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This is why you want a quadcoptor rig.
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Re: This is why you want a quadcoptor rig.
I would never trust my piloting skills enough to put a thousand dollar camera on one of those things.
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I've thought of a new new job description: camera pilot.
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Re: This is why you want a quadcoptor rig.
yes,
you're correct,
i do.
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I think I'd rather just hire that guy for a day.
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Wow. There's so much potential!
Dial-a-drone, especially if you can remote-pilot it from the camera-feed.
MacDonalds could home deliver a Meal Deal to your penthouse balcony or yacht in the harbour.
Schoolboys can spy on the pretty classmate
Bicycle couriers will lose their jobs
Log in to one across the world and pre-plan your holiday route through Egypt
btw, can it lift a 3D Imax rig?
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I've definitely seen drones like that used on movie behind the scenes. The specific example I'm thinking of is John Woo's Red Cliff. You actually see one of those things crash and get completely destroyed on the making-of (that whole making of is really depressing like that, it makes me want to give John Woo a hug and tell him it's gonna be all right)
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Awesome!
How much does something like this cost?
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Something like the Vario quad with a 4kg payload will set you back around €13,500. For something smaller which will mount a gopro you're looking at a lot less.
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Re: This is why you want a quadcoptor rig.
Are there licensing & permit issues with these? Restricted zones? Presumably the blades could injure someone if the pilot lost control or it malfunctioned?
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Not if its small enough. The lowest end ones I've seen (granted, those couldn't hold the weight of a camera probably) are 100-200 bucks, and I'm pretty sure they fall under the category of remote-control toys. You can fly toy helicopters with pretty large blades with no problem, so I don't think these would be an issue, as long as you aren't doing something crazy like flying it through a shopping mall or something.
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Coming this summer from Roger Corman: The Texas Quadcopter Massacre
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