"LOL, yeah. Apparently there was a specific law or regulation which disallowed this activity at the Concordia.
It appears governments around the world throw up the "safety" or "national security" flag to prevent people from…"
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"An arrest for such an act sounds more like political overreach than any valid enforcement action. Of course, you can see the thousands of people who were spared potential injury by such an action, can't you...?
Oh, it was just the state…"
DeveloperR_Lefebvre commented on trappy's blog post Costa Concordia
"Huh... this is kinda neat but... turns out they were actually arrested shortly after this was filmed. I guess they were let go afterwards.
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ModeratorAdam AKAV8R commented on trappy's blog post Costa Concordia
"Awesome work! love the Heli-Pad landing :)"
Chuck commented on trappy's blog post Costa Concordia"Wow TBS did an amazing job here and the intro paragraph about the reasoning was well done. Can't believe some of the close flying these guys pull off, I would never have been ballsy enough to fly through that crane with the cabling."
Federico Boldori commented on trappy's blog post Costa Concordia"I like this video very much!
Congratulations team blacksheep!
Ps: any info on the drones?"
AdminThomas J Coyle III commented on trappy's blog post Costa Concordia
"Hi All,
Please be sure to pause the video in the beginning and read the intro to understand their motives for the filming.
Regards,
TCIII"
trappy posted a blog postCosta Concordia
We went and filmed the repair works of the stranded Costa Concordia.See More
Jonathan M commented on trappy's blog post Quadrotor extreme long range"You got me, I meant to type distance :) I don't think anyone has really tried to optimized a multi for distance before. It would be an interesting project. "
trappy commented on trappy's blog post Quadrotor extreme long range"Jonathan, the goal of this project is not endurance :) the VTx / VRx setup is the TBS 2.4GHz tuned video transmitter and reciverCarl, yes. "
Carl La France commented on trappy's blog post Quadrotor extreme long range"Thanks for sharing Were you in "Com " contact with the battery changers ? Have a grest day! "
Jonathan M commented on trappy's blog post Quadrotor extreme long range"Awesome, Trappy! Care to share what FPV and Rx equipment you use to make such a long journey? If you really were going for just endurance I would try higher pitch props, since they may be more efficient for forward flight. It would…"
Luke Olson commented on trappy's blog post Quadrotor extreme long range"I enjoyed watching that a lot. You have some nice friends to help out along the way!"
trappy commented on trappy's blog post Quadrotor extreme long range"Jake, the pilot is at the launch spot at the start :)"
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Costa Concordia
Posted on May 17, 2013 at 10:38am 8 Comments 13 Likes
We went and filmed the repair works of the stranded Costa Concordia.
Quadrotor extreme long range
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 5:30pm 14 Comments 10 Likes
Taking my TBS DISCOVERY for a long range flight across my backyard alpine wonderland. How do you manage extreme long range with quadrotors? With some careful pre-flight planning and a battery-swap-team on the mountain!
TBS in Thailand: Bangkok
Posted on September 16, 2012 at 5:09pm 12 Comments 7 Likes
The final episode in Thailand. Before flying back to Europe RiSCyD and Prefect found a nice spot on top of a hotel to do some city flying. The best vertical building proximity flying so far in my opinion ... what do you guys think?
New TBS Wing - Development sessions in Thailand
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 6:30pm 27 Comments 3 Likes
So we packed a bunch of prototype planes and went to Thailand to do a bit of flying. Much like our Road Trip series but a bit shorter, we'll be showing the ins and outs of modern airplane design - and the fun that can be had while being completely serious :)
Prototypes weigh around 450 - 600g, up to 40" wingspan. Please keep that in mind when watching some of…
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- At 7:22pm on June 7, 2012, Carl La France said…
Hey Trappy what ever happened to the ticket you got at the grand canyon?or did they drop it? I just checked out the Beautiful day video Totally Awesome! did you ever get it back with tree leaves on the wings ?(I would have wound it in for sure )Have a good day!
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