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> It's no different than when the police fly over your house in a helicopter and look down. It's at least an order of magnitude cheaper and easier to do. Thus,
by discostrings 13y ago
> It's no different than when the police fly over your house in a helicopter and look down.
It's at least an order of magnitude cheaper and easier to do. Thus, it will be much more prevalent.
It's like looking at how many people have printers at home when there are $50 inkjets out there compared to a world where the least expensive printer was $3500. And in which the consumables for the $50 inkjet were also less than 1/10 the price.
EDIT: I'm referring to the near future, not the present. Currently, drones are still quite expensive. It's like a time when inkjet printers were just developed, and only 100 were produced. Once production ramps up and the technology is refined, the price plummets.
- jm4 13y agoI saw you make this argument elsewhere in the thread. Do you have a source? I would expect the opposite to be true- at least until drones become more prevalent. There is a lot more that goes into these systems than a model-sized self flying aircraft. On a somewhat related note, there was a recent AMA on reddit from a drone pilot: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ghkm7/iama_drone_sensor_operator_i_have_flown_hundreds/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ghkm7/iama_drone_sens...
- discostrings 13y agoI guess I got a little ahead of myself. In my comment, I was referring more to the near future than to the present. I think you're correct--until this becomes common and has undergone a few rounds of revisions, the numbers I gave are not in line with the current situation. I still maintain the numbers as a likely reality in the near future. Once drones become common, they will be much cheaper than helicopters. If there are facts I'm missing in that assessment, I'd love to hear them. Thanks for sharing the AMA--checking it out now!
- alan_cx 13y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tLiZxjQrVg&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tLiZxjQrVg&feature=player_em... No, that kid isnt me!!! But note the age. Detail here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1335765 http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1335765 More here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DHoLYf5pMA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DHoLYf5pMA&feature=related A sample of easily available code here: https://code.google.com/p/simple-flight-controller/ https://code.google.com/p/simple-flight-controller/ Larger versions available. For some in to RC models, these things are trivial to build. Adding cameras is old hat nowadays. Only problem I see is long range control. But that might just be my lack of knowledge