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(3,656 posts)sop
(10,185 posts)Response to tblue37 (Original post)
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Mopar151
(9,983 posts)czarjak
(11,277 posts)so I wiped it on the wall Greatest R&R lyric of all time? Check out Live in London.
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)Are flying bathtubs common in this neighborhood??
localroger
(3,626 posts)These human-carrying multirotor projects are actually pretty common online, although not so common that you're so likely to see on in RL that you wouldn't be startled if it landed at your coffee shop. It's really the same tech as the smaller drones with bigger motors, more batteries, and pretty much the same electronics and software. I'd guess that like its smaller cousins the bathtub can fly for 5 or 10 minutes on a battery charge, which probably gives it a range of a few kilometers.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)that someone can literally throw together something like this, spend the hours fine tuning it and then...fly.
That the markets exist to produce the separate components (which are then combined to make a flying bathtub human sized R/C drone) is eye-opening.
localroger
(3,626 posts)You need the large motors and high-power motor controllers, but those are commodity, and high enough power battery packs to power them but those are commodity, and there are any number of open source drone control boards you can pick that have all the sensors and the stabilization algos included and all you need to do is tweak the PID control elements because our bathtub probably doesn't respond quite as quick as a handheld drone, and you're golden. I would personally load 200 lb of sandbags in the thing and test it by remote control before trusting it with my actual corporeal bod. And then of course it has no safety backup features, but in this future of wingsuits and extreme everything who's bothered by that?
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Now that is NOT a commodity item!
Aviation Pro
(12,168 posts)With no SVO. Look it up.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,229 posts)made my day.
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Fla Dem
(23,671 posts)Pretty neat mode of transportation.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)Faux pas
(14,681 posts)Jerry2144
(2,101 posts)Is my hero.
Rural Engineering at its finest! This is some brilliant work.
Harker
(14,018 posts)I guess.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Pretty sure that violates some law. Flying machines have licensing requirements.
But, what jury would convict him?
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)you're allowed to fly in ultralights without any sort of licensing or certification.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultralight_aircraft_(United_States)
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)with an old cast iron claw-foot tub.
LunaSea
(2,894 posts)With a big enough engine, you can fly a barn.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)leighbythesea2
(1,200 posts)Amazing.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)tblue37
(65,357 posts)tanyev
(42,559 posts)Patton French
(757 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)If it were, the state DEP would have cited him for improper drainage and the local building department would have it condemned for a plumbing code violation.