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Hunter Weiss
@Hunter_Weiss
film + motion for ai, defense & tech startups · @weissvideo
Joined April 2011
- Both of these leaders could raise $10M-100M (or more) from private investors to push everything even further without cost constraints. They've already proven weight ratios and great engineering in the most public fashion, with less than 9 months from the DARPA announcement to theReplying to @Hunter_WeissIf VCs had brains, they'd fund companies with ideas for places like this. That's a big if.
- Spitfire could not take off and melted. Video sped up to showcase 45 seconds of time. Would have been a very cool design to see fly with the weight on a ropeAnyone else following the DARPA Lift Challenge? $6.5M in prize money to build a drone that can: - Stay under 55 lbs - Take off with a 110 lb minimum payload (4x its weight) - Fly 4 nautical miles loaded (12 laps) - Drop the payload - Fly 1 more nautical mile empty (3 laps) -
- MacGyver, who is currently in 3rd place overall with a 2.51:1 ratio (137 lb payload), is testing weights for a higher payload attempt The only quadcopter design that's placed on the leaderboardAvidrone is now in 1st place 29.3 lb drone, 112.4 lb payload (3.84:1) Course completed in 19 minutes 17 seconds
- Slow-mo of the 4:1 attempt failure after moving into first place with 3.84:1
