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From PCAuthority.com.au ...
< http://mobile.pcauthority.com.au/Article.aspx?CIID=400063&am p;type=News>
Star Wars Millennium Falcon drone is as amazing as you think
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Finally, the iconic movie ship comes to life with an homemade
quadcopter.
Flying drone enthusiasts are a fun bunch, tweaking their
quadcopters to create things like the SHIELD Helicarrier from
The Avengers. But the latest pop culture recreation really
takes the cake.
Check out this custom-built Millennium Falcon drone from Star
Wars, which was posted to Reddit by user Olivier-FR. He¹s got
a wealth of quadcopter clips on YouTube, but this appears to
be his first shared attempt at bringing an iconic ship to
life.
< http://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/2ur0dk/radiocontrolled_ millenium_f
alcon/>
The foam-based body is a little light on visual detailing,
but the silhouette is spot-on, and it does a great job of
incorporating quadcopter guts within the familiar shape. And
those blinding lights are a perfect touch that help sell the
illusion - well, beyond how great it looks hovering around
the countryside.
Olivier says he spent a little over Euro1000 on the copter
parts, radio, and foam, and as you can see in the top video,
the extra weight gives it a battery life of just about five
minutes. He also said that the speed is cut down to about
one-third of normal (here¹s an FPV video without the hull
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSIn9-xS_PA>), reaching only
about 30km/hour.
But it¹s still a very stellar effort, and we¹d love to see
him continue tweaking and enhancing it. You can find several
work-in-progress of the project over at imgur.
For now, though, it looks like he¹s going to tackle another
legendary Star Wars ship: the TIE Fighter. He already has
plans drawn up, but says he¹s encountering problems ³because
of the tall solar panels.² We¹re pulling for you, Olivier.
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRtXd1eiH-s
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpvIU8i0khs
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