Author Topic: A dream come true... (Read 830 times)

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 27, 2006, 03:00:44 PM »

Isnt it just a smaller, cheaper, less high tech version of a drone?

RTR · « **Reply #16 on:** September 27, 2006, 03:37:25 PM »

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Hawklore-
Hello military contract.

Already there hawk, has been for a while now.

SMIDSY · « **Reply #17 on:** September 27, 2006, 04:50:13 PM »

well, there goes my one practical argument agaisnt UCAVs (situational awareness).

Hawklore · « **Reply #18 on:** September 27, 2006, 05:57:59 PM »

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Originally posted by RTR
Already there hawk, has been for a while now.

They have it in situational awareness etc??

So the drone pilot can move the camera etc just by moving his head?

I dunno, I thought it was all joystick..

Gh0stFT · « **Reply #19 on:** September 27, 2006, 07:12:52 PM »

incredible what fun you can have with a fisheye-lens!

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 27, 2006, 07:15:52 PM »

If they can sell this in a ready-to-fly package, with the video system, included and set up, I'll get back into R/C.

RTR · « **Reply #21 on:** September 27, 2006, 07:18:56 PM »

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So the drone pilot can move the camera etc just by moving his head?

You know Hawklore, that's a really good question. I hadn't thought about it, and I don't really know the answer to that.

Anybody have an answer?

cheers,
RTR

LePaul · « **Reply #22 on:** September 27, 2006, 07:42:44 PM »

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Originally posted by FUNKED1
If they can sell this in a ready-to-fly package, with the video system, included and set up, I'll get back into R/C.

Yeah I was checking out a few of the links at the end of the video. The video transmitter has a 100 meter range. Ive since some that are a bit more, for use with rockets with rear facing cameras.

Neat stuff!

cav58d · « **Reply #23 on:** September 27, 2006, 07:49:15 PM »

That is freaking awesome...

I remember watching something in the discovery military channel about the USMC testing a 3-piece fold away UAV, that could be stored in a grunts rucksack, and used for recon instead of actually sending in a manned aircraft or predator...I wanna say it used very similiar SA technology, but then again most civillian technology ends up being spawned from military technology so im not suprised...

awesome though.....does anyone have any more info on the guy or his RC?

Swager · « **Reply #24 on:** September 27, 2006, 08:10:35 PM »

Cool!

cav58d · « **Reply #25 on:** September 27, 2006, 08:20:16 PM »

So cool!...I keep watching the video over and over...I want one!

Casca · « **Reply #26 on:** September 27, 2006, 11:09:58 PM »

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Originally posted by RTR
You know Hawklore, that's a really good question. I hadn't thought about it, and I don't really know the answer to that.

Anybody have an answer?

cheers,
RTR

Tracked down some of the links at the end of the video. Two-axis gyro on your head feeds two RC channels through the buddy box port on a compatible RC transmitter. The camera tracks your head movements.

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 28, 2006, 05:42:21 AM »

Why would the military want a view from the pilot seat instead of being able to see the battlefeild below and in all other directions at the same time.

Hawklore · « **Reply #28 on:** September 28, 2006, 06:49:39 AM »

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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Why would the military want a view from the pilot seat instead of being able to see the battlefeild below and in all other directions at the same time.

To combat other drones and or fighters equipped with the same system.

Charge · « **Reply #29 on:** September 28, 2006, 07:06:12 AM »

Err, guns?

U mean like...this?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1523159543161079323&q=RC+Helicopter+with+Gun

-C+