FLIR Black Hornet: Super Small Drone for Individual Soldiers 

Look how good of a job Christoph Waltz is doing pretending to be an FLIR employee.

I can remember this very same product and bloke talking about this a few years back,anyway i'm glad it's still out there and doing well by the sounds of it. Thanks for sharing as always lads = thumbs up.

With all due respect to the VP and the interviewer having mentioned tactical operation background. Some things that should have been asked were: What transmission system does it use? Is it WiFi? Is it OcuSync? Is it some other transmitter system that's worthy of its cost? ...Because if its WiFi, that 1mi range becomes 1/4mi range in an urban environment or even less the lower the altitude. Might as well throw money in the rubbish, if that's the case. Also what is its maximum velocity and ceiling? What is its crosswind stability capabilities? Flight time of X minutes at what power consumption rate? It is good technology and ideology. But the right questions need to be asked and the technology needs to be implemented for it to be practical.

it is probably rated up to like 5 mph winds...

Its so neat

There is a very fine line between SIFI and Reality these days. Great job men, and yes I would love to have one too!!!!

It's only sold to governments, but it's not hard to make your own. There are plenty of tiny quadcopters that give live video feed, have a range of miles, and can give the user situational awareness. Hell, a tiny airplane is great for that. It flies faster, stays up longer and is quieter.

Cool

It weighs in at 18 gramms , What about the battery ? .. It's the size of a toaster 😆

Looks just like the copter from egyptian hieroglyphs

Nice RadioShack toy drone.

I'm not spending my life savings on an air hogs.

What powers this thing? Can't see it as Lipo.. ! Cool drone anyway!

The screen/receiver unit could easily be made smaller and possibly wrist mounted.

Very soldier friendly and extra 3 pounds lol. Respect boys thank you for your sacrifices

#37: nice gear to have on the field.

Id happily pay about 3K for "a complete system" ...i can build a 100g lr micro quad myself that will fly for 15mins and have a 2-3km range, but thermal Imaging is hard to get in such a small platform.

That looks sneaky

What kind of super batteries are powering this ?

i want to HEAR it working ... there is no video available of it except old one where they boosted sound

I wish I can have one of those

1:18 “impossible to explain how much it weighs” uh how about 18 grams

That's cool and all but what happens if the wind is blowing 30 45 mph what then?

I'm sure law enforcement will use proper procedures and warrants to use these drones, and also will release footage to the public if they screw up.

Amazing. I wonder how this manages 20 minutes of flight time. Isn't that quite a long flight time for something like this?

How long does it fly?

we are still adjusting to this drone,,,,,

Should put a laser on one to help guide in laser guided missiles. Allows for clear unobstructed paint of a target.

I can't believe and I actually saw the one that I saw for the first time I'm going and that's how they do it... Amazing what our government doesn't tell us until we just actually stumble upon it. .

Can be sold freely

The Syrian and Russian military have them also

It would be nice to get one of those .

He just hurt my feelings again, But I'm a Government of 1. I have been wanting one from day one. it would be the perfect off road drone. Small little space needed etc. DJI spark looks to be what we will get for the off road buggy but still this would be perfect. PLUS I like how he calls them sensors and not drones.

HOw quiet are these drones?

How buy this drone and where online what is price

Can I parchis this drone ??

I want one!

Saves lives 🙄🥱yeah right

Wouldn't you just Love to know what kind of electronics are used in these? :) These have been around for a nr. of years now, and I had expected this stuff to have trickled down the consumer level by now (maybe in a different package).. but Nope! Grrrr ;)

Who search this on amazon? Or EBay?

Precio del black hornet y dode lo puedo comprar soy de peru

I see where your coming from .I'd be the same.the field test they done was quite impressive.guy. tried to hide on a hillside an they found him. keep the vids coming Brian England ps how about some more good ol hands on flight test

What do they sound like 2 or 3 ft from your head?

Cant i buy it

A short demo would have topped it off!

three years old... you'd think if this was viable tech that we'd have heard more about it.

No demo?

is there any way a militar product is made for ¨saving lives¨?

How much?

Its net but into world some wiz kid or toy maker will come out with a close model or better - the helicopter ideal is nice bur we only sell to police or Gov at times is ok but at others, it limits you sells, it limits the feedback for R&D Just look at computers and the small cheap UAV for kids at hallmark you can bet some 13-18-year-old kid who has been playing with computers and toy UAV units from the hobby store is close or has build units that make this look like the Model T in what it can do. or some knock-off will flood the world with units so cheap its not worth the cost The FLIR system is nice but like all things, it has its limits after all if the price was right who knows many units they could sell to people like hunters, Bigfoot hunters, private security services like at football games or NAS CAR along with schools were a teacher could run a quick check around the school grounds Thanks for posting nice peace

Add this to modern warfare

does it work when windy?

Flir is the top of the top and sorry to say that if they already sold to over (20 countries )gov/police/mil only, why would the U.S. buy them now? Way behind the curb.

Will this come with all the cool stuff the US gov offers free citizens for their drones? Like remote ID, geo fencing and no fly zones.

Hm, my mobula7 is about the same size, I don't know which one flys better..

The American citizen should have access to it We are government. No worry DJI will make one. And better.

Flight time?

200k usd

Black hornet helicopter ke andar ke part bataiye agali video MI

Lookin a little glossy there, bro.

Us military has it

Call of duty UAV :)

I seen about 10 to 20 of these and my apartment they can fly to the brick walls they can shock her brain waves they can make you dream what they want you to dream and they can do a lot more than that they said be respectful I'm being respectful I'm just telling you what they can do

My drone(quad copter) goes almost a mile away...I live stream 1080p .... and it has a fancy carbon fiber chassis... I built it for $1200cad...including the transmitter and the VR goggles.. So what makes this thing so special to cost $50,000usd? I get that it's about 5x smaller than my drone...and it has thermal cameras in addition to the HD streaming.. But those few things add up to equal a cost over 50x that of a competitive racing drone? Crazy... I'd like to know more about exactly how much more advanced military technology is...what else they have access too.. but seriously what makes it so expensive? Shouldn't it be cheaper for the military if it is secret military technology? Sheesh..

It must be for public because the product now already spent 5+ years and it can help to common people to save others without help of arny police etc govt official

this was demonstrated over 3 years ago on a field test

WL Toys ???

So funny that you can get basically the same thing today for like $150 with today's FPV drones lol

Restricted?? By what laws?

how much does this thing cost

I can build this myself

Should sell to citizens

this is old...

20 million quid for 160 units.

This little gizmo costs over $100,000.00? Jeez, money no object defense spending.

at $80k a piece only governments would be crazy enough to buy this lol

I hope some Chinese company clone this for us.....normal costumers...

where can I buy

Lol how is an RC helicopter a restricted product absolutely ridiculous this is your freedom people

why not let anyone buy?

Its a toy. Believe me, Marines and Soldiers are using these for personal or unit enjoyment.

stronger wind and its dead

oh wow, drop one of these right ontop of the enemy and let the warthog tear it up. or a guidance laz if the range is lacking

Time to make some less high tech ones for hobby use at a much lower price, although I didn't see a price, but selling to the government, it is probably sky high...everything they sell to the government is over priced....

I’m the type to fly this inside a terrorist bunker and let the air force do the rest of the work

and not one flight demo or anything of that nature hmmmm

better off making your own anyway

Could be improved better.

He looks like Christoph Waltz!!!

The CALL OF DUTY game technology is coming

It looks like an submarine That would be cool...........somebodey needs to make that happen 😳

Before you talked kids have already copied it!

Not paying 80k for a $1 toy frame $15 camera nerf copter,, something that the enemy can destroy with a $10 water hose with pressure...nope 😏

Really bad set of questions

It’s an amazing little gadget but it’s not like a mini copter with a thermal camera is some sort of black op device that only the government can have 😂. How dumb is that

It’s crap in a light breeze! Very limited in its theatre of use..

I think I want to call it the flying snitch lol

It really does look like an air hog why don't they just make a version for children

adverse in weather condition? this thing will just fly away, they just make it look army stuff to make a sale. Mavic mini is far better than this one.

Only a mile? Dont consumer drones go further these days? Lol better be hack proof.