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You cap out at a very short range. Those police drones are meant to hover really high up, and they’ll often have permissions to fly them above 400ft.
I don’t know the flock ones much I imagine they’re very similar to the dji drones our police force have. They have a lot of power but its not for flying in acro mode or spending a lot of throttle to zip around its using its energy to fight massive winds you encounter the higher up you go.
It can be a mildly windy day in your back yard and it dramatically changes your battery time. Most of any of the 100 or sub 100 gram tiny whoops get 3-4 minutes tops when you fly aggressively. I imagine flying full bore just to approach the survalience drone is going to drian the battery to the point its unusable before you reach it. You’ll get major voltage drop and won’t be able to fight the wind which absolutely bullies you.
And all that is with a 580 battery which those drones kind of cap out at before weight becomes a issue. Most fly best in the 350-480 range which have 2-3 minute flight times. Even if you used fishing line that weighs nothing and try to tangle the props I still think you will have a hard time even reaching it. Just to ensure you have reliable video and ample range on your radio you probably end up spending 600+ dollars you might as well upgrade the drone too.
I just don’t think its pheasable. I’m sure there’s someone that is god like on the sticks, and knows every single motor manufacturers and their specs could pull off something like this.
But a small 100g drone can carry quite a bit of high tensile strength string… Let’s see the big drone fly without it’s propellers.
You cap out at a very short range. Those police drones are meant to hover really high up, and they’ll often have permissions to fly them above 400ft.
I don’t know the flock ones much I imagine they’re very similar to the dji drones our police force have. They have a lot of power but its not for flying in acro mode or spending a lot of throttle to zip around its using its energy to fight massive winds you encounter the higher up you go.
It can be a mildly windy day in your back yard and it dramatically changes your battery time. Most of any of the 100 or sub 100 gram tiny whoops get 3-4 minutes tops when you fly aggressively. I imagine flying full bore just to approach the survalience drone is going to drian the battery to the point its unusable before you reach it. You’ll get major voltage drop and won’t be able to fight the wind which absolutely bullies you.
And all that is with a 580 battery which those drones kind of cap out at before weight becomes a issue. Most fly best in the 350-480 range which have 2-3 minute flight times. Even if you used fishing line that weighs nothing and try to tangle the props I still think you will have a hard time even reaching it. Just to ensure you have reliable video and ample range on your radio you probably end up spending 600+ dollars you might as well upgrade the drone too.
I just don’t think its pheasable. I’m sure there’s someone that is god like on the sticks, and knows every single motor manufacturers and their specs could pull off something like this.