So who is gonna be the first to bid? (ebay)

[bullaculla]

Truely awesome machine! To me the price is a little outrageous unless its fully autonomous.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=150223133303&Category=2563&_trksid=p3907.m29

watch the video of it in action :drool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ZqLrBQC0s

[kcflier]

Kinda pricey, That's nothing more than a modified version of the Vario turbine XLV. It looks like the same head mechanics and the 8-foot rotor disk is the same. The fact that they only use 2-blades on the tail rotor tells me that they have not tried lifting a lot of weight. vario makes some nice birds, thats for sure.

[corvette321]

im gonna buy 5

[Hogster]

What's with the vibration in the video? I would have thought that would be one of the first things they should have eliminated before putting sample footage on the web from such an expensive machine :roll:


David :)

[MarkWebber]

It's gonna be tough, but I think I'll pass at $40,000:roll:

[cmb2003svt]

40g huh. I am no expert but my guess on pricing

Helicopter - $2k
Turbine - $10k
Electronics - $1k
Camera system - $10k
You are a sucker for buying because there is no information on the camera system, turbine, helicopter, electronics seller etc. - $17k

[MarkWebber]

and quoted capacity at 15lbs...no thanks, I'll go with a Bergen Industrial Turbine. At least I know it's good for the 25lb payload it's quoted for. Fair bit less expensive, too.