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Oct 28, 2018 at 15:30
Oct 28, 2018
What 5 Things Would Make Red Bull Rampage Even Better?
@Dethphist:
I don't have first-hand knowledge, but presume that is due to the limited load-carrying capacity of drones and battery limitations on both power for flight and running the processing / high-bandwidth communications equipment necessary.
I've read a couple of articles recently about Hydrogen fuel cells that are compact and light enough to power drones for much longer periods than batteries. One can only hope that this quickly becomes viable for live HD broadcast.
There's enough sun in the Utah desert for Red Bull to generate the necessary Hydrogen on site in the weeks leading up to the event and run the whole Rampage show without fossil fuel (and get better footage)!
Now that would be innovative - Red Bull, give Ballard and Intelligent Energy a call!
https://blog.ballard.com/fuel-cell-drones
https://www.intelligent-energy.com/our-products/uavs/