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[Andy44]

Random thought: I got a little quadcopter a few weeks ago and after learning to fly it it's a blast to zoom around an open field.

 

[Artlav]

Be aware that it is not a plane, and forward flight (and especially change of direction in forward flight) aerodynamics can be unexpected.

 

[PeterRoss]

Be aware that it is not a plane, and forward flight (and especially change of direction in forward flight) aerodynamics can be unexpected.
The crash of FPV quadrotor - YouTube

What the hell? Is it transmitting analog video signal? In the XXI century?

 

[Artlav]

It's recorded directly from an FPV camera.
Analog camera, digitized, transmitted, converted to analog, digitized, recorded.
All made in China, so the bugs compounded.

Never heard of a directly-digital FPV camera or FPV receiver with a digital output, or a small monitor with a digital input.

 

[PeterRoss]

It's recorded directly from an FPV camera.
Analog camera, digitized, transmitted, converted to analog, digitized, recorded.
All made in China, so the bugs compounded.

Never heard of a directly-digital FPV camera or FPV receiver with a digital output, or a small monitor with a digital input.

Never had a chance to look at any quadrocopter internals before. So the vertical scan problem is caused by camera's bug?

 

[Quick_Nick]

What the hell? Is it transmitting analog video signal? In the XXI century?

FPV guys claim analog equipment gives much lower latency.

 

[Artlav]

The vertical scan is the recorder's artifact - on screen it looks almost perfect.
There are surprisingly few DVRs that are small enough to carry around comfortably, and they are either expensive or crappy.
Guess which one i bought.
Does not really matter that much, since i was planning to put a gopro clone on the thing, and this recording is just for debugging and telemetry.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Be aware that it is not a plane, and forward flight (and especially change of direction in forward flight) aerodynamics can be unexpected.
The crash of FPV quadrotor - YouTube

Again, Artlav?!?!? :rofl:

 

[Urwumpe]

Why has nobody yet tried to play German military marches on E-guitar? :hmm:

 

[jedidia]

because nobody knows them? :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

because nobody knows them? :lol:

I am pretty sure, almost everybody in this forum knows at least one German march...

 

[mojoey]

 

[Andy44]

Be aware that it is not a plane, and forward flight (and especially change of direction in forward flight) aerodynamics can be unexpected.
The crash of FPV quadrotor - YouTube

Interesting. My quadcopter is very lightweight and the gyro stabilization is amazing. If I cut the throttle it starts to tumble and settles into an inverted attitude as it falls, but as soon as I gun the throttle it flips upright like a cat finding his feet.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

And the helicopter parents are coming in to inquire why their precious snowflakes, the issue of their golden wombs, are failing all of their courses.

It can't be that they don't come to class and don't do homework; it must be my fault! Note to self - can't tell parents that their child is a gross ignoramus (they're 144X worse than a regular ignoramus).

 

[n122vu]

And the helicopter parents are coming in to inquire why their precious snowflakes, the issue of their golden wombs, are failing all of their courses.

And Leon is getting laaaaaarger!

 

[Urwumpe]

It can't be that they don't come to class and don't do homework; it must be my fault! Note to self - can't tell parents that their child is a gross ignoramus (they're 144X worse than a regular ignoramus).

"Your kid is not highly intelligent. You are just extremely stupid."

 

[Andy44]

"Your kid is not highly intelligent. You are just extremely stupid."

That's a lot funnier if I imagine him saying it in a German accent.

 

[Frilock]

In regards to that cat thing I posted a while back, I found this:

http://news.yahoo.com/this-is-why-cats-are-scared-of-cucumbers-and-why-120349402.html

 

[Urwumpe]

RIP Jonah Lomu, one of the greatest rugby players in the World.

He died at the young age of 40 because of a sudden heart failure, after a year long history of health complications.

 

[mojoey]