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Ask HN: Quadrotor-based sky advertisements
Yesterday, downtown, I saw a conventional airplane pulling an advertisement behind it. It hit me then that a much more effective method of sky ads could be implemented with quadrotors http://i.imgur.com/3DfBn.jpg
4 quadrotors could hold an advert in the air statically, near heavy pedestrian areas.
Anyone think this idea holds any merit?
- sheraz 14y agoYou need to check with the local authorities for permitting. I have some friends who have used remote controlled helicopters in urban places for video production, and the liability is a real hassle. * If you fly too low this is a hazard to road traffic * You may be too close to construction sites * Radio frequency may need to be licensed for that day/time/area * General liability Lastly -- I think it becomes a target practice for kids and people who hate this kind of advertising in general.
- PythonDeveloper 14y agoSure it will work, for a few weeks. Make sure you print on BOTH sides of the ad so the people in the buildings above can see it too.
- PythonDeveloper 14y agoYou'd want to run this operation from the rooftop of a building, not the ground. You'd also want to augment the quads so that when they reach a low battery threshold, they return to the rooftop automatically for new batteries or a new ad. To ensure they don't collide, you could use simple IR transceivers on the sides of the quads to allow them to maintain optimal distance at all times. Finally, if you want to get REALLY creative, you could adapt gyros to the quads to allow them to stay perfectly still, even in high winds. Rain would now be your biggest foe.
- hoodwink 14y agoHow long could it possibly stay up without needing more fuel or energy? You could use a balloon maybe instead.
- mchannon 14y agoIf it had an electrical cord as a tether, it could stay up indefinitely.