Ultimate, Luxury RC Vehicles

This special pilot chair combined with any flight simulation software provides the ultimate indoor flying experience -- for learning to fly or just having fun. Imagine and feel yourself in the cockpit of a real airplane or a radio controlled one. Set this chair in any room, plug in your monitor and plug the chair's USB connectors into your computer, start up your flight sim software and fly off into the wild blue yonder. The Dream Flyer consists of a motion chassis, bracket for your monitor, replica pilot seat, throttle, control stick, and rudder pedals. You might also want to consider the optional tri-monitor bracket (Buy Direct) for using 3 monitors at once with the Dream Flyer (hey, another $200 is next-to-nothing anyway).

For those accustomed to 2, 4, or maybe 6 channel radios, 14 channels may seem mind-boggling. But for the really serious RC pilot this could be a dream come true. What do you get for over two grand? Super sensitive stick controls, 640x240 pixel color touch screen, customization features, and built-in memory for flying up to 30 models (expandable to 100) for starters.

This almost-ready-to-fly RC biplane is for the super serious modeler and RC pilot. Its balsa-and-ply construction is covered in yellow, white black and silver UltraCote with carbon fiber landing gear. The Hangar 9 46% TOC Ultimate has an 8 foot wingspan and a 40-44 pound flying weight. Build it, add the radio of your choice and start flying high.

Fly it for fun or use it to launch your own aerial photography business on the side. This ultra-fancy flier is fairly small (30 inch diameter) and is described as suitable for beginners (although I'd suggest not getting it for someone without any flight experience at all). The package includes a 6 channel 72 MHz FM transmitter, peak detection charger, eye cam video, flight simulation software, instructional video, a crash kit, and more.

RC flight doesn't have a monopoly on extravagance. This sleek speedster would make a big splash with your favorite RC boating enthusiast. This ain't no bathtub toy. You'll need a big body of water for this 4 foot plus, deep-vee fiberglass hull super sport. It's ready to run with a Zenoah G-26M gas engine, dual rudders, and a 2 channel radio.

This large scale (32 inch long) ready-to-run buggy is ready to rumble on rugged off-road terrain. It runs on standard gasoline, comes preassembled, prepainted, and with an FM radio system. It's for the large scale RC enthusiast who doesn't want to spend a lot time putting together the kit version. When puny little 1:10 scale buggies won't do, go big with this bad boy Baja.

And you thought the Robosapien robots were expensive? This robot is no kid's plastic toy. The little 10 inch tall Futaba Humanoid Robot comes fully assembled -- RTW (Ready to Walk) with 20 servos, including 11 for leg movements and 9 for his upper body. He uses a wireless 2.4GHz controller, has 3D CG Motion Editor software (for Windows PC) for programming and more. You got the dough? Here's your robo.

No camera but you still get a great little aircraft with all the same extras except for the video camera and flight sim software. Not everyone wants to put an eye in the sky but if you want to give something extra special to the RC pilot with a little bit of experience and a desire to move beyond toy helicopters, consider this one.