Love those Quadrotors!

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Re: Love those Quadrotors!

Post by gkmoberg1 » Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:29 pm

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Re: Love those Quadrotors!

Post by dongregg » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:39 pm

I am shocked! Shocked at an expensive drone not responding to commands. :(
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Post by gkmoberg1 » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:48 pm

They had to edit out the sequence where it dives into a narrow alleyway in Malmö, well after dark, discovers two kids playing around, and has to beat a very hasty retreat when they extend wings and take off after it.

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Re: Love those Quadrotors!

Post by PeteMork » Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:24 pm

Not exactly a quadrotor, but amazing in its own way.

Watch predator following it at around 6:40
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Re: Love those Quadrotors!

Post by dongregg » Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:03 pm

Beautiful and elegant in it's design. It reminds me of the Etrich Taube, the first German plane of WWI with a military mission: observation. I also read that an off-label use was dropping a handheld bomb.

Of note: The Taube didn't have ailerons. It turned by warping the wings, like the ornithopter in the video.

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/air ... Taube.html
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Re: Love those Quadrotors!

Post by PeteMork » Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:51 pm

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Beautiful and elegant in it's design. It reminds me of the Etrich Taube, the first German plane of WWI with a military mission: observation. I also read that an off-label use was dropping a handheld bomb.

Of note: The Taube didn't have ailerons. It turned by warping the wings, like the ornithopter in the video.

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/air ... Taube.html
Beautiful plane for sure. It looks s like the line between art and utility is blurred in this one. :D
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Re: Love those Quadrotors!

Post by gkmoberg1 » Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:59 am

I'm in favor of trying this out. I mean the ride, not the drone flight. Anyone with me?
Flying the done as done here is really remarkable

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Re: Love those Quadrotors!

Post by PeteMork » Mon Nov 04, 2019 5:03 am

gkmoberg1 wrote:
Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:59 am
I'm in favor of trying this out. I mean the ride, not the drone flight. Anyone with me?
Flying the drone as done here is really remarkable
Love it! But you'll notice there were no occupants; almost certainly for safety reasons. Those high-speed racing drones can be nasty if you get hit by one.
I'll go with you all any time, unless there's an upper age limit :D . But only if someone else flies the drone.
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Re: Love those Quadrotors!

Post by dongregg » Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:31 am

Bedazzling and enchanting! The speed-of-light vid that followed is pretty amazing, too.
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Re: Love those Quadrotors!

Post by PeteMork » Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:20 pm

Can a drone fly fast enough to follow an arrow in flight?
Answer below. If you're impatient go to 7:22 for the final effort (full screen is best):
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