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NON-DRAGANFLYER / OFF TOPIC DISCUSSION - 5/5/2007 7:04:56 AM   
Sky High



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Status: offline 		The RCU gods aren't going to be making sub forums here anytime soon. So, after a few members, including myself, have talked about wanting to post NON-DF content this thread was created and will stay at the top for all of us to post any NON DF content you want as long as it doesn't violate RCU rules, of course. Please don't start discussions about anything related to the DF in this thread but create a new thread or add to an existing one for DF discussion in the DFI forum. This thread is convenient so you can talk about anything OFF TOPIC without having to go through PM or e-mail. Let me know what you think about this. Thanks.

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RE: ATTENTION ALL DF FOLKS!! - 5/5/2007 8:50:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Good idea. There needs to be a place where the evolution of the UAVP, Q4, X-3D, MicroDrone, and other technologies closely but not directly related to the DF can be discussed. Right now there's a lot of interesting stuff with valuable feedback from the German developers buried in other threads and it would be nice to have a forum specifically dedicated to the subject. That not being possible, separating the threads might be an option. Or we could all study German and use the other forums .

Cheers,
Bruce

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RE: ATTENTION ALL DF FOLKS!! - 5/6/2007 5:15:22 AM   
Sky High



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Status: offline 		They won't create a new forum unless there is a significant amount of info being discussed about a specific topic. You should have seen the 1600+ post thread for the DF before this forum was created. When I found that thread, it took me about a week to catch up on all the info. Different DF topics were spread all over the place in that thread. There is a multi-rotor helo forum at this link but it's for all multi-rotor helos with alot of talk mostly about coaxial helos. I don't consider coaxial a multi-rotor because it's still just two rotors like the standard main and tail just has two. Anything with more than two rotors is what I would call multi-rotor.

< Message edited by Sky High -- 5/6/2007 5:45:01 AM >

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RE: ATTENTION ALL DF FOLKS!! - 5/6/2007 5:19:59 AM   
Sky High



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Status: offline 		Check out this interesting multi-rotor machine called the gyrowasp.



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RE: ATTENTION ALL DF FOLKS!! - 5/7/2007 2:00:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		Seems like a simple enough idea, but apparently he has abandoned the project because he couldn't get it to fly. It's probably one of those things where with enough time and effort he could have gotten it worked out, but there comes a point of diminishing returns...
-BB

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RE: ATTENTION ALL DF FOLKS!! - 5/7/2007 3:50:33 AM   
Sky High



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Status: offline 		That thing reminds of the Osprey hybrid. I have seen a conversion kit for slow sticks where you can convert that plane and add rotors like that. Maybe he doesn't know about that yet.

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RE: ATTENTION ALL DF FOLKS!! - 5/7/2007 4:12:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Did anybody else happen to see Trek: Spy on the Wildebeests on Animal Planet a while back where an RC helo used for AP? It was used in a to get some low altitude AP shots and went out of control and crashed in a Wildebeest stampede. You can see the crash at the link below. Click here for more info on all of the camera platforms.

RC AP Helo Crash

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RE: NON-DF / OFF Topic Discussion - 5/8/2007 5:26:40 AM   
Sky High



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Status: offline 		Check out this personal, wearable helicopter.

www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7401925&postcount=1

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RE: NON-DF / OFF Topic Discussion - 5/9/2007 7:11:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		You hear about things like this in the news, and its just news. Take a look at THESE aerial photos. That's what an F5 will do. It's almost beyond belief, isn't it?

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RE: NON-DRAGANFLYER / OFF TOPIC DISCUSSION - 5/10/2007 11:33:20 PM   
Sky High



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Status: offline 		Wow! Those are some really dramatic pictures. I can't imagine what it would have been like to be in the middle of that. They say that an F5 is the finger of God.

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RE: NON-DRAGANFLYER / OFF TOPIC DISCUSSION - 5/11/2007 12:03:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		The thing to remember is that based on the physics/math, the destructive energy of wind increases by the CUBE (not square) of its velocity. A 50 MPH wind is pretty impressive, right? Well, at 100 MPH there is 8 times the energy, and at 200 MPH (F5), you have 64 TIMES the amount of energy that's in a 50 MPH storm. I was struck by the similarities of pictures from Hiroshima. When they say that it looks like a bomb went off, the statement is actually pretty close to the truth.

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RE: NON-DRAGANFLYER / OFF TOPIC DISCUSSION - 5/12/2007 7:40:12 AM   
Sky High



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Status: offline 		This is so cool. I saw this a while back when it aired on TV and now it's online. Once there, click on continue, then click the links in the top right menu to see the amazing video! You can actually see a midair dogfight with another rival bird from the POV cameras!

http://media.animal.discovery.com/convergence/spyonthewild/birdtech/birdtech.html

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RE: NON-DRAGANFLYER / OFF TOPIC DISCUSSION - 5/12/2007 3:13:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		That is amazing. This area of Idaho has a lot of eagles. I was driving down a country road one morning and three huge bald eagles flew across the road and landed in a field. They are certainly regal creatures.

Hey Sky, I've been going through the old posts. Did you ever pursue working with your friends in S.W.A.T., or anything like that?

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RE: NON-DRAGANFLYER / OFF TOPIC DISCUSSION - 5/13/2007 5:59:52 AM   
Sky High



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Status: offline 		Well, they all really like it but there's not really a budget and Ti's conditional use when cloudy and it generally not being acceptably managable in winds faster than 5 mph doesn't help either. In my opinion, the DF is going to have to lose Ti and have more autonomous functionality before it can be used in a life or death situation.

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Up there, you don't have time to think, if you think, you're dead!
Never mess with a pilot having more rotors than you!

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