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babysmokesalot sh.itjust.works babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works
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babysmokesalot sh.itjust.works babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-06
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One of those motors go out and you are dead. 🤞
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Robomekk lemmy.ca Robomekk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-15
#3 · Quote Reply
babysmokesalot wrote:
One of those motors go out and you are dead. 🤞

*2+ of those motors.

I think octocopters like that can often handle 1 motor failure. The one above/below it will just have to spin a bit faster.

Likely loads of other single points of failure though.
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whaleross lemmy.world whaleross@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#4 · Quote Reply

I predict flying kites will come back into fashion.
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pulsewidth lemmy.world pulsewidth@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-29
#5 · Quote Reply
babysmokesalot wrote:
One of those motors go out and you are dead. 🤞

Sure feels like a lot of confidence to put in a drone (your life).
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BCsven lemmy.ca BCsven@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-17
#6 · Quote Reply
whaleross wrote:
I predict flying kites will come back into fashion.

I still have one in storage from about 30 years ago. Big happy sun face and about a 8 foot tail. My wife things I'm nuts for keeping it.
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PagPag lemmy.world PagPag@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
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pulsewidth wrote:
Sure feels like a lot of confidence to put in a drone (your life).

Imagine how helicopter pilots feel.
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Trex lemmy.world Trex202@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-03
#8 · Quote Reply

Since its a pig flying it, its still an Unmanned Drone
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agamemnonymous sh.itjust.works agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
#9 · Quote Reply

Decal says "Florida Polytechnic University" which appears to be an exclusively STEM school. I'd bet real money that this is a robotics club project or something.
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Pronell lemmy.world Pronell@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
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Trex wrote:
Since its a pig flying it, its still an Unmanned Drone

All that and you didn't make a When Pigs Fly joke?
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ChonkyOwlbear lemmy.world ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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babysmokesalot wrote:
One of those motors go out and you are dead. 🤞

Wait til you hear about helicopters...
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DonkeyStar lemmy.world DonkeyStar@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-23
#12 · Quote Reply

This just makes me think of FPV drone races where the g-forces would liquify a passenger.
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Ptsf lemmy.world Ptsf@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-15
#13 · Quote Reply

Well I'll be, pigs can fly
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