Dragonfly Remote Control
Help finding a boys book series...?
I read these in elementary school, circa 1980. I only remember the plot from one of the books. The main character has a father who has access to some cool technology (don't remember how). The technology was a small device that looked like a dragonfly, that could be remote-controlled to fly around and listen and even broadcast. They used it to freak out a boy while he was playing baseball by landing it on his shoulder and whispering that they knew he had done something wrong. Does that jog anyone's memory?
The Danny Dunn series by Raymond Abrashkin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Dunn,_Invisible_Boy
"Danny exacerbates a small electrical fire, altering an experimental crystalline semiconductor material Dr. Bullfinch was evaluating. Dr. Bullfinch is able to use this altered material to create ISIT (the Invisibility Simulator with Intromittent Transmission), a dragonfly-like probe which could be piloted with a virtual reality helmet and gauntlet gloves.
The trio each tries out the device. Irene uses ISIT to birdwatch. Joe uses the device to observe a beehive from the inside. Danny discovers a classmate nicknamed 'Snitcher' cheating by copying the word list to the next day's spelling bee. The ISIT is outfitted with a speaker which is subsequently used as a means to get Snitcher to confess."
A look at what is currently available on eBay
 Wowwee Wow Wee Flytech Dragonfly Green Remote Control 49 MHz new US $49.99 
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 Bed glasses holder remote control book dragonfly US $4.99
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 Mini Remote Control Tri Band Dragonfly Helicopter Toy US $21.99
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 Remote Control Dragonfly Style Mini Helicopter Toy New US $21.99
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 R/C DRAGONFLY REMOTE CONTROL HELICOPTER US $55.99
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 Fly DragonFly Remote Control US $50.00
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