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I personally, recreationally, have been building RC flying machines since the 70's, and have recently returned to the subject after a decade or so of torpor, wi
by primitur 14y ago
I personally, recreationally, have been building RC flying machines since the 70's, and have recently returned to the subject after a decade or so of torpor, with renewed vigor only a pair of growing sons can provide. My teenage young mind would asplode to know what my elderly hands are doing with the micro-tech that is, Thank the (Moores) Law, currently available.
So .. my kids took one look at this video, groaned about the CG, then sat down and started building their own versions out of some broken Amber2 parts we had laying on the repair bench.
The Pentagon might have the deployment desire figured out, but we hobbyists are already flying drones like this, hand-made, for peaceful and fun purposes. If this ever changes, we're going to be in for a rough ride .. my kids know how to recycle a DVD drive into working micro-planes that can carry camera parts: are they going to grow up in a world where knowing how to do such things without tacit approval will be illegal?