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Detroit from the air, from its best to its worst

Posted by Chris Anderson on July 17, 2012 at 11:46am

Imagery from a multiwii quadcopter. Described by Forbes:

Someone going by the name Tretch5000 has posted a truly haunting FPV (First Person Video) portrait of Detroit that mixes the lush greenery of the city’s Belle Isle with the decay of abandoned buildings. He used a camera mounted on a personal drone similar to the ones the U.S. Military uses to soar high above the landscape and skip along the ground, taking in the city’s ruins.

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  • Moderator
    Mark Harrison July 17, 2012 at 6:00pm

    From the video description:

    Copter is from Multiwiicopter.com, 
    It's called (the Scarab QUAD X Stealth-FPV Reconn - ARF Electronica - Quadcopter)

  • Rob_Lefebvre July 17, 2012 at 1:25pm

    Having lived in Detroit, the video was pretty interesting.  There's no end of amazing scenes there.  Capturing it with FPV is a great idea since most of it requires trespassing.

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    UnmannedTechShop.co.uk July 17, 2012 at 12:53pm

    Very cool :-)

  • Patrice Mainville July 17, 2012 at 12:27pm

    Far from it! it's a TBS discovery frame... rest is TBD

  • CyborgCNC July 17, 2012 at 12:15pm

    That is indeed a very good video....from the looks of it, and looking at the shadow on the ground at 1:20, looks like an Parrot AR.Drone??

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