# Flight test - The Hexakopter

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-test-the-hexakopter/530883>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 1, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-test-the-hexakopter/530883 "2010-03-01T17:40:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-test-the-hexakopter/530883/21 "2010-03-04T01:47:53Z")

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I’m pretty sure that, if necessary, that thing could kill John Connor.

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**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-test-the-hexakopter/530883/22 "2010-03-04T02:50:17Z")

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I don’t know what is being developed in this area, but I was very impressed with this vehicle. It certainly could have great applications in various arenas. Makes me wonder what is going on with the developers who are working on applications that mimic insect wing motions.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-test-the-hexakopter/530883/23 "2010-03-04T03:46:46Z")

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> [@Beerman1963](#):
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> I wonder if the military is checking out anything like this.  
> 2 kilo payload about 4 pounds U.S.? sounds like a camera would fit.  
> I could see urban recon. with this thing

Oh, the military’s got stuff that’s cooler than that.

The [Honeywell T-Hawk](http://www.hightech-edge.com/honeywell-t-hawk-rq-16-autonomous-micro-flying-vehicle-drone-combat-bomb-threat/3790/) is about the same size (14" in diameter), but it has a gimbaled video camera, infra-red sensors, a 5000 ft ceiling, and a 50 minute loiter time.

The [Coyote](http://www.acrtucson.com/UAV/coyote/index.html) is launched from an aicraft in a ‘Sonobuoy’ tube. It drops to low altitude, then pops out of the tube, its wings extend, and you’ve got a little UAV that can fly around for 90 minutes as much as 20 miles from the aircraft that dropped it. So you can keep your expensive UAV or manned aircraft at a safe distance and check out stuff with these little guys.

The [Wasp](http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/wasp.html) is only 5 inches across, yet it can fly for over an hour and a half and has _two_ video cameras. When it’s more than a hundred feet or so in the air, you can’t hear it and it’s nearly impossible to see. They’re launched with what looks like a slingshot.

There are UAVs out there with full video systems and navigation that weigh only a few grams. The [Delfly Micro](http://www.delfly.nl/?site=DIII&menu=&lang=en) weighs only 3 grams! And it carries a camera. Amazing.

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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-test-the-hexakopter/530883/24 "2010-03-04T03:50:18Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> Already done. One of the British police forces has a 4-prop UAV.

Well fuckitall, there’s only one thing to do–I’m starting work tomorrow morning on a UAV with **8 MOTHERFUCKING PROPS**!!!

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