Amazing quadcopters

[simonrockman]

http://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_as...

[GTIR]

Pftt. I saw real ones (Military) in a documentary ages ago.

They were used to shoot down a massive tree.

No biggy small.

[Mobsta]

Wow. Impressive.

[Pixel Pusher]

Nano quadcopter formation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2la4pIyXOEQ

[Steve in Stoke]

A few weeks ago, one of these crash landed in my garden. I could hear a mad buzzing noise and when I looked up it was a bit of a Father Ted moment - Small? Or far away?

It had a Go-Pro attached to it, and a mobile phone number to call if found. The guy came round a few minutes later, and gave me a demo. It's got live video feed back to a laptop, has GPS homing so if it goes out of range it can return to base but becomes a bit stuck if crash-lands up side down.

Amazing man-toy, but his set-up was about £2500.

[The Jolly Todger]

Very cool.

[y2blade]

GTIR said:

Pftt. I saw real ones (Military) in a documentary ages ago.

They were used to shoot down a massive tree.

No biggy small.

[y2blade]

I want this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU

[y2blade]

This is pretty cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIMGV5vtd4

[shakotan]

y2blade said:

I want this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU

A CGI one?

[Gazzas86]

have a look at this video, http://youtu.be/JTWmOHedrXw - this inspired me to build my own, and here's my build thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=111...

[simonrockman]

We should have drones following racing cars around a circuit to give a "Pole Position" type view.

It would be great for a road car too, replacing rear view mirrors - no blind spots - and perfect for parking.

When you were stuck on a stationary motorway you could send it off to see what the other roads were like.


Simon

[Disco You]

No machine guns? Pah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU

[Hoofy]

Title is misleading. "Amazing programmers" is better. Not entirely sure why the audience is clapping. It's all a bit obvious isn't it?

One thing I've learnt - come Judgement Day I'll dress in black.

[y2blade]

Disco You said:

No machine guns? Pah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU

You snooze you lose..already posted

y2blade said:

I want this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU

[Hoofy]

He even said Skynet! Coincidence? I DON'T THINK SO.

I reckon he is sponsored by Build-A-Bear Workshop. They will take over the world. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

[ecsrobin]

Pixel Pusher said:

Nano quadcopter formation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2la4pIyXOEQ

That is amazing!!

[Hoofy]

*ding dong*
"SARAH CONNOR?"
"Yes?"
"Your Margherita with olives and spicy beef is here."

[RDMcG]

Does anyone know of a commercially available Quad capable of lifting a GoPro that does not cost a fortune??......I would buy one if I could get it under (say) $1000.......

[gazchap]

RDMcG said:

Does anyone know of a commercially available Quad capable of lifting a GoPro that does not cost a fortune??......I would buy one if I could get it under (say) $1000.......

DJI Phantom. I have one. It's great, but my first flight out I screwed up and lost it - got it back in the end, but it was a bit hair-raising.

Read the manual, and then look at the instructional videos on their website - if you don't, you'll probably end up doing the same thing I did.