Here's a video of it being demonstrated for a Guardian journalist in Central Park:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2015/may/12/test...
Lily – Drone camera
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Re: Lily – Drone camera
#382List of previous similar products: https://www.airdog.com http://hexoplus.com https://store.3drobotics.com/products/iris http://www.airmind.co
Thanks for these! Prices/status for reference: Status Release Price ----------- --------- ------------ AirDog* Pre-Order Q3 2015 $1,295 HEXO+* Pre-Order Sept 2015 $1,299 IRIS+* Available Now $750 Mind4* Kickstarter Failed $900-$1,489 Lily Pre-Order Feb 2016 $519-$1,019 *Note that all but Lily require a $300 GoPro camera. Price ranges are for Pre-Order vs. Post-Ship pricing. EDIT: Found Lily release date...
They dont require a gopro, you can use $75 Xiaomi that is ~equal to 3+silver. Lily stated video parameters match xiaomi perfectly.
Re: Lily – Drone camera
#383Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not even apples and oranges. I know that they can still fly safely with only two motors if they are opposing. They may be so safe that it won't be for years to come but eventually after enough mad mothers are up in arms about somebody losing an eye or it getting sucked into an airliner jet that they're going to start heaping on the restrictions. One of the concerns with using them for deliveries at least in a city li…
I believe a jet engine can handle this with no issues. They're tested to pass birds through with no issues.
Really? I didn't know that. That flight out of New York where "Captain Sully"? made the first successful water ditch of a commercial airliner in the history of aviation had a flame out from geese, but that was an entire flock.
They're so small I doubt they'd have much of an impact on light aircraft either.
Re: Lily – Drone camera
#384Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who has flown RC drones and heli for the better part of 5+ years now I generally find that there are 3 camps: 1) people who have never flown and assume the worst and often want unrealistic "guarantees" (see above), 2) those who fly, fly often and fly as safe as can be "guaranteed", 3) those who fly in an unsafe manner due to inexperience or just general carelessness. I've always tried to fly responsibly at…
But you do require a license to drive around a car, while this "hobby" does not require anything of that sort. Which is why it is questioned a lot. I belong to camp 2 as well, but i can understand why it might be a cause of concern for many.
I won't dispute that, but there are many dangerous hobbies that require no license. I'm also not against the thought of some level of certification or licensing. The problem is that would fall, again, on vendors until the government formulated a universal standard. And while it would be good to help provide better understanding of flight and operation it would likely not do much for failure scenarios.
There are the two similar, but very different scenarios: 1) controller crashes RC aircraft into person because of negligent flying, or 2) loss of control due to hardware failure crashes RC aircraft into person
Both are real scenarios with cars and scenario 2 isn't accounted for during license testing. What people need to understand is that these devices shouldn't be outright banned because of impending accidents. Yes, those will be unfortunate - but the hobby has good recreational and business use cases in my opinion.
Re: Lily – Drone camera
#385Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not even apples and oranges. I know that they can still fly safely with only two motors if they are opposing. They may be so safe that it won't be for years to come but eventually after enough mad mothers are up in arms about somebody losing an eye or it getting sucked into an airliner jet that they're going to start heaping on the restrictions. One of the concerns with using them for deliveries at least in a city li…
I believe a jet engine can handle this with no issues. They're tested to pass birds through with no issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_object_damage#Jet_engin...
For the large bird test, the engine is allowed to shutdown.
Re: Lily – Drone camera
#386This is really, really cool. That said, flying objects are inherently dangerous. I was at a bike race and a guy was following the pack with a DJI drone. One motor suddenly failed and the thing plummeted to the ground from 40ft and broke into a bunch of pieces. Luckily, it didn't hit anyone but it would have been a major incident if it had. There's a lot of excitement about the cool, flashy features of these drones (f…
"I want 99.9999% reliability and strong safety guarantees"
99.9999%
Things are amazing, and nobody's happy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEY58fiSK8E
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#387Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is not a bad idea. Women could carry it if they run at night and if they don't make it home it could fly to a police station. Parents could send them out with their kids.
That would enable the truest form of helicopter parenting ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent )
I heard the phenomenal term "curling parenting" the other day, where the kid is the stone and the parents are the two people frantically working to reduce the friction in front of it.
Re: Lily – Drone camera
#388I predict Silicon Valley lacrosse, soccer, baseball, football, and swimming leagues will find it necessary to include language in their 'spectator code of conduct' bylaws that restricts the use of these kind of drones at tournaments and games.
I suspect some sports will allow limited use during practice and scrimmages for training purposes.
Re: Lily – Drone camera
#389Since this looks like a drone that automatically follows you, how does it negotiate with other drones that are around them.
What if there is another person snowboarding on that slope with Lily? And he/she slides close to you?
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#390Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is until your cheap drone hits a paraglider, or other light vehicle that is actually allowed to operate in this air space. In most legislations I am aware of, RC flight requires an operator to be in control of the drone.
I would love Mythbusters to throw the biggest drone you can get into a jet engine. Pretty sure nothing, but some good entertainment would happen.
No need. A Canada Goose[1] can take out an engine; a flock can take out an airliner.[2] There are many drones larger than the geese, so I would expect this to be a distinct possibility.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_goose [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549