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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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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
Jean-Luc Fornier February 11, 2014 at 4:36am

sometimes the tree hides the forest ;-)
Emin Bu February 10, 2014 at 4:57pm

It is not Kopterworx FOR SURE....that was the plan,but getting all permissions for foreign company was to complicated as iwe heard...on all major Kopterwork multirotors FC is DJI WKM or A2 FOR SURE
Lloyd Ranola February 10, 2014 at 3:52pm

There's a cable cam there too (for live/replay)
Rob_Lefebvre February 10, 2014 at 3:31pm

Flying a Red on a Naza? That's um... brave?
John McGrath February 10, 2014 at 2:56pm

Saw the setup on the Kopterworx looks good. Looks like a Naza I think. Fantastic Red camera we are just starting to try a Blackmagic Cinema Cam on our hex.
Rob_Lefebvre February 10, 2014 at 2:27pm

Apparently the operator is part of Team Black Sheep?

https://twitter.com/dronelaws/status/432972045526114304

Brendan Schulman on Twitter

“.@DIYDroneSafety @AP @NPR @sUASnews Yes, Remo who is featured in the AP article about video drones at Sochi is a member of Team BlackSheep”
Cory Hill February 10, 2014 at 2:05pm

AP news reported on it, it's Heliguy:

Sochi drone shooting Olympic TV, not terrorists

http://www.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=qp...
Marty LaBelle February 10, 2014 at 1:47pm

Must be sanctioned (and paid for). Given the terrorist concerns and cost of exclusive right to broadcast... I would imagine either the Russians or NBC would have shot it down if it were rogue.