Post AQCS6meaiYfHtbxDIO by Seangarian@collapsitarian.io
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(DIR) Post #AQCNZ8UCdgjxwgnLlo by 7@collapsitarian.io
2022-12-02T14:17:58.466733Z
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On a completely unrelated note, look at this drone. https://www.getfpv.com/ready-to-fly-quadcopters/5-rtf-quadcopters/betafpv-x-knight-insta360-one-r-quadcopter-w-caddx-nebula-nano-digital-hd-system.htmlScouting using consumer-grade equipment has never been easier or cheaper. Why, you could get a drone with 6" props, use the one for scouting and the other to carry, let's say a 2lb balloon full of paint on a simple release system. Or anything else that weighs 2lbs.
(DIR) Post #AQCO7eR0MVjUsTl0tM by onan@dobbs.town
2022-12-02T14:24:11Z
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@7 you can get a lot of good in two pounds for search and rescue.Or a drone that zips around tossing messages and files in a place where a stationary Wi-Fi / Bluetooth signal wouldn’t work out. Like El Paquete in Cuba but in the air.
(DIR) Post #AQCOWgxG83hjvwmgdc by 7@collapsitarian.io
2022-12-02T14:28:44.251015Z
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@onan Any 2.4GHz interference would knock out higher-quality camera signals sent back to a base station, but video can be carried over 900MHz which is a terrible thing to jam because then you're interfering with ground communications too -- but 900MHz video is not easy on the eyes.
(DIR) Post #AQCOkpj4JaS3BttEmG by onan@dobbs.town
2022-12-02T14:31:17Z
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@7 multiple low resolution video feeds blended into one better video feed, with some dimension to it.
(DIR) Post #AQCOxlX5DVOlwyRzRQ by 7@collapsitarian.io
2022-12-02T14:33:37.468845Z
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@onan There have to be multiple-source VTxes out there, but they'd be specialized; having to vtx each camera would get taxing on the battery, requiring a larger one, but there's certainly a balance point to be found too.
(DIR) Post #AQCPBjwttwc15pBpui by 7@collapsitarian.io
2022-12-02T14:36:07.363882Z
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@onan drones are very much a balancing act, which is why they weren't able to make the commercial success that Amazon had hoped for; you're constantly balancing weight, thrust, and power consumption. If we had better batteries than the LiPos for the job, it would make all the difference.
(DIR) Post #AQCQjWT8csef5LwQYy by onan@dobbs.town
2022-12-02T14:53:27Z
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@7 drones, like birds, will have some forms for many places but mostly be evolved for a region. Still weather drones can incorporate balloons for lift and small engines for direction. Windy region drones fly and land more often. Some places would have a big drone that drops and retrieves little drones. Some drones would be refuelers that swap out battery packs in other drones. Drones that rocket or balloon up then glide down. There’s much before us with drones. We aren’t there yet.
(DIR) Post #AQCRArYkJvHQJabL84 by 7@collapsitarian.io
2022-12-02T14:58:24.350523Z
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@onan Definitely. I remember seeing a video from a Peruvian racing drone pilot, there's a huge difference between flying at the peaks and in the valleys of the Andes, as far as air pressure and how that works into thrust.
(DIR) Post #AQCRBjhT1iLGEH64Dg by Seangarian@collapsitarian.io
2022-12-02T14:58:31.406763Z
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@7 @onan yeah I dont think and (I kind of hope we dont) have swarms of Amazon delivery drones. But I think we’ll see some eVTOL stuff like what Pipistrel is trying to do with their Nuuva aircraft that can deliver cargo on fixed flight routes to more rural or off the grid locations.
(DIR) Post #AQCRTs54bd5NQymn44 by 7@collapsitarian.io
2022-12-02T15:01:50.478513Z
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@Seangarian @onan Last-mile for non-city destinations is a wide-open field for drones. There are places in Africa which deliver supplies using launcher-assisted wings which fly fixed paths, release cargo, and circle back home to auto-land. I have a fascination with the portable, individual drones, but crafts the size of small airplanes have so much advantage if just in the size of the wings compared to the size of the payloads.
(DIR) Post #AQCS6meaiYfHtbxDIO by Seangarian@collapsitarian.io
2022-12-02T15:08:25.268817Z
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@7 @onan Having the wings for convential flight definitely helps with the range. I feel like its kind of the wild west right now with all the different aircraft designs for both smaller UAS systems and larger aircraft. It will be interesting to see what wins out in the end.
(DIR) Post #AQCSeVdqTTVIyogdw8 by onan@dobbs.town
2022-12-02T15:14:57Z
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@Seangarian Yes indeed. Many possibilities.A little drone that sits on the top of a city bus and rides around, tossing data with traffic lights and hvac and such, then flies just enough to hop to another bus on another route, or up to hard to access data sources then back down again while recharging. Large areas covered, more than it could ever fly by itself.@7