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nine_eos
Oct 26, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXh1hvaS7us

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Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
youll shoot your eye out, kid

BeefThief
Aug 8, 2007

i guess thats cool but it sounds like im at the dentist lol

Edgar
Sep 9, 2005

Oh my heck!
Oh heavens!
Oh my lord!
OH Sweet meats!
Wedge Regret
I imagine drone racing folks like the magicians in arrested development.

nine_eos
Oct 26, 2015

Edgar posted:

I imagine drone racing folks like the magicians in arrested development.



its fairly serious

http://droneworlds.com

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
yheah serious like mtg tournaments

FalloutGod
Dec 14, 2006
hobbies!!! :argh:

Wendigee
Jul 19, 2004

but its not really serious. Looks like a lot of fun but I'm not sure why racing is the way to boost this technology

That Robot
Sep 16, 2004

ask me anything about robots
Buglord

BeefThief posted:

i guess thats cool but it sounds like im at the dentist lol

this is correct

are there like attachments so you can have the drone pick up stuff for you and drop it places? or ways to script the drone to do that so you can have it move a bunch of poo poo for you over time?

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Wendigee posted:

but its not really serious. Looks like a lot of fun but I'm not sure why racing is the way to boost this technology

its a way for a bunch of dudes in their 30s to feel secure about their purchase of a flying piece of plastic

nine_eos
Oct 26, 2015

That Robot posted:

this is correct

are there like attachments so you can have the drone pick up stuff for you and drop it places? or ways to script the drone to do that so you can have it move a bunch of poo poo for you over time?

what we fly for racing isn't autonomous. the only sensor we use is a gyro, the rest is manual control.

nine_eos
Oct 26, 2015

Robo Reagan posted:

its a way for a bunch of dudes in their 30s to feel secure about their purchase of a flying piece of plastic

this is a little beyond that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47GPwnscJHw

bikesonyx
Oct 9, 2014
Racist

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

oh yeah sure tell me all about how grown up and mature your video games paper cards flying plastic races are

nine_eos
Oct 26, 2015

Robo Reagan posted:

oh yeah sure tell me all about how grown up and mature your video games paper cards flying plastic races are

rofl, i'm sorry my hobby offends you.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Do you ever get motion sickness OP?

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord
i for one am not upset. you basically have the "who gives a gently caress" of hobbies.

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

nine_eos posted:

rofl, i'm sorry my hobby offends you.

i didn't say it offended me stop getting defensive about your dumb hobby

nine_eos
Oct 26, 2015

Chinatown posted:

Do you ever get motion sickness OP?

no, i haven't ever really suffered from motion sickness..

i might have gotten something like that the first few times i tried to fly with goggles while standing up, but it went away quickly.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
most hobbies are inherently useless pursuits so drone racing is cooler than most hobbies probably other than sexing women or posting on online forums

i play painball which is cool mainly because u get to inflict actual physical pain upon people legally

JiveHonky
May 12, 2001

by zen death robot
Grimey Drawer
unless the drone is delivering pizza i cant get too excited

Tskkl
Mar 10, 2013

Prettiest girl at the Harvest Moon ball.

Robo Reagan posted:

oh yeah sure tell me all about how grown up and mature your video games paper cards flying plastic races are

If I don't find it enjoyable, you shouldn't be able to!

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord
no, but for real, i appreciate the original content but HOOO BOY *yawns* what thread is this?

nine_eos
Oct 26, 2015

Chinatown posted:

most hobbies are inherently useless pursuits so drone racing is cooler than most hobbies probably other than sexing women or posting on online forums

i play painball which is cool mainly because u get to inflict actual physical pain upon people legally

drone paintball might be fun

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Tskkl posted:

If I don't find it enjoyable, you shouldn't be able to!

what u're fastest drone race time

Wifi Toilet
Oct 1, 2004

Toilet Rascal

BeefThief posted:

i guess thats cool but it sounds like im at the dentist lol

Agreed, let me know when drones can play an mp3 loud enough to drown out the air drill noise.

Gonna loop Airwolf theme all day, erryday.

E: Here's a simulation
http://www.youdubber.com/index.php?video=aXh1hvaS7us&video_start=22&audio=nIoSPevvsds&audio_start=7

Wifi Toilet fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Jun 6, 2016

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


White people make up the dumbest poo poo to be entertained by. That poo poo was super boring.

Zooey Dave Chapelle
Oct 27, 2013
is this the hooby thread?

satanic splash-back
Jan 28, 2009

when drones are combined with skateboards, we will truly live in the future

Owlbear Camus
Jan 3, 2013

Maybe this guy that flies is just sort of passing through, you know?



now this is podracing!

a hole-y ghost
May 10, 2010

My keyboard controls arent working and I keep crashing, wtf is with this game!!

mom and dad fight a lot
Sep 21, 2006

If you count them all, this sentence has exactly seventy-two characters.
how the gently caress do you spot those white arches so well? my old stupid eyes could barely make them out half the time.

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord

Airborne Viking posted:

how the gently caress do you spot those white arches so well? my old stupid eyes could barely make them out half the time.

hey when you can spot the golden arches from 5 miles away the rest comes natural

Doctor Discomfort
Jan 4, 2015

This looks fun but do can you do this without going outside? I have porphyric hemophilia and I can't be out in the sun.

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord

Doctor Discomfort posted:

I have porphyric hemophilia and I can't be out in the sun.

thas OK *moons you*

nullEntityRNG
Jun 23, 2010

Mostly pseudo-random.
You're banking too hard on those curves and too late, causing you to lose a lot of momentum. You're not going to do well in the racing if you don't step up your maneuvers.

Grem
Mar 29, 2004

It's how her species communicates

And if you do well no one will give a poo poo still.

Wee Stubby Nublet
Nov 20, 2015

by Lowtax
How big/long are the blades on those things? Do they even have blades?

I can't help picturing that American guy who got decapitated by his model helicopter, a couple of years ago, when it spun outta control.

Harrower
Nov 30, 2002
I went bad post hunting today and found this thread.

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gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
ever since hobbyists put cameras on drones weve had to look back and realize we were practically wasting our time when we just had drones without cameras
the next no-going-back upgrade is gonna be miniaturized guns

oh god the thread is onslaughted by "cool" goons

Iron Prince posted:

i for one am not upset. you basically have the "who gives a gently caress" of hobbies.
the "who gives a gently caress" of hobbies is what every hobby is you dumbass

Chinatown posted:

i play painball which is cool mainly because u get to inflict actual physical pain upon people legally
your hobby is dumb

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