[3DCadman]

I love the sound it makes. It's like a badass swarm of 1000 angry bees.

 

[Lazarus Short]

Great, just great - another eye in the sky.

 

[linuxworks]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lazarus Short /img/forum/go_quote.gif Great, just great - another eye in the sky.

at least you can hear this one coming!

audio cloaking device won't be out for quite a while, so relax...

 

[Lazarus Short]

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxworks /img/forum/go_quote.gif at least you can hear this one coming! audio cloaking device won't be out for quite a while, so relax...

I'm relaxed, don't have a webcam, but for those who do, keep them covered when you're not using them. Seriously.

 

[etiolate]

i love the way the computer almost free falls when descending, then blasts the engines to counteract gravity. chancy maneuver. maybe it's the guy controlling it....


i want to see one of those things in person so i'm not distracted by aliasing the whole time.

 

[logwed]

That sound is terrifying, still, very cool.

 

[DayoftheGreek]

Quote:

Originally Posted by etiolate /img/forum/go_quote.gif i want to see one of those things in person so i'm not distracted by aliasing the whole time.

hahaha so true

 

[nsx_23]

I can see this being a light weapons platform if it can carry a reasonable payload.

 

[NumLock]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nocturnal310 /img/forum/go_quote.gif how many killstreaks for hexacopter ?

You get it after 10th Prestige. lol.

 

[flashnolan]

Sweet!

 

[Happy Camper]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nsx_23 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I can see this being a light weapons platform if it can carry a reasonable payload.

Where do you think the idea came from?

Imagine this mached up to military size for some serious lift or a huge unmanned platform.

 

[CrazyRay]

 

[Landis]

Any expensive toy can be used as a terrible weapon.

Either way, I want one. I'm going to paint it hot pink and fly it around the CSIS HQ.

 

[catachresis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Camper /img/forum/go_quote.gif Where do you think the idea came from? Imagine this mached up to military size for some serious lift or a huge unmanned platform.

A larger model with a set of video cameras could be extraordinarily effective for covert surveillance. It seems to be extremely stable, maneuverable, and--relative to other drone models--inexpensive to manufacture. An assembly line that ground out thousands of these at around $500 a pop would make them almost disposable by military standards.

What I can't figure out is why it hasn't snapped-up by and occulted by a shadowy investment cartel--all the sites that had previewed it shut-down or blanketed with statements from the inventor that the design ultimately proved to be unworkable. Then three years and $50 million later, somewhere in southwestern Pakistan, near the North Korean border, or in the jungles of Columbia, combatants begin to hear the maniacal drone of high-powered bees. . . .

 

[Omega]

Cool. Anyone puzzle out the power source? I've had several of those foam copters with similar blades that run on batteries, and they last 15 minutes at best...more like 4-5 minutes under heavy throttle. And under the dome is mostly electronics, not batteries.