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PeterDuke wrote on 4/11/2012, 8:28 AM
I like the ball landing gear. Looks like they adapted a Hills rotary clothes line for the craft itself.
RalphM wrote on 4/12/2012, 7:47 AM
With a really long extension cord, he could stay aloft for days...
Hulk wrote on 4/12/2012, 9:03 AM
Very cool. Unfortunately battery energy density would have to be increased by at least a factor of 100 to make this practical.
If you consider an increase of a factor of 10 revolutionary then that would be two revolutionary jumps in battery energy density.

- Mark
jabloomf1230 wrote on 4/12/2012, 9:36 PM
If you're into DIY drones, this website makes fascinating reading. All this guy did was build a larger manned version.

http://diydrones.com/