Posted on 08/15/2012 4:18:07 PM PDT by steve86
No disputing what happens, please don't say it's fake.
Bystanders nonplussed, one got buzz-cut.
Several witnesses requested anonymity and will not be identified.
Who says there is never a good camera on the scene?
That was cute. And boring.
Wanna see something REALLY SPECIAL ?
How about 16 QUADROTORS, LASERS, and MUSIC ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cseTX_rW3uM&feature=player_embedded
See video in post 21. You might really enjoy it.
Will be (LEO controlled) within 2-5 years. Will be able to inspect a stationary car first. Will be able to shadow a moving car after that.
That's coming, no question. The only question is: how long 'till they're armed?
You mean like this?
The “russian” guy with the machine gun quad. Definitely a must have for the coming insurrection.
OK. Yes, that is very cool! Pink Floyd or some other band should use those for their light show.
Scary...
I saw a clip of a highways contractor using a drone to take pictures of the highway for constuction work/plans. He was like a boy with a really fantasic toy! You could just tell he was tickled flying that baby with his remote control.
I would bet that all the boys want to play with these toys at work. Hence, we will have the dire “need” for a zillion of these “work tools” buzzing us like flies. The government’s boys won’t want to be left out of the game so we are going to have a zillion justifications as to why they need to have more and better drones than the other guys.
Get out your wallets. Christmas is now every day in America.
Yeah, seen it on the quadcopter sites and here a couple times.
I am thinking of building a KK2 based quad. Every couple of months brings more capabilities in new releases of the firmware. GPS function is a little immature at this point, however.
Another angle to it is that you know the local government will purchase mil-spec grade hardware for things like bridge inspection pictures when hobby-grade would do fine (I don't mean one step up from mall toys like in the video but $1500-$2000 multirotor drones with FPV and gimbal mounting for camera). Instead they will purchase $250,000 or higher drones meant for combat in Afghanistan. Seattle, I think, already bought one like that.
Yep, they will want the “best” - the most fancy and expensive - so they can show up the other children in the hood. That is probably the angle to use in defeating this latest government fad.
I’ll bet the little green men inside were in terror of the teeth...
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