"Landing gear always causes vibration.
Having props on the bottom means that the air is now pulled over the boom and the wash goes straight down, props on the top create more wash.
I's more efficient having props on the bottom, its also…"
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Craig Fraser commented on Mago's blog post Drones used in 60 Minutes episode!"^ Well, I just happen to remember why the drone is there at the ship in the first place, and stupidity, bad ideas, and showing off pretty much define it.
May be more stable with props on bottom, but any worthwhile landing gear would be difficult or…"
DeveloperR_Lefebvre commented on Mago's blog post Drones used in 60 Minutes episode!
"It's a beautiful drone design though.
Props on the bottom makes it more stable, but yet, it also makes it more dangerous to hand launch. "
DeveloperR_Lefebvre commented on Mago's blog post Drones used in 60 Minutes episode!
"I love the quote: "they are almost like the toy airplanes we used to have as kids"
Uh, yeah, except they are completely different in almost every way. :rolleyes:"
Craig Fraser commented on Mago's blog post Drones used in 60 Minutes episode!"Can't think of any good reason to have the props on the bottom, and a lot of not-so-good ones. Catching the drone from underneath (as shown) fits in the latter category I think, gotta be worse than doing the same thing with props on top, unless…"
"Cool, I saw that segment on TV and as soon as they showed the aerial shots I knew it was a multicopter with a GoPro"
Marooned commented on Mago's blog post Drones used in 60 Minutes episode!"btw, oh, how I wish to dive there :)"
Marooned commented on Mago's blog post Drones used in 60 Minutes episode!"up-side-down quad - interesting"
Koos Maring commented on Mago's blog post Drones used in 60 Minutes episode!" http://www.italdron.com/contatti/
nice model, you think that it will float??
rgds. broadwing"
quadrocopter commented on Mago's blog post Drones used in 60 Minutes episode!"Very cool. do you have any more info on the scrabble copter :-)"
Mago posted a blog postDrones used in 60 Minutes episode!
Here some backstage details of last episode of "60 minutes", a popular tv show focused on the most relevant news around the world. This episode focuses on the biggest ship accident of modern era, the Costa Concordia sinking.Starting from 1:40 of the embedded video you can see the italian made drone "Scrabble" which filmed aerial footage for CBS!…See More
iangl commented on Mago's blog post Italian Drone helps police to unveil marijuana farm!"this is terrible."
Crashpilot1000 commented on Mago's blog post Italian Drone helps police to unveil marijuana farm!"A sad day for hippies."
Glenn M commented on Mago's blog post Italian Drone helps police to unveil marijuana farm!"Pretty much - What's next? Drones used to enforce non-licensed growing of monsanto crops?
The "war on drugs" has been a raging success so far for everyone involved."
Matt Williamson commented on Mago's blog post Italian Drone helps police to unveil marijuana farm!"It's a pity it's being used for something so petty."
Mago posted a blog postItalian Drone helps police to unveil marijuana farm!
Here is a fresh news from Italy, a drone startup called ItalDron, located in Ravenna (Italy), helped police forces to unveil a undercovered marijuana farm near the town. It's the same company which provided AP coverage during last May' central Italy earthquake. Now It's going viral through social networks and blogs!here's some news coverage:http://www.tmnews.it/web/sezioni/video/20120926_video_10173979.shtml…See More
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Drones used in 60 Minutes episode!
Posted on December 17, 2012 at 2:30pm 10 Comments 1 Like
Here some backstage details of last episode of "60 minutes", a popular tv show focused on the most relevant news around the world. This episode focuses on the biggest ship accident of modern era, the Costa Concordia sinking.
Starting from 1:40 of the embedded video you can see the italian made drone "Scrabble" which filmed aerial footage for CBS!…
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Posted on September 26, 2012 at 5:00am 4 Comments 0 Likes
Here is a fresh news from Italy, a drone startup called ItalDron, located in Ravenna (Italy), helped police forces to unveil a undercovered marijuana farm near the town. It's the same company which provided AP coverage during last May' central Italy earthquake. Now It's going viral through social networks and blogs!
here's some news coverage:…
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