Skiing with a Drone

[SIKSKIER]

This will never fly at a ski resort. Even if it did have a collision detection system, it has a maximum speed of 25mph and is not under any control by the owner. There are many times when a skier maybe going faster then that speed. If the owner ends up going faster then 25MPH, they may end up losing the device.

[h=4]What happens when Lily loses track of me?[/h]Lily will hover in place and try to recover the signal. As soon as it finds you, It will go back to whatever mode it was in before it lost you.

 

[mbedle]

[h=4]What happens when Lily loses track of me?[/h]Lily will hover in place and try to recover the signal. As soon as it finds you, It will go back to whatever mode it was in before it lost you.

That seems like a pretty serious defect in the design of the system. For example, you are white water rafting and loose connection with the device. How far down the river are you going to be before you can get out and hike back up to it to obtain a lock on the device. Same pretty much holds true for skiers. Imagine it hovering above a jump and some unexpected skier collides with it! Doesn't seem like a good idea in a crowded environment.

 

[dlague]

3D Robotics Solo - designed for GoPro

 

[skiNEwhere]

As cool as the auto following drone is, it's also kind of creepy in a sci-fi sort of way.

I don't think I'd want to throw the drone off a bridge either, with my luck it would malfunction.

 

[ThinkSnow]

Pretty cool stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/y-rEI4bezWc

 

[ss20]

Cool for backcountry. Forget about using it at a ski resort. There's these things called chairlifts that like to fly in the sky as well. No way a civilian drone could detect a moving 1/4" haul rope.

 

[skiNEwhere]

I'm not sure if it was in this thread or another but there was a "police drone" that a company was working on that shot a tazer.

Just think, you could combine it with an ambulance drone and after you accidentally stop the suspects heart with the tazer, you can resuscitate him, all from the comfort of your patrol car.

 

[Not Sure]

Humans 1 Drones 0............Only 1st Quarter

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...-drone-hovering-over-his-backyard/?comments=1

 

[gmcunni]

drone wars

 

[wtcobb]

drone wars

Think Ski Patrol will send these after poachers? :smile:

 

[Not Sure]

http://nehandaradio.com/2016/04/18/drone-hits-british-airways-plane-approaching-heathrow-airport/

Landed safely.....impacts at landing speeds / final approach seem to be no problem so far ? but cruising at altitude (if they can get to that FL ) or one having an explosive payload.
Something else to watch for !

There go more freedoms because of some idiot or terroristic attempt . Next thing FAA will require transponders on Drones.

 

[Sons of Thunder]

Can't believe this hasn't been posted here!

 

[gmcunni]

http://unofficialnetworks.com/2017/...rone-just-throw-your-gopro-hope-it-films-you/

 

[Not Sure]

http://unofficialnetworks.com/2017/...rone-just-throw-your-gopro-hope-it-films-you/

Very cool ,at first I thought this was the I phone on a string ...Looking at the shadow looks like a lawn dart with a ball on the front .

 

[gmcunni]

Lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...urce=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

 

[NYDB]

Pretty funny. If he had ran it over the first time he could of just kept going