R/C "Hexacopter"

painless · Post by **painless** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:38 pm

I know this is way off topic, but I know there are some R/C guys in here that would like to see this:

http://vimeo.com/6194911

Unbelievable. And I used to think winding up a rubber band and letting a Balsawood airplane fly was a hoot!

Thermos · Post by **Thermos** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:03 pm

Yup, that thing is pretty freakin' amazing....it was almost like something from a science fiction movie when he blasted the 'copter straight up at full power!

Dave

BSwayze · Post by **BSwayze** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:56 pm

Wow! That's the coolest thing I've ever seen. Can you imagine the possibilities when they scale that thing up? If I wasn't building a real airplane, this is something I could really get into. GPS, height control, oh my!

I was thinking how cool this would work for a platform for a video camera. You could shoot from angles, heights, and perspectives that just aren't possible any other way. Can you imagine the possibilities? Well, I did a little searching and found some amazing videos taken with one of these. Check this out:

http://mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/VideoAbspielen?id=185

Promise me you'll watch this in HD mode, expanded to full screen. Crank up the speakers! It's only about 4 min.

lancef53 · Post by **lancef53** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:25 pm

That is very cool--Those cliffs are crazy!!

JOHN TIPTON · Post by **JOHN TIPTON** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:59 am

But then, even our Police can get into trouble with the CAA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/mers ... 517726.stm

John