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Title: mostest awesomest RC helo EVAH!
Post by: Reaper90 on February 28, 2010, 11:08:36 AM
http://www.wimp.com/thehexacopter/

wow.

Reall cool work by this guy.
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Post by: Tac on February 28, 2010, 12:00:11 PM
nifty.
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Post by: 68ZooM on February 28, 2010, 12:52:02 PM
thats cool as heck, if those ever get popular i can hear all the UFO calls going out now lol
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Post by: Ex-jazz on February 28, 2010, 02:10:10 PM
"Honey, send a sixpack to this gps location. Thanks."  :aok
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Post by: TonyJoey on February 28, 2010, 03:46:21 PM
Now that would be fun to fly! :O
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Post by: 4deck on February 28, 2010, 03:48:06 PM
 :aok
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Post by: allaire on February 28, 2010, 04:07:28 PM
Greatest kopter ever.
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Post by: Treize69 on February 28, 2010, 05:22:57 PM
Flies like a UFO, sounds like a giant dragonfly.  :aok
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Post by: Serenity on February 28, 2010, 10:54:11 PM
Holy crap its fast! And with GPS position hold?!?  :eek:  :x
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Post by: PFactorDave on February 28, 2010, 11:02:28 PM
impressive
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Post by: Anodizer on March 01, 2010, 12:32:33 AM
Reminds of the sounds the gargoyles used to make from the movie The Gargoyles....
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Post by: 68ZooM on March 01, 2010, 11:29:00 AM
Quote from: Anodizer on March 01, 2010, 12:32:33 AM
Reminds of the sounds the gargoyles used to make from the movie The Gargoyles....

Someone else remembers that movie, hehe good flick for its time.
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Post by: CMC Airboss on March 01, 2010, 01:24:46 PM
And it makes a nifty RC hedgetrimmer
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Post by: Denholm on March 01, 2010, 02:03:46 PM
Even has its own stabilizing computer.... Nice!
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Post by: Anodizer on March 01, 2010, 11:12:51 PM
Quote from: 68ZooM on March 01, 2010, 11:29:00 AM
Someone else remembers that movie, hehe good flick for its time.

The entire movie is up on Youtube!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPy34DUom_c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPy34DUom_c)<--here's part one..  The rest is up there..
This intro was chilling to watch as a kid..  The entire flick scared the $&#* out of me!!  Still creeps me out a little when I drive alone on wooded roads at night.... 
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Post by: Anodizer on March 01, 2010, 11:14:03 PM
Would make a nice UAV!!  That thing could be 1000ft in the air and you'd probably never see it..
Bet ya someone already has something like this...  **waiting for responses**
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Post by: HPriller on March 02, 2010, 12:55:01 AM
I'm curious as to how they manage the altitude hold feature, never seen this done before on an RC heli.  The GPS control is slick
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Post by: Strip on March 02, 2010, 01:33:19 AM
Quote from: HPriller on March 02, 2010, 12:55:01 AM
I'm curious as to how they manage the altitude hold feature, never seen this done before on an RC heli.  The GPS control is slick

You answered your own question....

Once you program the helicopter to hold latitude and longitude, altitude becomes rather easy to add.

Strip
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Post by: 68ZooM on March 02, 2010, 10:14:06 AM
i live in the high desert and it looks strangely familiar to that movie lol  thanks for the link im watching it now  :cheers:
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Post by: HPriller on March 02, 2010, 10:41:05 AM
Quote from: Strip on March 02, 2010, 01:33:19 AM
You answered your own question....

I'm gonna assume by this you mean the altitude information is coming from the GPS unit?  I didn't realize GPS was capable of such precise altitude reporting.
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Post by: Strip on March 02, 2010, 12:05:37 PM
Correct, GPS is far more accurate than I think you give it credit for. With the right receiver GPS is accurate to within a couple inches in all directions.

Most of the guided munitions are usually fed only GPS, the onboard computer calculates the vector based on rate of change in the X,Y and Z axis.

Strip