Crash of the Quad - first try with camera

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webbie

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Well, back to the drawing board....
I used one of those chinese keychain cameras and strapped it to my $35 cheapo quad....and gave it a run. An epic disaster, but all was well. I recovered it in good condition using a string and a weight.

Now it's time to re-engineer the thing so I don't lose antenna contact with it...

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Every aviator's worst nightmare. Literally had my stomach in knots watching it. <>
 
And you were doing so well Orville . . .

Thinking your neighbors will love the camera attached to your new toy . . . taking a shower or sunbathing outside when all of a sudden your flying machine with a camera comes buzzing up to them. Hehheh. ;) And yes . . . I realize that's not your style.
 
Good gawd, that flip-flopped my stomach twice. Kinda cool though. How much did the camera weigh?
 
Ouch! Right in the culdesac
 
Everybody oughta have a few drones handy. 1001 uses.
 
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LOL. That was awesome....any neighbors with swimming pools you can surprise this summer?
 
How's about a "caption that video" segment??

"Hmmm, there's gotta be a better way to check the chimney..."
 
Reminds me of the Grandpa character flying the biplane on the old Bob Cummings show. "Get that cow out of the way. I am coming down."
 
yooperdave said:
How's about a "caption that video" segment??

"Hmmm, there's gotta be a better way to check the chimney..."
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That would be great to check the cap on the chimney.
 
Eventually (well, already) drones are starting to be used for this kind of stuff - that is, inspecting a chimney or roof etc........within the next 5 years you are gonna see a real revolution. These "toys" are really fancy computers and mechanics.

Example - one of the newer ones has a avoidance system built in - so it would not hit the roof or chimney!
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It doesn't play that music the whole time it's flying, does it? !!!
 
cheapo $35 quad? Is this in addition to the AR Drone?
 
That's all well & good, but it's got no personality. (This one will set you back a bit more, though)

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