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A phone network is no use - latency means it’s useless for visual realtime control of a drone and you could just store a gps waypoint route on the flight contro
by CraigJPerry 6y ago
A phone network is no use - latency means it’s useless for visual realtime control of a drone and you could just store a gps waypoint route on the flight controller and save the 4g modem weight if you meant as a mission control mechanism.
Achieving the precision of someone holding a letter would be remarkably challenging. Source: racing drone pilot for 5+ years.
- dandelany 6y agoForget visual - DIY (semi-)autonomous drones are doable today and could be pretty scary too. 4G may not be good enough for a human pilot flying FPV but it’s likely more than enough for a drone with GPS running Ardupilot to hone in on a target tagged with a planted transmitter or bugged phone.
- CraigJPerry 6y agoHobbyists have been documenting step by steps for this since 2008, nothing you’re suggesting is remotely new. Why hasn’t it happened? What is the part of the movie plot imagination that doesn’t translate quite as well to real life?
- dandelany 6y agoI'm not sure, tbh, though I suspect it's due somewhat to the general technical incompetence of (terrorist & gang) organizations. Bright people aren't exactly attracted to the idea of joining an organization which doesn't value life highly, and the bright ones that do enlist may be likely to be conscripted to work on other projects or killed by enemies/rivals. It's doable by hobbyists, but doing it with the scale/accuracy needed to be dangerous is a complicated endeavour that doesn't lend itself well to this kind of organization.
- CraigJPerry 6y agoFly a drone carrying a 500gram camera behind a tall building. You’ll learn the 6 things that stops this whole idea working. It’s consigned to the movie plots for the foreseeable future.