Bug drone for UK army that weights 196g, has 40 mins autonomy and 2km range

Post by ceejayoz » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 1:44 AM UTC

vkou wrote: post #54

ceejayoz wrote: post #52

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Harder to do at range. I'm glad I'm not the Secret Service. A drone swarm has to be rapidly becoming one of their scary scenarios for something like inaugurations.

A single medium-caliber mortar is a five-hundred-year-old piece of technology that can be carried and assembled by two men, has an effective range of ~1,000 to 5,000 yards, does not require line of sight to the target, can be operated by a high-school dropout, and has a kill radius of 30 meters . One can probably be picked up from an army surplus warehouse somewhere in the former Soviet Union/(some current conflict z…

Post by caffeinatedgoat » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 2:10 AM UTC

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It's hard to express how awesome the Mini is. IMO it's an underappreciated technological achievement at the once-in-a-hundred-years level. Only a few years ago, it was hard to get a decent digital camera for $400 and change. The Mini is a decent camera that also happens to fly. When that realization hit me, it reminded me of the first time I saw a $29 DVD player for sale at WalMart. Some incredible things had to happ…

I have to concur. I built many drones with 400$+ flight controllers that look like trash next to my mini 2.

Post by lostlogin » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 2:38 AM UTC

DenisM wrote: post #114

I’ve been meaning to procure a drone to scout best trails before hiking them, and DJI mini 2 seem ideal for the purpose. All I need now is a phone app that would make it easy to browse the tiles shot by the drone (rather than rewind video back and forth). Any suggestions?

Post by mig39 » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 2:47 AM UTC

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I haven't looked into this drone in depth, but I think it may be feasible. The DJI Mini2, which any civilian can buy for $449, has a similar size, weighs 249g, and advertises a flight time of 30 minutes. (In my experience with the Mini 1, it's plausible). Side note: the DJI Mini 1 is an excellent drone -- stable flight, great camera, and great range. I wouldn't be surprised if it outperforms this 'Bug' drone by most…

It's hard to express how awesome the Mini is. IMO it's an underappreciated technological achievement at the once-in-a-hundred-years level. Only a few years ago, it was hard to get a decent digital camera for $400 and change. The Mini is a decent camera that also happens to fly. When that realization hit me, it reminded me of the first time I saw a $29 DVD player for sale at WalMart. Some incredible things had to happ…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 2:54 AM UTC

XorNot wrote: post #116

Sideloader wrote: post #105

Hmm...from a tech porn perspective it’s a cool little gadget. But given the shadow surveillance and police state that was erected post 9/11 and how often “national security” outfits have been caught playing fast and loose with the laws of the land, there is a good chance that bugs like this one will be eventually be used to illegally spy on domestic dissidents and whistleblowers. Governments in most western countries…

This is just ridiculous. Why if you were going to illegally spy on people would you use a highly visible and noisy drone when the vast majority of the population live in urban areas where CCTV cameras are common and phone lines conveniently run out to steel covers in the streets (and the entire population is carrying GPS enabled tracking devices full of security flaws?) There's "oh no our liberties" but that train ca…