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Drone Surfing

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Re: Drone Surfing

I enjoyed the video a lot. Just wondering why youtube followed it up with this video?

If you charge you drone with electricity made from wind turbines, isn't that really just recycled kiting? Biggrin

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Re: Drone Surfing

Speaking of drones and kiting...
(I recommend 1080 and full screen)

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I recommend you don't try any of this as a lot of what is shown is a great way for some with lesser skills to open their head on a rock. Fun to watch but, remember kids, don't try this at home.

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I still think this is the way to go - easy way to get "Big Air" - just have the pilot turn up the gas.

What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

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Re: Drone Surfing
randy wrote:

I still think this is the way to go - easy way to get "Big Air" - just have the pilot turn up the gas.

I imagine seeing whitecaps from the gondola isn't a great thing.

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Wind is the most critical factor in safe ballooning; it effects every phase of a flight. More balloon flights are cancelled due to wind than for any other reason. Balloons fly best in light and stable winds of 4-6 miles per hour. Maximum safe winds are 8-10 mph. Here are the reasons wind is such an issue: ....

Lastly, there is the landing. A balloon's speed across the ground will be the speed of the wind it is flying in. High wind speeds mean that the pilot needs a larger area to land in. A balloon relies on the friction of the basket dragging along the ground to come to a stop as balloons do not have brakes. In a high wind landing you are trying to stop 3-10 tons, all moving at the speed of the wind, without brakes - the basket will skip, drag and bounce along the ground. It will eventually layover on its side while continuing to drag along the ground. Again, impressive just not much fun.

-- http://www.fun-flying.com/weather.htm

But, hey, I'm an overly cautious sort of guy. When the kids played in the Mickey D's ball pit, we made them wear helmets and rib protectors; and sanitized their hands when they came out.

--- The Arrogant Jerk: Crabby and irritable since 1998.

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