This headline appears in The Times newspaper, published in London, on Friday 23 March in a feature about the growth of US police forces using unmanned aircraft. (Although the article is behind a paywall, it is reprinted in the Australian here). The article goes on to mention diydrones.com as the 'leading website for enthusiasts.. for a growing army of amateurs who are building drones fitted with autopilot systems...'. It charts the development of small drones for a variety of applications and sights their use to replace humans for dull, dirty and dangerous jobs.
AerVironment gets a mention and a video of its Cube foldable multicopter and there is a quote from Peter W.Singer of the Brooking Institution.
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Glad to see someone doing an I shaped frame I was wondering if anyone had tried one.
On another note.. So where can I find one of those ball turrets. The one with FLIR would be slick. I doubt many PDs would pay the 7 K for the FLIR that little drone could carry... Does a Flir that small exist or was that just revers high contrast? Thoughts...?
What tha! takes a few mins to assemble and have a cuppa tea..Lol at shooting the cops while they ass emble there quad...hahahaha
Yeah, that assembly looked ridiculous.
He would probably be miles away by the time cops have the quad and gear assembled.
He could have shot cops while they were assembling the quad, okay bad joke :)
That will become a great tool for hostage situation.