OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit

Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by netcan on Friday February 01, 2013 @09:11AM (#5150732)

These things are so cool, but also a little scary. Someone's gonna make one of these things assassinate a public figures or steal your keys.

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by simias on Friday February 01, 2013 @10:13AM (#5151116)

I don't think this drone can lift a keychain. A gun even less so...

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by netcan on Friday February 01, 2013 @10:19AM (#5151154)

how about a needle?

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by simias on Friday February 01, 2013 @10:23AM (#5151187)

Those things are not exactly silent you know. Nor are they difficult to stop/intercept. Case in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnySBqioB0

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by tanepiper on Friday February 01, 2013 @11:02AM (#5151458)

So basically a hunter-seeker? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIVzK-h6qao

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by pchristensen on Friday February 01, 2013 @02:24PM (#5152788)

They are un-ignorably loud, have battery life < 10 min, and are flown by line of sight. So if you tried to harm someone with it, you wouldn't get away.

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by sc00ter on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:55PM (#5153745)

Correct on the first two points, but larger hobby UAVs can be flown FPV at a range of several kilometers. Not legally in many western countries countries, but then norm is harming people.

Edit: Line of site restrictions, maximum heights, and the maximum power of radio communications permitted without additional licensing are typical limiting factors.

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by jkaljundi on Saturday February 02, 2013 @05:10AM (#5155672)

Many quadcopters can be programmed to fly routes by GPS. No line of sight needed technically, legal part depends on country.

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by sc00ter on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:52PM (#5153729)

What, like this?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH_k5TC433g

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by celticninja on Friday February 01, 2013 @09:38AM (#5150870)

big variance between those two outcomes, I really dont want my keys stolen.

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