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.-- JesusHChrist, Nov 12 2013 Diminutive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutive [JesusHChrist, Nov 13 2013] 80 kM/h (50 MPH) quadcopter http://www.youtube....watch?v=p31KdbTjstgvideo [CraigD, Nov 16 2013] Needs IR/night vision - a must for mobile peeping toms. Just park up and go browse round bedroom windows ...
Auto-return and land on low battery detect would be very useful.
Controls and monitor visible/operable only from the passenger seat.
[+]-- 8th of 7, Nov 12 2013 " The quadcopter could be launched in traffic "
I'll be running over crushed copter pieces all day long...-- normzone, Nov 12 2013 Or would that be car-ette? (Link)-- JesusHChrist, Nov 13 2013 (+) 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.
Other than that it should come standard.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 13 2013 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.
Landing one in its "cave" at speed could be trouble, though. Perhaps the system could have a big catch- net?-- CraigD, Nov 16 2013 random, halfbakery