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Hexacopter seen in Sochi slopestyle coverage

Posted by Mark Harrison on February 8, 2014 at 11:30pm

Over at RCGroups Sean_M spotted this hexacopter flying at the Winter Olympics.

It would be interesting to know who was flying it and under what arrangement. Can't imagine it's a rogue operation!

(update)

here's a screen shot (literally!) of Sage Kotsenburg's semifinal run showing the unit's shadow.

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Jean-Luc Fornier November 3, 2015 at 12:25am

yes, it was very cool somedays, up to 13°C, many people were only wearing T-shirts in open sun... getting up to the spot at 5:30 in the morning was a different story indeed ;-)

We had a great time a t Sochi, it was very stressful and intense but a great human adventure, we all just loved it!

Jean-Luc

https://fr.linkedin.com/pub/jean-luc-fornier/2/367/198
Emin Bu March 3, 2014 at 1:56am

This olimpic was most expensive ever but for me also very stupid to see people walk around in short sleeves....
Harry March 2, 2014 at 8:31pm

Jan gets the Gold Medal.
Mathieu February 18, 2014 at 2:10am

Bravo Jean-Luc!!!
Jean-Luc Fornier February 15, 2014 at 7:56am

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iEZFzlwvBywxtS3x...

Jean-Luc aka Jan Lukas ;-)
Mathieu February 14, 2014 at 4:12am

According to this website, it is operated by French company XD Motion (http://www.xd-motion.com/) and they got accredited to officially film some events

http://www.01net.com/editorial/613946/jo-2014-un-drone-francais-fil...

(sorry, the article is in French)
Jean-Luc Fornier February 11, 2014 at 10:21pm

thanks Mike :-)
Mike T February 11, 2014 at 2:46pm

awesome jan
Emin Bu February 11, 2014 at 5:07am

@John McGrath what kind of Hexacopter you have to be able to lift 1.7kg BMCC+lens of 0.3 to1kg+gimbal(for that camera must be 2kg) and at least 2kg battery=all together 6kg min....I would say your Hexa is on the edge you should go to octa soon...
Jean-Luc Fornier February 11, 2014 at 4:38am

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