RE: Airspeeder aerial racing series announced
Discussion
AnotherClarkey said:
It's a shame really because the idea is intriguing. I wonder how it could be made reasonably safe given the speeds and altitude? Just let it crash with the pilot in a protected cell and crumple zones/airbags? Could a kind of zero/zero ballistic parachute be made to work?
Ballistic chutes for that sort of weight aircraft have been used as low as 100 feet, I'd not want to rely on one though and would much prefer to be in something that's designed to be hard to crash.Drone racing is fantastic, but clip something and they tend to crash, very quickly.
If you could encase the rotors to stop them clipping things that might be quite helpful.
Seeing them scaled up to take people would be amazing, they'll need a bit of protection I guess.
I'd love to see it happen, even if you fly solo and they just compare timed laps.
If you could encase the rotors to stop them clipping things that might be quite helpful.
Seeing them scaled up to take people would be amazing, they'll need a bit of protection I guess.
I'd love to see it happen, even if you fly solo and they just compare timed laps.
Maybe they should talk to Colin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soxxPyaAT1k
After all what could possibly go wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soxxPyaAT1k
After all what could possibly go wrong.
OK I am really missing something here. Drones by definition are unmanned, racing them, especially with those FPV specs, looks great fun.
But put a person in it? How is that then drone racing, surely that is just small sub-scale (maybe) aircraft racing?
Or, is the person sitting in this device just baggage while someone else on the ground controls it - hence the inclusion of the "drone" descriptor? So who would volunteer for that?
What am I not getting?
But put a person in it? How is that then drone racing, surely that is just small sub-scale (maybe) aircraft racing?
Or, is the person sitting in this device just baggage while someone else on the ground controls it - hence the inclusion of the "drone" descriptor? So who would volunteer for that?
What am I not getting?
DavieBNL said:
OK I am really missing something here. Drones by definition are unmanned, racing them, especially with those FPV specs, looks great fun.
But put a person in it? How is that then drone racing, surely that is just small sub-scale (maybe) aircraft racing?
Or, is the person sitting in this device just baggage while someone else on the ground controls it - hence the inclusion of the "drone" descriptor? So who would volunteer for that?
What am I not getting?
The manufacturer does not call these drones, except that the flying prototype is an unmanned ¾ scale version of the octocopter, and therefore a drone vBut put a person in it? How is that then drone racing, surely that is just small sub-scale (maybe) aircraft racing?
Or, is the person sitting in this device just baggage while someone else on the ground controls it - hence the inclusion of the "drone" descriptor? So who would volunteer for that?
What am I not getting?
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