Make: Volume 98

Get ready to get off your screens, get outside, get together, and get pumped with Make: 's Action issue! In this issue we celebrate the joys of building thrill machines and dialing them in for maximum fun -- and the makers who show us how. Learn the mysterious arts of tuning motors, propellers, and tires for speed and performance -- be it real race cars, or insane electric go-karts and acrobatic whoop quadcopter drones that you can make, or even jet-assisted ski runs. Rather fight than race? Prepare for battle by modding or making your own custom, foam-flinging extreme Nerf blasters! Is there danger? Sure. Is it worth it? Absolutely. Plus, 32 hands-on projects, including: - Build a spooky Halloween jump scare box - Rig up a 6-foot-tall fire tornado for outdoor festivities - Tips and tricks for building a personal cyberdeck - Measure the height of the ozone layer with a DIY instrument - See how analog computing can be smarter and faster than programming in code - Make a simple magnetic mystery maze game - And much more!