AeroVironment/DARPA Nano Hummingbird UAV flying
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Uploaded by theworacle on Feb 17, 2011
AeroVironment video of flight tests of its Nano Hummingbird flapping-wing nano air vehicle, developed for DARPA. Battery-powered and remote-controlled, the hummingbird-like prototype uses flapping wings for propulsion and control. Carring a video camera and downlink, the prototype has a wingspan of 16cm (9.5in) and weighs just 19 grams (0.66oz). It can hover for 8 minutes, remaining stable in gusts up to 5mph, and reach up to 11mph in forward flight.
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@jjones1850 Being mindful of mentally disabled people like yourself, I typically keep my posts brief and obvious in meaning, but in this instance I failed to anticipate the severity of your condition; namely your ability to read and correctly interpret the underlying meaning of one sentence. For this I apologize. As an aside, I've always found golf and fishing uninteresting, though I do quite enjoy 'bolling.' I'm 'bolling' everyday. I 'boll' so hard muthafuckas wanna fine me.
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@BombCenter You just made the kind of stupid remark everyone in hobby grade models hate. Some dumb ass 30+ year old person who thinks ALL models from turbine jets to Airhogs Toys R us junk is all the same, you know just kids stuff. Do us a favor and go back to fishing, golf and bolling and let the smart people have there world. thanks.
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alex jones brought me here
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@mys13isdirty Like who says Star Wars is futuristic..it's here. Who's going to be concerned about a hummingbird buzzing around. Deveoper is a genius.
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@wonedad23 If you're outside where everyone can see you, you have no privacy. What you do outside your home is legally subject to view by anyone. What you do inside your home is only viewable by law enforcement with a court order. Of course if someone is inside and a person can see them strangle someone inside, they have the right to call the police and the police need no warrant. Right now spy drones are available to local law enforcement but there are limited numbers. For now...
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@Rayvyn007 at what cost to privacy? quite frankly, i don't like the idea of american citizens being the subject of constant robotic surveillance. last time i checked, most of us aren't members of the Taliban or al-Qaeda
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I bought one of these for my nephew for Christmas, but I got the duck one since it was $3,999,960.01 cheaper.
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@MinisterAilingTongue Check this out. The DEA and FBI already have Predator B drones and other unarmed drones doing surveillance over the USA. They track criminals and are used in a lot of investigations but they don't have that many of them, yet. Pretty soon you will see smaller drones all over the place used by law enforcement. They won't go into your home without a court order. If you get raped or one of yours gets killed, you'll beg the police to find them.
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@Rayvyn007 Destroy liberty! I know what the police believe. "First, this badge means I can commit murder and get away with it because I am not subject to ANY law. No soldier, doctor, lawyer, scientist, janitor, truck driver, etc can claim those powers. I can kill you just because I feel like it--please test that. Second, 10 dead, disabled or humiliated Innocent men for 1 dead, detained or disabled Guilty man is OUR justice. Lastly, we'll never snitch on our brothers--not even a rapist/murderer."
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I wonder how many guards will be saying "oh look, a hummingbird" before the CIA guy knifes them and runs off with their state secrets...
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To everyone who doesn't seem to understand why this is impressive...
Building a machine that flies by flapping wings is VERY difficult to achieve. This thing is moving so fast it should really have flapped itself to pieces already. The fact that it steers and is actually controllable is the most amazing part. A helicopter is a very simple design in comparison to this, you can't compare the two by saying "I've got one of these things from radioshack". It's not the same...
Well done to them.
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