Small Drone crash lands in Manhattan illegal Drone Video tapes, Flies Over New York City
The video without the news reporters:
News Article:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/2/47954 ... t-new-york
All I could say was "ouch" after I saw the drone hit the building. Maybe the drone is not responsive enough to high winds near buildings?
Small Drone crash lands in Manhattan illegal Drone Video tap
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What was the drone trying to video in the first place though?
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I think the drone just went flying.
We had a simple store bought helicopter that was cheap and it didn't have a camera. It probably weighed one or two ounces. It had a two channel I.R. remote. One channel was for up and down and the other one was for left and right. We couldn't control it in the wind when the wind wanted to blow it. It ended up on the neighbor's roof and it fell down.
I think drones need a few more safety features to make them on par or better than real helicopters. I'm guessing they might need a gyroscope and other instruments to make them safer but that also might add to the weight which means bigger motors and batteries.
Because of libel laws or defamation of character, I don't think it is wise to speculate and I don't know.
We had a simple store bought helicopter that was cheap and it didn't have a camera. It probably weighed one or two ounces. It had a two channel I.R. remote. One channel was for up and down and the other one was for left and right. We couldn't control it in the wind when the wind wanted to blow it. It ended up on the neighbor's roof and it fell down.
I think drones need a few more safety features to make them on par or better than real helicopters. I'm guessing they might need a gyroscope and other instruments to make them safer but that also might add to the weight which means bigger motors and batteries.
Because of libel laws or defamation of character, I don't think it is wise to speculate and I don't know.
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Sorry I've been away for a while - have been quite busy
My wife actually bought me one like you mentioned that you had for Christmas. I broke it within the first 5 seconds of my maiden flight!
That will teach me to fly it indoors...
My wife actually bought me one like you mentioned that you had for Christmas. I broke it within the first 5 seconds of my maiden flight!
That will teach me to fly it indoors...
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http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=9292217NEW YORK (WABC) -- He's a musician from Brooklyn but he has struck a wrong note with the NYPD who tracked him down after our story aired and charged the inexperienced, drone operator with reckless endangerment.
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We had one of those small little I.R. remote control copters that you can buy for around $25. They are hard to control because you need more commands than left, right, up and down. We played with it indoors for a while and had to replace the plastic rotors more than once until it stopped working.brad wrote:Sorry I've been away for a while - have been quite busy
My wife actually bought me one like you mentioned that you had for Christmas. I broke it within the first 5 seconds of my maiden flight!
That will teach me to fly it indoors...
A salesman at the mall said he wasn't allowed to fly it but so high in the mall because there are rules for him.
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