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Posted by Bernard Michaud on April 5, 2011 at 8:00am

About autonomy this is ..... WOW !

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frederic reblewski April 5, 2011 at 1:56pm

200W? with 60% conversion yield, 90% for the esc/motor, 80% for the prop ( all of those being best case it seems ) that's a mechanical 86W. can a quad fly with that?
Neil Baker April 5, 2011 at 10:19am

The Economist was only 4 months late on the story :) John C: it a 200w laser. Heres some older posts from DIYdrones:

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A2153...

http://diydrones.com/video/laserpowered-quadrocopter
John C. April 5, 2011 at 10:08am

50 desk lamps = 3000W laser?
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Gary Mortimer April 5, 2011 at 9:51am

Wow don't count on the Economist to come up with the latest tech news ;-)

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