# So who else has never seen a drone pick a guy up from his lawn and land him on the roof?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 3, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695 "2018-04-03T06:01:54Z")
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### Author:  [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695/1 "2018-04-03T06:01:54Z")
Apparently this is a thing, but I’d never seen or heard of it before. Very cool! Looks like the Jetson’s era may almost be upon us, but noisier and with (thankfully) different clothes.
On second thought, Yoga pants have taken off, so maybe not.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAbCGsntQis)
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### Author:  [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695/2 "2018-04-03T07:01:12Z")
It looks like a fake to me.
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### Author:  [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695/3 "2018-04-03T07:42:07Z")
I suspected fakery but in watching several times I wasn’t able to see how or where.
[Here’s one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3xcj-pTjg&feature=youtu.be&t=48) that very much seems legit but it’s quite a bit larger than the one in the video I posted. But it carries the guy a lot farther too.
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### Author:  [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695/4 "2018-04-03T07:54:50Z")
Dude in the first vid [looks familiar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvUN_6tLNMM)
I’m actually quite a fan of his stuff - they’re very well edited. Most of them aren’t actually trying to fool you though.
[Compilation vid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoIWtgQ3Wz4)
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### Author:  [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695/5 "2018-04-03T08:57:11Z")
Wow, guess I was scammed after all. That guy’s really good and seems like a cool guy. Thanks for the links.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695/6 "2018-04-03T15:23:29Z")
I’m not sure how they did it, either.
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### Author:  [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695/7 "2018-04-03T15:41:48Z")
Several of the comments mentioned a crane. You can vaguely see the reflection of (what looks like) one in the window at 0:08. That’s my guess.
ETA: sorry if that ruins the magic for anyone.
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### Author:  [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695/8 "2018-04-03T16:04:03Z")
Definitely fake, I have flown a drone not much larger and it couldn’t even lift a brick.
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### Author:  [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-has-never-seen-a-drone-pick-a-guy-up-from-his-lawn-and-land-him-on-the-roof/811695/9 "2018-04-03T19:21:43Z")
If you want to see the size a drone needs to be to lift a man check out this video
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3xcj-pTjg)