Drone replacing boat - GIF

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Oct 20, 2020, 02:39 PM
Jon

Drone replacing boat - GIF

Drone replacing boat.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...239#post150089
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...048#post137966
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...185#post145732
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...442#post139038
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...808#post133343
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3663#post99719
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...340#post154404
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...040#post153319
Oct 20, 2020, 04:35 PM
rgsparber

I find it hard to believe that the drone is pulling that skiers. I think I see the glint of a second wire.

Rick
Oct 20, 2020, 06:31 PM
WorkerB

Or a push from behind with the drone only taking up the slack on the handline
Oct 20, 2020, 06:49 PM
nova_robotics

I'm with Rick on this one. No way.
Oct 20, 2020, 06:51 PM
N4NV

Yes, it looks fake.
Oct 21, 2020, 03:58 AM
hemmjo

Quote:

Originally Posted by N4NV

Yes, it looks fake.

Or not..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1n6QrNSJfA
Oct 21, 2020, 04:09 AM
rgsparber

Consider the size of the motors with battery on the drone and then look at the engine on a boat able to pull a skier.

Rick
Oct 21, 2020, 06:07 AM
hemmjo

Consider, the boat engine has to also move the boat and itself. It takes much more force to accelerate the boat, get it up on plane, haul the mass of the boat, the engine, the fuel, and the passengers.

The wake board is much easier to plane and that is not a little drone. I have pulled skiers with my Hobie 16. A wake board would be MUCH easier.

If you have skied much at all, unless you are doing deep hard cuts, you know the pull on your hands is not very much after the initial jerk to get up on plane. I would guess between 25-30 pounds at most. Well within the capability of a large drone.
Oct 21, 2020, 06:23 AM
rgsparber

I stand corrected. Any idea how many minutes those batteries would last? I’m guessing that some of those stunts used a lot of energy.

Rick
Oct 21, 2020, 06:39 AM
hemmjo

it appears that Infineon makes components for drones. The video appears to be an ad for them.

https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/
Oct 21, 2020, 10:58 AM
nova_robotics

Quote:

Originally Posted by hemmjo

Or not..

Wow. Amazing. I stand corrected.