Can a Drone Carry a Full-Grown Human in a Hammock?
Can a Drone Carry a Full-Grown Human in a Hammock?
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
September 8, 20176m 40s
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Show Notes
I have many jobs, but one of my favorite is finding crazy stuff on the internet and using physics to see if it is real or fake. In this case we have a video that shows a drone carrying a human in a hammock. I'll go ahead and say it—this is probably fake. The Physics of Drones You can't tell if the video is real or fake without first understanding the basics of drone flight. In particular, we need to look at the physics of what makes a drone hover.
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