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The video is from April and it caused a bit of a stir back then but it's starting to pop back up all over the internet again for some reason.
http://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9...a-hammock-fake http://www.craveonline.com/mandatory...-hammock-drone https://thenextweb.com/shareables/20...#.tnw_rFGogzcq This article claims "the figure in the hammock was a mannequin and the flight had been orchestrated as a publicity stunt by a local business" but doesn't give any sources https://www.upi.com/Mannequin-in-dro...1271492802543/ |
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I think the mannequin idea is more plausible than that it's an actual person in the hammock. You don't see it move at all (the arm seems to be in a fixed position) and I would have thought the weight would be an issue for a real person. All the video I've seen of drones carrying real people have had enormous custom-made contraptions combining far more rotors than that, and they've stayed much closer to the ground.
This article on the 5 best heavy lift drones suggests that even the strongest commercially-available drones, which are larger than that one, can only carry up to 44lb (20kg) or so. There's no way a six-rotor off-the-shelf drone like that one could carry a person. I'm surprised it can carry the mannequin, almost. |
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I'm wondering if it might be CGI. On the other hand they might have carved the mannequin out of styrofoam so it was super light ....
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Some are out there, and they are going to become much more prevalent. |
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