The Picture of the Century... Nature defeats Technology

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• sad_detective_man@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I hope that doesn’t hurt to do. it’s cool as hell to see but I’m unaware of how many rotor blade impacts a hollow bird bone can take

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  • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If I remember correctly the strength of these is quite low. They just spin really fast. They cannot even break skin and give you a cut afaik.

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    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They can cut the shit out of you. They won’t sever a finger or anything with the stock props (some aftermarket carbon fiber stuff might though), but they’ll fuck up flesh.

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    • sad_detective_man@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      that’s good. I’m glad the birb isn’t at risk while killing the robit

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    • Saff@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Until it becomes an arms race, blades will be made of lightweight metals that are super thin to save weight and therefore sharp, and motors be built with more torque.

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  • BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This plastic bomber can’t really hurt much.

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  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well birds are robots, so prolly a lot.

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    • McNasty@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Birds are real and this isn’t reddit

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• ddplf@szmer.info ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I used to be a drone hunter like you, but then I took a rotor blade to a knee

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• zxqwas@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Reminds me of Xkcd.com/1842

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  • Dampyr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You’re right, it’s spot on ahah

    Anti-Drone Eagles

    It’s cool, it’s totally ethical–they’re all programmed to hunt whichever bird of prey is most numerous at the moment, so they leave the endangered ones alone until near the end.

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    • seralth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There is always an XKCD for everything dear god

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Bird: FUCK THIS SHIT IN PARTICULAR!

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• onion_trial@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Who shot the photo?

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  • Adori@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There was a second eagle for taking a picture of his bro

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  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Technology.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But who invented technology? Eagles.

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  • Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Image

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    • FuckFascism@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nice username bro

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    • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez… (My required reaction when I spot a reddit mention).

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• Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s a DJI Phantom, made entirely of plastic - the battery has about 50% of the weight of the drone, the weight should add to about 1400g, the motors are probably 2312 with 900-ish Kv (it’s like the HP of a car), stock propellers are about 10 inch in diameter - that would give it roughly 2.5 times more power than weight, so a maximum lift off weight of about 4000g (a little less than 4 lbs). Maximum speed is, according to the internet, 45 mph.

  For clearance: my self-built drone with a carbon fiber frame has 1200 grams (with battery), motors are 2207 with 1980Kv and propellers are 5 inch - a quarter of the size. I calculated about 12 times power to weight, making it able to lift off with up to 12 kg or 20 pounds. I think the maximum speed should be around 80 mph.

  Yeah, the eagle probably destroyed it without getting hurt.

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  • OozingPositron@feddit.cl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I feel like you just wanted to tell people about your drone.

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    • Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Weeeellll originally no, but I figured that showing a little more knowledge on this topic would make me sound a little more competent.

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  • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What resources are reputable to look into custom drone building? That sounds like a cool hobby for my teenage sons and I

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    • Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Definitely Joshua Bardwell on YouTube! He even has a website www.fpvknowitall.com where he even has blueprints of builds and a lot of info! Reddit r/diydrones is very helpful, as well r/tinywhoops (small drones) and r/fpv (I posted my soldering there and was corrected multiple times.

      I’m deep into FPV where you fly with goggles, so I’m no expert in programming, but I’ve seen quite some posts about fully automated drones there!

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  • Allemaniac@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    send your blueprints to Ukraine and watch your intellectual newborn become the bane of the autocratic world

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• iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I can literally hear the eagle saying fuck off cunt

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Next step, train eagles to drop bombs on Russians.

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  • FuckFascism@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So the Russians can shoot at the birds too? No, that’s a very cruel idea, let’s stick with drones.

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    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      how can Russians shoot at birds when they aren’t real?

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  • abcdqfr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m envisioning an eagle shaped locomotive, send help

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• dellish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Is that a wedge-tailed eagle? Those birds are huge.

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  • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Golden Eagle I think

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• WanderWisley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The animal vs robot war will be epic.

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• MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  only 25 years in

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