tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post1140847676097709730..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Video of the Week So FarSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-15247959718762770302013-05-23T17:38:43.112-04:002013-05-23T17:38:43.112-04:00The attraction is the way the guy can fly that thi...The attraction is the way the guy can fly that thing. The technology is commodity level. <br /><br />I would have sworn a few laws of physics were being broken there, except that actually breaking them is impossible. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-59866858937996310242013-05-23T16:57:00.440-04:002013-05-23T16:57:00.440-04:00Arduino pilot = drone hardware/software for RC pla...Arduino pilot = drone hardware/software for RC planes<br />Arduino Copter = same for quadcopters, hexecopters. not sure about the regular kind.<br /><br />Arduino Rover (?) - there is software for RC controlled cars - can be scaled up to any size, the biggest I have seen is about the size of a riding mower.<br /><br />These provide for self-directed hovering/orbiting. Plotting routes via waypoints, etc. Cost for off-the-shelf quadcopter drone is less than 1000 bucks. Arduino is about 30 bucks, and the software is open source.<br /><br />Welcome to the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-27888167333953676562013-05-23T10:14:34.781-04:002013-05-23T10:14:34.781-04:00That reminds me of a musical etude with lots of do...That reminds me of a musical etude with lots of double stops - you marvel at the skill it takes, even if the performance isn't what you'd normally think of as classically graceful.<br /><br />Think what you could do to the discipline of jackbooted thugs by flying near them that way. Heh.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-64731839341576182882013-05-23T00:50:11.331-04:002013-05-23T00:50:11.331-04:00A very good example of how power-to-weight trumps ...A very good example of how power-to-weight trumps everything else!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-39775344239044756702013-05-22T21:01:55.453-04:002013-05-22T21:01:55.453-04:00I though I knew a little about aerodynamics. I was...I though I knew a little about aerodynamics. I was wrong. <br />Way cool. <br />Terry<br />Fla. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com