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Post subject: Re: Jetson One  Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 02:23 |
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Username Protected wrote: What is the control in the left hand, the red string loop?
Total guess, but kind of looks like emergency kill - similar to a lanyard you find on a motor boat. Maybe it pops the parachute?
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Post subject: Re: Jetson One Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 08:33 |
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Username Protected wrote: Tough crowd. Looks like a bundle of fun to me  I'd love one to make my commute back and forth to work. I've got space to takeoff and land on both ends. JOOC, what would be your plan when the weather turns bad about quitting time? Avoiding rush hour traffic would sure be nice though (if I was still working).
I've got several work vehicles I can always drive home if I wanted to. Same thing happens if I take a motorcycle to work 
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Post subject: Re: Jetson One Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 09:54 |
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Username Protected wrote: Maybe it pops the parachute? In the video, they never fly more than 20 ft over anything. Parachute doesn't work that low. It is as if they are afraid of altitude. The red cord is never pulled or moved, so it seems to be some contingency which you might quickly need to activate given the pilot always has it in hand, but what would that be given a parachute can't work? Mike C.
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Post subject: Re: Jetson One Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 09:58 |
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Username Protected wrote: Maybe it pops the parachute? In the video, they never fly more than 20 ft over anything. Parachute doesn't work that low. It is as if they are afraid of altitude. The red cord is never pulled or moved, so it seems to be some contingency which you might quickly need to activate given the pilot always has it in hand, but what would that be given a parachute can't work? Mike C.
Maybe it engages a stabilization augmentation mode. I would assume that it could have that and an obstacle avoidance mode like most cheap drones have.
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Post subject: Re: Jetson One Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 11:40 |
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Username Protected wrote: Emergency stop for those 4 unprotected props? Followed by "emergency fall" since there would be no lift? I would NOT hold the "fall like a brick" switch while in the air. Mike C.
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Post subject: Re: Jetson One Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 11:42 |
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Username Protected wrote: Maybe it engages a stabilization augmentation mode. The thing wouldn't fly at all without stability augmentation. A suite of sensors and a computer are necessary elements, just like flying a smaller drone. Mike C.
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Post subject: Re: Jetson One Posted: 01 Nov 2025, 17:16 |
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Username Protected wrote: Dead Man Switch on the seat. Switching what, exactly? Mike C.
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Post subject: Re: Jetson One Posted: 02 Nov 2025, 08:57 |
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Username Protected wrote: In the video, they never fly more than 20 ft over anything. Parachute doesn't work that low. It is as if they are afraid of altitude.
Classic rotorcraft mindset. As to the lanyard, most drones have a RTB function that takes it home and lands it. There’s no way this thing survives a major malfunction, but maybe an operator issue?
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