9m diameter Volodrone makes first flight

General Drone Discussion
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Sod all this Mavic 3, Mini 3 etc rumours.

Here’s a drone that’s much better.

https://www.intelligent-aerospace.com/unmanned/article/14212081/volocopters-volodrone-has-successful-first-public-flight

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VLOS gotta me at least 5 miles :wink:

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I think it’s a shame I misread that as 9mm… That’d be cool

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I just ordered one, but then had to cancel as I realised I can’t get it in the bottom of my wardrobe :thinking::lying_face:

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Or easily hide from SWMBO

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I must admit the thought of 200kg + flying overhead and subject to a bird strike, motor failure or anything else that could bring it down is a little worrying!

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I’m guessing there’s a fair bit of redundancy with that number of rotors.

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