Re:Waterproof Quadcopter Is Also a Submarine
by Shivetya on Sunday December 06, 2015 @05:50AM
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If the public can come up with them surely there are some cool military versions already out there. While it is interesting what was shown in the video it clearly is not designed for two mediums. If anything you would add features like putting the motors on gimbals and feathering of the motors not used. You should not need to tilt the whole thing to change directions underwater, surely a better solution exist
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Re:Waterproof Quadcopter Is Also a Submarine
by cpkpad on Sunday December 06, 2015 @06:38AM
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This isn't the public. This is military-funded research at Rutgers. The military generally doesn't have a reason to fund things it has (although DARPA might just not know about classified technologies developed by different branches). But in most cases, the military funds things in academia, a fraction of which become militarized later.