Drone crashed whilst carrying drugs!

[atomiccomp]

Very interesting read, I thought it wouldn't be long before this sort of event happened. Obviously didn't have a Spartan Vortex on it!

DailyTech - South Carolina Prison Finds Crashed Drone Carrying Drugs, Phones

[Euclid]

I'd not be at all surprised if multis weren't being used to fly drugs across the US/Mexico border or any other border come to that. With a range of a few miles, fire and forget flight controllers and a payload of a kg or more they seem ready made for the this sort of job and more. Legislation will catch up I am sure but when?

[Angelos]

I'd not be at all surprised if multis weren't being used to fly drugs across the US/Mexico border or any other border come to that. With a range of a few miles, fire and forget flight controllers and a payload of a kg or more they seem ready made for the this sort of job and more. Legislation will catch up I am sure but when?

Legislation? Like you will have to pay $10000 fine for unregistered use of unmanned aircraft. Does it really make any difference compared to 10 years in prison for smuggling illegal drugs?

Whilst it is entirely possible to make such flight autonomously this is peanuts compared to 5+ tones transported with a Narco-submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . You'd need to do several thousand flights to get that volume across the border. For a cartel a couple of kilos at a time is impractical. For a little man it is a death sentence. Try to sell drugs your sourced yourself and see how long before the local suppliers pay you a visit.

[Toolman]

How do you use a Vortex on a Quad out of interest?

Tim

[Angelos]

How do you use a Vortex on a Quad out of interest?

Tim

[Toolman]

Very Nice,

Angelos, is a standard Vortex able to fly multi rotors or was this a custom firmware?

Tim.

[Angelos]

Very Nice,

Angelos, is a standard Vortex able to fly multi rotors or was this a custom firmware?

Tim.

It is a custom firmware. Eventually, there may be multi-copter firmware but there are other things add to the FBL system first before I have the time to that.

BTW, here is yet another Vortex variant. What is not explained in the video is that flying wings tend to rock side to side as the speed build up which is very annoying when looking at the on-board video. The idea of the rudder was not just to steer the plane but also to attenuate the rocking motion.

Sorry, we are taking the thread off topic. I won't post any more videos!

[trillian]

Legislation will catch up I am sure but when?

Ummmm, not really. That's the big flaw with legislation, by definition criminals will not obey the law.

[p4ddy]

If I fly my rc aircraft it's an rc aircraft, BUT if I stick a camera on it it's then a drone?? Jesus Christ I hate how the media makes people say/think what they tell them too.

[Rotorwheels]

If I fly my rc aircraft it's an rc aircraft, BUT if I stick a camera on it it's then a drone?? Jesus Christ I hate how the media makes people say/think what they tell them too.

Worrying isn't it. So much for free thinking.


Off topic: Very much looking forward to seeing a Vortex MC controller, Angleos. If they fly as smooth as your FBL, I'll be having some for my Multi Copters *thumbs up*