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Hexacopter seen in Sochi slopestyle coverage

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

3689573865?profile=originalOver 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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  • Paul Jenness February 9, 2014 at 12:17pm

    If the drone was in a reasonably fixed area (as opposed to just free roaming) would it be a huge issue to have a long power lead to the ground. That would keep the flight time  much longer yea? I presume the cold conditions would reduce overheating for a little bit.   Would that work? What would be the life expectancy of a motor/esc etc for long flights?

  • Alexey Kolokolnikov February 9, 2014 at 10:42am
    In Russia, shooting with the drones for commercial purposes is prohibited without special licenses. But while some of the sanctions did not apply to anyone. Already many russian companies are engaged in professional video shooting with red epic cams.
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    David Anders February 9, 2014 at 1:45am

    Yup, there it is...

    And the commentary down here? 'That's the drone camera if you're wondering, it's not a bug on the slops of Sochi'.  o.O

  • Cosha February 9, 2014 at 1:33am
    Woman's Slope style are using them now! I think there is 2 hex's on the size with looks like a tripod ground station with a screen!
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    David Anders February 9, 2014 at 1:13am

    Maybe they just wanted to be the first olympics using them - and good on them.  They've done a very good job making it quite spectacular so far.  The opening ceremony and the stadium floor was amazing.  If only there were some of those 'long endurance' copters around that we seem to hear about on this site. (:

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    Mark Harrison February 9, 2014 at 12:57am

    You're right... I caught the shadow above during the beginning of Sage Kotsenburg's semifinal run.

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    David Anders February 8, 2014 at 11:50pm

    Yeah, I saw that too...  It was interesting to see.  It would only cover when the athletes started - whether it couldn't or wasn't allowed to keep up is another thing. The footage was ok, but didn't compare to the wired camera setup that has been around for a while.

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