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Quadcopter Car-ette
(Formerly carlet, née car-lette) for the aerial view in traffic, parking, navigation etc. | |
This is a roof design for a car that allows a quadcopter to take off
and
land easily in a chutte-cave ob the roof of the car. The
quadcopter
could be launched in traffic or when parking or when real-time
navigational assistance is needed. The quad copter would have a
camera that would send
video to the dash/windshield of the car.
Diminutive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutive [JesusHChrist, Nov 13 2013]
80 kM/h (50 MPH) quadcopter
http://www.youtube....watch?v=p31KdbTjstg video [CraigD, Nov 16 2013]
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Needs IR/night vision - a must for mobile peeping toms. Just park up and go browse round bedroom windows ... |
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Auto-return and land on low battery detect would be very useful. |
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Controls and monitor visible/operable only from the passenger seat. |
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" The quadcopter could be launched in traffic " |
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I'll be running over crushed copter pieces all day long... |
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Or would that be car-ette? (Link) |
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(+) but I can see these things hanging from power lines all over town... also many over-pass cyclists spazzing into traffic trying to dodge the odd motorized bullwhip. |
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Other than that it should come standard. |
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My first thought was that quadcopters are so slow
one would have a hard time making it back to the car
if traffic speed increased, but I saw a video of one
keeping up with a car at 80 km/hr. |
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Landing one in its "cave" at speed could be trouble,
though. Perhaps the system could have a big catch-
net? |
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