Toys I Bought for Myself

Blimps and flying saucers flying around the living room, buzzing through doorways, chasing the cat. Slow enough that they are easy to learn and control, and, of course, if they bump into something, they do no damage, since they are just bags of helium. OK, maybe you should move that one vase...

Tri-Turbofan Powered RC Saucer

Fill them with helium from a cheap little party tank, and they will last a couple days before needing to be topped up.

You can spin them in place, raise or lower them, or race them across the room, or have fun trying to navigate them through doorways, or buzz the dog.

We used two of the blimp balloons, one taped to the top of the other, so we had enough lift for a tiny TV camera and transmitter. Now we can fly it around the living room while watching from the TV in the office or a back bedroom.

Tri-turbofan RC Saucer by MicroBlimp.