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FLIR Wins $20.6 Million Contract to Provide Black Hornet Nano-UAV Systems for U.S. Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor Program

Award Augments Army’s $40 Million Initial Order for Black Hornets in Early 2019 ARLINGTON, Va., May 7, 2020 ― FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced it has won an additional $20.6 million cont…
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Wonder how it does if it's windy out or is that not a thing with tiny drones?
 
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jooka said:
Wonder how it does if it's windy out or is that not a thing with tiny drones?
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At least little quads and stuff wind is a big problem. Under 10feet or so unless it's a really gusty day seemed to help with mine. But as soon as you hit 15 feet or so into clear air, whatever the wind is doing really is felt. Granted these are $20-100 toys, but as small as that thing is, I doubt it can be that drastically stronger even if "military" grade. Though being a conventional helo setup might have some kind of benefit over a quad setup.
 
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I've never played with a large/expensive single rotor, but they do worse in wind in my experience. The quads can react to wind easier with rapid rpm changes. The single rotor has to respond with blade pitch changes. They're more efficient in general, though.
 
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Those drones cost 40-190k each. That seems pretty expensive, but if they save lives on the battlefield I guess it's worth it. They seem to be useful for checking terrain for snipers and enemy positions. Watched a video from 2013 of someone using one and it went approx a mile away and sent some video back of a clifftop at around 200ft elevation. That seems quite impressive, but I know nothing about drones.


 
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Isn't FLIR the company that sells the thermal camera addons for smart phones? Predator vision drones would be pretty cool lol
 
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Bigamy is no longer a felony in Utah | CNN

For decades, polygamists in Utah lived under the threat of jail time for their marriages. Now, the offense of bigamy, when two people marry while at least one of them is already legally married, is on par with getting a traffic ticket.
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Gonna be interesting to see how this works out down the road.
 
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Well fuck. FB getting their hands in something else. Personally I've found tenor (owned by Google) to have way better search results. I think giphy has been censoring out some of their results. Anyways, sad panda. There's still the bastard red headed stepchild that is gyfcat.

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Facebook Acquires GIF-Sharing and Creation Platform GIPHY for $400M

Facebook today announced that it has acquired the popular GIF sharing platform GIPHY, and it will be joining the Instagram team. Instagram has...
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Well fuck. FB getting their hands in something else. Personally I've found tenor (owned by Google) to have way better search results. I think giphy has been censoring out some of their results. Anyways, sad panda. There's still the bastard red headed stepchild that is gyfcat.

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Facebook Acquires GIF-Sharing and Creation Platform GIPHY for $400M

Facebook today announced that it has acquired the popular GIF sharing platform GIPHY, and it will be joining the Instagram team. Instagram has...
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only faggots use giphy
 
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Foler said:
Well fuck. FB getting their hands in something else. Personally I've found tenor (owned by Google) to have way better search results. I think giphy has been censoring out some of their results. Anyways, sad panda. There's still the bastard red headed stepchild that is gyfcat.

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Facebook Acquires GIF-Sharing and Creation Platform GIPHY for $400M

Facebook today announced that it has acquired the popular GIF sharing platform GIPHY, and it will be joining the Instagram team. Instagram has...
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Since libs suck at memes, FB solved the problem buy buying giphy. This won't be the last purchase by big liberal tech to thwart the election.
 
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