30 April 2015

Superfast quadcopter


Imagine a future in which these things are weaponized (see Reddit discussion).

7 comments:

  1. I suspect this video has been sped up. There are several moments where a black spec (a bird) sutters quickly through the camera frame. see for example 1:08

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    1. I see the black dot you're referring to.

      I found another video by the same guy filmed at the same locale. I think the speed is valid.

      http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/05/this-is-the-zippiest-quadcopter-i-have-ever-seen/

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  2. Another video from the quadcopters view - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxU4GdlTHDg

    If I was a military planner, these things loaded with hand grenades would be incredibly concerning. People with a set of quadcopters, and a box of hand-grenades could sit a couple of kilometers from a target, load up the quadcopter, fly it to a target, drop the grenade from above or lob it from a short distance, and have the quadcopter back to reload in under a minute.

    Oh, and being indoors would be exactly perfect defense against them either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAzrGuOqB0g

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    1. These things loaded with weaponized anthrax spores would be even more dangerous. I'm sure there are people in the military who aren't sleeping well at night. :(

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    2. Further: I'm almost of the opinion that drone tech is a technology we can't afford to have, and that we need to ban it. Or at the least, very very strictly regulate who has what. That _still_ isn't going to prevent occasional disasters, I fear.

      Lurker111

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  3. Ride of the Valkyries just became Flight of the Bumblebee.

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  4. Now what we need to do it so size it up large enough so that someone could ride in it.

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