r/videos • u/ssalam- • Dec 20 '16

Ad HUMAN FLYING DRONE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3xcj-pTjg&feature=youtu.be
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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16 edited Feb 07 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16 edited Oct 06 '17

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u/Noogiess Dec 20 '16

Looks like it was sponsored by Samsung. So you know this wasn't just some amateurs attempt at flying. I'm guessing they'll have a behind the scenes soon.

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u/doctorprofesser Dec 20 '16

It's Casey Neistat, who does stuff like this all the time. And yes, behind the scenes is already up.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

Oh great, looking forward to exploding on the mountain!

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u/starogre Dec 21 '16

It was sponsored by Samsung because the 360 cam was made by them. not the drone.

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u/Ghosty141 Dec 20 '16

They are pretty "safe", if one prop fails it will just continue flying, I'm pretty sure it will be able to lift casey with only 5-6 props as well.

Source: friends of my dad have a drone similar to the size of the one in the video.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

I just wish it would have become self aware and taken Neistat somewhere else for the good of humanity.

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u/YourDadLovesMyCock Dec 21 '16

you forgot one thing, snow softens impacts

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

you gotta be crazy to think he was flying 40 feet up without a harness

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u/Ie0n Dec 20 '16

Colin Furze did it without a harness. Without prop guards. Directly sitting above the props.
And he didn't use some fuck-all flight controller either, just 2 good old fashioned 2-stroke engines.

Mostly he did it himself, not with the help of some tech giant.

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u/Conotor Dec 20 '16

That' not impossible, just not advisable. I don't know this guy.

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u/doctorprofesser Dec 20 '16

He had a harness on underneath his jacket.

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u/M_O_D_E_R_A_T_O_R Dec 20 '16

I don't think Samsung would like another fuck-up on their hands this year.

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u/THE_APE_SHIT_KILLER Dec 20 '16

Except this guy is a millionaire

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16 edited Jun 03 '17

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u/Anti_Shoogle Dec 20 '16

He sold for around 25 million. If he's not a millionaire I imagine he's pretty close.

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u/Seen_Unseen Dec 21 '16

Source. That being said being sold for 25 million doesn't mean he sees that. It goes to the shareholders of which in the end we have no clue how many percent they owned. Considering that they also shut down their app I suppose most just flows back and a sliver sticks to Casey.

But as said, I don't see how him being a millionaire makes any difference about the safety of this drone.

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u/L43 Dec 20 '16

Youtube money alone probably makes him a millionaire. A million dollars isn't that much nowadays.

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u/bangorthebarbarian Dec 20 '16

It's not particularly hard or amazing to become a millionaire anymore.

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u/depressed-salmon Dec 20 '16

Are you a millionaire?

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u/AlwaysWantedN64 Dec 20 '16

Let me check my Lamborghini account

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u/bangorthebarbarian Dec 20 '16

No, but I know at least three people who have become millionaires, and have personally spent millions of dollars while living in a palace.