Quad copters

[94lt1]

Wow..these things are really progressing...from the slow hard to control toys of a few years ago..to this..


They race em in Australia now...but the one in this video..wow..

 

[Jeffrey]

They are awesome. The good ones are $1500 and up.. Way up....

 

[leeshor]

That video is from a guy who actually builds his own custom quads using stock parts. He's really good!

$1,200 will get you a really nice one but I know 2 people who have a few over 4K. Professional photographers.

 

[Mustang02]

There are underground racing with them now.

 

[94lt1]

There are underground racing with them now.

I saw that..in old buildings..pretty sweet

 

[Mustang02]

The dude with the duct tape goggles had me laughing though.

 

[Jonny Kansas]

My brother-in-law (engineer by trade) just built his own from parts. It's fun watching the progression of his flying skills, having been through the same pains with my cheap $50 one from Radio Shack (RIP). Of course, I'm still having those pains...

 

[cr6]

He probably got said parts from the drone you lost in the snow 6 months ago. LOL

S5 tap'n

 

[Jonny Kansas]

He probably got said parts from the drone you lost in the snow 6 months ago. LOL

S5 tap'n

Nope. The Mrs. found that sucker. Still flies, but I gotta work on adjusting the trim.

 

[leeshor]

I have a friend who builds his own, fairly expensive, with custom high powered motors and special props and lights. In the last 3 months he has lost 3 so he put a GPS tracker on one and lost the drone and the tracker. The tracker got locked onto a cell tower instead of GPS. He's getting pretty ticked off. Another friend has one in a tree he can't get to. Been there for nearly 3 months now.

 

[cr6]

Ummmm.....if you could provide gps coordinates to said tree, it would be much appreciated.

S5 tap'n

 

[Mustang02]

I have a chainsaw for said tree.

 

[leeshor]

The property owner of said tree is an issue and a simple ladder won't work. I think he's devising a plan that won't work. Sending another one of his drones up to knock it out of the tree.

 

[Jonny Kansas]

The property owner of said tree is an issue and a simple ladder won't work. I think he's devising a plan that won't work. Sending another one of his drones up to knock it out of the tree.

Works when you get a ball stuck.

 

[leeshor]

If the battery died while in the tree the fall will kill it anyway. But it does look strange.