What you want to do is remove the cat’s eyeballs with a spoon (you’ll need them later).

Next, You got to draw out the arms and legs with some bungee cords to get the x shape. you can use table legs to tie them off, as your skeleton dries. If you did it right the cat will stiffen in the ideal x shape.

Now throw the cat in a barrel of bleach and water. (Bleach water is the coolest cuz it will leave the skeleton clean and white!)

Now shellac it to add a protective coat and make it shine. You can paint it but coats of stuff add weight. Shellac gives a more natural finish.

You should use a hacksaw or something similar to peel your kitty’s cap back and scoop out the brains. The bleach doesn’t quite get to them.

Voila! There’s your frame. YOu got the rib cage for your receivers and mechanical parts. Light, and SCARY because skeletons are scary!

You may choose to put the eyes back in, or use red LED lights. I didn’t preserve my cat’s eyes because eyeballs gross me out!

Those red laser pointers strapped inside the skull shining out the third eye really freak out the sleeping neighbors.

But you probably shouldn’t do anything to freak out the neighbors. Just build your flying cat and have fun!

From a subjective point of view, I find this aesthetically grotesque.

I respect taxonomy as an art form and a very good method of preserving zoological specimens for permanent display.

Historically, it has been used for mummification, including of cats, with an eye toward creating or symbolizing eternal life. I’m not a fan of that. I think it’s better to accept death as what it is. Here an element of ridicule and indignity is added.

Should you convert your dead cat into a helicopter, do not use it to tease the other cats by chasing, then flying after birds.

Should you convert your dead cat into a helicopter, make sure to add a controller to make it autonomous. An automatic patrolling cat copter? Yes please!