Love those Quadrotors!
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Hard not to get excited about quadrotors after watching these vids!
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”
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Here's an example of what happens when an errant quadcopter falls into the 'wrong' hands. It also (arguably) shows a key difference between boys' and girls' behavior if you have the patience to watch it all. (Girl's behavior begins at about 12:52 on video (18:25 camera time).
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. (Roberto Bolaño)
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Sweet! Love her concentration.
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”
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The Tiny Whoop
And now we have the perfect quadcopter: Small (3"x3"), safe (tiny, four-bladed props enclosed in inducted sleeves), and an equally tiny camera mounted on top. The whole thing weighs 24grams.
And, most important of all, great fun!
And now we have the perfect quadcopter: Small (3"x3"), safe (tiny, four-bladed props enclosed in inducted sleeves), and an equally tiny camera mounted on top. The whole thing weighs 24grams.
And, most important of all, great fun!
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. (Roberto Bolaño)
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Is the dude in the blue shirt on the stairs the one controlling the drone?
My house has a dog, who is young and bounding with energy. He'd have that thing apart in no time. One goof-up and it hit the floor... it'd be over.
My house has a dog, who is young and bounding with energy. He'd have that thing apart in no time. One goof-up and it hit the floor... it'd be over.
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You need a bigger drone.gkmoberg1 wrote:Is the dude in the blue shirt on the stairs the one controlling the drone?
My house has a dog, who is young and bounding with energy. He'd have that thing apart in no time. One goof-up and it hit the floor... it'd be over.
Yep! the culprit is the guy on the stairs with the FPV goggles.
The very first thing my wife noticed when I showed this one to her was the lack of furniture in the house--even before the 'Tiny Whoop' made the second loop. The furniture that was there seemed 'unintegrated' and the floor seemed unusually shiny (unworn and unscratched). New house, maybe? -- Or new house poor.
EDIT: I just noticed that even the adults are barefooted or sans shoes, except one guy in tennies. Must be a new floor job at the least.
The "Tiny Whoop" is the second from the left in the front row (blue with four white props) in this picture; a Blade Inductrix from Horizon Hobby. Only mine doesn't have the teensy camera on top. It has to be added by the hobbyist (which I'm very tempted to do now) .
The three to the right of it have cameras, but the props on the two quads tend to fly off and get lost when they run into walls (or cute little kids). And they could hurt someone. The one on the far right (with wheels) is a Parrot Jumping Sumo.
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. (Roberto Bolaño)
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Honestly, PeteMork, these are just made for a klutzy kid like me who could never get a kite into the air.
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”
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And now, the latest. Not a drone, but a demonstration of the PID (Proportional, Integral, Differential) control system that keeps the high-end drones level and eminently flyable under most conditions.
I just had to show it to everyone because it's so neat!
I just had to show it to everyone because it's so neat!
Here's a great example of PID in action with a DJI Mavic drone (interesting stuff begins at 1:00 minutes):
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. (Roberto Bolaño)
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Wow! Tenacious technology!
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”
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I don't think these have any of that fancy stuff.
(Watch this in full-screen mode if possible)
(Watch this in full-screen mode if possible)
Races regularly take place here (Salina Turda Salt Caves, Romania)
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We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. (Roberto Bolaño)