Dyson, a company that specializes in making parts for vacuums and fans, has decided to try something a little different for its next project – flying machines.

The company recently challenged employees to build remote-controlled drones from vacuum parts, ones that could complete a custom-built obstacle course. Indeed, many employees were up to the task, even if some of the models were, well, less than successful.

Drone-style quadcopters, ornthopters and other designs took the course on, some with better results than others. You can watch the devices in action and get an idea of how the experiments went.

Source: Fastcolabs