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Maple Leaf Drones - Not exactly "Multirotor" but...

Discussion in 'Multirotor' started by Tiger, Jul 6, 2012.

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    I've seen info on these before, but this time there is a lot more detail and some good pics in the video.  Interesting concept at the least.  Check it out at:

    http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/maple-seed-drones-will-swarm-the-future.php

    ...Tiger
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    That is pretty cool. Good find. Here is just the video:

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    That is some seriously cool technology! Nice to see Lockheed-Martin's name back in the spotlight - my step-father retired from them back in the 90's. I used to visit their facility at Moffett Field (next to Lockheed Missiles & Space) and even got to get inside an SR-71 once! Very cool 8)
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    LOL, I looked at this photo and at first glance I couldn't see how teh thing flies !?!

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    Looking at the photo made NO sense! Only when I viewed the video did it become clear how she flies ... LOL, cute a 'Maple Seed'
    ... But now of course I can't see how this would make a good 'camera platform' or whatever given the entire airframe spinning as it does?

    Anyone, as I have NO audio at the moment thus I can't hear any dialog in the Video? What I'm I missing?

    But it does remind of the 'single' blade Helicopter (Google) experiments [​IMG] No JOKE, for VIDEO vs


    Thanks in Advance
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    They use some pretty powerful video software that "freeze-frames" the video according to how fast it is spinning at any given moment, then compiles it as a stationary video that we would normally expect to see. It really is quite remarkable! The video looks just like any other you would see anywhere!
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    They also say in the article that because the camera is rotating they can look around 360 degrees.

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    The fact that they have matched frames from the video with how fast it is spinning blew my mind. I assume you would be limited to how many FPS you could shoot.
    Bret, Oct 16, 2012
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    If you had a 30 FPS camera and it rotated 30 rpm then you match each rotation to a frame, take the same camera, rotate at 60 rpm, skip every other rotation frame and the video result would be exactly the same 30 FPS.
    Pelagic Pilot, Oct 16, 2012
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