That's pretty cool Nick ! I told someone years ago with drones they're gonna be so many things .. about a year ago someone in the UK or the Netherlands don't know where put a chainsaw on a drone. To pretty cool video. I'm assuming with in the next 10 to 15 years drones are going to drop guys off of the trees kind a like helicopters do now 👍🏼
Seems like you don't even really need the remote dropper thing. You can just fly the drone over the tree to the ground again with the line attached and then the line is set. You'd also need a small weight to make sure the line is always hanging below the blades of the drone.
Matt Jones the drone doesn’t have that much pulling power. As soon as there’s too much friction the string will pull the drone crooked. Also, I can’t picture a way to keep the line from tangling in the props. If you can sketch a way to make it work, I’ll try it!
You could also just cut the motor to the drone as soon as the line is over the branch , then lower it slowly to the ground . Use a fishing rod a and line and just flip the spool up . As soon as you cut the motor to the drone you flip the spool back .
@@arayan83079 Nick, a slightly different idea - why not carry the line from somewhere approximately at its midpoint, drone wouldn't need to even carry a throw bag's worth of weight up. Throw bags stay on the ground, keeping the throw line tips down? Could become a spider web. Getting this crazy picture in my mind: -a tiny ring (key ring kind of thing) attached below drone (swivels too?); -a separate, second length of throw line passing through that key ring; -this line then comes around - it captures your actual original throw line (about turn) then goes right back through that key ring on the drone and back down to have both ends by each other (so this separate second length is essentially doubled over); -you direct the drone up wherever you want, manipulate both lengths of throw line to your heart's content, and the drone can be released at any time by releasing one of the ends of the separate second length of line, drone free as a bird. Would be funny if it worked. Would require two people. Or one multitasker? Greetings from the other side of the equator.
Was checking to see if someone else tried this and found your video. With the price of those .22 blank throw line guns building or buying a cheap drone just for this purpose seems super reasonable.
Or do without one? I got this crazy idea of using a second, accessory line. Imagine an additional line, both ends stay on the ground. Feed an end through a ring attached to bottom of drone. Then side a free floating ring over that end, then feed the end right back through the drone ring and back down (effectively accessory line is doubled over now). Guess what we can do now before take-off. Your actual, original throw line goes through the free floating ring, stick throw bag back on the end (both ends stay down on the ground). Take-off: you lift the middle of your throw line. Accessory line can be released any time, it slips right through and you are left with a free floating ring sliding on your throw line only.
