Skerpy_D / about 10 years ago / 1

    "I knew I should have checked the scale"!sighOh well.

  • Member #25059 / about 10 years ago / 1

    In that one shocking moment, Pete becomes tragically self-aware that he is mechanically inept.

  • LightManCA / about 10 years ago / 1

    When it said Hot Rod I expected a car. Instead all I got was this lousy plane!

  • Member #601633 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Exactly where do I stick the USB cable on this thing?

  • zool / about 10 years ago / 1

    It says hot rod but it's not even warm. :(

  • DonKjr / about 10 years ago / 1

    They engraved it wrong, my name isn't ROD!

  • DonKjr / about 10 years ago / 1

    They engraved it wrong my name isn't ROD!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Humming "The Air Beneath My Wings"

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Devner Tower, over. Climb one thousand?

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Without the PI you're just left with a Raspberry

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Oh, No! Did another favor for that Nick Poole!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete grows bored as he passes the time. Should have written down the address of that new SFE building.

  • Member #494041 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete was sad. Not only his color scheme change proposal didn't fly with the management, but also he was sent home barefoot and with no propeller.

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete dreams and quietly waits for back-ordered Ninjaflex for the 3D printer

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    Oh, no! Another SFE new product has shipped with the wrong boot loader!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    As much as Pete tried to explain, no one understood about gliders.

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    By the time Pete has "model plane money" his neighborhood friends got their iPhone6 Pluses

  • Member #601625 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Today's flight WILL. BE. EPIC. Records will fall...DANG IT!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago / 1

    It was all smiles until Pete Googled "Hot Rod". Now he wants one!

  • Ford Anglia / about 10 years ago * / 1

    Propeller, Dude! You gotta get a propeller!

  • Member #500571 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Having the instructions translated from Chinese to Klingon and then to English leaves a lot to be desired. This doesn't look like a robot car...

  • Chris Watson / about 10 years ago / 1

    Bro, do you even generate lift?

  • Pete: It doesn't seem to be working. Nick: Just put a propeller in it! Pete: Ok?

  • Yodaob1 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete's attempt at Red Bull Flugtag in Denver was not going as he had Hoped, He is Still waiting to see if others are going to show up.

  • Member #398556 / about 10 years ago / 1

    He had built the perfect glider. Now he just needed a tow plane. And finish perfecting that shrink ray so he could ride it...

  • Member #601610 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Propeller who needs propellers? Propellers are for loosers.

  • Grey Wolf / about 10 years ago / 1

    Perspex propless plane perplexes Pete.

  • Member #581378 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Red buildings are all the rage this year.

  • Member #601605 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Back in my day only planes were 3d, and we liked it that way.

  • Member #600694 / about 10 years ago / 1

    I thought my rod was hotter ; (.

  • Michael15 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Darn it! Should have read the manual!

  • Indian007 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Who says I'm Insane?!? "Not at all!" I'm an "airplane!" Look "brrrrm eeeeououn"

  • WallyByGolly / about 10 years ago / 1

    The Finely Articulate Arsegrapes (FAA) can't qualify this as a drone...on the other hand if it leaves my hand its in the National Airspace System...give me a lighter...I'll show em...

  • Martin G / about 10 years ago / 1

    Guess I really made a fool of my self when I asked where the P8X32A propeller should be mounted...

  • "Maybe if I'm wearing blue, it'll make the blue plane go faster....it won't :( "

  • Siri, go fetch me a pizza!

  • floppystick6 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The box read, "The Sky's the Limit". However, it seems as though the lack of electronics is limiting factor.

  • "sniff, sniff" " and then..he knocked the controller out of my hand..." sniff" and the plane started diving...and then it crashed...and now I can't find the motor..." "sniff,sniff"

  • mmm. It looks this is a case where a RedBoard can`t replace a Propeller….

  • José Heriberto López / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Well, at least this is a "Hot Rod" I can play with."

  • artjumble / about 10 years ago / 1

    Is this thing going to catch the grass on fire with all it's blue flames and hot rod'ness?

  • mmm. It looks this is a case where a RedBoard can`t replace a Propeller….

  • shaPOW / about 10 years ago / 1

    "This plane isn't big enough to carry explosives... I need a bigger plane" -- battlefield 4 ucav reference :p

  • Mr Electrical / about 10 years ago / 1

    The package said "VRRRRRROOOOOOOOM!" but all I got was "vizizizziizizizizizizizizz" :(

  • Hackberry Jake / about 10 years ago / 1

    So... This is where chemtrails come from...

  • Mr Electrical / about 10 years ago / 1

    15 minutes could have saved you 15% or more on flight insurance.

  • Member #468657 / about 10 years ago / 1

    "What do you mean this does not make me a pilot. I landed it and everything"

  • Member #15009 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Grecian formula 8 dollars, Designer glasses with auto tint 500 dollars, Almost ready to Fly Price-less.

  • Mr Electrical / about 10 years ago * / 1

    Pete realized that if he mounted an Arduino to his plane, it would cover up the flame graphics. This makes Pete sad. Pete loves flames.

  • Member #365431 / about 10 years ago / 1

    I don't need any of this, I don't need a prop, or a motor. I don't need anything... accept this profile plane,

    nothing else.

    I don't nee any servos I don't need any batteries... just this profile plane ........... and this pasture by the office... and nothing else......

  • jon.whitten / about 10 years ago / 1

    Green energy motors require no wire, no current, not propellers, and no smiles.

  • WallyByGolly / about 10 years ago / 1

    NTSB Post Crash Report: Gravity Won - Human/Airplane Zero.

  • SepZed / about 10 years ago * / 1

    Pete is not happy with his promotion reward, Nate had promised him the real deal!

  • Mr Electrical / about 10 years ago / 1

    Darn. Lost my Will Ferrell action figure when it flew into the pool :(

  • Member #15009 / about 10 years ago / 1

    "Wrecked 'em hell, killed 'em both!".

  • beagle.fan / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hmm... How do I start this thing?

  • Tim the Enchanter / about 10 years ago / 1

    Clear sky, sad eye, drone no fly.

  • Mr Electrical / about 10 years ago / 1

    I wasn't wearing skinny jeans and the wing STILL bent.

  • Mr Electrical / about 10 years ago / 1

    The datasheet said 5V......crap.

  • nutmeg / about 10 years ago / 1

    The clouds parted and the lord handed Pete a foam airplane much like the one he played with when he was just a boy.

  • Microman / about 10 years ago / 1

    Suddenly, Pete realized what the spare parts were for.

  • diz / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete is not nearly as saddened by the loss of his plane's propeller as he is about his graying hair.

  • Member #522577 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Maybe I shouldn't have done this rad paint job on top of the solar panels...

  • Member #601523 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Wonder how many blinking led's I could fit on it before it plummets out of the sky...

  • FiveFeet / about 10 years ago / 1

    I could not get past the word Hot Rod in the description. And I end up with Hot Rod Plane this!!

  • 2 years in the making of this beauty..... aaaaaand I forgot the propeller

  • JerryH / about 10 years ago / 1

    That's it! I'm finished with engineering! I wonder if that job in HR is still available?

  • This is the last time I book a flight on valuJet...

  • Member #373471 / about 10 years ago / 1

    OK FINE, I'll go play with it outside...

  • Alecs / about 10 years ago / 1

    Fly like you mean it!

  • Member #57979 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Tom the engineer is thinking: 56 hours of hard work and this plane is kick butt. I'm hoping to get a full 13 seconds of flight time without an engine.

    Tom's wife is thinking: 56 hours of his time for 13 seconds of flight time before crashing and breaking. He needs a hobby with better returns on investment.

  • googly_eyes / about 10 years ago / 1

    Having been crushed by the relentless taunting of the other kids, Pete slowly walked home, vowing he'd get his revenge! He'd show them he could build the mother of all AV's!

  • prowin / about 10 years ago / 1

    This space is reserved for a future Video Tour of the new Sparkfun Headquarters, in the mean time enjoy this picture of Pete with a plane.

  • kmac2001 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Wish I had a dollar for every one of these I have built....then crashed

  • Member #168645 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Oh man, what do I do? One more try or high tail it back to the potty now?

  • GeneralPHY / about 10 years ago / 1

    Still better than Andy Samberg's Hot Rod

  • Dragon88 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Pete's first break in ages was ruined by Newton's second law of motion, preventing a third experimental aircraft from winding up a fourth of the way through Nate's windshield.

  • Welcome to the field of dreams. If you build it, they will come...

  • Member #97279 / about 10 years ago / 1

    OK everyone, keep your arms and legs inside the rides at all times.

  • bradmc / about 10 years ago / 1

    Here we see Pete showing off Boeing's solution to Heartbleed and Shellshock vulnerabilities in onboard flight control systems in the 787 Dreamliner.

  • mikey / about 10 years ago / 1

    wow, I didn't realize SUGRU set up that quickly. How the heck am I gonna get this off my hand withe out damaging it, the plane I mean not my hand.

  • BeerCannon / about 10 years ago / 1

    "You'd better fly, darn it.. or Nate's gonna turn you into a Geiger counter!"

  • dathomar / about 10 years ago / 1

    Slightly Miffed after the American ebola patient licked Pete's foam flyer he crossed a line when he asked the SparkFun team: "You guys think I could salvage this for more insulation around the tweeting kegerator?"

  • Ted M / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hmm, maybe more stickers would help it fly?

  • CP3 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Dang, I wish I had Sparkfun electronics for this!

  • healthyfatboy / about 10 years ago / 1

    I knew that flight and hot rod deal on www.hotwire.com was too good to be true!

  • XLT_Frank / about 10 years ago * / 1

    'According to Pete', it was just wind shear. In reality, he left the thingamajig at home.

  • jma89 / about 10 years ago / 1

    When artificial intelligence serves as a genuine insult.

  • ameyring / about 10 years ago / 1

    Sad that he might lose his job in Quality Control because he forgot to check that the propeller connects properly to the plane!

  • D_C / about 10 years ago / 1

    Got all setup to fly my plane! Then realized I left my controller at home...

  • After the new Drone Laws went into effect, the now older and taller Tattoo wondered aloud, what would happen to de Plane boss.

  • Q: What's the difference between Hot Rod and a paper airplane?

    A: 0ᄅ$ ʇnoqɐ

  • Member #481021 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Hmmm... definitely needs more lasers.

  • talereader / about 10 years ago / 1

    I spent $42 bucks... for this? A A4 paper plane would actually fly and costs almost nothing.

  • John8 / about 10 years ago / 1

    He's dead, Jim.

  • Member #25957 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Famous last words: "Hey guys, watch this new trick I learned!"

  • archaeo / about 10 years ago / 1

    Once more unto the breach, dear friend, once more...

  • talereader / about 10 years ago / 1

    Forgot the propeller... now this is plane wrong.

  • Member #25957 / about 10 years ago / 1

    The pilot reports that the flight went well overall but the landing was a little rough. He blames turbulence...

  • Dr. Dokter: Can you fly this plane, and land it?

    Nate: Surely you can't be serious.

    Dr. Dokter: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.

  • bphobby / about 10 years ago / 1

    Le sigh...

  • Member #601477 / about 10 years ago / 1

    I had such high-flying hopes for this Hot Rod kit, but it has turned out to be the biggest drag.

  • Garfieldboy / about 10 years ago / 1

    Bbbbrrrrrrrnnyyaaaawwwwww.. daaa daaa daaa daaaa

  • Member #423656 / about 10 years ago / 1

    What no Buttons?!

  • horack / about 10 years ago / 1

    It's soooooooo beautiful, and it will fly the tightest loop ever, but I have to eventually launch it, and its one flight will end in a blue fiery death. Good bye Hot Rod, good bye.

  • Member #362850 / about 10 years ago / 1

    This isn't the drone you were looking for!!

  • Eri(c||k)^5 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Looking back, it seems that the crowdfunding campaign delivered exactly what they promised. Too bad there was a lot of small print.

  • GCF / about 10 years ago / 1

    "They told me I should spend more time on the electronics, but nooooo, I had to have a sweet paint job."

  • Member #601470 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Goodbye hours of work, hello YouTube comedy gold.

  • Jeff Haas / about 10 years ago / 1

    The Airplane Whisperer tries to convince "Hot Rod" to fly to the local drive-through, and come back with a burger and fries.

  • Dave Mueller / about 10 years ago / 1

    This isn't what I expected based on the web site.

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