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Quadcopter lifts ~ 129 pounds!

ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
edited 2013-07-04 14:19 in General Discussion
HobbyKing finished their 2013 Multi-rotor Beer lift competition and this guy won in the Unlimited class by using cases of beer bottles strapped on for landing gear. He only gets it off the ground for a few seconds but afterwards they dismantle the beer cases from the quad and weigh them @ 58.7kg.

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  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-07-02 10:16
    Some might consider putting beer in harm's way as a cardinal sin. What if something were to happen to the beer?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-07-02 10:16
    Wow.

    Can you lift "light" beer in that contest for extra capacity? :tongue:
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2013-07-04 09:48
    At our quadcopter meetings, we also lift beers, but one at a time, and not so many, and not with the quad.

    We now have a new series of goals.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    edited 2013-07-04 13:21
    I can't believe they are using that bathroom scale to judge a competition. My company regularly provides real industrial scales to events like fishing rodeos in exchange for having a banner with the name of our company by the weigh station.
  • RforbesRforbes Posts: 281
    edited 2013-07-04 14:19
    I'm with Loopy on this. Every time a beer is hurt, solar systems implode somewhere. I'm sure of it.
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